2008 Chicago White Sox
American League Central Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkU.S. Cellular Field
CityChicago, Illinois
Record89–74 (.546)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersKenny Williams
ManagersOzzie Guillén
TelevisionCSN Chicago
CSN+
WGN-TV and WGN America
WCIU-TV
(Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
RadioWSCR
(Ed Farmer, Steve Stone)
WRTO (Spanish)
Seasons

The 2008 Chicago White Sox season was the organization's 109th season in Chicago and 108th in the American League. The White Sox won the American League Central title for the first time since 2005. They finished the regular season tied with the Minnesota Twins (88–74) and won a one-game playoff for the division title. They subsequently lost the 2008 American League Division Series to Tampa Bay Rays.

Individual highlights for the White Sox included the breakout season of offseason acquisition Carlos Quentin and the strong rookie season of infielder Alexei Ramírez. Gavin Floyd nearly threw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on May 6, broken up by Joe Mauer's double in the ninth inning. The White Sox set a new home record at U.S. Cellular Field of 54–28 (.658 pct.) breaking the 2003 home record of 51–30 (.629 pct.).

Offseason

Finishing fourth in the American League Central division coupled with having both MLB's lowest batting average and on-base percentage in 2007 prompted the White Sox to make numerous transactions, particularly with West Coast teams, to improve their lineup.

Other players no longer with the team from the 2007 season are Alex Cintrón, Darin Erstad (signed with Houston), Andy González, Mike Myers, Heath Phillips, Scott Podsednik, and Luis Terrero.

Two coaching staff changes were made, with the hiring of Pittsburgh Pirates third base coach Jeff Cox and bullpen coach Juan Nieves. Cox replaces Razor Shines, while Nieves replaces Art Kusnyer.

Regular season and post season

March/April

Record: 14–13

  • On April 13 against the Detroit Tigers, the Sox hit two grand slams in a game, ones by Paul Konerko and Joe Crede. It was the third time in White Sox history when the team hit two grand slams in a game. The two previous times were (1) September 4, 1995, when Robin Ventura hit two grand slams at Texas and (2) May 19, 1996, when Darren Lewis and Robin Ventura each hit slams at Detroit.

May

Record: 16–13

  • On May 6 against the Minnesota Twins, Gavin Floyd took a no-hitter into the ninth inning, when Joe Mauer hit a double with one out. The only run the Sox allowed was unearned, on a sacrifice fly by Jason Kubel in the fourth inning. The Sox held on for a 6–1 victory. If Gavin Floyd had completed the no-hitter, it would have been the second of three consecutive seasons that the White Sox threw one (Mark Buehrle in 2007 as well as in 2009, which was Mark Buehrle's perfect game).

June

Record: 17–10

July

Record: 13–12

August

Record: 17–11

  • On August 5 against the Detroit Tigers, in the top of the 14th inning, the Tigers scored two runs via a two-run home run by Plácido Polanco, which made it 8-6. In the bottom of the 14th, the Sox came back with four runs: Jermaine Dye reached base on an error, and the Nick Swisher hit a walk-off three-run homer, making the final score it 10-8.
  • On August 14 against the Kansas City Royals, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramírez, and Juan Uribe hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning. This was the first time the White Sox hit four consecutive home runs in an inning, and just sixth time in MLB history (the first since the Boston Red Sox did it on April 22, 2007). The Sox swept the Royals with the final score of 9–2.

September

Record: 12–15

  • The Sox faced three different teams in three consecutive games, which was just the third time this had happened in MLB history (the White Sox and Cleveland Indians each having done so in September 2000). The Sox won all three games: (1) the regularly scheduled season finale against the Cleveland Indians, (2) a game against the Detroit Tigers that had been rescheduled from earlier in the month due to rain, and (3) the tiebreaker game against the Minnesota Twins. Having won, they then faced a fourth team in their next game to begin the playoffs.
  • September was the team's first month with a losing record in the season. The month was highlighted with the AL Central tie-breaker game, which took place at U.S. Cellular Field on September 30 vs. the Minnesota Twins. It was Game 163 of the regular season. The White Sox organization called on the fans who attended the game to wear all black. There was almost 100% participation in what the White Sox called "the blackout game." The White Sox won the game 1-0.

October

Record: 1–3

  • The 2008 playoffs saw the White Sox square off with the Tampa Bay Rays in a matchup of the second and third seeds. The White Sox started Javier Vázquez in Game 1. Rays rookie Evan Longoria hit two home runs in a 6-4 win for Tampa. Mark Buehrle started Game 2, which saw the White Sox unable to hold an early lead, eventually losing 6-4. For Games 3 and 4, the series moved to Chicago. The Sox took Game 3 by the score of 5-3, with John Danks getting the victory. The Chicago crowd continued the new "blackout" tradition, but the Rays proved to be too much for the Sox in Game 4, winning 6-2 and taking the series 3 games to 1.

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 8974 0.546 — 54–28 35–46
Minnesota Twins 8875 0.540 1 53–28 35–47
Cleveland Indians 8181 0.500 7½ 45–36 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7587 0.463 13½ 38–43 37–44
Detroit Tigers 7488 0.457 14½ 40–41 34–47

The Chicago White Sox claim their second A.L Central Championship in the last four years.

Record vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–6–124–54–44–35–33–63–37–110–58–23–154–56–1211–7
Boston12–6–4–35–15–26–11–84–39–96–46–38–109–19–911–7
Chicago5–43–4–11–712–612–65–59–102–55–45–14–63–31–712–6
Cleveland4–41–57–11–11–710–84–58–104–35–44–55–26–46–16–12
Detroit3–42–56–127–11–7–113–67–114–23–67–33–46–33–513–5
Kansas City3–51–66–128–1011–7–2–36–125–56–37–23–52–72–513–5
Los Angeles6–38–15–55–46–33–2–5–37–310–914–53–612–76–310–8
Minnesota3–33–410–910–811–712–63–5–4–65–55–43–35–50–614–4
New York11–79–95–23–42–45–53–76–4–5–17–211–73–49–910–8
Oakland5–04–64–54–56–33–69–105–51–5-10–93–67–124–610–8
Seattle2–83–61–55–43–72–75–144–52–79–10–3–48–115–49–9
Tampa Bay15–310–86–42–54–35–36–33–37–116–34–3–6–311–712–6
Texas5–41–93–34–63–67–27–125–54–312–711–83–6–4–410–8
Toronto12–69–97–11–65–35–23–66–09–96–44–57–114–4–8–10

Game log

2008 White Sox game log
March/April (14–13) – Home (7–7) – Road (7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
1March 31@ Indians8–10Betancourt (1–0)Dotel (0–1)Borowski (1)3:2141,8720–1box
2April 2@ Indians2–7Carmona (1–0)Vázquez (0–1)3:3117,6450–2box
3April 3@ Indians2–1Dotel (1–1)Westbrook (0–1)Jenks (1)2:2715,7851–2box
4April 4@ Tigers8–5Logan (1–0)Grilli (0–1)Jenks (2)3:1034,5692–2box
5April 5@ Tigers5–3Floyd (1–0)Miner (0–1)Jenks (3)2:3942,3813–2box
6April 6@ Tigers13–2Buehrle (1–0)Verlander (0–1)2:4535,2304–2box
7April 7Twins7–4Vázquez (1–1)Guerrier (0–1)Jenks (4)2:5538,0825–2box
8April 9Twins5–12Baker (2–0)Danks (0–1)Bass (1)3:0116,4995–3box
–April 10TwinsPostponed (rain), rescheduled for June 9
9April 11Tigers2–5López (1–0)Contreras (0–1)Jones (1)3:1326,0945–4box
10April 12Tigers7–0Floyd (2–0)Verlander (0–2)2:2529,6496–4box
11April 13Tigers11–0Vázquez (2–1)Rogers (0–3)2:3426,2947–4box
12April 14Athletics1–2Smith (1–0)Buehrle (1–1)Street (4)2:4020,4307–5box
13April 15Athletics4–1Danks (1–1)Eveland (1–1)Jenks (5)2:1818,2548–5box
14April 16@ Orioles3–1Contreras (1–1)Loewen (0–1)Jenks (6)2:2512,0809–5box
15April 17@ Orioles5 – 6 (10)Sherrill (1–0)Logan (1–1)3:2013,6769–6box
16April 18@ Rays9–2Vázquez (3–1)Niemann (1–1)3:0212,37910–6box
17April 19@ Rays0–5Sonnanstine (2–1)Buehrle (1–2)2:0217,61310–7box
18April 20@ Rays6–0Danks (2–1)Jackson (2–2)2:3417,21211–7box
19April 22Yankees5–9Wang (4–0)Contreras (1–2)3:4425,01211–8box
20April 23Yankees4–6Mussina (2–3)Vázquez (3–2)Rivera (6)3:0627,75111–9box
21April 24Yankees7–6Jenks (1–0)Chamberlain (1–1)3:0527,24312–9box
–April 25OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 26
22April 26Orioles1–5Burres (3–1)Danks (2–2)Sherrill (9)2:4123,04312–10box
23April 26Orioles6–5Jenks (2–0)Bierd (0–1)3:2834,75713–10box
24April 27Orioles6–1Contreras (2–2)Guthrie (0–3)2:5829,75614–10box
25*April 28Orioles3 – 4 (14)Castillo (1–0)H. Ramírez (1–3)Cherry (1)4:4217,367*14–11box
26April 29@ Twins1–3Bonser (2–4)Floyd (2–1)Nathan (8)2:3220,89114–12box
27April 30@ Twins3–4Blackburn (2–1)Wassermann (0–1)Nathan (9)2:3719,13714–13box
* Completed the game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 25 from the 12th inning on with the same att. number from U.S. Cellular Field.
May (16–13) – Home (6–3) – Road (10–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
28May 2@ Blue Jays0–2Marcum (3–2)Buehrle (1–3)Downs (2)2:1021,05714–14box
29May 3@ Blue Jays2–5Litsch (4–1)Danks (2–3)Ryan (4)2:3627,77814–15box
30May 4@ Blue Jays3–4Halladay (3–4)Contreras (2–3)Downs (3)2:1226,24714–16box
31May 5@ Blue Jays0–1McGowan (2–2)Vázquez (3–3)Ryan (5)2:4016,60214–17box
32May 6Twins7–1Floyd (3–1)Blackburn (2–2)2:2723,48015–17box
33May 7Twins1–13Hernández (5–1)Buehrle (1–4)2:3221,09215–18box
34May 8Twins6–2Danks (3–3)Slowey (0–2)3:1525,19316–18box
35May 9@ Mariners4–2Contreras (3–3)Silva (3–2)Jenks (7)2:2327,16917–18box
36May 10@ Mariners8–4Vázquez (4–3)Washburn (2–5)2:5833,07818–18box
37May 11@ Mariners3–6Washburn (3–4)Floyd (3–2)Putz (3)3:0330,34618–19box
38May 12@ Angels7–10Adenhart (1–0)Buehrle (1–5)Rodríguez (15)2:4938,72318–20box
39May 13@ Angels0–2Shields (2–0)Dotel (1–2)Rodríguez (16)2:4035,33318–21box
40May 14@ Angels6–1Contreras (4–3)Shields (2–1)2:3737,05919–21box
41May 15@ Angels4–3Dotel (2–2)Rodríguez (0–1)Jenks (8)3:1441,44420–21box
42May 16@ Giants2–0Floyd (4–2)Sánchez (2–3)Jenks (9)2:5035,48221–21box
43May 17@ Giants3–1Buehrle (2–5)Zito (0–8)Jenks (10)2:5237,00622–21box
44May 18@ Giants13–8Thornton (1–0)Walker (1–2)Masset (1)3:0134,33123–21box
45May 20Indians4–1Contreras (5–3)Sabathia (3–6)Jenks (11)2:5027,53324–21box
46May 21Indians7–2Vázquez (5–3)Byrd (2–4)2:4538,51825–21box
47May 22Indians3–1Linebrink (1–0)Laffey (2–3)Jenks (12)2:1728,04026–21box
48May 23Angels1–3Saunders (8–1)Floyd (4–3)Rodríguez (20)2:1228,15626–22box
49May 24Angels0–2Weaver (4–5)Danks (3–4)Rodríguez (21)2:5338,43426–23box
50May 25Angels3–2Linebrink (2–0)Lackey (1–1)2:0536,19527–23box
51May 26@ Indians6 – 3 (12)Logan (2–1)Elarton (0–1)Jenks (13)4:0231,00628–23box
52May 27@ Indians2–8Laffey (3–3)Buehrle (2–6)2:5025,42628–24box
53May 28@ Indians6–5Floyd (5–3)Betancourt (1–3)Jenks (14)3:1131,74029–24box
54May 29@ Rays5–1Danks (4–4)Jackson (3–4)2:4612,63630–24box
55May 30@ Rays1–2Wheeler (1–3)Linebrink (2–1)2:5014,67930–25box
56May 31@ Rays0–2Kazmir (5–1)Vázquez (5–4)Balfour (1)2:4636,04830–26box
June (17–10) – Home (15–2) – Road (2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
57June 1@ Rays3 – 4 (10)Howell (4–0)Thornton (1–1)2:4124,72030–27box
58June 3Royals9–5Floyd (6–3)Greinke (5–3)2:3321,72731–27box
59June 4Royals6 – 4 (15)Dotel (3–2)Gobble (0–1)4:2323,72732–27box
60June 5Royals6–2Contreras (6–3)Meche (3–8)2:4425,10433–27box
61June 6Twins10–6Vázquez (6–4)Blackburn (4–4)2:5326,45934–27box
62June 7Twins11–2Buehrle (3–6)Hernández (6–3)2:1632,93035–27box
63June 8Twins12–2Floyd (7–3)Slowey (2–6)2:2530,56536–27box
64June 9Twins7–5Thornton (2–1)Guerrier (3–2)Jenks (15)2:5821,12637–27box
65June 10@ Tigers4–6Robertson (4–6)Contreras (6–4)Jones (11)2:3438,29537–28box
66June 11@ Tigers1–5Verlander (3–9)Vázquez (6–5)2:1338,69337–29box
67June 12@ Tigers1–2Jones (2–0)Dotel (3–3)2:0440,29737–30box
68June 13Rockies5–4Thornton (3–1)Herges (2–3)Jenks (16)2:2830,14338–30box
69June 14Rockies0–2Grilli (2–2)Dotel (3–4)Fuentes (10)2:5635,66338–31box
70June 15Rockies3–5Cook (10–3)Contreras (6–5)Fuentes (11)2:4432,00438–32box
71June 17Pirates16–5Vázquez (7–5)Snell (3–7)3:1528,01239–32box
72June 18Pirates8–2Buehrle (4–6)Gorzelanny (5–6)2:1728,57040–32box
73June 19Pirates13–8Floyd (8–3)Dumatrait (3–4)2:5526,68541–32box
74June 20@ Cubs3–4Wood (4–1)Linebrink (2–2)2:3241,10641–33box
75June 21@ Cubs7–11Marquis (6–3)Contreras (6–6)Wood (19)2:5241,02141–34box
76June 22@ Cubs1–7Dempster (9–2)Vázquez (7–6)2:5241,03441–35box
77June 24@ Dodgers6–1Buehrle (5–6)Lowe (5–7)2:0543,90042–35box
78June 25@ Dodgers0–5Stults (2–0)Floyd (8–4)2:2240,16242–36box
79June 26@ Dodgers2–0Danks (5–4)Kershaw (0–2)Jenks (17)2:5837,95643–36box
80June 27Cubs10–3Contreras (7–6)Dempster (9–3)2:4939,13244–36box
81June 28Cubs6–5Thornton (4–1)Mármol (1–3)Jenks (18)3:0339,14345–36box
82June 29Cubs5–1Buehrle (6–6)Marshall (0–2)2:3439,57346–36box
83June 30Indians9–7Floyd (9–4)Sowers (0–4)Thornton (1)2:5738,46647–36box
July (13–12) – Home (7–5) – Road (6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
84July 1Indians3 – 2 (10)Russell (1–0)Borowski (1–3)2:4425,50248–36box
85July 2Indians6 – 5 (10)Russell (2–0)Kobayashi (4–4)3:1123,52249–36box
86July 3Athletics2–3Duchscherer (9–5)Vázquez (7–7)Street (16)2:2126,73049–37box
87July 4Athletics1–7Blanton (5–11)Buehrle (6–7)2:5329,60049–38box
88July 5Athletics6–1Floyd (10–4)Smith (5–7)2:4435,58650–38box
89July 6Athletics4–3Danks (6–4)Harden (5–1)Linebrink (1)2:4731,95551–38box
90July 8@ Royals8 – 7 (13)Masset (1–0)Tejeda (0–1)4:2013,61452–38box
91July 9@ Royals7–6Russell (3–0)Tejeda (0–2)Dotel (1)2:4616,50253–38box
92July 10@ Royals1–4Mahay (5–0)Buehrle (6–8)Soria (24)2:2614,54753–39box
93July 11@ Rangers2–7Mendoza (2–3)Floyd (10–5)Guardado (2)2:5028,00353–40box
94July 12@ Rangers9–7Danks (7–4)Millwood (6–5)3:2939,20954–40box
95July 13@ Rangers11–12Wright (6–4)Logan (2–2)4:0128,45954–41box
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 4–3 (15) at Yankee Stadium
96July 18Royals9–5Buehrle (7–8)Greinke (7–6)2:5936,29155–41box
97July 19Royals1–9Meche (7–9)Floyd (10–6)2:5136,56655–42box
98July 20Royals7–8R. Ramírez (1–1)Thornton (4–2)Soria (26)3:0932,26955–43box
99July 21Rangers1–6Feldman (4–3)Vázquez (7–8)2:3739,54755–44box
100July 22Rangers10–2Buehrle (8–8)Mendoza (2–4)2:2832,67056–44box
101July 23Rangers10–8Dotel (4–4)Guardado (1–2)Jenks (19)3:0535,35357–44box
102July 25@ Tigers6–5Carrasco (1–0)Jones (4–1)Jenks (20)2:5244,39358–44box
103July 26@ Tigers7–6Danks (8–4)Verlander (8–10)Jenks (21)3:0545,28059–44box
104July 27@ Tigers4–6Miner (5–3)Vázquez (7–9)2:4641,79059–45box
105July 28@ Twins0–7Slowey (7–7)Buehrle (8–9)2:2830,12659–46box
106July 29@ Twins5–6Perkins (8–3)Richard (0–1)Nathan (29)2:5035,99959–47box
107July 30@ Twins8–3Floyd (11–6)Hernández (10–8)2:5242,70560–47box
108July 31@ Twins6–10Crain (4–2)Thornton (4–3)3:2331,49360–48box
August (17–11) – Home (11–5) – Road (6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
109August 1@ Royals4–2Vázquez (8–9)Hochevar (6–9)Jenks (22)2:5421,29161–48box
110August 2@ Royals7–9Davies (5–2)Buehrle (8–10)Soria (31)3:0121,86661–49box
111August 3@ Royals3–14Greinke (9–7)Richard (0–2)2:5915,26861–50box
112August 5Tigers10 – 8 (14)Russell (4–0)Zumaya (0–1)4:5835,37162–50box
113August 6Tigers5–1Danks (9–4)Verlander (8–12)2:3134,12463–50box
114August 7Tigers3–8Miner (6–4)Vázquez (8–10)Rodney (2)3:0836,38363–51box
115August 8Red Sox5–3Buehrle (9–10)Lester (10–4)Jenks (23)2:2738,62164–51box
116August 9Red Sox2–6Matsuzaka (13–2)Logan (2–3)2:5439,24364–52box
117August 10Red Sox6–5Floyd (12–6)Buchholz (2–8)Jenks (24)3:0639,00865–52box
118August 11Red Sox1–5Beckett (11–8)Danks (9–5)2:4832,63465–53box
119August 12Royals9–0Vázquez (9–10)Bannister (7–11)2:1331,09966–53box
120August 13Royals4–0Buehrle (10–10)Hochevar (6–11)2:1737,83867–53box
121August 14Royals9–2Broadway (1–0)Davies (5–4)3:0032,78868–53box
122August 15@ Athletics4–6Street (3–5)H. Ramírez (1–2)2:4419,40568–54box
123August 16@ Athletics2–1Danks (10–5)Smith (5–12)Jenks (25)3:0122,20669–54box
124August 17@ Athletics13–1Vázquez (10–10)Gonzalez (1–2)2:1928,84370–54box
125August 18Mariners13–5Buehrle (11–10)Washburn (5–13)2:4339,00271–54box
126August 19Mariners5–0Richard (1–2)Hernández (7–8)2:3626,41472–54box
127August 20Mariners15–3Floyd (13–6)Dickey (3–8)2:3027,00073–54box
128August 22Rays4–9Jackson (10–8)Danks (10–6)3:2038,74773–55box
129August 23Rays3–5Balfour (4–2)Vázquez (10–11)Wheeler (8)3:0436,48273–56box
130August 24Rays6 – 5 (10)Jenks (3–0)Hammel (4–4)3:1138,56274–56box
131August 25@ Orioles4–3Richard (2–2)Waters (2–1)Jenks (26)2:3320,70775–56box
132August 26@ Orioles8–3Floyd (14–6)Burres (7–8)2:4415,39876–56box
133August 27@ Orioles3–11Liz (5–3)Danks (10–7)2:4915,73676–57box
134August 29@ Red Sox0–8Matsuzaka (16–2)Vázquez (10–12)2:4837,75576–58box
135August 30@ Red Sox2–8Bowden (1–0)Buehrle (11–11)2:4037,75176–59box
136August 31@ Red Sox4–2Floyd (15–6)Wakefield (8–9)Jenks (27)2:4737,39177–59box
September (12–15) – Home (8–6) – Road (4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
137September 1@ Indians0–5Lee (20–2)Richard (2–3)2:2623,31777–60box
138September 2@ Indians3–9Carmona (8–5)Danks (10–8)3:1220,98077–61box
139September 3@ Indians4–2Vázquez (11–12)Sowers (2–8)Jenks (28)3:1220,32878–61box
140September 5Angels10–2Buehrle (12–11)Moseley (1–4)2:4832,50279–61box
141September 6Angels7 – 6 (15)Wassermann (1–1)Speier (1–8)3:5431,04680–61box
142September 7Angels2–3Saunders (15–7)H. Ramírez (1–4)Rodríguez (55)2:4426,02980–62box
–September 8Blue JaysPostponed (rain), rescheduled for September 9
143September 9Blue Jays1–3Burnett (17–10)Vázquez (11–13)Ryan (28)3:0824,62180–63box
144September 9Blue Jays2–8Litsch (11–8)Richard (2–4)2:3728,50580–64box
145September 10Blue Jays6–5Buehrle (13–11)Halladay (18–10)2:3926,19881–64box
146September 11Blue Jays4–6Marcum (9–6)Floyd (15–7)Ryan (29)2:5727,17081–65box
–September 12TigersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13
–September 13TigersPostponed (rain), rescheduled for September 14
–September 13TigersPostponed (rain), rescheduled for September 29
147September 14Tigers4–2Vázquez (12–13)Verlander (10–16)2:17N/A82–65box
148September 14Tigers11–7Thornton (5–3)Seay (1–2)3:1628,23883–65box
149September 15@ Yankees2–4Coke (1–0)Wassermann (1–2)Rivera (36)2:3953,23683–66box
150September 16@ Yankees6–2Floyd (16–7)Pettitte (13–14)3:0252,55884–66box
151September 17@ Yankees1–5Bruney (3–0)Richard (2–5)2:4052,67184–67box
152September 18@ Yankees2–9Mussina (18–9)Vázquez (12–14)3:0853,15284–68box
153September 19@ Royals9–4Buehrle (14–11)Bannister (8–16)2:4026,04985–68box
154September 20@ Royals2–5Davies (8–7)Floyd (16–8)Soria (41)2:3223,75485–69box
155September 21@ Royals3–0Danks (11–8)Duckworth (3–2)Jenks (29)2:2816,92086–69box
156September 23@ Twins3–9Baker (10–4)Vázquez (12–15)2:4335,22586–70box
157September 24@ Twins2–3Blackburn (11–10)Buehrle (14–12)Nathan (39)2:4242,12686–71box
158September 25@ Twins6 – 7 (10)Nathan (1–2)Jenks (3–1)3:2743,60186–72box
159September 26Indians8–11S. Lewis (4–0)Danks (11–9)J. Lewis (13)3:3636,49486–73box
160September 27Indians6–12Jackson (2–3)Vázquez (12–16)3:0536,03186–74box
161September 28Indians5–1Buehrle (15–12)Bullington (0–2)2:2933,39687–74box
162September 29Tigers8–2Floyd (17–8)Galarraga (13–7)3:1435,92388–74box
163*September 30Twins1–0Danks (12–9)Blackburn (11–11)Jenks (30)2:2040,35489–74box
*AL Central tiebreaker
2008 White Sox postseason game log
American League Division Series (1–3) (best of 5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
1October 2@ Rays4–6Shields (1–0)Vázquez (0–1)Wheeler (1)3:1035,0410–1box
2October 3@ Rays2–6Kazmir (1–0)Buehrle (0–1)3:1035,2570–2box
3October 5Rays5–3Danks (1–0)Garza (0–1)Jenks (1)3:0740,1421–2box
4October 6Rays2–6Sonnanstine (1–0)Floyd (0–1)3:1340,4541–3box

Roster

2008 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Brian Anderson 109 181 24 42 13 0 8 26 .232 5
Mark Buehrle 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 0
Orlando Cabrera 161 661 93 186 33 1 8 57 .281 19
José Contreras 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Joe Crede 97 335 41 83 18 1 17 55 .248 0
John Danks 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 0
Octavio Dotel 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jermaine Dye 154 590 96 172 41 2 34 96 .292 3
Josh Fields 14 32 3 5 1 0 0 2 .156 0
Gavin Floyd 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ken Griffey Jr. 41 131 16 34 10 0 3 18 .260 0
Toby Hall 41 127 7 33 3 0 2 7 .260 0
Bobby Jenks 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Paul Konerko 122 438 59 105 19 1 22 62 .240 2
Scott Linebrink 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Boone Logan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Nick Masset 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Pablo Ozuna 32 64 5 18 3 0 0 6 .281 0
A. J. Pierzynski 134 534 66 150 31 1 13 60 .281 1
Carlos Quentin 130 480 96 138 26 1 36 100 .288 7
Alexei Ramírez 136 480 65 139 22 2 21 77 .290 13
Adam Russell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Nick Swisher 153 497 86 109 21 1 24 69 .219 3
Jim Thome 149 503 93 123 28 0 34 90 .245 1
Matt Thornton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Juan Uribe 110 324 38 80 22 1 7 40 .247 1
Javier Vázquez 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ehren Wassermann 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
DeWayne Wise 57 129 20 32 4 2 6 18 .248 9
Team Totals 163 5553 811 1458 296 13 235 785 .263 67

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Mark Buehrle 15 12 3.79 34 34 0 218.2 106 92 52 140
D. J. Carrasco 1 0 3.96 31 0 0 38.2 17 17 14 30
José Contreras 7 6 4.54 20 20 0 121 64 61 35 70
John Danks 12 9 3.32 33 33 0 195 74 72 57 159
Octavio Dotel 4 4 3.76 72 0 1 67 34 28 29 92
Gavin Floyd 17 8 3.84 33 33 0 206.1 107 88 70 145
Bobby Jenks 3 1 2.63 57 0 30 61.2 18 18 17 38
Scott Linebrink 2 2 3.69 50 0 1 46.1 20 19 9 40
Esteban Loaiza 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 1
Boone Logan 2 3 5.95 55 0 0 42.1 31 28 14 42
Mike MacDougal 0 0 2.12 16 0 0 17 4 4 14 14
Nick Masset 1 0 4.63 32 1 1 44.2 26 23 21 32
Clayton Richard 2 5 6.04 8 13 0 47.2 37 32 13 29
Adam Russell 4 0 5.19 16 0 0 26 15 15 10 22
Matt Thornton 5 3 2.67 74 0 1 67.1 20 20 19 77
Javier Vázquez 12 16 4.67 33 33 0 208.1 113 108 61 200
Ehren Wassermann 1 2 7.78 24 0 0 19.2 19 17 14 9
Team Totals 89 74 4.11 163 163 34 1457.2 665 729 460 1147

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Marc Bombard
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Carlos Subero
A Winston-Salem Warthogs Carolina League Tim Blackwell
A Kannapolis Intimidators South Atlantic League Chris Jones and Nick Capra
Rookie Bristol White Sox Appalachian League Bobby Thigpen
Rookie Great Falls Voyagers Pioneer League Chris Cron

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls

Trivia

  • The 2008 White Sox became the first team to ever win its last three regular season games against three different opponents.

References

  • Game logs:
1st half: Chicago White Sox game log on ESPN.com
2nd half: Chicago White Sox game log on ESPN.com
  1. ↑ "Uribe signs one-year deal with ChiSox".
  2. ↑ "Angels Trade Orlando Cabrera for Jon Garland". November 20, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Reliever, White Sox finalize four-year, $19 million deal". ESPN.go.com. November 28, 2007.
  4. ↑ "White Sox acquire D-backs OF Quentin for minor league first baseman". ESPN.go.com. December 3, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Cuban slugger Alexei Ramirez signs with Chicago White Sox".
  6. ↑ Nightengale, Bob (January 4, 2008). "A's trade Swisher to White Sox for trio of prospects". usatoday.com.
  7. ↑ "White Sox sign Dotel to bolster bullpen". nbcsports.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
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