2005 Chicago White Sox
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AL Central champions American League champions World Series Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Jerry Reinsdorf |
| General manager(s) | Kenny Williams |
| Manager(s) | Ozzie Guillén |
| Local television |
WGN-TV Comcast Sportsnet (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson) |
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WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WRTO (AM) (Hector Molina) |
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The 2005 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 105th season. They finished with a 99–63 record in the regular season and first place in the American League Central division by six games over the Cleveland Indians. In the playoffs, they won the American League Division Series 3–0 over the Boston Red Sox, the American League Championship Series 4–1 over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the World Series 4–0 over the Houston Astros, ending an 88-year championship drought.
The Chicago White Sox had a total attendance of 2,342,833 in 2005, 7th in the American League.
Everything that happened in 2005 was under the direction of manager Ozzie Guillén. After his inaugural season in 2004, in which his club went 83-79 and finished second in the American League Central Division, Guillén approached General Manager Kenny Williams. He asked Williams for a makeover for his club. Guillén envisioned his team playing small ball.
Williams agreed with Guillén. The Sox already had a feisty manager, solid pitching, and power hitters. The Sox decided to clean up a bit and bring in players with the team first attitude. Guillén wanted more speed, so Scott Podsednik was brought in to be the leadoff hitter and to create havoc for opposing pitchers. Guillén wanted pitching, so Williams got Freddy García, Orlando "El Duque" Hernández, Luis Vizcaíno, Dustin Hermanson, and in July, hard throwing closer Bobby Jenks was brought up.
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