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GM: Kenny Williams

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2006, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$105M
Surplus $M
-28
Win %
0.556
TAB
+0.4
WAB
+4.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
38.5
Dead money %
14%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-3.6

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2006 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LA.J. Pierzynski132
RChris Widger⇄27
RSandy Alomar Jr.⇄18
RChris Stewart5

1B

RPaul Konerko140
LRoss Gload49
LJim Thome3

2B

RTadahito Iguchi136
BAlex Cintron26
RPablo Ozuna6

3B

RJoe Crede149
RPablo Ozuna17
BAlex Cintron11
RJosh Fields6
LRob Mackowiak6

SS

RJuan Uribe132
BAlex Cintron41

LF

LScott Podsednik135
RPablo Ozuna38
LRob Mackowiak28
LRyan Sweeney6
LRoss Gload4
RJosh Fields1

CF

RBrian Anderson134
LRob Mackowiak63
LRyan Sweeney7
LJerry Owens4

RF

RJermaine Dye146
LRob Mackowiak21
LRoss Gload15
LRyan Sweeney6
LJerry Owens1
RPablo Ozuna1

DH

LJim Thome136
RPaul Konerko12
RPablo Ozuna7
BAlex Cintron6
LJerry Owens5
LRob Mackowiak2
LScott Podsednik2
RJosh Fields1
RChris Stewart1
LRoss Gload1
LRyan Sweeney1
RSandy Alomar Jr.⇄1
RTadahito Iguchi1

Starters

RJavier Vazquez4.9 WAR
RJose Contreras4.0 WAR
RJon Garland3.7 WAR
RFreddy Garcia3.1 WAR
LMark Buehrle1.6 WAR
RCharlie Haeger0.3 WAR
RBrandon McCarthy-0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBobby Jenks41 sv
LMatt Thornton18 h
LNeal Cotts14 h
RBrandon McCarthy11 h
RMike MacDougal⇄11 h
RCliff Politte4 h
RDavid Riske⇄2 h
LBoone Logan2 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2005)

PlayerfWAR
Javier Vazquez4.9
Jim Thome4.8
Matt Thornton0.9
Mike MacDougal0.6
Rob Mackowiak0.4
Charlie Haeger0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2005)

Player2005 fWAR
Aaron Rowand3.8
Orlando Hernandez1.3
Willie Harris0.5
Frank Thomas0.4
Luis Vizcaino0.3
Damaso Marte0.2

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by White Sox. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2006; everyone else is shown as a 2006 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Javier Vazquez 2006 +4.9 +85.0 12.0 +73.0 $2.5M 2.19× –
Jose Contreras 2006 +4.0 +70.9 9.5 +61.4 $2.3M 2.19× –
Jon Garland 2006 +3.7 +65.3 7.0 +58.3 $1.9M 2.19× –
Jim Thome 2006 +4.8 +57.9 14.2 +43.7 $2.9M 1.49× –
Freddy Garcia 2006 +3.1 +49.3 9.0 +40.3 $2.9M 1.96× –
Joe Crede 2006 +3.9 +39.5 2.7 +36.8 $0.7M 1.25× –
Jermaine Dye 2006 +3.0 +38.0 5.0 +33.0 $1.7M 1.60× –
Bobby Jenks 2006 +1.8 +28.3 0.3 +27.9 $0.2M 1.95× –
Paul Konerko 2006 +3.0 +25.3 12.0 +13.3 $4.1M 1.07× –
Mark Buehrle 2006 +1.6 +19.6 8.0 +11.6 $4.9M 1.49× –
Tadahito Iguchi 2006 +1.8 +11.6 2.4 +9.2 $1.4M 0.82× –
Matt Thornton 2006 +0.9 +9.3 0.4 +9.0 $0.4M 1.34× –
A.J. Pierzynski 2006 +2.0 +12.2 4.0 +8.2 $2.0M 0.76× –
Mike MacDougal↔ 2006 +0.6 +3.5 0.4 +3.1 $0.6M 0.67× –
Juan Uribe 2006 +1.2 +5.8 3.1 +2.6 $2.7M 0.61× –
Brian Anderson 2006 +0.1 +0.8 0.3 +0.5 $2.7M 0.83× –
Rob Mackowiak 2006 +0.4 +2.7 2.2 +0.5 $5.5M 0.83× –
Scott Podsednik 2006 +0.3 +1.9 2.1 -0.2 $7.3M 0.83× –
Brandon McCarthy 2006 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 – 0.67× –
David Riske↔ 2006 +0.2 +0.8 1.4 -0.6 $9.4M 0.67× –
Sandy Alomar Jr.↔ 2006 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 – 0.52× –
Boone Logan 2006 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Pablo Ozuna 2006 -0.2 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 – 0.83× –
Ross Gload 2006 -0.4 -1.7 0.3 -2.1 – 0.56× –
Chris Widger↔ 2006 -0.4 -1.7 0.5 -2.2 – 0.52× –
Alex Cintron 2006 -0.3 -1.3 1.6 -2.9 – 0.61× –
Neal Cotts 2006 -0.5 -2.7 0.4 -3.1 – 0.67× –
Dustin Hermanson 2006 -0.1 -0.4 3.1 -3.5 – 0.67× –
Cliff Politte 2006 -0.7 -3.9 1.2 -5.1 – 0.67× –
Agustin Montero 2006 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Charlie Haeger 2006 +0.3 +1.9 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Stewart 2006 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Jeff Nelson 2006 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Jerry Owens 2006 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.69× –
Josh Fields 2006 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.58× –
Ryan Sweeney 2006 -0.3 -2.2 – – – 0.83× –
Sean Tracey 2006 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+38.4+512.8104.5+409.1—

Trades

Every graded 2006 deal involving the White Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 9 total.

2006 · CHW / TEX
CHW · Kenny Williams +$210.4M
Nick Masset, John Danks, Jake Rasner
TEX · Jon Daniels −$210.4M
Brandon McCarthy, David Paisano
CHW came out ahead by $210.4M
2006 · CHW / KCR
CHW · Kenny Williams +$1.6M
Mike MacDougal
KCR · Allard Baird −$1.6M
Tyler Lumsden, Dan Cortes
CHW came out ahead by $1.6M
2006 · CHW / BOS
CHW · Kenny Williams +$0.0M
David Riske
BOS · Jed Hoyer +$0.0M
Javier López
Even trade
2006 · CHW / KCR
CHW · Kenny Williams +$8.8M
Andy Sisco
KCR · Allard Baird −$8.8M
Ross Gload
CHW came out ahead by $8.8M
2006 · CHW / SEA
CHW · Kenny Williams +$24.8M
Matt Thornton
SEA · Bill Bavasi −$24.8M
Joe Borchard
CHW came out ahead by $24.8M
2006 · ARI / CHW
ARI · Josh Byrnes +$12.8M
Jeff Bajenaru
CHW · Kenny Williams −$12.8M
Alex Cintrón
ARI came out ahead by $12.8M
2006 · CHW / CHC
CHW · Kenny Williams +$6.4M
David Aardsma, Carlos Vasquez
CHC · Jim Hendry −$6.4M
Neal Cotts
CHW came out ahead by $6.4M
2006 · LAD / CHW
LAD · Ned Colletti +$1.6M
B.J. LaMura
CHW · Kenny Williams −$1.6M
Sandy Alomar
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M
2006 · CHW / PHI
CHW · Kenny Williams +$137.6M
Gavin Floyd, Gio Gonzalez
PHI · Pat Gillick −$137.6M
Freddy García
CHW came out ahead by $137.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2006 payroll
$104.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 2006, 2006–2012. 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.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2006200720082009201020112012
Jim Thome3515.000$14.2M$14.8M$15.7M$11.2MFREE AGENT
Paul Konerko309.000$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M
Javier Vazquez298.000$12.0M$12.5M$11.5MFREE AGENT
Freddy Garcia297.000$9.0MFREE AGENT$1.5M$1.0M
Mark Buehrle276.000$8.0M$9.5M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0M$14.0MFREE AGENT
Jon Garland266.000$7.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Jermaine Dye3210.000$5.0M$7.5M$9.5M$11.5MFREE AGENT
A.J. Pierzynski298.000$4.0M$5.5M$5.8M$6.2M$6.8M$2.0M$6.0M
Dustin Hermanson3311.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Joe Crede286.000$2.7M$4.9M$5.1MFREE AGENT
David Riske297.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Cliff Politte328.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Pablo Ozuna316.000$500k$800k$556kFREE AGENT
Chris Widger3511.000$488kFREE AGENT
Ross Gload306.000$350kFREE AGENT
Sandy Alomar Jr.4018.000$268kFREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson3914.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2006200720082009201020112012
Jose Contreras343.000$9.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Uribe275.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Rob Mackowiak305.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Scott Podsednik305.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Alex Cintron275.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Neal Cotts263.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike MacDougal295.000$371kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2006200720082009201020112012
Tadahito Iguchi311.000$2.4MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Thornton292.000$355kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Jenks251.000$340kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon McCarthy221.000$332kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Anderson241.000$330kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Boone Logan210.000$327kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Agustin Montero28–—
Sean Tracey25–—
Ryan Sweeney210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Fields230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Owens250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Charlie Haeger220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Stewart240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2006 acquisition stacked onto White Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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