GM: Kenny Williams
2005: World Series champions · 99–63. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Buehrle | 26 | arb | 33 | 5.8 | 6.0 | +5.0 |
| Freddy Garcia | 28 | FA-elig | 33 | 3.9 | 8.0 | -0.7 |
| Paul Konerko | 29 | FA-elig | 158 | 3.8 | 8.8 | -1.6 |
| Aaron Rowand | 27 | arb | 157 | 3.8 | 2.0 | +5.1 |
| Jon Garland | 25 | arb | 32 | 3.5 | 3.4 | +3.3 |
| Jose Contreras | 33 | pre-arb | 32 | 3.3 | 8.5 | -2.2 |
| Tadahito Iguchi | 30 | pre-arb | 135 | 3.3 | 2.3 | +3.8 |
| Juan Uribe | 26 | arb | 146 | 2.2 | 2.1 | +2.0 |
| Jermaine Dye | 31 | FA-elig | 145 | 2.2 | 4.0 | +0.1 |
| Scott Podsednik | 29 | arb | 129 | 1.9 | 0.7 | +3.0 |
| Joe Crede | 27 | arb | 132 | 1.8 | 0.4 | +3.0 |
| A.J. Pierzynski | 28 | FA-elig | 128 | 1.6 | 2.2 | +0.8 |
| Neal Cotts | 25 | pre-arb | 69 | 1.4 | 0.3 | +2.2 |
| Orlando Hernandez | 39 | FA-elig | 24 | 1.3 | 3.5 | -1.0 |
| Dustin Hermanson | 32 | FA-elig | 57 | 1.3 | 2.0 | +0.4 |
| Cliff Politte | 31 | FA-elig | 68 | 1.2 | 1.0 | +1.3 |
| Bobby Jenks | 24 | – | 32 | 1.0 | – | – |
| Brandon McCarthy | 21 | – | 12 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +0.6 |
| Willie Harris | 27 | arb | 56 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +0.5 |
| Frank Thomas | 37 | FA-elig | 34 | 0.4 | 8.0 | -7.2 |
| Luis Vizcaino | 30 | FA-elig | 65 | 0.3 | 1.3 | -0.8 |
| Damaso Marte | 30 | FA-elig | 66 | 0.2 | 1.2 | -0.8 |
| Joe Borchard | 26 | – | 7 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Jon Adkins | 27 | – | 5 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Pedro Lopez | 21 | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Jamie Burke | 33 | – | 1 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Raul Casanova | 32 | – | 6 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Brian Anderson | 23 | – | 13 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Kevin Walker | 28 | – | 9 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Jeff Bajenaru | 27 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| David Sanders | 25 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Carl Everett | 34 | FA-elig | 135 | -0.2 | 4.0 | -4.3 |
| Pablo Ozuna | 30 | arb | 70 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.8 |
| Chris Widger | 34 | FA-elig | 45 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -1.1 |
| Geoff Blum↔ SDP | 32 | FA-elig | 31 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -1.0 |
| Ross Gload | 29 | arb | 28 | -0.5 | 0.3 | -1.3 |
| Shingo Takatsu↔ NYM | 36 | pre-arb | 31 | -0.7 | 1.9 | -3.2 |
| Timo Perez | 30 | arb | 76 | -1.7 | 1.0 | -4.1 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Tadahito Iguchi | 3.3 |
| Jermaine Dye | 2.2 |
| Scott Podsednik | 1.9 |
| A.J. Pierzynski | 1.6 |
| Orlando Hernandez | 1.3 |
| Dustin Hermanson | 1.3 |
| Player | 2004 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Carlos Lee | 5.5 |
| Jose Valentin | 2.2 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 1.4 |
| Scott Schoeneweis | 0.9 |
| Miguel Olivo | 0.8 |
| Magglio Ordonez | 0.6 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Konerko | 29 | 8.000 | $8.8M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M |
| Freddy Garcia | 28 | 6.000 | $8.0M | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | $1.5M | $1.0M | ||
| Frank Thomas | 37 | 15.000 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jermaine Dye | 31 | 9.000 | $4.0M | $5.0M | $7.5M | $9.5M | $11.5M | FREE AGENT | |
| Carl Everett | 34 | 12.000 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Orlando Hernandez | 39 | 7.000 | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| A.J. Pierzynski | 28 | 7.000 | $2.2M | $4.0M | $5.5M | $5.8M | $6.2M | $6.8M | $2.0M |
| Dustin Hermanson | 32 | 10.000 | $2.0M | $3.1M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Luis Vizcaino | 30 | 6.000 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Damaso Marte | 30 | 6.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Cliff Politte | 31 | 7.000 | $1.0M | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Chris Widger | 34 | 10.000 | $500k | $488k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Geoff Blum | 32 | 6.000 | $164k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Raul Casanova | 32 | 9.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Buehrle | 26 | 5.000 | $6.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jon Garland | 25 | 5.000 | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Juan Uribe | 26 | 4.000 | $2.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Aaron Rowand | 27 | 4.000 | $2.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Timo Perez | 30 | 5.000 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Podsednik | 29 | 4.000 | $700k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joe Crede | 27 | 5.000 | $400k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Willie Harris | 27 | 4.000 | $365k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ross Gload | 29 | 5.000 | $335k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Pablo Ozuna | 30 | 5.000 | $330k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kevin Walker | 28 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joe Borchard | 26 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jamie Burke | 33 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Contreras | 33 | 2.000 | $8.5M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tadahito Iguchi | 30 | 0.000 | $2.3M | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Shingo Takatsu | 36 | 1.000 | $1.9M | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Neal Cotts | 25 | 2.000 | $330k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brandon McCarthy | 21 | 0.000 | $316k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bobby Jenks | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jon Adkins | 27 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| David Sanders | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Jeff Bajenaru | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Pedro Lopez | 21 | – | — | ||||||
| Brian Anderson | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = White Sox 2005; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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