2002 Chicago White Sox season

2002 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersKenny Williams
ManagersJerry Manuel
TelevisionWGN-TV/WCIU-TV
FSN Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
RadioWMVP
(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
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The 2002 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 103rd season, and their 102nd in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record of 81–81, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 13.5 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

February 1, 2002: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

  • On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron of the Mariners hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.[1]
  • On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the home runs is as follows:
    • Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on).
    • Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 6th inning off Lima 0 on).[2]

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584 — 54‍–‍27 40‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 13½ 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 20½ 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 32½ 37‍–‍44 25‍–‍56
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 39 33‍–‍47 22‍–‍59

American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 .640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 .584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99 63 .611 —
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 6
Seattle Mariners 93 69 .574 6
Chicago White Sox 81 81 .500 18
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 21
Cleveland Indians 74 88 .457 25
Texas Rangers 72 90 .444 27
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 .414 32
Kansas City Royals 62 100 .383 37
Detroit Tigers 55 106 .342 43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 .342 43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 7–2 3–4 6–3 6–3 8–1 6–3 4–5 3–4 9–11 9–10 8–1 12–7 7–2 11–7
Baltimore 2–7 — 6–13 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–0 5–1 6–13 4–5 5–4 10–9 3–6 4–15 9–9
Boston 4–3 13–6 — 2–4 5–4 5–4 4–2 3–3 9–10 6–3 4–5 16–3 4–3 13–6 5–13
Chicago 3–6 4–3 4–2 — 9–10 12–7 11–8 8–11 2–4 2–7 5–4 4–3 5–4 4–2 8–10
Cleveland 3–6 5–1 4–5 10–9 — 10–9 9–10 8–11 3–6 2–5 3–4 4–2 4–5 3–3 6–12
Detroit 1–8 4–2 4–5 7–12 9–10 — 9–10 4–14 1–8 1–6 2–5 2–4 5–4 0–6 6–12
Kansas City 3–6 0–7 2–4 8–11 10–9 10–9 — 5–14 1–5 1–8 3–6 4–2 7–2 3–4 5–13
Minnesota 5–4 1–5 3–3 11–8 11–8 14–4 14–5 — 0–6 3–6 5–4 5–2 6–3 6–1 10–8
New York 4–3 13–6 10–9 4–2 6–3 8–1 5–1 6–0 — 5–4 4–5 13–5 4–3 10–9 11–7
Oakland 11–9 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–2 6–1 8–1 6–3 4–5 — 8–11 8–1 13–6 3–6 16–2
Seattle 10–9 4–5 5–4 4–5 4–3 5–2 6–3 4–5 5–4 11–8 — 5–4 13–7 6–3 11–7
Tampa Bay 1–8 9–10 3–16 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–5 5–13 1–8 4–5 — 4–5 8–11 7–11
Texas 7–12 6–3 3–4 4–5 5–4 4–5 2–7 3–6 3–4 6–13 7–13 5–4 — 8–1 9–9
Toronto 2–7 15–4 6–13 2–4 3–3 6–0 4–3 1–6 9–10 6–3 3–6 11–8 1–8 — 9–9


Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

  • May 16, 2002: Brooks Kieschnick was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.[3]
  • July 25, 2002: Ray Durham was traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Jon Adkins.[4]
  • July 28, 2002: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Diaz and Ryan Meaux (minors).
  • July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).[5]

Roster

2002 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 White Sox Game Log
April (16–10) – home (9–2) – road (7–8)
# Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
1 April 1 @ Mariners 6–5 Buehrle (1–0) García (0–1) Foulke (1) 3:18 46,036 1–0 box
2 April 2 @ Mariners 4–7 Rhodes (1–0) Barceló (0–1) Sasaki (1) 3:03 40,805 1–1 box
3 April 3 @ Mariners 6–7 Franklin (1–0) Foulke (0–1) 2:50 31,082 1–2 box
4 April 5 @ Royals 2–5 Byrd (1–0) Garland (0–1) Stein (1) 2:50 15,975 1–3 box
5 April 6 @ Royals 14–0 Buehrle (2–0) Durbin (0–1) 2:49 15,178 2–3 box
6 April 7 @ Royals 2–9 Suppan (1–0) Ritchie (0–1) 2:47 10,788 2–4 box
– April 8 @ Tigers Postponed (rain), rescheduled for July 13
7 April 9 @ Tigers 8–2 Wright (1–0) Sparks (0–1) 2:34 11,833 3–4 box
8 April 10 @ Tigers 7–5 Osuna (1–0) Lima (0–2) Foulke (2) 2:49 14,155 4–4 box
9 April 12 Orioles 5–2 Buehrle (3–0) Towers (0–2) Foulke (3) 2:24 41,128 5–4 box
10 April 13 Orioles 4–3 Osuna (2–0) Roberts (0–1) Foulke (4) 2:36 19,201 6–4 box
11 April 14 Orioles 4–9 Maduro (1–1) Wright (1–1) 2:55 23,951 6–5 box
12 April 15 Orioles 13–4 Garland (1–1) Johnson (0–3) 2:41 15,794 7–5 box
13 April 16 Indians 10–5 Marte (1–0) Finley (1–1) 2:55 23,502 8–5 box
14 April 17 Indians 7–2 Buehrle (4–0) Báez (2–1) 2:35 15,561 9–5 box
15 April 18 Indians 7–1 Ritchie (1–1) Colón (3–1) 2:55 13,880 10–5 box
16 April 19 Tigers 2–8 Sparks (1–1) Wright (1–2) 2:42 13,917 10–6 box
17 April 20 Tigers 12–5 Garland (2–1) Cornejo (0–2) 2:51 15,737 11–6 box
18 April 21 Tigers 11–8 Osuna (3–0) Paniagua (0–1) Foulke (5) 3:08 13,619 12–6 box
19 April 22 @ Indians 2–4 Báez (3–1) Buehrle (4–1) Wickman (6) 2:35 24,519 12–7 box
20 April 23 @ Indians 5–1 Ritchie (2–1) Colón (3–2) 2:53 25,284 13–7 box
21 April 24 @ Indians 9–2 Wright (2–2) Sabathia (2–2) 3:04 25,935 14–7 box
22 April 25 @ Indians 6–3 Garland (3–1) Drese (2–2) Foulke (6) 3:07 29,046 15–7 box
23 April 26 @ Athletics 4–6 Lidle (1–3) Parque (0–1) Koch (5) 2:52 10,129 15–8 box
24 April 27 @ Athletics 1–16 Fyhrie (1–1) Buehrle (4–2) 2:42 26,111 15–9 box
25 April 28 @ Athletics 0–10 Hudson (3–2) Ritchie (2–2) 2:37 20,365 15–10 box
26 April 30 Mariners 8–4 Wright (3–2) Abbott (1–3) 2:41 16,253 16–10 box
May (12–16) – home (8–9) – road (4–7)
# Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
27 May 1 Mariners 9 – 2 (8) Garland (4–1) Franklin (2–1) Glover (1) 2:50 12,735 17–10 box
28 May 2 Mariners 4–15 Baldwin (3–1) Rauch (0–1) 3:00 12,891 17–11 box
29 May 3 Athletics 6–1 Buehrle (5–2) Fyhrie (1–2) 2:39 15,746 18–11 box
30 May 4 Athletics 10–2 Ritchie (3–2) Hudson (3–3) 2:59 27,511 19–11 box
31 May 5 Athletics 2–3 Zito (2–2) Wright (3–3) Koch (7) 2:42 27,275 19–12 box
32 May 6 @ Rangers 5–6 Irabu (1–2) Osuna (3–1) 3:18 24,609 19–13 box
33 May 7 @ Rangers 11–6 Porzio (1–0) Bell (2–1) Ginter (1) 3:00 20,108 20–13 box
34 May 8 @ Rangers 5–3 Buehrle (6–2) Davis (3–3) 2:49 21,305 21–13 box
35 May 9 @ Rangers 1–4 Benoit (1–0) Ritchie (3–3) Irabu (8) 2:47 32,962 21–14 box
36 May 10 @ Angels 0–19 Schoeneweis (2–4) Wright (3–4) 2:48 36,715 21–15 box
37 May 11 @ Angels 3–6 Ortiz (4–3) Garland (4–2) Percival (6) 2:49 40,535 21–16 box
38 May 12 @ Angels 4–5 Percival (2–1) Foulke (0–2) 3:26 19,251 21–17 box
39 May 14 Rangers 15–4 Buehrle (7–2) Davis (3–4) 3:07 17,503 22–17 box
40 May 15 Rangers 2–5 Valdez (3–4) Ritchie (3–4) Irabu (10) 2:47 13,980 22–18 box
41 May 16 Rangers 4–0 Wright (4–4) Rogers (4–2) 2:16 13,119 23–18 box
42 May 17 Angels 4–8 Schoeneweis (3–4) Garland (4–3) Levine (4) 2:56 12,736 23–19 box
43 May 18 Angels 10–4 Glover (1–0) Ortiz (4–4) 3:08 21,122 24–19 box
44 May 19 Angels 1–6 Washburn (4–2) Buehrle (7–3) 2:13 19,869 24–20 box
45 May 20 @ Red Sox 0–9 Lowe (7–1) Ritchie (3–5) 2:20 32,461 24–21 box
46 May 21 @ Red Sox 8–3 Wright (5–4) Oliver (4–3) 2:48 31,772 25–21 box
47 May 22 @ Red Sox 2–0 Garland (5–3) Castillo (2–5) Foulke (7) 2:22 33,157 26–21 box
48 May 24 Tigers 12–1 Buehrle (8–3) Sparks (2–5) 2:22 14,597 27–21 box
49 May 25 Tigers 6–4 Wunsch (1–0) Greisinger (2–2) Foulke (8) 2:33 21,543 28–21 box
50 May 26 Tigers 2–9 Bernero (1–0) Ritchie (3–6) 2:30 23,353 28–22 box
51 May 27 Yankees 6–10 Thurman (1–0) Wright (5–5) 2:52 43,781 28–23 box
52 May 28 Yankees 2–4 Lilly (2–4) Garland (5–4) Rivera (16) 3:00 27,859 28–24 box
53 May 29 Yankees 3–6 Karsay (2–2) Foulke (0–3) Rivera (17) 3:10 27,572 28–25 box
54 May 31 @ Indians 0–7 Colón (7–3) Glover (1–1) 2:44 33,756 28–26 box
June (12–16) – home (7–6) – road (5–10)
# Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
55 June 1 @ Indians 4–8 Báez (5–4) Ritchie (3–7) 2:59 37,707 28–27 box
56 June 2 @ Indians 3–4 Finley (4–6) Wright (5–6) Wickman (13) 2:42 37,760 28–28 box
57 June 3 Royals 4–0 Garland (6–4) Affeldt (1–3) 2:41 15,168 29–28 box
58 June 4 Royals 2–3 Asencio (1–0) Buehrle (8–4) Hernández (9) 2:42 13,063 29–29 box
59 June 5 Royals 6–1 Glover (2–1) Suppan (5–5) 2:33 12,167 30–29 box
60 June 6 Royals 3–4 May (1–3) Ritchie (3–8) Hernández (10) 2:50 14,311 30–30 box
61 June 7 Expos 3–4 Armas (6–7) Wright (5–7) Tucker (3) 2:55 22,481 30–31 box
62 June 8 Expos 1–2 Stewart (1–1) Foulke (0–4) Tucker (4) 2:31 24,783 30–32 box
63 June 9 Expos 13–2 Buehrle (9–4) Pavano (3–8) 2:42 21,870 31–32 box
64 June 10 Mets 1–3 Astacio (7–2) Glover (2–2) Benítez (14) 2:51 27,679 31–33 box
65 June 11 Mets 10–8 Ritchie (4–8) D'Amico (4–5) Osuna (1) 2:51 20,156 32–33 box
66 June 12 Mets 2–1 Biddle (1–0) Leiter (6–6) Osuna (2) 2:36 16,314 33–33 box
67 June 14 @ Cubs 4–8 Clement (5–4) Garland (6–5) 2:46 38,051 33–34 box
68 June 15 @ Cubs 3–7 Lieber (5–4) Buehrle (9–5) 2:57 38,860 33–35 box
69 June 16 @ Cubs 10–7 Foulke (1–4) Wood (6–5) Osuna (3) 3:09 38,742 34–35 box
70 June 18 @ Phillies 6 – 3 (12) Osuna (4–1) Coggin (0–2) Biddle (1) 4:16 17,424 35–35 box
71 June 19 @ Phillies 3–4 Plesac (2–2) Biddle (1–1) 2:49 21,905 35–36 box
72 June 20 @ Phillies 6–1 Buehrle (10–5) Person (2–4) 2:49 22,132 36–36 box
73 June 21 @ Braves 2–3 Gryboski (1–1) Ritchie (4–9) Smoltz (23) 2:37 35,102 36–37 box
74 June 22 @ Braves 2–15 Moss (4–2) Glover (2–3) 2:57 47,276 36–38 box
75 June 23 @ Braves 1–9 Marquis (6–4) Wright (5–8) 2:45 30,883 36–39 box
76 June 24 @ Twins 4–5 Hawkins (3–0) Howry (0–1) Guardado (22) 2:46 24,102 36–40 box
77 June 25 @ Twins 15–7 Buehrle (11–5) Milton (8–6) 3:19 24,662 37–40 box
78 June 26 @ Twins 5–6 Lohse (7–5) Ritchie (4–10) Guardado (23) 2:51 28,340 37–41 box
79 June 27 @ Twins 7–4 Glover (3–3) Reed (6–4) Foulke (9) 3:18 29,532 38–41 box
80 June 28 Cubs 13–9 Ginter (1–0) Borowski (2–4) 3:35 46,027 39–41 box
81 June 29 Cubs 5–4 Garland (7–5) Cruz (1–10) Osuna (4) 3:10 45,942 40–41 box
82 June 30 Cubs 2–9 Clement (6–5) Buehrle (11–6) 2:42 45,351 40–42 box
July (11–15) – home (6–6) – road (5–9)
# Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
83 July 2 Tigers 17–9 Ritchie (5–10) Bernero (2–4) 2:53 19,331 41–42 box
84 July 3 Tigers 4–5 Moehler (1–0) Glover (3–4) Paniagua (1) 3:01 15,064 41–43 box
85 July 4 Tigers 5–6 Sparks (4–8) Wunsch (1–1) Acevedo (13) 3:02 22,916 41–44 box
86 July 5 Indians 2–4 Báez (7–6) Garland (7–6) Wickman (19) 3:09 29,085 41–45 box
87 July 6 Indians 7–3 Buehrle (12–6) Phillips (0–1) Marte (1) 2:38 25,016 42–45 box
88 July 7 Indians 3–9 Drese (8–6) Ritchie (5–11) 2:55 22,104 42–46 box
All-Star Break: AL and NL tied 7–7 (11) at Miller Park
89 July 11 @ Tigers 9–2 Wright (6–8) Sparks (4–9) 2:24 16,791 43–46 box
90 July 12 @ Tigers 1–2 Redman (5–8) Ritchie (5–12) Acevedo (15) 2:38 26,121 43–47 box
91 July 13 @ Tigers 3–5 Rodney (1–2) Buehrle (12–7) Acevedo (16) 2:37 13,189 43–48 box
92 July 13 @ Tigers 1–3 Maroth (2–3) Biddle (1–2) Henriquez (1) 2:38 20,058 43–49 box
93 July 14 @ Tigers 6–4 Garland (8–6) Bernero (2–5) Osuna (5) 2:33 22,098 44–49 box
94 July 15 @ Indians 1–7 Phillips (1–1) Glover (3–5) 2:53 30,025 44–50 box
95 July 16 @ Indians 5–4 Osuna (5–1) Wickman (0–3) Marte (2) 3:08 30,754 45–50 box
96 July 17 @ Royals 6–8 Suppan (8–7) Ritchie (5–13) Hernández (17) 3:08 13,823 45–51 box
97 July 18 @ Royals 3–5 Byrd (13–6) Marte (1–1) 2:06 15,522 45–52 box
98 July 19 @ Orioles 4–10 López (10–3) Garland (8–7) 2:44 36,949 45–53 box
99 July 20 @ Orioles 3 – 4 (14) Bauer (5–4) Howry (0–2) 4:54 39,257 45–54 box
100 July 21 @ Orioles 8–7 Howry (1–2) Roberts (5–3) Osuna (6) 3:12 35,337 46–54 box
101 July 22 Twins 6–11 Reed (8–5) Ritchie (5–14) 3:33 32,352 46–55 box
102 July 23 Twins 8–7 Buehrle (13–7) Santana (4–2) Osuna (7) 3:08 22,665 47–55 box
103 July 24 Twins 1–8 Lohse (10–5) Garland (8–8) 2:50 23,535 47–56 box
104 July 26 Royals 10–2 Wright (7–8) Sedlacek (1–1) 3:08 20,803 48–56 box
105 July 27 Royals 9–1 Glover (4–5) May (2–7) 2:41 28,931 49–56 box
106 July 28 Royals 4–2 Howry (2–2) Suppan (8–9) Marte (3) 2:36 29,534 50–56 box
107 July 30 @ Twins 3–0 Buehrle (14–7) Lohse (10–6) 2:08 27,391 51–56 box
108 July 31 @ Twins 1 – 2 (10) Romero (6–1) Osuna (5–2) 3:02 29,478 51–57 box
August (14–13) – home (9–6) – road (5–7)
# Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
109 August 1 @ Twins 0–6 Milton (13–7) Wright (7–9) 2:25 26,270 51–58 box
110 August 2 @ Devil Rays 8 – 5 (12) Wunsch (2–1) Colomé (2–6) Osuna (8) 3:57 10,823 52–58 box
111 August 3 @ Devil Rays 2–6 Wilson (4–7) Ritchie (5–15) 2:34 11,963 52–59 box
112 August 4 @ Devil Rays 3–10 Kennedy (7–8) Buehrle (14–8) 2:41 11,809 52–60 box
113 August 5 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Foulke (2–4) Yan (5–6) Marte (4) 2:28 10,769 53–60 box
114 August 6 Angels 2–11 Washburn (14–3) Wright (7–10) Levine (5) 3:05 17,706 53–61 box
115 August 7 Angels 7–6 Osuna (6–2) Donnelly (0–1) 3:33 14,253 54–61 box
116 August 8 Angels 3–2 Parque (1–1) Sele (8–8) Marte (5) 2:44 18,165 55–61 box
117 August 9 Mariners 10–2 Buehrle (15–8) García (12–8) 2:49 28,229 56–61 box
118 August 10 Mariners 3–7 Nelson (3–2) Biddle (1–3) 3:34 29,766 56–62 box
119 August 11 Mariners 6–5 Wright (8–10) Baldwin (7–9) Osuna (9) 2:54 28,282 57–62 box
120 August 13 @ Rangers 12–3 Glover (5–5) Benoit (2–2) 3:05 25,657 58–62 box
121 August 14 @ Rangers 6–11 Valdez (6–9) Parque (1–2) 3:11 21,450 58–63 box
122 August 16 @ Athletics 0–1 Lidle (6–9) Buehrle (15–9) Koch (31) 2:16 22,622 58–64 box
123 August 17 @ Athletics 2–9 Mulder (14–7) Garland (8–9) 2:48 40,658 58–65 box
124 August 18 @ Athletics 4–7 Zito (17–5) Wright (8–11) 2:47 31,489 58–66 box
125 August 19 Twins 3–7 Radke (5–3) Glover (5–6) 2:42 24,016 58–67 box
126 August 20 Twins 0–5 Lohse (11–7) Parque (1–3) 2:22 16,192 58–68 box
127 August 21 Twins 10–1 Buehrle (16–9) Mays (2–5) 2:37 17,225 59–68 box
128 August 23 Devil Rays 2–8 Sturtze (3–13) Garland (8–10) 2:40 27,988 59–69 box
129 August 24 Devil Rays 5–2 Wright (9–11) Wilson (6–9) Marte (6) 2:23 24,580 60–69 box
130 August 25 Devil Rays 8–3 Glover (6–6) Kennedy (7–9) 2:44 20,340 61–69 box
131 August 26 Blue Jays 4–8 Thurman (2–2) Parque (1–4) 3:23 15,760 61–70 box
132 August 27 Blue Jays 8 – 4 (10) Osuna (7–2) Cassidy (0–4) 2:25 12,185 62–70 box
133 August 28 Blue Jays 8–0 Garland (9–10) Parris (5–5) 2:20 12,972 63–70 box
134 August 30 @ Tigers 4–3 Wright (10–11) Maroth (5–6) Marte (7) 2:36 16,857 64–70 box
135 August 31 @ Tigers 9–4 Glover (7–6) Sparks (8–14) 2:46 15,726 65–70 box
September (16–11) – home (8–5) – road (8–6)
# Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box
136 September 1 @ Tigers 7–0 Buehrle (17–9) Redman (8–13) 2:18 14,856 66–70 box
137 September 2 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Garland (10–10) Thurman (2–3) Marte (8) 2:58 18,373 67–70 box
138 September 3 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Rauch (1–1) Loaiza (7–8) Marte (9) 2:59 14,427 68–70 box
139 September 4 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Walker (8–4) Wright (10–12) 2:39 21,122 68–71 box
140 September 5 Indians 6–11 Rodríguez (2–1) Glover (7–7) 2:59 12,667 68–72 box
141 September 6 Indians 7–9 Burba (5–5) Buehrle (17–10) Báez (2) 2:48 17,131 68–73 box
142 September 7 Indians 2–4 Sabathia (11–10) Garland (10–11) Wohlers (7) 2:28 16,622 68–74 box
143 September 8 Indians 7–6 Osuna (8–2) Báez (10–11) 2:56 15,067 69–74 box
144 September 9 @ Royals 10–6 Wright (11–12) Byrd (15–11) 2:38 9,555 70–74 box
145 September 10 @ Royals 12–4 Porzio (2–0) Hernández (3–4) Osuna (10) 3:20 10,106 71–74 box
146 September 11 @ Royals 6–9 May (4–9) Buehrle (17–11) 2:51 12,104 71–75 box
147 September 12 @ Royals 5–1 Garland (11–11) Asencio (3–6) 2:22 10,427 72–75 box
148 September 13 @ Yankees 13–2 Biddle (2–3) Mussina (16–10) Osuna (11) 3:22 45,935 73–75 box
149 September 14 @ Yankees 8–1 Wright (12–12) Clemens (12–6) 2:45 44,795 74–75 box
150 September 15 @ Yankees 4 – 8 (6) Pettitte (11–5) Porzio (2–1) 2:01 39,587 74–76 box
151 September 17 Royals 6–1 Buehrle (18–11) Asencio (3–7) Foulke (10) 2:31 12,003 75–76 box
152 September 18 Royals 3–1 Garland (12–11) Suppan (8–16) Marte (10) 2:41 10,246 76–76 box
153 September 19 Royals 1–2 Byrd (17–11) Biddle (2–4) Hernández (26) 2:31 10,354 76–77 box
154 September 20 Twins 10–2 Wright (13–12) Rincón (0–2) 2:24 16,128 77–77 box
155 September 21 Twins 14–4 Rauch (2–1) Radke (9–5) 2:53 20,645 78–77 box
156 September 22 Twins 8–2 Buehrle (19–11) Mays (4–8) 2:40 15,112 79–77 box
157 September 24 Red Sox 2–4 Fossum (5–4) Garland (12–12) Urbina (39) 2:57 14,168 79–78 box
158 September 25 Red Sox 7–2 Biddle (3–4) Lowe (21–8) 2:19 13,102 80–78 box
159 September 26 Red Sox 3–2 Wright (14–12) Hancock (0–1) Foulke (11) 2:11 12,304 81–78 box
160 September 27 @ Twins 1–3 Fiore (10–3) Glover (7–8) Guardado (44) 2:22 21,905 81–79 box
161 September 28 @ Twins 2–3 Hawkins (6–0) Buehrle (19–12) Guardado (45) 2:35 32,072 81–80 box
162 September 29 @ Twins 1–3 Wells (2–1) Porzio (2–2) Romero (1) 2:27 31,270 81–81 box

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; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Sandy Alomar Jr., C 51 167 21 48 10 1 7 25 5 14 .287 0
Joe Borchard, OF 16 36 5 8 0 0 2 5 1 14 .222 0
Mark Buehrle, P 34 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 0
Royce Clayton, SS 112 342 51 86 14 2 7 35 20 67 .251 5
Joe Crede, 3B 53 200 28 57 10 0 12 35 8 40 .285 0
Ray Durham, 2B 96 345 71 103 20 2 9 48 49 59 .299 20
Keith Foulke, P 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jon Garland, P 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Gary Glover, P 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Tony Graffanino, 3B,2B,SS 70 229 35 60 12 4 6 31 22 38 .262 2
Willie Harris, 2B,CF 49 163 14 38 4 0 2 12 9 21 .233 8
D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B,SS 27 108 22 31 4 3 1 11 16 10 .287 2
Mark Johnson, C 86 263 31 55 8 1 4 18 30 52 .209 0
Paul Konerko, 1B 151 570 81 173 30 0 27 104 44 72 .304 0
Carlos Lee, LF 140 492 82 130 26 2 26 80 75 73 .264 1
Jeff Liefer, OF,1B,DH 76 204 28 47 8 0 7 26 19 60 .230 0
Kenny Lofton, CF 93 352 68 91 20 6 8 42 49 51 .259 22
Dámaso Marte, P 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Miguel Olivo, C 6 19 2 4 1 0 1 5 2 5 .211 0
Magglio Ordóñez, RF 153 590 116 189 47 1 38 135 53 77 .320 7
Josh Paul, C 33 104 11 25 4 0 0 11 9 22 .240 2
Todd Ritchie, P 27 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 0
Aaron Rowand, CF 126 302 41 78 16 2 7 29 12 54 .258 0
Frank Thomas, DH,1B 148 523 77 132 29 1 28 92 88 115 .252 3
José Valentín, 3B 135 474 70 118 26 4 25 75 43 99 .249 3
Dan Wright, P 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Team Totals
 162 5502 856 1475 289 29 217 819 555 952 .268 75

Pitching

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Lorenzo Barceló 0 1 9.00 4 0 0 6.0 9 6 6 1 1 1
Rocky Biddle 3 4 4.06 44 7 1 77.2 72 42 35 13 43 64
Mark Buehrle 19 12 3.58 34 34 0 239.0 236 102 95 25 68 134
Keith Foulke 2 4 2.90 65 0 11 77.2 65 26 25 7 15 58
Jon Garland 12 12 4.58 33 33 0 192.2 188 109 98 23 84 112
Matt Ginter 1 0 4.47 33 0 1 54.1 59 34 27 6 21 37
Gary Glover 7 8 5.20 41 22 1 138.1 136 86 80 21 53 70
Bob Howry 2 2 3.91 47 0 0 50.2 45 22 22 7 19 31
Dámaso Marte 1 1 2.83 68 0 10 60.1 44 19 19 5 20 72
Antonio Osuna 8 2 3.86 59 0 11 67.2 64 32 29 1 32 66
Jim Parque 1 4 9.95 8 4 0 25.1 34 29 28 11 16 13
Mike Porzio 2 2 4.81 32 0 0 43.0 40 25 23 10 25 33
Jon Rauch 2 1 6.59 8 6 0 28.2 28 26 21 7 16 19
Todd Ritchie 5 15 6.06 26 23 0 133.2 176 104 90 18 54 77
Dan Wright 14 12 5.18 33 33 0 196.1 200 124 113 32 72 136
Kelly Wunsch 2 1 3.41 50 0 0 31.2 26 12 12 3 20 22
Team Totals
 81 81 4.53 162 162 35 1423.0 1422 798 716 190 559 945

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Nick Capra
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Wally Backman
A Winston-Salem Warthogs Carolina League Razor Shines
A Kannapolis Intimidators South Atlantic League John Orton
Rookie Bristol White Sox Appalachian League Nick Leyva
Rookie AZL White Sox Arizona League Jerry Hairston, Sr.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Bristol[6]

References

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at Comiskey Park II
  3. ^ "Brooks Kieschnick Stats".
  4. ^ "Ray Durham Stats".
  5. ^ "Sandy Alomar Stats".
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007