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2009 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
79-83, 3rd place in AL Central
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Scored 724 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Ozzie Guillen (79-83)
Ballpark: U.S. Cellular Field (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Brian N. Anderson 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 11, 1982 5 65 50 65 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 6 64 0 8 2 $440,000.00
Gordon Beckham 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 16, 1986 1st 103 102 103 102 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wilson Betemit 27 B R 6' 2" 155 Nov 2, 1981 9 20 10 20 12 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 $1,300,000.00
Lance Broadway 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 20, 1983 3 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Buehrle 30 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1979 10 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $14,000,000.00 All-Star
D.J. Carrasco 32 R R 6' 1" 215 Apr 12, 1977 5 49 1 3 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $440,000.00
Ramon Castro 33 R R 6' 3" 225 Mar 1, 1976 11 31 25 31 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Bartolo Colon 36 R R 5' 11" 250 May 24, 1973 14 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Jose Contreras 37 R R 6' 4" 224 Dec 6, 1971 8 21 21 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $10,000,000.00
John Danks 24 L L 6' 1" 200 Apr 15, 1985 3 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $520,000.00
Octavio Dotel 35 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 25, 1973 13 62 0 4 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000.00
Jermaine Dye 35 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 15 141 140 141 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 133 7 1 0 $11,500,000.00
Jack Egbert 26 L R 6' 3" 220 May 12, 1983 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Fields 26 R R 6' 1" 215 Dec 14, 1982 4 79 62 79 66 0 0 17 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 5 $410,000.00
Tyler Flowers 23 R R 6' 4" 245 Jan 24, 1986 1st 10 5 10 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Gavin Floyd 26 R R 6' 4" 212 Jan 27, 1983 6 30 30 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Freddy Garcia 34 R R 6' 4" 235 Jun 10, 1975 12 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Getz 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1983 2 107 100 107 106 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 $401,000.00
Jimmy Gobble 27 L L 6' 3" 190 Jul 19, 1981 7 12 0 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Hudson 22 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 9, 1987 1st 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Jenks 28 R R 6' 3" 270 Mar 14, 1981 5 52 0 4 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,600,000.00
Paul Konerko 33 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 5, 1976 14 152 150 152 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 0 $12,000,000.00
Mark Kotsay 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 2, 1975 14 40 27 40 29 0 0 22 0 0 0 2 1 8 11 3 9 3
Brent Lillibridge 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 18, 1983 2 46 26 46 42 0 0 0 23 1 7 0 12 0 12 1 5 6 $402,500.00
Scott Linebrink 32 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 4, 1976 13 57 0 5 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,500,000.00
Mike MacDougal 32 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 5, 1977 10 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,650,000.00
Corky Miller 33 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 18, 1976 9 14 10 14 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 $450,000.00
Jayson Nix 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 26, 1982 2 94 72 94 81 0 0 0 52 12 15 3 0 4 7 4 15 4 $400,000.00
Jhonny Nunez 23 L R 6' 3" 185 Nov 26, 1985 1st 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Owens 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Feb 16, 1981 4 12 2 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 2 4 3
Jake Peavy 28 R R 6' 1" 180 May 31, 1981 8 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Pena 27 R R 6' 1" 219 Jan 9, 1982 4 35 0 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A.J. Pierzynski 32 L R 6' 3" 220 Dec 30, 1976 12 138 125 138 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 $6,250,000.00
Scott Podsednik 33 L L 6' 0" 170 Mar 18, 1976 9 132 128 132 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 50 3 116 13 2 2
Aaron Poreda 22 L L 6' 6" 240 Oct 1, 1986 1st 10 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Quentin 26 R R 6' 1" 225 Aug 28, 1982 4 99 96 99 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 89 9 3 0 $550,000.00
Alexei Ramirez 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 22, 1981 2 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,225,000.00
Clayton Richard 25 L L 6' 5" 240 Sep 12, 1983 2 27 14 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $405,000.00
Alexis Rios 28 R R 6' 5" 194 Feb 18, 1981 6 41 38 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 7 41 0 0 0
Jim Thome 38 L R 6' 4" 220 Aug 27, 1970 19 107 98 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 9 0 $13,000,000.00
Matt Thornton 32 L L 6' 6" 220 Sep 15, 1976 6 70 0 5 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,325,000.00
Carlos Torres 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 22, 1982 1st 8 5 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Whisler 26 L L 6' 5" 240 Apr 7, 1983 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Williams 33 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 18, 1975 4 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dewayne Wise 31 L L 6' 1" 180 Feb 24, 1978 7 84 36 84 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 35 34 70 2 9 19 $550,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played