2001 Chicago White Sox season
The 2001 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 102nd season, and their 101st in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 83-79, good enough for 3rd place in the American League Central, 8 games behind the champion Cleveland Indians.
Offseason
- December 18, 2000: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
, 2BJosé Valentín, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Magglio Ordóñez, RF
Paul Konerko, 1B
Carlos Lee, LF
Herbert Perry, 3B
Sandy Alomar, Jr., C
Royce Clayton, SS
David Wells, P
Notable transactions
- June 20, 2001: José Canseco signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
- June 29, 2001: Alan Embree was traded by the San Francisco Giants with cash to the Chicago White Sox for Derek Hasselhoff.
- July 26, 2001: James Baldwin was traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jeff Barry, Gary Majewski and Onan Masaoka
- August 23, 2001: Bill Pulsipher was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.
Roster
Game log
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 |
| Sandy Alomar, Jr., C | 70 | 220 | 17 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 17 | .247 | 1 |
| Harold Baines, DH | 32 | 84 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | .131 | 0 |
| James Baldwin, P | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Rocky Biddle, P | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Mark Buehrle, P | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Jose Canseco, DH,RF | 76 | 256 | 46 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 45 | 75 | .258 | 2 |
| McKay Christensen, CF | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | 0 |
| Royce Clayton, SS | 135 | 433 | 62 | 114 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 33 | 72 | .263 | 10 |
| Joe Crede, 3B | 17 | 50 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | .220 | 1 |
| Mark Dalesandro, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 |
| Ray Durham, 2B | 152 | 611 | 104 | 163 | 42 | 10 | 20 | 65 | 64 | 110 | .267 | 23 |
| Jon Garland, P | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Tony Graffanino, 3B,2B,SS | 74 | 145 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 29 | .303 | 4 |
| Mark Johnson, C | 61 | 173 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 31 | .249 | 2 |
| Paul Konerko, 1B | 156 | 582 | 92 | 164 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 99 | 54 | 89 | .282 | 1 |
| Carlos Lee, LF | 150 | 558 | 75 | 150 | 33 | 3 | 24 | 84 | 38 | 85 | .269 | 17 |
| Jeff Liefer, OF,1B,3B,DH | 83 | 254 | 36 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 69 | .256 | 0 |
| Sean Lowe, P | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 0 |
| Magglio Ordóñez, RF | 160 | 593 | 97 | 181 | 40 | 1 | 31 | 113 | 70 | 70 | .305 | 25 |
| Josh Paul, C | 57 | 139 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 25 | .266 | 6 |
| Herbert Perry, 3B,1B,DH | 92 | 285 | 38 | 73 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 55 | .256 | 2 |
| Julio Ramirez, CF | 22 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | .081 | 2 |
| Aaron Rowand, CF,LF,RF | 63 | 123 | 21 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 28 | .293 | 5 |
| Chris Singleton, CF | 140 | 392 | 57 | 117 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 20 | 61 | .298 | 12 |
| Frank Thomas, DH | 20 | 68 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | .221 | 0 |
| José Valentín, 3B,SS,CF | 124 | 438 | 74 | 113 | 22 | 2 | 28 | 68 | 50 | 114 | .258 | 9 |
| David Wells, P | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Kip Wells, P | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .167 | 1 |
| 162 | 5464 | 798 | 1463 | 300 | 29 | 214 | 770 | 520 | 998 | .268 | 123 |
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 |
| James Baldwin | 7 | 5 | 4.61 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 95.2 | 109 | 56 | 49 | 15 | 38 | 42 |
| Lorenzo Barceló | 1 | 0 | 4.71 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| Rocky Biddle | 7 | 8 | 5.39 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 128.2 | 137 | 87 | 77 | 16 | 55 | 85 |
| Mark Buehrle | 16 | 8 | 3.29 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 221.1 | 188 | 89 | 81 | 24 | 50 | 126 |
| Cal Eldred | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Alan Embree | 1 | 2 | 5.03 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Josh Fogg | 0 | 0 | 2.03 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| Keith Foulke | 4 | 9 | 2.33 | 72 | 0 | 42 | 81.0 | 57 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 75 |
| Jon Garland | 6 | 7 | 3.69 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 117.0 | 123 | 59 | 48 | 16 | 57 | 61 |
| Matt Ginter | 1 | 0 | 5.22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| Gary Glover | 5 | 5 | 4.93 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 100.1 | 98 | 61 | 55 | 16 | 35 | 63 |
| Bob Howry | 4 | 5 | 4.69 | 69 | 0 | 5 | 78.2 | 85 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 39 | 64 |
| Sean Lowe | 9 | 4 | 3.61 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 127.0 | 123 | 55 | 51 | 12 | 34 | 71 |
| Antonio Osuna | 0 | 0 | 20.77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Jim Parque | 0 | 3 | 8.04 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 28.0 | 36 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| Bill Pulsipher | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Ken Vining | 0 | 0 | 17.55 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| David Wells | 5 | 7 | 4.47 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100.2 | 120 | 55 | 50 | 12 | 22 | 59 |
| Kip Wells | 10 | 11 | 4.79 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 133.1 | 145 | 80 | 71 | 14 | 66 | 99 |
| Dan Wright | 5 | 3 | 5.70 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 66.1 | 78 | 45 | 42 | 12 | 40 | 36 |
| Kelly Wunsch | 2 | 1 | 7.66 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 83 | 79 | 4.55 | 162 | 162 | 51 | 1433.1 | 1465 | 795 | 725 | 181 | 538 | 921 |