2010 Chicago White Sox season

2010 Chicago White Sox
File:Chicago White Sox Logo.svg
Division	American League Central
Ballpark	U.S. Cellular Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
Managers	Ozzie Guillén
Television	CSN Chicago CSN+ WGN-TV and WGN America WCIU-TV (Ken Harrelson and Steve Stone)
Radio	WSCR (Ed Farmer and Darrin Jackson) WRTO (Spanish)
Seasons

The 2010 Chicago White Sox Season is the organization's 111th season in Chicago and 110^th in the American League. The Sox opened the 2010 season against the Cleveland Indians at home on April 5. They will close the season also against the Cleveland Indians at home on October 3.

The interleague games that Sox played were Chicago Cubs both at home and on the road since Sox and Cubs are crosstown rivals, Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins at home, and Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates on the road. It was a fifth year in a row that the Sox competed against Pittsburgh Pirates as an interleague team besides the Cubs. Also it was the first time that Sox played the Washington Nationals since that franchise moved from Montreal prior to the 2005 season.

Offseason

• October 5, 2009 – SP Freddy Garcia 2010 $1 million option picked up.
• October 6, 2009 – RP Matt Thornton 2010 $2.25 million option picked up.
• October 9, 2009 – OF DeWayne Wise granted free agency after rejecting a Triple A assignment.
• November 5, 2009 – OF/1B Mark Kotsay is resigned 1 year/$1.5 million.
• November 5, 2009 – Acquire 3B Mark Teahen from Kansas City, via trade for 2B Chris Getz and 3B Josh Fields.
• November 6, 2009 – OF Jermaine Dye $12 million mutual option is declined, declaring him a free agent.
• November 23, 2009 – INF Omar Vizquel agrees to 1 year/$1.375 million deal.
• November 25, 2009 – OF/DH Andruw Jones agrees to 1 year/$500K deal, with the ability to earn $1 million in performance bonus.
• December 11, 2009 – RP J. J. Putz agrees to 1 year/$3 million deal with $3 million incentive bonuses.
• December 12, 2009 – RP D. J. Carrasco is non-tendered declaring him a Free Agent.
• December 18, 2009 – Acquired OF Juan Pierre from Los Angeles Dodgers for Minor League Pitchers Jon Link and John Ely.

Spring Training

March

(9–16–5)

April

(3–0)

Spring Training game log

Legend
White Sox Win	White Sox Loss	White Sox Tie	Game Cancelled

2010 White Sox Spring Training game log

March/April (12–16–5) – S.T. home (3–9–2) – S.T. road (9–7–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 1 March 4 @ Angels 4–4 2:44 4,639 0–0–1 box 2 March 5 Dodgers 3–8 Padilla (1–0) Buehrle (0–1) 3:02 7,209 0–1–1 box 3* March 6 @ Cubs 15–3 Hudson (1–0) Silva (0–1) 2:39 12,712 1–1–1 box 4* March 6 @ Dodgers 8–4 Long (1–0) Weaver (0–1) 2:53 8,903 2–1–1 box – March 7 Cubs Cancelled (rain) 5 March 8 Mariners 4–5 Pauley (1–0) Linebrink (0–1) Fields (1) 2:49 3,440 2–2–1 box 6 March 9 @ Giants 2–6 Runzler (1–0) Núñez (0–1) 2:11 5,547 2–3–1 box 7 March 10 @ Athletics 9–5 Hudson (2–0) Sheets (0–1) 2:39 3,428 3–3–1 box 8 March 11 Indians 5–5 (10) 3:10 4,100 3–3–2 box 9* March 12 @ Angels 10–7 Peavy (1–0) Saunders (0–1) 3:08 8,549 4–3–2 box 10*+ March 12 Cubs 5–6 Atkins (1–0) Núñez (0–2) Parker (1) 3:20 10,448 4–4–2 box 11* March 13 Brewers 2–7 Braddock (1–0) Cabrera (0–1) 2:33 4,395 4–5–2 box 12*+ March 13 @ Cubs 7–8 Gaub (1–0) Marquez (0–1) Berg (1) 2:42 11,553 4–6–2 box 13 March 14 @ Reds 5–5 2:50 4,582 4–6–3 box 14 March 15 Royals 1–9 Greinke (2–0) Buehrle (0–2) 2:46 5,216 4–7–3 box 15 March 16 Rockies 6–1 García (1–0) Cook (0–2) 2:49 5,741 5–7–3 box 16 March 17 @ Dodgers 5–1 Peavy (2–0) Ortiz (0–1) 2:32 9,791 6–7–3 box 17 March 19 Cubs 4–8 Wells (2–0) Danks (0–1) 2:35 13,413 6–8–3 box 18 March 20 Padres 1–4 Latos (2–0) Buehrle (0–3) Mujica (1) 2:12 6,767 6–9–3 box 19 March 21 @ Brewers 4–4 (10) 2:48 6,719 6–9–4 box 20 March 22 @ Royals 5–9 Meche (2–2) Peavy (2–1) 2:36 3,997 6–10–4 box 21 March 23 Giants 1–6 Cain (2–1) Floyd (0–1) 2:29 5,907 6–11–4 box 22 March 24 Diamondbacks 10–3 Danks (1–1) Buckner (2–3) 2:39 6,298 7–11–4 box 23 March 25 @ Padres 3–5 LeBlanc (3–0) Santos (0–1) Gregerson (1) 2:11 4,671 7–12–4 box 24 March 26 @ Diamondbacks 1–10 Jackson (1–2) García (1–1) 2:21 7,059 7–13–4 box 25 March 27 @ Rockies 6–2 Aquino (1–0) Redding (1–1) 2:32 6,894 8–13–4 box 26* March 28 @ Rangers 0–5 Feldman (3–1) Floyd (0–2) 2:29 5,411 8–14–4 box 27* March 28 Royals 8–10 Parrish (1–0) Rasner (0–1) Herges (1) 2:59 5,927 8–15–4 box 28 March 29 Angels 7–7 3:18 7,088 8–15–5 box 29 March 30 Athletics 2–0 Buehrle (1–3) Sheets (1–3) Jenks (1) 2:24 6.133 9–15–5 box 30 March 31 @ Indians 1–10 Huff (2–1) García (1–2) 2:18 3,031 9–16–5 box 31* April 1 @ Mariners 9–4 Elarton (1–0) Snell (1–4) 2:08 6,807 10–16–5 box 32* April 1 @ Knights% 3–4 Marquez Peavy Braun 2:12 10,212 – box 33 April 2 @ Braves 7–2 Floyd (1–2) Hanson (1–1) 2:38 15,590 11–16–5 box 34 April 3 @ Braves 12–4 Danks (2–1) Hudson (3–2) 2:49 15,650 12–16–5 box *Split Squad +In Las Vegas

%-Games against non-MLB teams don't count in the standings.

Regular season

Season Standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	94	68	.580	—	53‍–‍28	41‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox	88	74	.543	6	45‍–‍36	43‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers	81	81	.500	13	52‍–‍29	29‍–‍52
Cleveland Indians	69	93	.426	25	38‍–‍43	31‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals	67	95	.414	27	38‍–‍43	29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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

• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2010

Opening Day lineup

1	Juan Pierre	LF
15	Gordon Beckham	2B
20	Carlos Quentin	RF
14	Paul Konerko	1B
7	Mark Kotsay	DH
51	Alex Ríos	CF
12	A.J. Pierzynski	C
23	Mark Teahen	3B
10	Alexei Ramírez	SS
56	Mark Buehrle	P

Summaries by month

April

2010 White Sox Opening Day.

On the Opening Day, the White Sox shutout the Cleveland 6–0. On that day, Mark Buehrle made an astounding play when he hurried and picked up a ball with his glove in foul territory and quickly underthrew backwards with his glove to Paul Konerko, who caught the ball with his bare hand to force out Lou Marson in the fifth inning for the second out. This might be the greatest play of the entire season. On April 12 at Blue Jays, the Sox snapped their ten-game losing streak in Rogers Centre and took the first victory since June 1, 2007, beating the Blue Jays 8–7 in 11 innings. In the next two games, Carlos Quentin hit the White Sox's first grand slam of the season, beating the Jays 11–1. The Sox split the four-game series with Blue Jays. On April 16–18, the Sox got swept by the Indians in Cleveland for the first time since May 30 to June 2, 2003. On April 23 against the Mariners, Andruw Jones hit two home runs on his 33^rd birthday including his walk-off home run which made it 7–6. On the next day, in the top of the ninth inning, Casey Kotchman hit a fan interference ground rule double which two men scored from first and second making it 4–2 Mariner lead. Then in the bottom frame, the Sox scored three runs via two home runs, one by Paul Konerko (solo shot) and a walk-off by Alex Ríos (two-run homer), which made it 5–4. On the next day, White Sox swept the Mariners at a score of 3–2 with Paul Konerko's GW home run in the eighth inning. Paul Konerko broke the franchise record for most home runs hit during the month of April with 11. The Sox finished the month with a record of 9–14.

May

On May 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays at home, J. J. Putz allowed a three-run home run to Álex González in the twelfth inning which made it 7–4 for the White Sox loss. Two days later against the same team, Bobby Jenks blew his save for allowing Fred Lewis a three-run home run which made it 8–7 Toronto lead. Sox lost three-out-of-four at home against the Toronto Blue Jays while the Sox split the series in Toronto last month. On May 11, the Sox opened the two-game series at the new Target Field and took the victory 5–2 over Minnesota, but the next day lost 3–2. On May 21 against the Florida Marlins in first interleague play, the Sox took the victory 8–0 as Alexei Ramírez had 5 RBIs with two-run double and three-run homer. Two days later, the Sox suffered a big shut-out loss 13–0 to the Marlins on Sunday. The Sox finished the month with a record of 13–14.

June

On June 13 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Gavin Floyd pitched a no-hitter through 6.2 innings before allowing a double to Alfonso Soriano and then the next batter scored Soriano by Chad Tracy's RBI single. The opposing pitcher Ted Lilly didn't allow a hit through 8+ innings before allowing a single to Juan Pierre. Later that inning, the bases were loaded, so it would have golden opportunities for Sox to score some runs, but failed. The Sox failed to sweep the Cubs as they lose 1–0 with one hit for Sox and three hits for Cubs. From June 12–20, they went eight straight games without hitting home runs, their longest since 1989, which they went nine straight homerless games. However, during their homerless streak, the Sox went 7–1, thanks to their starting pitching. During their span, the Sox have won six straight without hitting home runs for the first time since 1942. Then on June 22 against the Atlanta Braves, Carlos Quentin blasted a 3-run homer in the fourth inning, snapping their 8-game homerless streak in a 9–6 seventh straight win. For the Braves, they snapped their 42-game winning streak when scoring five or more runs, dating back to last season. From June 15–24, the Sox went three-consecutive three-game sweeps for the first time in franchise history. They swept the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals on the road, and Atlanta Braves at home. They have won eleven in a row for the first time since June 1961, which they have won twelve in a row. The Sox finished the month with a 18–9 record.

July

On July 5–8, the Sox got their four-game sweep over the Los Angeles Angels for the first time since 1983. On July 11 against the Kansas City Royals, Andruw Jones hit his 400th career home run in third inning, 46th player in major league history to accomplish this feat. Also the Sox hit five home runs in the game, including four in third inning, tying their franchise history, including two back-to-backs. The Sox swept the Royals with a 15−5 victory and finished with a perfect homestand 7–0. From June 8 until the All-Star break, the Sox were 25–5, their best in MLB. On June 8, the Sox were 24–33 and 9½ games out of the first place. Just 40 days later, the Sox wre 50–41 and wre in first place by 1½ games over the Detroit Tigers. On July 18 against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, the Sox led 6–3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. Then the Twins scored four runs without getting anybody out and suffering Sox their first walk-off loss of the season. Just three days later, the Sox suffered another walk-off loss, this time in extra innings at Seattle Mariners. The Sox scored one run in the top 11 and then Mariners came back with two in the bottom 11. One day after that defeat by Mariners, manager Ozzie Guillen was considering J.J. Putz to replace Bobby Jenks as a closer after blowing his save twice over his last three appearances. On July 23, Mark Buehrle celebrated one-year anniversary of his perfect game by taking a complete game victory over the Oakland Athletics in Oakland. He allowed 1 earned run, 4 hits, 0 walk and 2 strikeouts. From July 26–29, the Sox swept the four-game series over the Seattle Mariners for the first time since 1994 and finished the season series versus the Mariners 9–1 and outscoring them 52–21. The Sox finished the month with a overall record of 18–8 and 12–1 at home.

August

On August 3, the Sox played a split doubleheader at Detroit Tigers, which the Sox won 12–2 in afternoon game and lost 7–1 in night game. The afternoon game was a made-up game from May 17. The next day, Edwin Jackson made his White Sox debut against his former teammate, which he went 7.0 IP, 9 H, ER, BB, 6 K. Jackson take his first win with the White Sox since moving from Arizona against Armando Galarraga, whose perfect game was lost by the blown call by an umpire on June 2. Jackson threw a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Pete on June 25. Also on the same day, Chris Sale, who was the White Sox 13th overall pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, added to the roster as a relief pitcher. Sale is the first 2010 draft pick to be added to an MLB roster. After that game, the Sox were 37–13 (.740) over their last 50 games since June 8, best record in MLB during that span. On the next day, in the top of the ninth inning, Paul Konerko singled and Mark Kotsay hit a two-run homer which made it 4–1 Sox lead. But in the bottom of that frame, Ryan Raburn hit a game-tying three-run homer off of Bobby Jenks which tied the game at 4. Then in the top of the 11th, Mark Kotsay hit a two-run triple in which Brent Lillibridge and Andruw Jones scored which made it 6–4 Sox lead. In the bottom of the 11th with two outs, Ryan Raburn, who hit a game tying three-run homer in the ninth, grounded out with men on first and second to end game for a had fought White Sox victory. Sergio Santos got his first major league victory after he pitched two innings following Bobby Jenks who blew his third save of the season. In that series, White Sox took three out of four from Tigers in Comerica Park, even though Tigers have one of the best home records in the American League. On August 9 against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, it is the first time this season that the White Sox pitcher (J.J. Putz) allow a walk-off home run (to Brian Roberts) and lost 3-out-of-4 in a series with two walk-off extra-inning losses under the Orioles' new manager Buck Showalter. The Sox got four walk-off losses since the All-Star break and are now 2–4 in walk-off games this season. For the Orioles, they lead the American League in walk-off wins at 9, including 3 under Showalter. From August 10–12, the Sox lost the series against the Twins and fell to 2nd place in the AL Central one game back. Also the Sox lost the series at home for the first time since June 4–6 against the Indians, snapping their 7 straight home series wins. During the span of time between series losses at home, the Sox were 20–3 while the Sox swept four opponents. The White Sox are currently 7–6 in August.

Game log

Legend
Home Game	Road Game	White Sox Win	White Sox Loss	Game Postponed

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
Gordon Beckham, 2B	103	358	47	90	21	2	7	40	.251	4
Mark Buehrle, P	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ramon Castro, C	26	76	13	23	2	0	6	15	.303	1
John Danks, P	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Gavin Floyd, P	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Freddy Garcia, P	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Andruw Jones, OF,DH	80	229	34	46	7	1	15	36	.201	9
Paul Konerko, 1B,DH	109	400	65	120	23	0	28	78	.300	0
Mark Kotsay, DH,1B,OF	82	262	26	61	13	2	7	26	.233	1
Brent Lillibridge, 2B,SS,OF	33	48	10	14	4	2	1	13	.292	2
Donny Lucy, C	7	15	2	5	3	0	1	2	.333	1
Jayson Nix, 3B,2B,SS	24	49	3	8	1	0	1	5	.163	0
Jake Peavy, P	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	0
Juan Pierre, LF	115	456	64	121	12	2	1	29	.265	44
A.J. Pierzynski, C	94	341	31	81	20	0	6	34	.238	2
Carlos Quentin, RF,DH	99	340	58	79	18	0	24	76	.232	2
Alexei Ramírez, SS	112	411	59	119	21	1	12	46	.290	8
Alex Ríos, CF	110	422	66	125	23	1	17	66	.296	24
Mark Teahen, 3B,OF	46	141	18	37	7	1	4	16	.262	3
Dayán Viciedo, 3B	27	82	13	22	6	0	3	7	.268	1
Omar Vizquel, 3B,2B,SS	70	213	25	61	8	1	1	21	.286	6

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Mark Buehrle	11	9	4.05	24	24	0	153.1	173	74	69	34	64
John Danks	12	8	3.19	23	23	0	155.1	126	57	55	48	121
Gavin Floyd	8	9	3.70	24	24	0	151.0	148	68	62	45	124
Freddy García	10	5	4.90	21	21	0	119.1	137	67	65	38	70
Lucas Harrell	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	4	1	1	5	1
Daniel Hudson	1	1	6.32	3	3	0	15.2	17	11	11	11	14
Edwin Jackson	1	0	1.38	2	2	0	13.0	15	3	2	2	13
Bobby Jenks	1	3	4.97	46	0	23	41.2	45	25	23	17	51
Scott Linebrink	1	0	4.28	36	0	0	40.0	39	20	19	12	39
Jeffrey Marquez	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0
Jake Peavy	7	6	4.63	17	17	0	107.0	98	55	55	34	93
Tony Peña	3	2	5.11	39	0	0	61.2	63	40	35	29	35
J.J. Putz	5	3	1.91	45	0	3	42.1	28	9	9	8	47
Chris Sale	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	2	1
Sergio Santos	1	0	1.42	42	0	1	38.0	31	7	6	20	39
Matt Thornton	3	3	2.40	48	0	5	45.0	33	12	12	15	62
Erick Threets	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	9.1	8	1	0	2	5
Carlos Torres	0	1	7.50	1	1	0	6.0	9	5	5	5	4
Randy Williams	0	1	5.40	27	0	0	25.0	37	17	15	21	22

Current roster

Chicago White Sox 2025 spring training roster
40-man roster				Non-roster invitees		Coaches/Other
Pitchers 60 Justin Anderson 66 Prelander Berroa -- Cam Booser 59 Sean Burke 57 Ky Bush 48 Jonathan Cannon -- Juan Carela 46 Jake Eder 61 Fraser Ellard -- Wikelman González 52 Jairo Iriarte 49 Jordan Leasure -- Ron Marinaccio 65 Davis Martin -- Penn Murfee 43 Nick Nastrini 62 Jesse Scholtens 51 Jared Shuster -- Shane Smith 33 Drew Thorpe 37 Gus Varland -- Bryse Wilson 36 Steven Wilson		Catchers 26 Korey Lee -- Matt Thaiss Infielders 18 Jacob Amaya 27 Brooks Baldwin -- Colson Montgomery 44 Bryan Ramos 17 Braden Shewmake 50 Lenyn Sosa 25 Andrew Vaughn Outfielders 23 Andrew Benintendi 22 Oscar Colás 31 Zach DeLoach  7 Dominic Fletcher 88 Luis Robert Jr. -- Austin Slater -- Mike Tauchman 20 Miguel Vargas				Manager  1 Will Venable Coaches 38 Jason Bourgeois (first base/outfield) 39 Drew Butera (catching) 98 Miguel González (bullpen catcher) 28 Justin Jirschele (third base) 21 Ethan Katz (pitching) -- Joel McKeithan (assistant hitting) -- Walker McKinven (bench) 96 Luis Sierra (bullpen catcher) 24 Grady Sizemore (offensive coordinator) 99 Marcus Thames (hitting) 53 Matt Wise (bullpen) 40 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list * Not on active roster † Suspended list Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated December 21, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

External links

• 2010 Chicago White Sox season at Baseball Reference
• 2010 Chicago White Sox season Official Site
• Chicago White Sox stats