2004 Chicago White Sox season

2004 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 FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Local radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
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The 2004 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 105th season, and their 104th season in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 83-79, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 9 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

11/3/03 Named Ozzie Guillén manager.
11/26/03 Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
12/2/03 Acquired Shortstop Juan Uribe from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Aaron Miles.
1/7/04 Agreed to terms with relief pitcher Cliff Politte on a one-year contract with a club option for 2005.
1/22/04 Signed relief pitcher Shingo Takatsu to a one-year contract, with a club option for 2005.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	92	70	0.568	—	49–32	43–38
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	9	46–35	37–44
Cleveland Indians	80	82	0.494	12	44–37	36–45
Detroit Tigers	72	90	0.444	20	38–43	34–47
Kansas City Royals	58	104	0.358	34	33–47	25–57

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	6–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–0	5–4	5–4	10–9	13–7	6–1	9–10	4–5	7–11
Baltimore	3–6	—	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–0	6–3	4–5	5–14	0–7	7–2	11–8	5–2	11–8	5–13
Boston	5–4	9–10	—	4–2	3–4	6–1	4–2	2–4	11–8	8–1	5–4	14–5	4–5	14–5	9–9
Chicago	4–5	4–2	2–4	—	10–9	8–11	13–6	9–10	3–4	2–7	7–2	4–2	6–3	3–4	8–10
Cleveland	5–4	3–3	4–3	9–10	—	9–10	11–8	7–12	2–4	6–3	5–4	3–3	1–8	5–2	10–8
Detroit	2–7	0–6	1–6	11–8	10–9	—	8–11	7–12	4–3	4–5	5–4	3–3	4–5	4–2	9–9
Kansas City	0–7	3–6	2–4	6–13	8–11	11–8	—	7–12	1–5	2–7	2–5	3–6	4–5	3–3	6–12
Minnesota	4–5	5–4	4–2	10–9	12–7	12–7	12–7	—	2–4	2–5	5–4	4–5	5–2	4–2	11–7
New York	4–5	14–5	8–11	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	4–2	—	7–2	6–3	15–4	5–4	12–7	10–8
Oakland	9–10	7–0	1–8	7–2	3–6	5–4	7–2	5–2	2–7	—	11–8	7–2	11–9	6–3	10–8
Seattle	7–13	2–7	4–5	2–7	4–5	4–5	5–2	4–5	3–6	8–11	—	2–5	7–12	2–7	9–9
Tampa Bay	1–6	8–11	5–14	2–4	3–3	3–3	6–3	5–4	4–15	2–7	5–2	—	2–7	9–9	15–3
Texas	10–9	2–5	5–4	3–6	8–1	5–4	5–4	2–5	4–5	9–11	12–7	7–2	—	7–2	10–8
Toronto	5–4	8–11	5–14	4–3	2–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	7–12	3–6	7–2	9–9	2–7	—	8–10

Opening Day starters

Starters
Position	Player
P	Mark Buehrle
C	Sandy Alomar, Jr.
1B	Paul Konerko
2B	Willie Harris
3B	Joe Crede
SS	José Valentín
LF	Carlos Lee
CF	Aaron Rowand
RF	Magglio Ordóñez
DH	Frank Thomas

Notable transactions

6/17/04: Billy Koch was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Florida Marlins for Wilson Valdez and cash.^[2]
6/27/04 Traded Catcher Miguel Olivo, minor league Outfielder Jeremy Reed and minor league Infielder Mike Morse to the Seattle Mariners for Starting Pitcher Freddy García and Catcher Ben Davis.
7/31/04 Traded Starting Pitcher Esteban Loaiza to the New York Yankees for Starting Pitcher José Contreras.^[3]

Roster

2004 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

37 Jon Adkins

57 Jeff Bajenaru

56 Mark Buehrle

52 José Contreras

46 Neal Cotts

57 Vic Darensbourg

54 Félix Díaz

34 Freddy García

20 Jon Garland

41 Jason Grilli

38 Mike Jackson

44 Billy Koch

21 Esteban Loaiza

43 Dámaso Marte

49 Arnie Muñoz

18 Cliff Politte

51 Jon Rauch

60 Scott Schoeneweis

48 Josh Stewart

10 Shingo Takatsu

36 Dan Wright

65 Kelly Wunsch

Catchers

15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

27 Jamie Burke

12,31 Ben Davis

8 Miguel Olivo

Infielders

12 Roberto Alomar

24 Joe Crede

32 Kelly Dransfeldt

26 Ross Gload

1 Willie Harris

14 Paul Konerko

35 Frank Thomas

5 Juan Uribe

39 Wilson Valdéz

22 José Valentín

Outfielders

25 Joe Borchard

45 Carlos Lee

30 Magglio Ordóñez

7 Timo Pérez

33 Aaron Rowand

Manager

13 Ozzie Guillén

Coaches

34 Don Cooper (pitching)

28 Joey Cora (third base)

29 Greg Walker (hitting)

53 Art Kusnyer (bullpen)

26 Joe Nossek (bench)

17 Rafael Santana (first base)

Game log

2004 White Sox Game Log

April (13–8) – home (8–4) – road (5–4)

May (16–12) – home (9–6) – road (7–6)

June (12–13) – home (7–5) – road (5–8)

July (11–16) – home (6–6) – road (5–10)

August (12–17) – home (5–10) – road (7–7)

September/October (19–13) – home (11–4) – road (8–9)

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
Roberto Alomar, 2B,DH	18	61	4	11	1	0	1	8	2	13	.180	0
Sandy Alomar, Jr., C	146	15	35	4	0	2	14	11	13	.240	0
Joe Borchard, RF	63	201	26	35	4	1	9	20	19	57	.174	1
Mark Buehrle, P	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Jamie Burke, C	57	120	22	40	9	0	0	15	10	13	.333	0
Neal Cotts, P	56	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Joe Crede, 3B	144	490	67	117	25	0	21	69	34	81	.239	1
Ben Davis, C	54	160	21	37	9	0	6	16	9	40	.231	1
Kelly Dransfeldt, SS,3B	15	30	5	10	0	0	0	4	0	6	.333	0
Carl Everett, DH,OF	43	154	21	41	7	1	5	21	8	26	.266	1
Jon Garland, P	34	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Ross Gload, OF,1B	110	234	28	75	16	0	7	44	20	37	.321	0
Willie Harris, 2B,SS	129	409	68	107	15	2	2	27	51	79	.262	19
Paul Konerko, 1B	155	563	84	156	22	0	41	117	69	107	.277	1
Carlos Lee, LF	153	591	103	180	37	0	31	99	54	86	.305	11
Esteban Loaiza, P	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Arnie Munoz, P	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Miguel Olivo, C	46	141	21	38	7	2	7	26	10	29	.270	5
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	52	202	32	59	8	2	9	37	16	22	.292	0
Timo Perez, OF	103	293	38	72	12	0	5	40	15	29	.246	3
Aaron Rowand, CF	140	487	94	151	38	2	24	69	30	91	.310	17
Scott Schoeneweis, P	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Frank Thomas, DH	74	240	53	65	16	0	18	49	64	57	.271	0
Juan Uribe, 2B,SS,3B	134	502	82	142	31	6	23	74	32	96	.283	9
Wilson Valdez, SS,2B	19	43	8	10	1	0	1	4	2	5	.233	1
José Valentín, SS	125	450	73	97	20	3	30	70	43	139	.216	8
Team totals	162	5534	865	1481	284	19	242	823	499	1030	.268	78

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
Jon Adkins	2	3	4.65	50	0	0	62.0	75	35	32	13	23	44
Jeff Bajenaru	0	1	10.80	9	0	0	8.1	15	10	10	0	7	8
Mark Buehrle	16	10	3.89	35	35	0	245.1	257	119	106	33	53	165
José Contreras	5	4	5.30	13	13	0	74.2	73	48	44	9	42	68
Neal Cotts	4	4	5.65	56	1	0	65.1	61	45	41	13	32	58
Vic Darensbourg	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Felix Diaz	2	5	6.75	18	7	0	49.1	62	38	37	13	17	33
Freddy García	9	4	4.46	16	16	0	103.0	96	53	51	14	34	102
Jon Garland	12	11	4.89	34	33	0	217.0	223	125	118	34	78	113
Jason Grilli	2	3	7.40	8	8	0	45.0	52	38	37	11	20	26
Mike Jackson	2	0	5.01	45	0	0	46.2	55	27	26	7	17	26
Billy Koch	1	1	5.40	24	0	8	23.1	24	15	14	3	20	25
Esteban Loaiza	9	5	4.86	21	21	0	140.2	156	81	76	23	48	83
Dámaso Marte	6	5	3.42	74	0	6	73.2	56	28	28	10	38	68
Arnie Munoz	0	1	10.05	11	1	0	14.1	20	16	16	4	13	11
Cliff Politte	0	3	4.38	54	0	1	51.1	52	26	25	6	27	48
Jon Rauch	1	1	6.23	2	2	0	8.2	16	6	6	0	4	4
Scott Schoeneweis	6	9	5.59	20	19	0	112.2	129	74	70	17	49	69
Josh Stewart	0	1	15.26	3	2	0	7.2	16	13	13	3	3	5
Shingo Takatsu	6	4	2.31	59	0	19	62.1	40	17	16	6	24	50
Dan Wright	0	4	8.15	4	4	0	17.2	24	17	16	5	12	6
Kelly Wunsch	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1
Team totals	83	79	4.91	162	162	34	1432.1	1505	831	782	224	563	1013

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Nick Capra
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Razor Shines
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Ken Dominguez and Nick Leyva
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	Chris Cron
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Jerry Hairston, Sr.
Rookie	Great Falls White Sox	Pioneer League	John Orton

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kochbi01.shtml
↑ Esteban Loaiza Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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