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WHITE SOX 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONS

The 2005 were honored with a ticker-tape parade and downtown rally on October 28, 2005, just two days after ending an 88-year title drought with the franchise’s fi rst championship since 1917. Nearly 2 million fans turned out to honor the World Champions. The White Sox will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the World Series title throughout the 2015 season, highlighted by a team reunion on July 17-19 when Kansas City visits U.S. Cellular Field. IMAGES OF A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON © MLB Photos IMAGES OF A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON WHITE SOX 2005 POSTSEASON SUMMARY

THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON ALDS RECAP  The White Sox went 99-63 during the 2005 regular season  Chicago opened the postseason with a three-game sweep and 11-1 in the postseason to capture their fi rst World Series of Boston, outscoring the defending World Champions, 24-9. championship since 1917.  The White Sox fi ve home runs in a 14-2, Game 1 win,  The 99 wins tied the 1983 club for the second-highest total including a pair from A.J. Pierzynski and one from Scott Pod- in franchise history (100 in 1917). sednik, who was homerless during the regular season.  The White Sox swept the in the ALDS,  The Sox rallied from a 4-0 defi cit to post a 5-4 victory in Game defeated the Angels, 4-1, in the ALCS and swept 2, capped by ’s three- homer off the Astros in the Fall Classic. in the fi fth inning.  Chicago became the fi rst team since the 1927 Yankees to  Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez threw 3.0 scoreless IP in lead wire-to-wire during the regular season and then sweep the relief in Game 3 of the ALDS at Boston … with Chicago holding World Series in four games. a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning, Hernandez inherited a bases-  The Sox compiled a 2.55 ERA (32 ER/113.0 IP) and outscored loaded, no-out situation but worked out of the jam by retiring the opposition, 67-34, during their postseason run. Jason Varitek and on popups before striking out  See pages 233-40 of the media guide for a complete recap on a 3-2 count to end the threat … the White of the 2005 postseason run. Sox completed the sweep with a 5-3 victory.

WINNING WAYS ALCS HIGHLIGHTS  The White Sox won 16 of their last 17 games in 2005, ending  The White Sox defeated the Angels in fi ve games to advance the regular season on a fi ve-game winning streak before going to the World Series for the fi rst time since 1959. on their 11-1 postseason tear.  The Angels batted just .175 with 11 runs scored and 27 hits,  The Sox 11-1 record in the postseason tied the 1999 Yankees the fewest in any LCS of at least fi ve games. for second-best since 1969 behind the 1976  Chicago’s lone loss of the postseason was a 3-2 setback in (7-0). Game 1 at U.S. Cellular Field.  was named MVP after batting .286 (6-21) with FOLLOW THE LEADER two homers and seven RBI in the ALCS … he became the third  The White Sox led at some point in 11 of their 12 postseason player in major-league history to hit fi rst-inning home runs in games in 2005 … during the regular season, the Sox held the back-to-back games in the same post season (Games 3 and 4 lead in 132 of 162 games, including a major-league record 37 at Los Angeles-AL). in a row to begin the season.  ’s two-out in the ninth inning of Game 2 scored pinch-runner to give the Sox a 2-1 victory VIEW FROM THE TOP and avoid an 0-2 series hole … Ozuna was running for A.J.  The White Sox were in fi rst place all 183 days during the Pierzynski, who had reached base on a dropped third strike. 2005 season, eclipsing the franchise records for overall (169)  , , Freddy Garcia and Jose Con- and consecutive (167) days spent in fi rst place, both set by the treras recorded four consecutive complete-game victories to 2000 club. conclude the ALCS victory over the Angels.  The White Sox became the fi rst club to accomplish that feat AT THE HELM in a single postseason since the 1928 Yankees vs. St. Louis.  Ozzie Guillen, who played in 1,743 games with the White Sox from 1985-97, became the fi rst Latin American manager to WORLD SERIES HIGHLIGHTS win the World Series.  The White Sox recorded a four-game sweep of Houston for  Only Red Schoendienst appeared in more games for a team their third World Championship and fi rst in 88 years. and then managed that team to a World Series title … Schoe-  The Astros did not score in the fi nal 15 innings of the Fall ndienst played in 1,795 games for the Cardinals before guiding Classic, going 0-17 with RISP during that span. them to the 1967 world championship.  Paul Konerko’s off Chad Qualls in the seventh inning of Game 2 was the fi rst in franchise playoff history and CRAZY 8’S gave the the Sox a 6-4 lead … Konerko became the fi rst player  The White Sox compiled four separate eight-game winning in Fall Classic history to hit a grand slam in the seventh inning streaks during the 2005 season, including a season-ending run or later that turned a defi cit into a lead. that culminated in their fi rst World Championship since 1917.  hit the 14th game-ending in World  The Sox also won eight straight games from 4/18-25, 4/30-5/8 Series history in Game 2, a solo shot off Brad Lidge in the ninth and 6/15-24. inning.  hit a game-winning homer in the 14th inning of ROAD WARRIORS Game 3 … Mark Buehrle, who started Game 2, earned the  The White Sox 6-0 road record was the second-best ever in … the game lasted 5:41. a single postseason behind the 1996 (8-0)  was named MVP after hitting .438 (7-16) with … Chicago became the fi rst team in history to clinch all three one home run and three RBI … he hit a solo home run off Roger series in the same postseason on the road. Clemens in Game 1 and collected the game-winning hit off Brad  The Sox went a major-league best 52-29 (.642) on the road Lidge in the eighth inning of Game 4. during the 2005 regular season, including an  White Sox starting (Contreras, Buehrle, Garland, Central Division clinching win on 9/29 at Detroit. Garcia) lasted at least 7.0 IP in all four games vs. Houston.  In the previous 50 years, only three other teams received WE’VE SEEN THIS BEFORE 7.0 IP or more from their starters in each of the fi rst four games  The White Sox clinched the World Series with a 1-0 victory of the World Series: 1963 Dodgers (Koufax, Podres, Drysdale, at Houston … the Sox also posted 1-0 wins on Koufax), 1992 Braves (Glavine, Smoltz, Avery, Glavine) and vs. Cleveland and to open the second half at Cleveland. 2003 Yankees (Wells, Pettitte, Mussina, Clemens).