2006 Chicago White Sox season

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)
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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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.

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 Gonzalez (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]
January 19, 2006: Jorge Velandia was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
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 of Anaheim	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)

May (16–12) – home (10–3) – road (6–9)

June (19–8) – home (10–5) – road (9–3)

July (10–15) – home (5–8) – road (5–7)

August (16–13) – home (10–7) – road (6–6)

September/October (12–17) – home (5–6) – road (7–11)

Transactions

April 1, 2006: Ernie Young was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
July 23, 2006: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for B. J. LaMura (minors).^[4]

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

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	160	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

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

References

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

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/konerpa01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml
↑ 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

2006 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
Vice Chairman: Eddie Einhorn
Executive Vice President: Ken Williams
General Manager: Rick Hahn
Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
Manager: Rick Renteria

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