2009 Chicago White Sox season

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. The White Sox finished the season 79–83 with third place in the American League Central, 7+1⁄2 games behind the AL Central champion Minnesota Twins, were officially eliminated from postseason contention for the first time since 2007, and failed to make the playoffs until the 2020 season.

2009 Chicago White Sox

American League

Central

U.S. Cellular Field

Chicago

79–83 (.488)

3rd

Jerry Reinsdorf

Kenny Williams

Ozzie Guillén

CSN Chicago
CSN+
WGN-TV and WGN America
WCIU-TV
(Ken Harrelson, Steve Stone)

WSCR
(Ed Farmer, Darrin Jackson)
WRTO (Spanish)

On July 23 Mark Buehrle threw the eighteenth perfect game in Major League history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5–0.

October 30, 2008 – Signed infielder to a one-year deal. Declined 2009 options on catcher Toby Hall and Ken Griffey Jr.^[4]

Jayson Nix

November 13, 2008 – Traded 1B/OF and minor league pitcher Kanekoa Texeira to the New York Yankees for utility man Wilson Betemit and minor league pitchers Jeffrey Marquez and Jhonny Núñez.^[5]

Nick Swisher

December 2, 2008 – Traded SP and RP Boone Logan to the Atlanta Braves for INF Brent Lillibridge, C Tyler Flowers, 3B Jon Gilmore, and RP Santos Rodriguez.^[6]

Javier Vázquez

December 5, 2008 – Signed pitcher to a minor league contract.^[7]

John Van Benschoten

December 12, 2008 – Signed 3B to a four-year $10 million contract.^[8]

Dayán Viciedo

January 14, 2009 – Signed SP to a one-year deal.^[9]

Bartolo Colón

The Sox entered the off-season expecting to part ways with 3B Joe Crede,^[1] SS Orlando Cabrera,^[2] and CF Ken Griffey Jr.^[3] They were expected to move Rookie of the Year runner-up Alexei Ramírez to shortstop, leaving openings at second base, center field, and third base. There may also be opening in the starting rotation as José Contreras is not expected to be back until after the all-star break, as he recovers from a ruptured Achilles tendon.

re-signed with a 4-year contract worth $15.5 million on March 22.

Gavin Floyd

Source:

MLB Standings Grid – 2009

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

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

Games played: 162

Record: 79–83

Rank: 3rd

Games behind: 7.5

Biggest lead: 0.5 games (last on May 1)

Farthest behind: 9.5 games (last on September 26)

Most games over .500: 5 (last on July 23)

Most games under .500: 7 (last on September 26)

Longest winning streak: 7 games (June 27 to July 3)

Longest losing streak: 5 games (May 13 to 18 and August 28 to September 1)

Series sweep: 2–5

Longest game: 14 innings (August 12 at Mariners and September 17 at Mariners)

Shortest game: 7 innings (June 30 at Indians)

Home record: 43–38

Road record: 36–45

vs. East division teams: 18–21

vs. Central division teams: 34–38

vs. West division teams: 15–18

vs. American League teams: 67–77

vs. National League teams: 12–6

Runs scored: 724

Runs allowed: 732

Pythagorean record: 80–82

Runs scored per game: 4.47

Runs allowed per game: 4.52

Blowout games: 23–25

One-run games: 19–27

9-inning games: 74–77

Extra-inning games: 4–6

Shortened games: 1–0

Walk-off games: 6–9

Shutouts: 11–13

10+ runs scored: 14

10+ runs allowed: 12

Most runs scored: 17 (May 25 at Angels)

Most runs allowed: 20 (May 21 vs Twins)

at Baseball Reference

2009 Chicago White Sox season