2006 Chicago White Sox season

The 2006 Chicago White Sox season was their first since winning the World Series the season before. They finished with a record of 90–72, good enough for third place in the American League Central, six games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

2006 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) American League Central (since 1994)
Location
U.S. Cellular Field (since 1991) Chicago (since 1900)
Results
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Kenny Williams
Manager(s)	Ozzie Guillén
Local television	WGN-TV/WCIU-TV Comcast Sportsnet (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Local radio	WSCR (Chris Singleton, Ed Farmer) WRTO (AM) (Hector Molina)
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Offseason

• November 25, 2005: Jim Thome was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with cash to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Aaron Rowand, and Daniel Haigwood (minors). The Chicago White Sox sent Gio González (minors) (December 8, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
• November 30, 2005: Paul Konerko was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
• December 13, 2005: Rob Mackowiak was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Damaso Marte.^[2]
• December 20, 2005: Javier Vázquez was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Chicago White Sox for Orlando Hernández, Luis Vizcaíno and Chris Young.
• January 19, 2006: Jorge Velandia and Agustín Montero was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
• March 8, 2006: Jeff Bajenaru was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Chicago White Sox for Alex Cintrón.^[4]
• March 20, 2006: Joe Borchard was traded to the Seattle Mariners by the Chicago White Sox for Matt Thornton.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	96	66	0.593	—	54–27	42–39
Detroit Tigers	95	67	0.586	1	46–35	49–32
Chicago White Sox	90	72	0.556	6	49–32	41–40
Cleveland Indians	78	84	0.481	18	44–37	34–47
Kansas City Royals	62	100	0.383	34	34–47	28–53

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–15	2–5	4–2	3–3	5–1	4–6	3–6	7–12	2–4	4–6	13–6	3–6	8–11	9–9
Boston	15–3	—	4–2	3–4	3–3	4–5	3–3	1–5	8–11	3–7	4–6	10–9	5–4	7–12	16–2
Chicago	5–2	2–4	—	8–11	12–7	11–8	6–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–4	3–3	5–5	5–4	14–4
Cleveland	2–4	4–3	11–8	—	6–13	10–8	4–5	8–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	6–1	5–4	4–2	8–10
Detroit	3–3	3–3	7–12	13–6	—	14–4	3–5	11–8	2–5	5–4	6–3	5–3	5–5	3–3	15–3
Kansas City	1–5	5–4	8–11	8–10	4–14	—	3–7	7–12	2–7	4–5	3–5	1–5	3–3	3–4	10–8
Los Angeles	6–4	3–3	3–6	5–4	5–3	7–3	—	4–2	6–4	11–8	10–9	7–2	11–8	4–6	7–11
Minnesota	6–3	5–1	10–9	11–8	8–11	12–7	2–4	—	3–3	6–4	5–3	6–1	4–5	2–5	16–2
New York	12–7	11–8	4–2	4–3	5–2	7–2	4–6	3–3	—	3–6	3–3	13–5	8–2	10–8	10–8
Oakland	4–2	7–3	3–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	8–11	4–6	6–3	—	17–2	6–3	9–10	6–4	8–10
Seattle	6–4	6–4	4–5	5–4	3–6	5–3	9–10	3–5	3–3	2–17	—	6–3	8–11	4–5	14–4
Tampa Bay	6–13	9–10	3–3	1–6	3–5	5–1	2–7	1–6	5–13	3–6	3–6	—	3–6	6–12	11–7
Texas	6–3	4–5	5–5	4–5	5–5	3–3	8–11	5–4	2–8	10–9	11–8	6–3	—	4–2	7–11
Toronto	11–8	12–7	4–5	2–4	3–3	4–3	6–4	5–2	8–10	4–6	5–4	12–6	2–4	—	9–9

Game log

2006 White Sox Game Log
April (17–7) – home (9–3) – road (8–4) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 1 April 2 Indians 10–4 McCarthy (1–0) Cabrera (0–1) 2:59 38,802 1–0 box 2 April 4 Indians 2–8 Westbrook (1–0) García (0–1) 2:35 37,591 1–1 box 3 April 5 Indians 3 – 4 (11) Graves (1–0) Cotts (0–1) 4:00 33,586 1–2 box 4 April 7 @ Royals 7–11 Wood (1–0) Garland (0–1) 2:51 23,204 1–3 box 5 April 8 @ Royals 3–4 Dessens (1–0) Politte (0–1) Burgos (1) 2:47 18,031 1–4 box 6 April 9 @ Royals 3–1 Buehrle (1–0) Elarton (0–2) Jenks (1) 2:17 15,094 2–4 box 7 April 10 @ Tigers 5–3 García (1–1) Bonderman (1–1) Jenks (2) 2:14 44,179 3–4 box 8 April 12 @ Tigers 4–3 Contreras (1–0) Robertson (1–1) Jenks (3) 2:14 12,601 3–4 box 9 April 13 @ Tigers 13–9 Garland (1–1) Verlander (1–1) 3:12 14,027 5–4 box 10 April 14 Blue Jays 7–13 Walker (1–1) Vázquez (0–1) 3:15 31,418 5–5 box 11 April 15 Blue Jays 4–2 Buehrle (2–0) Burnett (0–1) Jenks (4) 2:10 33,247 6–5 box 12 April 16 Blue Jays 6 – 4 (5) García (2–1) Towers (0–3) 1:36 27,337 7–5 box 13 April 17 Royals 9–0 Contreras (2–0) Mays (0–2) 2:29 27,889 8–5 box 14 April 18 Royals 4–1 Garland (2–1) Affeldt (0–2) Jenks (5) 2:19 21,901 9–5 box 15 April 19 Royals 4–0 Vázquez (1–1) Elarton (0–4) Jenks (6) 2:34 25,459 10–5 box 16 April 21 Twins 7–1 Buehrle (3–0) Santana (0–3) 2:29 31,287 11–5 box 17 April 22 Twins 9–2 García (3–1) Radke (2–2) 3:01 38,955 12–5 box 18 April 23 Twins 7–3 Contreras (1–1) Silva (1–3) 2:24 38,102 13–5 box 19 April 24 @ Mariners 3 – 4 (11) Mateo (2–0) McCarthy (1–1) 3:07 20,390 13–6 box 20 April 25 @ Mariners 13–3 Vázquez (2–1) Piñeiro (2–2) Logan (1) 2:46 20,451 14–6 box 21 April 26 @ Mariners 1–5 Washburn (2–3) Buehrle (3–1) 2:12 23,848 14–7 box 22 April 28 @ Angels 8–5 García (4–1) Weaver (1–3) 3:03 43,940 15–7 box 23 April 29 @ Angels 2–1 Contreras (4–0) Santana (3–2) Jenks (7) 2:24 40,065 16–7 box 24 April 30 @ Angels 6–5 Politte (1–1) Shields (1–2) Cotts (1) 2:35 44,135 17–7 box
May (16–12) – home (10–3) – road (6–9) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 25 May 1 @ Indians 8–6 Vázquez (3–1) Lee (2–2) Jenks (8) 3:44 17,845 18–7 box 26 May 2 @ Indians 1–7 Sabathia (1–0) Buehrle (3–2) 2:38 22,630 18–8 box 27 May 3 Mariners 6 – 5 (11) Jenks (1–0) Woods (1–1) 3:16 27,569 19–8 box^[permanent dead link] 28 May 4 Mariners 4–1 Contreras (5–0) Hernández (1–4) Jenks (9) 2:22 26,313 20–8 box 29 May 5 Royals 4–5 Dessens (2–1) Jenks (1–1) Burgos (4) 2:49 33,628 20–9 box 30 May 6 Royals 9–2 Vázquez (4–1) Hernández (1–2) 2:38 38,593 21–9 box 31 May 7 Royals 3–2 McCarthy (2–1) Dessens (2–2) Jenks (10) 2:36 38,870 22–9 box 32 May 9 Angels 9–1 García (5–1) Gregg (2–1) 2:34 36,539 23–9 box 33 May 10 Angels 5–12 Santana (3–1) Haeger (0–1) Rodríguez (10) 3:15 31,034 23–10 box – May 11 Angels Postponed (rain), rescheduled for August 7 34 May 12 @ Twins 1–10 Santana (4–3) Garland (2–2) 2:26 30,473 23–11 box 35 May 13 @ Twins 4–8 Radke (4–4) Vázquez (4–2) 2:52 33,021 23–12 box 36 May 14 @ Twins 9–7 Buehrle (4–2) Silva (2–6) Jenks (11) 3:01 21,796 24–12 box 37 May 15 @ Twins 7–3 García (6–1) Baker (1–4) 3:04 19,413 25–12 box 38 May 16 @ Devil Rays 7–10 Kazmir (6–2) McCarthy (2–2) Walker (6) 3:11 11,566 25–13 box 39 May 17 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Garland (3–2) Lugo (0–2) Jenks (12) 2:39 11,607 26–13 box 40 May 18 @ Devil Rays 4–5 Hendrickson (3–2) Vázquez (1–1) Walker (7) 2:40 11,607 26–14 box 41 May 19 Cubs 6–1 Buehrle (5–2) Maddux (5–3) 2:07 39,301 27–14 box 42 May 20 Cubs 7–0 García (7–1) Hill (0–4) 2:38 39,387 28–14 box 43 May 21 Cubs 4–7 Zambrano (3–2) Cotts (0–2) Dempster (8) 2:40 38,645 28–15 box 44 May 22 Athletics 5 – 4 (10) Jenks (2–1) Flores (0–1) 3:06 39,354 29–15 box 45 May 23 Athletics 9–3 Vázquez (5–3) Saarloos (2–2) 3:00 38,860 30–15 box 46 May 24 Athletics 3–2 Buehrle (6–2) Haren (4–4) Jenks (13) 2:31 38,434 31–15 box 47 May 26 @ Blue Jays 2–8 Lilly (5–4) García (7–2) 2:43 22,729 31–16 box 48 May 27 @ Blue Jays 2 – 3 (11) Schoeneweis (1–0) Nelson (0–1) 3:32 30,063 31–17 box 49 May 28 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Garland (4–2) Taubenheim (0–2) Jenks (14) 2:50 35,277 32–17 box 50 May 29 @ Indians 11–0 Vázquez (6–3) Lee (3–5) 2:48 31,803 33–17 box 51 May 30 @ Indians 3–4 Sabathia (5–1) Buehrle (6–3) Wickman (8) 2:43 20,944 33–18 box 52 May 31 @ Indians 0–5 Westbrook (5–3) García (7–3) 2:46 21,671 33–19 box
June (19–8) – home (10–5) – road (9–3) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 53 June 1 @ Indians 8–12 Cabrera (1–1) Thornton (0–1) 3:06 20,846 33–20 box 54 June 2 Rangers 3–4 Cordero (5–3) McCarthy (2–3) Otsuka (10) 2:54 32,802 33–21 box 55 June 3 Rangers 8–6 Vázquez (7–3) Padilla (5–4) Jenks (15) 3:20 38,697 34–21 box 56 June 4 Rangers 2–10 Rheinecker (2–0) Buehrle (6–4) 2:26 35,915 34–22 box 57 June 6 Tigers 4–3 McCarthy (3–3) Rodney (4–2) Jenks (16) 2:42 37,192 35–22 box 58 June 7 Tigers 4–3 Contreras (6–0) Verlander (7–4) Jenks (17) 2:31 37,612 36–22 box 59 June 8 Tigers 2–6 Rogers (8–3) Garland (4–3) 2:29 37,354 36–23 box 60 June 9 Indians 5–4 Thornton (1–1) Betancourt (0–2) Jenks (18) 2:50 33,909 37–23 box 61 June 10 Indians 4 – 3 (11) Montero (1–0) Wickman (1–1) 3:29 36,265 38–23 box 62 June 11 Indians 8–10 Westbrook (6–3) García (7–4) Wickman (9) 3:13 34,410 38–24 box 63 June 12 @ Rangers 8–3 Contreras (7–0) Koronka (4–4) 2:40 29,182 39–24 box 64 June 13 @ Rangers 5–2 Garland (5–3) Loe (3–6) Jenks (19) 2:43 18,354 40–24 box 65 June 14 @ Rangers 0–8 Padilla (6–4) Vázquez (7–4) 2:23 28,776 40–25 box 66 June 15 @ Rangers 8–2 Buehrle (7–4) Rheinecker (2–1) 2:35 19,424 41–25 box 67 June 16 @ Reds 12–4 García (8–4) Claussen (3–8) 2:37 32,673 42–25 box 68 June 17 @ Reds 8–6 Thornton (2–1) Coffey (3–1) Jenks (20) 3:09 39,451 43–25 box 69 June 18 @ Reds 8–1 Garland (6–3) Harang (7–5) 2:35 31,569 44–25 box 70 June 20 Cardinals 20–6 Vázquez (8–4) Mulder (6–5) 3:23 39,463 45–25 box 71 June 21 Cardinals 13–5 Buehrle (8–4) Marquis (9–5) 2:20 37,897 46–25 box 72 June 22 Cardinals 1–0 García (9–4) Reyes (1–1) Jenks (21) 2:00 39,509 47–25 box 73 June 23 Astros 7–4 Contreras (8–0) Pettitte (6–8) Jenks (22) 2:50 37,700 48–25 box 74 June 24 Astros 6 – 5 (10) Thornton (3–1) Wheeler (1–5) 3:19 38,377 49–25 box 75 June 25 Astros 9 – 10 (13) Nieve (3–3) McCarthy (3–4) 4:25 38,516 49–26 box 76 June 27 @ Pirates 4–2 Buehrle (9–4) Snell (7–5) Jenks (23) 2:29 24,976 50–26 box 77 June 28 @ Pirates 4–3 García (10–4) Maholm (2–7) Jenks (24) 2:31 23,118 51–26 box 78 June 29 @ Pirates 6–7 Gonzalez (2–3) Politte (1–2) 2:46 21,380 51–27 box 79 June 30 @ Cubs 6–2 Garland (7–3) Marshall (4–7) 2:53 40,720 52–27 box
July (10–15) – home (5–8) – road (5–7) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 80 July 1 @ Cubs 8–6 Cotts (1–2) Dempster (1–5) Jenks (25) 3:05 41,027 53–27 box 81 July 2 @ Cubs 11–15 Zambrano (7–3) Buehrle (9–5) Howry (2) 2:53 40,919 53–28 box 82 July 3 Orioles 1–8 Bédard (9–6) García (10–5) 2:24 38,829 53–29 box 83 July 4 Orioles 13–0 Contreras (9–0) López (5–10) 2:48 37,300 54–29 box 84 July 5 Orioles 4–2 Garland (8–3) Cabrera (4–6) Jenks (26) 2:27 38,872 55–29 box 85 July 6 Orioles 11–8 Vázquez (9–4) Ortiz (0–1) Thornton (1) 3:03 35,266 56–29 box 86 July 7 Red Sox 2–7 Lester (4–0) Buehrle (9–6) 2:46 39,355 56–30 box 87 July 8 Red Sox 6–9 Beckett (11–4) Riske (0–2) Papelbon (26) 3:50 39,497 56–31 box 88 July 9 Red Sox 6 – 5 (19) Politte (2–2) Seánez (2–1) 6:19 39,335 57–31 box All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 4–3 at PNC Park 89 July 14 @ Yankees 5–6 Farnsworth (3–4) Contreras (9–1) Rivera (20) 2:41 55,069 57–32 box 90 July 15 @ Yankees 3–14 Mussina (11–3) Buehrle (9–7) 3:00 55,019 57–33 box 91 July 16 @ Yankees 4–6 Wright (6–5) García (10–6) Rivera (21) 2:59 54,781 57–34 box 92 July 18 @ Tigers 7–1 Garland (9–3) Robertson (8–6) 2:28 39,153 58–34 box 93 July 19 @ Tigers 2–5 Bonderman (10–4) Vázquez (9–5) 2:36 39,693 58–35 box 94 July 20 @ Tigers 1–2 Zumaya (5–1) Contreras (9–2) Jones (25) 2:29 41,075 58–36 box 95 July 21 Rangers 3–10 Mahay (1–1) Buehrle (9–8) Bauer (2) 2:44 38,246 58–37 box 96 July 22 Rangers 1–3 Cordero (7–4) Jenks (2–2) Otsuka (26) 3:09 39,250 58–38 box 97 July 23 Rangers 5–0 Garland (10–3) Padilla (10–6) 2:10 38,312 59–38 box 98 July 24 Twins 4–7 Radke (9–7) Vázquez (9–6) 2:54 39,750 59–39 box 99 July 25 Twins 3–4 Santana (12–5) Contreras (9–3) Nathan (20) 2:37 36,984 59–40 box 100 July 26 Twins 4–7 Silva (6–9) Buehrle (9–9) Nathan (21) 2:49 39,387 59–41 box 101 July 28 @ Orioles 6–4 Thornton (4–1) Ray (1–3) Jenks (27) 2:56 35,382 60–41 box 102 July 29 @ Orioles 13–11 Garland (11–3) Johnson (0–1) Jenks (28) 3:46 34,598 61–41 box 103 July 30 @ Orioles 7–8 Rodríguez (1–1) Jenks (2–3) 3:03 28,725 61–42 box 104 July 31 @ Royals 8–4 Contreras (10–3) Hernández (2–6) 2:43 12,903 62–42 box
August (16–13) – home (10–7) – road (6–6) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 105 August 1 @ Royals 7 – 5 (10) Riske (1–2) Burgos (2–4) Jenks (29) 3:20 11,609 63–42 box 106 August 2 @ Royals 3–7 Hudson (4–3) García (10–7) 2:43 10,901 63–43 box 107 August 4 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Garland (12–3) Halladay (13–3) Jenks (30) 2:48 30,060 64–43 box 108 August 5 @ Blue Jays 7–1 Vázquez (10–6) Rosario (1–2) 2:55 35,117 65–43 box 109 August 6 @ Blue Jays 3–7 Burnett (3–5) Contreras (10–4) 2:38 36,453 65–44 box 110 August 7 Angels 3–6 Escobar (8–9) Buehrle (9–10) Rodríguez (27) 2:40 37,477 65–45 box 111 August 8 Yankees 6–5 Jenks (3–3) Proctor (4–3) 3:47 39,872 66–45 box 112 August 9 Yankees 6–7 Johnson (12–9) Garland (12–4) Rivera (29) 3:17 39,406 66–46 box 113 August 10 Yankees 5–4 Vázquez (11–6) Mussina (13–5) Jenks (31) 3:26 39,289 67–46 box 114 August 11 Tigers 5–0 Contreras (11–4) Verlander (14–5) 2:13 39,378 68–46 box 115 August 12 Tigers 4–3 MacDougal (1–0) Rogers (11–6) Jenks (32) 2:25 38,873 69–46 box 116 August 13 Tigers 7–3 García (11–7) Miner (7–3) Jenks (33) 3:01 38,931 70–46 box 117 August 14 Royals 12–2 Garland (13–4) Redman (7–7) 2:37 39,938 71–46 box 118 August 15 Royals 2–4 Hernández (3–7) Vázquez (11–7) Nelson (1) 2:43 35,690 71–47 box 119 August 16 Royals 4–10 Bernero (1–0) Contreras (11–5) 2:44 36,998 71–48 box 120 August 17 Royals 5–4 Buehrle (10–10) Pérez (0–1) Jenks (34) 2:43 37,839 72–48 box 121 August 18 @ Twins 3–7 Neshek (3–0) García (11–8) 2:45 43,204 72–49 box 122 August 19 @ Twins 4–1 Garland (14–4) Radke (12–9) Jenks (35) 2:32 46,215 73–49 box 123 August 20 @ Twins 3–7 Santana (15–5) Vázquez (11–8) 2:47 42,537 73–50 box 124 August 21 @ Tigers 1–7 Verlander (15–6) Contreras (11–6) 2:29 39,278 73–51 box 125 August 22 @ Tigers 0–4 Rogers (13–6) Buehrle (10–11) 2:28 39,361 73–52 box 126 August 23 @ Tigers 7–5 García (12–8) Miner (7–5) Jenks (36) 3:10 40,187 74–52 box 127 August 24 @ Tigers 10–0 Garland (15–4) Robertson (11–10) 2:14 41,565 75–52 box 128 August 25 Twins 4–5 Crain (3–5) MacDougal (1–1) Nathan (27) 2:59 35,931 75–53 box 129 August 26 Twins 7 – 8 (11) Eyre (1–0) Thornton (4–2) 3:37 38,636 75–54 box 130 August 27 Twins 6–1 Buehrle (11–11) Silva (8–12) 2:21 35,193 76–54 box 131 August 29 Devil Rays 12–9 García (13–8) Fossum (6–6) Jenks (37) 3:13 35,313 77–54 box 132 August 30 Devil Rays 5–4 Garland (16–4) Meadows (2–5) Jenks (38) 2:50 38,874 78–54 box 133 August 31 Devil Rays 3 – 5 (10) Lugo (2–2) McCarthy (3–5) McClung (3) 3:06 33,178 78–55 box
September/October (12–17) – home (5–6) – road (7–11) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 134 September 1 @ Royals 5–7 Hernández (5–8) Contreras (11–7) Nelson (5) 2:58 15,501 78–56 box 135 September 2 @ Royals 5–3 Buehrle (12–11) Pérez (1–3) Jenks (39) 2:35 18,028 79–56 box 136 September 3 @ Royals 7–3 Redman (9–8) García (13–9) 2:46 20,407 79–57 box 137 September 4 @ Red Sox 2 – 3 (10) Timlin (6–4) McCarthy (3–6) 3:07 36,206 79–58 box 138 September 5 @ Red Sox 0–1 Gabbard (1–3) Vázquez (11–9) Timlin (4) 2:13 35,912 79–59 box 139 September 6 @ Red Sox 8–1 Contreras (12–7) Snyder (4–4) 2:47 35,923 80–59 box 140 September 7 Indians 1–9 Lee (12–10) Buehrle (12–12) 3:01 34,671 80–60 box 141 September 8 Indians 7–6 Thornton (5–2) Mastny (0–1) 3:17 37,188 81–60 box 142 September 9 Indians 10–8 Garland (17–4) Carmona (1–9) Thornton (2) 3:22 38,422 82–60 box 143 September 10 Indians 2–5 Sabathia (11–9) McCarthy (3–7) 2:51 37,723 82–61 box 144 September 11 @ Angels 3–2 Contreras (13–7) Lackey (11–10) Jenks (40) 2:22 39,316 83–61 box 145 September 12 @ Angels 3 – 4 (11) Carrasco (5–3) Jenks (3–4) 3:03 39,304 83–62 box 146 September 13 @ Angels 9–0 García (14–9) Saunders (5–3) 2:37 37,030 84–62 box 147 September 15 @ Athletics 2–4 Loaiza (10–8) Garland (17–5) Street (33) 2:48 26,809 84–63 box 148 September 16 @ Athletics 4–7 Zito (16–9) Thornton (5–3) Street (34) 2:53 32,169 84–64 box 149 September 17 @ Athletics 4–5 Blanton (16–11) Contreras (13–8) Duchscherer (9) 2:38 28,806 84–65 box 150 September 18 Tigers 2–8 Rogers (16–6) Buehrle (12–13) 2:54 39,427 84–66 box 151 September 19 Tigers 7–0 García (15–9) Verlander (16–9) 2:25 38,850 85–66 box 152 September 20 Tigers 2–6 Bonderman (13–8) Garland (17–6) 2:53 38,971 85–67 box 153 September 21 Mariners 0–9 Woods (6–3) Vázquez (11–10) 2:37 33,976 85–68 box 154 September 22 Mariners 6–11 Fruto (2–1) Contreras (13–9) 3:23 37,557 85–69 box 155 September 23 Mariners 11–7 Haeger (1–1) Piñeiro (8–13) 2:31 37,400 86–69 box 156 September 24 Mariners 12–7 García (16–9) Feierabend (0–1) 2:58 37,518 87–69 box 157 September 25 @ Indians 1–14 Lee (13–11) Garland (17–7) 2:32 15,913 87–70 box 158 September 26 @ Indians 0–6 Sabathia (12–11) Vázquez (11–11) 2:19 16,080 87–71 box 159 September 27 @ Indians 2–1 McCarthy (4–7) Carmona (1–10) Haeger (1) 2:08 16,404 88–71 box 160 September 29 @ Twins 4–3 García (17–9) Bonser (7–6) Jenks (41) 2:27 45,439 89–71 box 161 September 30 @ Twins 6–3 Garland (18–7) Garza (3–6) 2:34 46,219 90–71 box 162 October 1 @ Twins 1–5 Silva (11–15) Vázquez (11–12) 2:56 45,182 90–72 box

Transactions

• April 1, 2006: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[6]
• May 2, 2006: Jeff Nelson was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[7]
• June 15, 2006: David Riske was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Javier Lopez.^[8]
• July 20, 2006: Cliff Politte was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[9]
• July 23, 2006: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for B. J. LaMura (minors).^[10]

Roster

2006 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 56 Mark Buehrle 52 José Contreras 46 Neal Cotts 34 Freddy García 20 Jon Garland 40 Charlie Haeger 32 Dustin Hermanson 45 Bobby Jenks 57 Boone Logan 47 Mike MacDougal 55 Brandon McCarthy 65 Agustín Montero 43 Jeff Nelson 18 Cliff Politte 54 David Riske 37 Matt Thornton 50 Sean Tracey 33 Javier Vázquez		Catchers 26 Sandy Alomar Jr. 12 A. J. Pierzynski 39 Chris Stewart 36 Chris Widger Infielders  8 Alex Cintrón 24 Joe Crede 27 Josh Fields 17 Ross Gload 15 Tadahito Iguchi 14 Paul Konerko 25 Jim Thome  5 Juan Uribe		Outfielders 44 Brian Anderson 23 Jermaine Dye 10 Rob Mackowiak  7 Jerry Owens 38 Pablo Ozuna 22 Scott Podsednik 36 Ryan Sweeney		Manager 13 Ozzie Guillén Coaches  3 Harold Baines (bench) 21 Don Cooper (pitching) 28 Joey Cora (third base) 53 Art Kusnyer (bullpen) 30 Tim Raines (first base) 29 Greg Walker (hitting)

Opening Day lineup

• Scott Podsednik, LF
• Tadahito Iguchi, 2B
• Jim Thome, DH
• Paul Konerko, 1B
• Jermaine Dye, RF
• A. J. Pierzynski, C
• Joe Crede, 3B
• Juan Uribe, SS
• Brian Anderson, CF
• José Contreras, P

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	19	46	5	10	3	0	1	3	7	35	.217	0
Brian Anderson, CF	134	365	46	82	23	1	8	33	30	90	.225	4
Mark Buehrle, P	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Alex Cintrón, SS,2B	91	288	35	82	10	3	5	41	10	35	.285	10
José Contreras, P	30	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	0
Joe Crede, 3B	150	544	76	154	31	0	30	94	28	58	.283	0
Jermaine Dye, RF	146	539	103	170	27	3	44	120	59	118	.315	7
Josh Fields, 3B,LF	11	20	4	3	2	0	1	2	5	8	.150	0
Freddy García, P	33	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	0
Jon Garland, P	33	5	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	.200	0
Ross Gload, OF,1B	77	156	22	51	8	2	3	18	6	15	.327	6
Tadahito Iguchi, 2B	138	555	97	156	24	0	18	67	59	110	.281	11
Paul Konerko, 1B	152	566	97	177	30	0	35	113	60	104	.313	1
Rob Mackowiak, OF,3B	112	255	31	74	12	1	5	23	28	59	.290	5
Brandon McCarthy, P	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	0
Jerry Owens, OF	12	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333	1
Pablo Ozuna, OF,2B	79	189	25	62	12	2	2	17	7	16	.328	6
A. J. Pierzynski, C	140	509	65	150	24	0	16	64	22	72	.295	1
Scott Podsednik, LF	139	524	86	137	27	6	3	45	54	96	.261	40
Chris Stewart, C	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Ryan Sweeney, OF	18	35	1	8	0	0	0	5	0	7	.229	0
Jim Thome, DH	143	490	108	141	26	0	42	109	107	147	.288	0
Juan Uribe, SS	132	463	53	109	28	2	21	71	13	82	.235	1
Javier Vázquez, P	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Chris Widger, C	27	76	6	14	3	0	1	7	9	20	.184	0
Team Totals	162	5657	868	1586	291	20	236	839	502	1056	.280	93

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
Mark Buehrle	12	13	4.99	32	32	0	204.0	247	124	113	36	53	98
José Contreras	13	9	4.27	30	30	0	196.0	194	101	93	20	59	134
Neal Cotts	1	2	5.17	70	0	1	54.0	60	64	33	31	30	43
Freddy García	17	9	4.53	33	33	0	216.1	228	116	109	32	51	135
Jon Garland	18	7	4.51	33	32	0	211.1	247	112	106	26	45	112
Charlie Haeger	1	1	3.44	7	1	1	18.1	12	10	7	0	13	19
Dustin Hermanson	0	0	4.05	6	0	0	6.2	6	3	3	2	2	5
Bobby Jenks	3	4	4.00	67	0	41	69.2	66	32	31	5	41	80
Boone Logan	0	0	8.31	21	0	1	17.1	21	18	16	2	17	15
Mike MacDougal	1	1	1.80	25	0	0	25.0	19	5	5	1	6	19
Brandon McCarthy	4	7	4.68	53	2	0	84.2	77	44	44	17	42	69
Agustín Montero	1	0	5.14	11	0	0	14.0	15	10	8	3	2	7
Jeff Nelson	0	1	3.38	6	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	1	6	2
Cliff Politte	2	2	8.70	30	0	0	30.0	47	30	29	9	22	15
David Riske	1	1	3.93	33	0	0	34.1	32	16	15	4	15	23
Matt Thornton	5	3	3.33	63	0	2	54.0	46	20	20	5	25	49
Sean Tracey	0	0	3.38	7	0	0	8.0	4	3	3	2	5	3
Javier Vázquez	11	12	4.84	33	32	0	202.2	206	116	109	23	58	184
Team Totals	90	72	4.61	162	162	46	1449.0	1534	794	743	200	492	1012

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Razor Shines
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Chris Cron
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Rafael Santana
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	Omer Muñoz
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Nick Leyva
Rookie	Great Falls White Sox	Pioneer League	Bobby Tolan

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References

• Batting Statistics: Chicago White Sox Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Chicago White Sox Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

1. "Paul Konerko Stats".
2. "Damaso Marte Stats".
3. "Jorge Velandia Stats".
4. "Jeff Bajenaru Stats".
5. "Joe Borchard Stats".
6. "Ernie Young Stats".
7. "Jeff Nelson Stats".
8. "David Riske Stats".
9. "Cliff Politte Stats".
10. "Sandy Alomar Stats".
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2006 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference