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Chicago White SoxJerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn · since 1981
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$1.94BPayroll rank24 of 30Spending index58.7
Chicago White Sox Ownership
Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn · since 1981 · AL Central
Budget generosity47near the median
Patience22very quick to change
Win-now or build43balanced
Last five seasons-20.7 a yeartightening
- Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn: over 42 seasons (1985 to 2026) the club paid on average 0.96 times the league median payroll and ranked 15.8 on average. Best payroll rank 3rd (1997); worst 29th (2018).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 0.87 times the median, average rank 18.4.
- The club named 5.8 new managers per ten seasons (1986 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.7.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved -3 points on average, across 16 such seasons.
Scores run 0 to 100 and describe what the club did under this owner: budget generosity is payroll relative to the league median (50 is the median, 100 is double); patience is how rarely the club changes managers; win-now or build is whether payroll rose or fell after a losing season. They are our summary of public numbers, not a judgment of a person.
- Owner
- Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn
- Principals
- Jerry Reinsdorf, Eddie Einhorn
- Owner since
- 1981
- Reported price
- $20 million
- Forbes value (2026)
- $1.94B
- Revenue
- $239M
- Operating income
- Loss of $40M
- Payroll 2026
- $103.3M, rank 24 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 0
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $0
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn | 1981 to now | group | $20 million | A public owners list gives $20 million; Reinsdorf's biography says $19 million. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.94B | $239M | -$40M |
| 2025 | $2B | $277M | -$41M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $2.05B | $276M | -$53M |
| 2022 | $1.76B | $258M | -$10M |
| 2021 | $1.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.6B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $1.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $975M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $695M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $692M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn 1981 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | $103.3M | 24 of 30 | 58.7 | 84-78 | Yes | ||
| 2025 | 1 | $78.5M | 28 of 30 | 48.7 | 32.8% | 60-102 | No | No |
| 2024 | 1 | $142.9M | 18 of 30 | 89.0 | 51.6% | 41-121 | No | No |
| 2023 | 1 | $162.9M | 15 of 30 | 102.1 | 61-101 | No | No | |
| 2022 | 1 | $203.2M | 7 of 30 | 135.3 | 73.6% | 81-81 | No | No |
| 2021 | 1 | $140.9M | 15 of 30 | 105.4 | 54.6% | 93-69 | Yes | No |
| 2020 | 1 | $53.7M | 20 of 30 | 84.0 | 35-25* | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | 1 | $91.4M | 26 of 30 | 65.1 | 72-89 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 1 | $71.8M | 29 of 30 | 50.9 | 62-100 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 1 | $85.5M | 26 of 30 | 60.4 | 67-95 | No | No | |
| 2016 | 1 | $129.7M | 16 of 30 | 96.4 | 78-84 | No | No | |
| 2015 | 1 | $119.8M | 15 of 30 | 101.4 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2014 | 1 | $89.3M | 23 of 30 | 80.8 | 73-89 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 1 | $111.8M | 12 of 30 | 111.7 | 63-99 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 1 | $108.8M | 12 of 30 | 111.0 | 85-77 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 1 | $127.2M | 7 of 30 | 134.2 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 1 | $103.1M | 8 of 30 | 125.4 | 88-74 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 1 | $96.1M | 12 of 30 | 118.5 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 1 | $121.2M | 5 of 30 | 151.6 | 89-74 | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | 1 | $108.7M | 5 of 30 | 128.4 | 72-90 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 1 | $102.8M | 4 of 30 | 142.8 | 90-72 | No | No | |
| 2005 | 1 | $75.2M | 13 of 30 | 113.6 | 99-63 | Yes | No | |
| 2004 | 1 | $65.2M | 15 of 30 | 104.6 | 83-79 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 1 | $51.0M | 22 of 30 | 73.9 | 86-76 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 1 | $57.1M | 18 of 30 | 93.4 | 81-81 | No | ||
| 2001 | 1 | $65.7M | 14 of 30 | 102.6 | 83-79 | No | ||
| 2000 | 1 | $31.1M | 26 of 30 | 55.1 | 95-67 | Yes | ||
| 1999 | 1 | $25.6M | 25 of 30 | 51.5 | 75-86 | No | ||
| 1998 | 1 | $38.3M | 19 of 30 | 90.3 | 80-82 | No | ||
| 1997 | 1 | $57.7M | 3 of 28 | 138.0 | 80-81 | No | ||
| 1996 | 1 | $45.1M | 5 of 28 | 134.0 | 85-77 | No | ||
| 1995 | 1 | $47.0M | 4 of 28 | 136.6 | 68-76 | No | ||
| 1994 | 1 | $39.2M | 8 of 28 | 118.6 | 67-46 | No | ||
| 1993 | 1 | $39.7M | 6 of 28 | 117.2 | 94-68 | Yes | ||
| 1992 | 1 | $30.2M | 14 of 26 | 98.6 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $16.9M | 23 of 26 | 73.1 | 87-75 | No | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $9.5M | 26 of 26 | 54.0 | 94-68 | No | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $7.3M | 26 of 26 | 49.8 | 69-92 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $6.4M | 24 of 26 | 51.8 | 71-90 | No | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $10.6M | 15 of 26 | 94.3 | 77-85 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $10.4M | 17 of 26 | 90.7 | 72-90 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $9.8M | 15 of 26 | 97.9 | 85-77 | No |
Owner numbers match the ownership list. Payroll is nominal dollars. * 2020 was a 60-game season. Payroll share of revenue exists for 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 only. The tax-line column stops at 2025 because 2026 tax bills are not known until December. How the index is built.
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