The 2009 Chicago White Sox season was the organization's 110th season in Chicago and 109th in the American League. The Sox entered the 2009 season as the defending American League Central champions, attempting to repeat against the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins. They finished the season 79–83, 3rd place in the American League Central, 7½ games behind the AL Central champion Minnesota Twins, and the White Sox were officially eliminated from postseason contention for the first time since 2007. and failed to make the playoffs since this season.
Player | Pos | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Anderson | CF | 65 | 185 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 49 | 0.238 | 0.322 | 0.319 |
Gordon Beckham | 3B | 103 | 378 | 58 | 102 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 63 | 7 | 41 | 65 | 0.270 | 0.347 | 0.460 |
Wilson Betemit | UT | 20 | 45 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0.200 | 0.280 | 0.311 |
Lance Broadway | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Mark Buehrle | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 1.000 |
D. J. Carrasco | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Ramon Castro | C | 31 | 76 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0.184 | 0.262 | 0.382 |
Bartolo Colon | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
José Contreras | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
John Danks | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Octavio Dotel | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Jermaine Dye | RF | 141 | 503 | 78 | 126 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 81 | 0 | 64 | 108 | 0.250 | 0.340 | 0.453 |
Jack Egbert | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Josh Fields | 3B | 79 | 239 | 29 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 25 | 76 | 0.222 | 0.301 | 0.347 |
Tyler Flowers | UT | 10 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.188 | 0.350 | 0.250 |
Gavin Floyd | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Freddy Garcia | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Chris Getz | 2B | 107 | 375 | 49 | 98 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 25 | 30 | 54 | 0.261 | 0.324 | 0.347 |
Jimmy Gobble | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Daniel Hudson | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Bobby Jenks | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Paul Konerko | 1B | 152 | 546 | 75 | 151 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 88 | 1 | 58 | 89 | 0.277 | 0.353 | 0.489 |
Mark Kotsay | 1B | 40 | 113 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0.292 | 0.349 | 0.434 |
Brent Lillibridge | UT | 46 | 95 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 0.158 | 0.273 | 0.179 |
Scott Linebrink | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Mike MacDougal | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Corky Miller | C | 14 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0.205 | 0.262 | 0.282 |
Jayson Nix | 2B | 94 | 255 | 36 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 28 | 64 | 0.224 | 0.308 | 0.408 |
Jhonny Nunez | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Jerry Owens | OF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.083 | 0.267 | 0.083 |
Jake Peavy | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Tony Peña | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
A.J. Pierzynski | C | 138 | 504 | 57 | 151 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 1 | 24 | 52 | 0.300 | 0.331 | 0.425 |
Scott Podsednik | OF | 132 | 537 | 75 | 163 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 30 | 39 | 74 | 0.304 | 0.353 | 0.412 |
Aaron Poreda | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Carlos Quentin | LF | 99 | 351 | 47 | 83 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 56 | 3 | 31 | 52 | 0.236 | 0.323 | 0.456 |
Alexei Ramirez | SS | 148 | 542 | 71 | 150 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 68 | 14 | 49 | 66 | 0.277 | 0.333 | 0.389 |
Clayton Richard | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
Alex Rios | CF | 41 | 146 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 0.199 | 0.229 | 0.301 |
Jim Thome | DH | 107 | 345 | 55 | 86 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 74 | 0 | 69 | 116 | 0.249 | 0.372 | 0.493 |
Matt Thornton | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Carlos Torres | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Wes Whisler | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Randy Williams | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
Dewayne Wise | OF | 84 | 142 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 0.225 | 0.262 | 0.366 |
Team | 162 | 5463 | 724 | 1410 | 246 | 20 | 184 | 695 | 113 | 534 | 1022 | - | - | - |
Player | Pos | W-L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lance Broadway | 0-1 | 5.06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
Mark Buehrle | SP | 13-10 | 3.84 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 213 | 222 | 97 | 91 | 45 | 105 |
D. J. Carrasco | RP | 5-1 | 3.76 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 103 | 42 | 39 | 29 | 62 |
Bartolo Colon | SP | 3-6 | 4.19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 69 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 38 |
José Contreras | SP | 5-13 | 5.42 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 121 | 83 | 69 | 45 | 89 |
John Danks | SP | 13-11 | 3.77 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 184 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 149 |
Octavio Dotel | RP | 3-3 | 3.32 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 54 | 26 | 23 | 36 | 75 |
Jack Egbert | 0-0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
Gavin Floyd | SP | 11-11 | 4.06 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 178 | 93 | 87 | 59 | 163 |
Freddy Garcia | 3-4 | 4.34 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 56 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 37 | |
Jimmy Gobble | 0-0 | 7.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |
Daniel Hudson | 1-1 | 3.38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | |
Bobby Jenks | CL | 3-4 | 3.71 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 53 | 52 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 49 |
Scott Linebrink | RP | 3-7 | 4.66 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 70 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 55 |
Mike MacDougal | 0-0 | 12.46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |
Jhonny Nunez | 0-0 | 9.53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
Jake Peavy | 3-0 | 1.35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
Tony Peña | 1-2 | 3.75 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 29 | |
Aaron Poreda | 1-0 | 2.45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
Clayton Richard | SP | 4-3 | 4.65 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 94 | 50 | 46 | 37 | 66 |
Matt Thornton | RP | 6-3 | 2.74 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 58 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 87 |
Carlos Torres | 1-2 | 6.04 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 22 | |
Wes Whisler | 0-0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
Randy Williams | 0-1 | 4.58 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 22 | |
Team | 79-83 | - | 162 | 162 | 4 | 1 | 36 | - | 1438 | 732 | 663 | 507 | 1119 |
Player | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Anderson | CF-RF | 64 | 51 | 466 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.984 |
Gordon Beckham | 3B | 102 | 102 | 885 | 73 | 205 | 14 | 21 | 0.952 |
Wilson Betemit | 1B-3B-DH | 12 | 9 | 89 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0.912 |
Lance Broadway | P | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.800 |
Mark Buehrle | P | 33 | 33 | 213 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0.982 |
D. J. Carrasco | P | 49 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0.962 |
Ramon Castro | C | 29 | 25 | 220 | 163 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0.983 |
Bartolo Colon | P | 12 | 12 | 62 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.929 |
José Contreras | P | 21 | 21 | 114 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0.826 |
John Danks | P | 32 | 32 | 200 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0.952 |
Octavio Dotel | P | 62 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 |
Jermaine Dye | RF-DH | 133 | 133 | 1,120 | 238 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0.980 |
Jack Egbert | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Josh Fields | 3B-1B-DH | 66 | 57 | 515 | 127 | 105 | 8 | 18 | 0.967 |
Tyler Flowers | C-DH | 6 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Gavin Floyd | P | 30 | 30 | 193 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0.969 |
Freddy Garcia | P | 9 | 9 | 56 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
Chris Getz | 2B | 106 | 100 | 896 | 196 | 298 | 7 | 75 | 0.986 |
Jimmy Gobble | P | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Daniel Hudson | P | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 |
Bobby Jenks | P | 52 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Paul Konerko | 1B-DH | 134 | 133 | 1,141 | 1159 | 79 | 4 | 112 | 0.997 |
Mark Kotsay | 1B-RF-LF-CF-DH | 29 | 25 | 239 | 173 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 |
Brent Lillibridge | 2B-CF-SS-3B | 42 | 26 | 252 | 52 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 0.963 |
Scott Linebrink | P | 57 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Mike MacDougal | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
Corky Miller | C | 11 | 10 | 88 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
Jayson Nix | 2B-SS-3B-LF-RF | 81 | 72 | 642 | 113 | 196 | 13 | 46 | 0.960 |
Jhonny Nunez | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Jerry Owens | CF-LF | 7 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Jake Peavy | P | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
Tony Peña | P | 35 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
A.J. Pierzynski | C-DH | 131 | 124 | 1,104 | 879 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 0.995 |
Scott Podsednik | LF-CF-RF-DH | 116 | 116 | 1,030 | 258 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0.992 |
Aaron Poreda | P | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Carlos Quentin | LF-DH | 89 | 87 | 753 | 157 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0.988 |
Alexei Ramirez | SS | 148 | 147 | 1,293 | 220 | 410 | 20 | 94 | 0.969 |
Clayton Richard | P | 26 | 14 | 89 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0.895 |
Alex Rios | CF-RF | 41 | 38 | 352 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.979 |
Jim Thome | DH | 98 | - | - | |||||
Matt Thornton | P | 70 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0.917 |
Carlos Torres | P | 8 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Wes Whisler | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Randy Williams | P | 25 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Dewayne Wise | CF-RF-LF | 70 | 36 | 371 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0.990 |
Team | 162 | 1458 | - | 4319 | 1669 | 113 | 432 | - |