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1997 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 80-81-0, Finished 2nd in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Terry Bevington (80-81)

General Manager: Ron Schueler

Scouting Director: Duane Shaffer

Ballpark: Comiskey Park II

Attendance: 1,864,782 (8th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 76-85, 779 Runs, 833 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jorge Fábregas*	27	100	342	322	31	90	10	1	7	48	1	1	11	43	.280	.302	.382	.684	81	123	14	1	4	4	0
2	1B	Frank Thomas	29	146	649	530	110	184	35	0	35	125	1	1	109	69	.347	.456	.611	1.067	181	324	15	3	0	7	9
3	2B	Ray Durham#	25	155	711	634	106	172	27	5	11	53	33	16	61	96	.271	.337	.382	.719	91	242	14	6	2	8	0
4	SS	Ozzie Guillén*	33	142	527	490	59	120	21	6	4	52	5	3	22	24	.245	.275	.337	.612	62	165	7	0	11	4	1
5	3B	Chris Snopek	26	86	323	298	27	65	15	0	5	35	3	2	18	51	.218	.263	.319	.582	54	95	4	1	4	2	0
6	LF	Albert Belle	30	161	701	634	90	174	45	1	30	116	4	4	53	105	.274	.332	.491	.823	116	311	26	6	0	8	6
7	CF	Mike Cameron	24	116	446	379	63	98	18	3	14	55	23	2	55	105	.259	.356	.433	.789	109	164	8	5	2	5	1
8	RF	Dave Martinez*	32	145	573	504	78	144	16	6	12	55	12	6	55	69	.286	.356	.413	.768	104	208	4	3	5	6	7
9	DH	Harold Baines*	38	93	361	318	40	97	18	0	12	52	0	1	41	47	.305	.382	.475	.857	127	151	9	0	0	2	10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	RF	Lyle Mouton	28	88	260	242	26	65	9	0	5	23	4	4	14	66	.269	.308	.368	.675	79	89	8	1	0	3	1
11	3B	Robin Ventura*	29	54	220	183	27	48	10	1	6	26	0	0	34	21	.262	.373	.426	.799	112	78	3	0	0	3	5
12	IF	Norberto Martin	30	71	219	213	24	64	7	1	2	27	1	4	6	31	.300	.320	.371	.691	83	79	2	0	0	0	0
13	RF	Tony Phillips#	38	36	161	129	23	40	6	0	2	9	4	1	29	29	.310	.440	.403	.843	127	52	3	1	2	0	0
14	C	Ron Karkovice	33	51	161	138	10	25	3	0	6	18	0	0	11	32	.181	.248	.333	.582	53	46	3	3	4	5	0
15	1B	Mario Valdez*	22	54	137	115	11	28	7	0	1	13	1	0	17	39	.243	.350	.330	.681	83	38	3	3	0	2	0
16	CF	Darren Lewis	29	81	93	77	15	18	1	0	0	5	11	4	11	14	.234	.330	.247	.576	57	19	2	0	5	0	0
17	C	Tony Peña	40	31	76	67	4	11	1	0	0	8	0	0	8	13	.164	.250	.179	.429	17	12	3	0	0	1	0
18	RF	Magglio Ordóñez	23	21	73	69	12	22	6	0	4	11	1	2	2	8	.319	.338	.580	.918	138	40	1	0	1	0	0
19	C	Chad Kreuter#	32	19	45	37	6	8	2	1	1	3	0	1	8	9	.216	.356	.405	.761	102	15	0	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Jeff Abbott	24	19	38	38	8	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.263	.263	.368	.632	66	14	3	0	0	0	0
21	3B	Greg Norton#	24	18	37	34	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	8	.265	.306	.441	.747	96	15	0	0	1	0	0
22	C	Robert Machado	24	10	17	15	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	6	.200	.250	.333	.583	54	5	0	0	1	0	0
23	UT	Chad Fonville#	26	9	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-14	1	0	0	1	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Danny Darwin	41	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	P	James Baldwin	25	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Wilson Álvarez*	27	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Jaime Navarro	30	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0
28	P	Doug Drabek	34	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Scott Eyre*	25	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	168	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Carlos Castillo	22	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	436	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Mike Sirotka*	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Tony Castillo*	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Chris Clemons	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jeff Darwin	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Tom Fordham*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Chuck McElroy*	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Mike Bertotti*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Al Levine*	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Larry Thomas	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bill Simas*	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Roberto Hernández	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Jason Bere	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Nelson Cruz	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Keith Foulke	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Matt Karchner	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.4	161	6201	5491	779	1498	260	28	158	740	106	52	569	901	.273	.341	.417	.758	101	2288	133	33	47	60	40
		Rank in 14 AL teams				11	9	8	13	6	10		7	7	8	1	6	6	8	9		10		14		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	161	6181	5475	777	1496	260	28	158	740	106	52	569	892	.273	.342	.418	.759	101	2286	132	33	43	60	40
		Pitcher Totals	27.3	161	20	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	2	1	0	4	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jaime Navarro	30	9	14	.391	5.79	33	33	0	2	0	0	209.2	267	155	135	22	73	6	142	3	1	14	957	76	4.21	1.622	11.5	0.9	3.1	6.1	1.95
2	SP	James Baldwin	25	12	15	.444	5.27	32	32	0	1	0	0	200.0	205	128	117	19	83	3	140	5	3	14	879	84	4.26	1.440	9.2	0.9	3.7	6.3	1.69
3	SP	Doug Drabek	34	12	11	.522	5.74	31	31	0	0	0	0	169.1	170	109	108	30	69	5	85	4	2	12	731	77	5.70	1.411	9.0	1.6	3.7	4.5	1.23
4	SP	Wilson Álvarez*	27	9	8	.529	3.03	22	22	0	2	1	0	145.2	126	61	49	9	55	1	110	3	0	4	613	145	3.60	1.243	7.8	0.6	3.4	6.8	2.00
5	SP	Danny Darwin	41	4	8	.333	4.13	21	17	0	1	0	0	113.1	130	60	52	21	31	1	62	1	2	1	496	107	5.27	1.421	10.3	1.7	2.5	4.9	2.00
6	SP	Scott Eyre*	25	4	4	.500	5.04	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.2	62	36	34	11	31	1	36	1	0	2	267	88	5.86	1.533	9.2	1.6	4.6	5.3	1.16
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Roberto Hernández	32	5	1	.833	2.44	46	0	43	0	0	27	48.0	38	15	13	5	24	4	47	1	0	2	203	181	4.07	1.292	7.1	0.9	4.5	8.8	1.96
8	RP	Tony Castillo*	34	4	4	.500	4.91	64	0	20	0	0	4	62.1	74	48	34	6	23	7	42	1	0	0	283	90	4.17	1.556	10.7	0.9	3.3	6.1	1.83
9	RP	Chuck McElroy*	29	1	3	.250	3.94	48	0	13	0	0	1	59.1	56	29	26	3	19	1	44	2	0	1	254	112	3.34	1.264	8.5	0.5	2.9	6.7	2.32
10	RP	Matt Karchner	30	3	1	.750	2.91	52	0	25	0	0	15	52.2	50	18	17	4	26	4	30	0	0	6	224	152	4.44	1.443	8.5	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15
11	RP	Bill Simas	25	3	1	.750	4.14	40	0	11	0	0	1	41.1	46	23	19	6	24	3	38	2	0	2	193	107	5.04	1.694	10.0	1.3	5.2	8.3	1.58
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Carlos Castillo	22	2	1	.667	4.48	37	2	14	0	0	1	66.1	68	35	33	9	33	3	43	1	0	3	295	99	5.11	1.523	9.2	1.2	4.5	5.8	1.30
13		Mike Sirotka*	26	3	0	1.000	2.25	7	4	1	0	0	0	32.0	36	9	8	4	5	1	24	1	0	0	130	197	3.80	1.281	10.1	1.1	1.4	6.8	4.80
14		Jason Bere	26	4	2	.667	4.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.2	20	15	15	4	17	0	21	3	0	1	123	94	5.55	1.291	6.3	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.24
15		Keith Foulke	24	3	0	1.000	3.45	16	0	5	0	0	3	28.2	28	11	11	4	5	1	21	0	0	0	117	129	3.98	1.151	8.8	1.3	1.6	6.6	4.20
16		Al Levine	29	2	2	.500	6.91	25	0	6	0	0	0	27.1	35	22	21	4	16	1	22	2	0	2	133	64	5.38	1.866	11.5	1.3	5.3	7.2	1.38
17		Nelson Cruz	24	0	2	.000	6.49	19	0	5	0	0	0	26.1	29	19	19	6	9	1	23	0	0	3	116	68	5.35	1.443	9.9	2.1	3.1	7.9	2.56
18		Tom Fordham*	23	0	1	.000	6.23	7	1	1	0	0	0	17.1	17	13	12	2	10	2	10	1	0	0	78	72	5.36	1.558	8.8	1.0	5.2	5.2	1.00
19		Jeff Darwin	27	0	1	.000	5.27	14	0	6	0	0	0	13.2	17	8	8	1	7	0	9	0	0	3	65	85	4.28	1.756	11.2	0.7	4.6	5.9	1.29
20		Chris Clemons	24	0	2	.000	8.53	5	2	3	0	0	0	12.2	19	13	12	4	11	0	8	1	0	1	67	53	8.79	2.368	13.5	2.8	7.8	5.7	0.73
21		Mike Bertotti*	27	0	0		7.36	9	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	9	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	23	65	2.56	3.000	22.1	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00
22		Larry Thomas*	27	0	0		8.10	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	60	8.81	1.500	8.1	2.7	5.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.2	80	81	.497	4.73	161	161	155	6	1	52	1422.1	1505	833	748	175	575	45	961	32	9	71	6262	93	4.64	1.462	9.5	1.1	3.6	6.1	1.67
		Rank in 14 AL teams		6	9		9				11	8	2	14	7	10	8	6	9		10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W