1998 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 80-82-1, Finished 2nd in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jerry Manuel (80-82-1)

General Manager: Ron Schueler

Farm Director: Steve Noworyta

Scouting Director: Duane Shaffer

Ballpark: Comiskey Park II

Attendance: 1,391,146 (12th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 75-87, 861 Runs, 931 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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1. Mar 31, CHW (1-0) beat TEX, 9-2

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	Chad Kreuter#	33	93	286	245	26	62	9	1	2	33	1	0	32	45	.253	.345	.322	.668	78	79	8	3	5	1	1
2	1B	Wil Cordero	26	96	371	341	58	91	18	2	13	49	2	1	22	66	.267	.314	.446	.759	98	152	7	3	1	4	0
3	2B	Ray Durham#	26	158	723	635	126	181	35	8	19	67	36	9	73	105	.285	.363	.455	.818	115	289	5	6	6	3	3
4	SS	Mike Caruso*	21	133	555	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	22	6	14	38	.306	.331	.390	.721	90	204	8	7	8	3	0
5	3B	Robin Ventura*	30	161	674	590	84	155	31	4	21	91	1	1	79	111	.263	.349	.436	.785	106	257	10	1	1	3	15
6	LF	Albert Belle	31	163	706	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	6	4	81	84	.328	.399	.655	1.055	172	399	17	1	0	15	10
7	CF	Mike Cameron	25	141	443	396	53	83	16	5	8	43	27	11	37	101	.210	.285	.336	.621	64	133	6	6	1	3	0
8	RF	Magglio Ordóñez	24	145	578	535	70	151	25	2	14	65	9	7	28	53	.282	.326	.415	.741	94	222	19	9	2	4	1
9	DH	Frank Thomas	30	160	712	585	109	155	35	2	29	109	7	0	110	93	.265	.381	.480	.861	126	281	14	6	0	11	2
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	1B	Greg Norton#	25	105	330	299	38	71	17	2	9	36	3	3	26	77	.237	.301	.398	.699	83	119	11	2	1	2	1
11	OF	Jeff Abbott	25	89	261	244	33	68	14	1	12	41	3	3	9	28	.279	.298	.492	.790	104	120	2	0	2	5	1
12	C	Charlie O'Brien	38	57	181	164	12	43	9	0	4	18	0	0	9	31	.262	.303	.390	.694	82	64	3	2	3	3	0
13	SS	Chris Snopek	27	53	141	125	17	26	2	0	1	4	3	0	14	24	.208	.291	.248	.539	45	31	4	1	0	1	0
14	C	Robert Machado	25	34	121	111	14	23	6	0	3	15	0	0	7	22	.207	.254	.342	.597	56	38	3	0	3	0	0
15	OF	Rubén Sierra#	32	27	77	74	7	16	4	1	4	11	2	0	3	11	.216	.247	.459	.706	81	34	2	0	0	0	0
16	IF	Craig Wilson	27	13	53	47	14	22	5	0	3	10	1	0	3	6	.468	.490	.766	1.256	225	36	0	0	2	1	0
17	C	Mark Johnson*	22	7	24	23	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8	.087	.125	.261	.386	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Brian Simmons#	24	5	19	19	4	7	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	2	.368	.368	.684	1.053	170	13	0	0	0	0	0
19	CF	Lou Frazier#	33	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	6	.000	.222	.000	.222	-34	0	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
20	P	Mike Sirotka*	27	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Jim Parque*	23	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	P	Scott Eyre*	26	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	James Baldwin	26	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Tom Fordham*	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Jaime Navarro	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Carlos Castillo	23	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Bob Howry*	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Mike Heathcott	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Bill Simas*	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Tony Castillo*	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Larry Casian	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Todd Rizzo	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jason Bere	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jim Abbott*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	John Snyder	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bryan Ward*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Keith Foulke	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Chad Bradford	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Matt Karchner	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.5	163	6281	5585	861	1516	291	38	198	806	127	46	551	916	.271	.339	.444	.782	105	2477	119	47	38	59	34
		Rank in 14 AL teams				9	4	8	10	3	7		6	4	8	3	8	8	8	8		8		10		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.5	163	6265	5572	861	1516	291	38	198	806	127	46	550	911	.272	.339	.445	.784	105	2477	119	47	36	59	34
		Pitcher Totals	23.0	163	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	0	2	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

League Register

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	Mike Sirotka*	27	14	15	.483	5.06	33	33	0	5	0	0	211.2	255	137	119	30	47	0	128	2	1	3	911	90	4.47	1.427	10.8	1.3	2.0	5.4	2.72
2	SP	Jaime Navarro	31	8	16	.333	6.36	37	27	4	1	0	1	172.2	223	135	122	30	77	1	71	7	0	18	802	72	6.03	1.737	11.6	1.6	4.0	3.7	0.92
3	SP	James Baldwin	26	13	6	.684	5.32	37	24	3	1	0	0	159.0	176	103	94	18	60	2	108	10	1	5	712	86	4.57	1.484	10.0	1.0	3.4	6.1	1.80
4	SP	Jim Parque*	23	7	5	.583	5.10	21	21	0	0	0	0	113.0	135	72	64	14	49	0	77	6	3	0	507	90	4.85	1.628	10.8	1.1	3.9	6.1	1.57
5	SP	Scott Eyre*	26	3	8	.273	5.38	33	17	10	0	0	0	107.0	114	78	64	24	64	0	73	2	0	7	491	85	6.54	1.664	9.6	2.0	5.4	6.1	1.14
6	SP	Jason Bere	27	3	7	.300	6.45	18	15	0	0	0	0	83.2	98	71	60	14	58	0	53	2	0	7	404	71	6.20	1.865	10.5	1.5	6.2	5.7	0.91
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	Bill Simas	26	4	3	.571	3.57	60	0	41	0	0	18	70.2	54	29	28	12	22	4	56	1	0	1	287	129	4.74	1.075	6.9	1.5	2.8	7.1	2.55
8	RP	Carlos Castillo	23	6	4	.600	5.11	54	2	11	0	0	0	100.1	94	61	57	17	35	1	64	5	3	4	431	90	5.26	1.286	8.4	1.5	3.1	5.7	1.83
9	RP	Keith Foulke	25	3	2	.600	4.13	54	0	18	0	0	1	65.1	51	31	30	9	20	3	57	4	1	3	267	111	4.29	1.087	7.0	1.2	2.8	7.9	2.85
10	RP	Bob Howry	24	0	3	.000	3.15	44	0	15	0	0	9	54.1	37	20	19	7	19	2	51	2	0	2	217	146	4.10	1.031	6.1	1.2	3.1	8.4	2.68
11	RP	Matt Karchner	31	2	4	.333	5.15	32	0	23	0	0	11	36.2	33	21	21	2	19	6	30	5	0	0	167	89	4.18	1.418	8.1	0.5	4.7	7.4	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		John Snyder	23	7	2	.778	4.80	15	14	0	1	0	0	86.1	96	49	46	14	23	1	52	2	0	2	367	96	4.91	1.378	10.0	1.5	2.4	5.4	2.26
13		Tom Fordham*	24	1	2	.333	6.75	29	5	5	0	0	0	48.0	51	36	36	7	42	0	23	1	0	1	228	68	6.76	1.938	9.6	1.3	7.9	4.3	0.55
14		Jim Abbott*	30	5	0	1.000	4.55	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.2	35	16	16	2	12	0	14	1	0	0	134	101	4.31	1.484	9.9	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.17
15		Chad Bradford	23	2	1	.667	3.23	29	0	8	0	0	1	30.2	27	16	11	0	7	0	11	0	1	1	125	143	3.11	1.109	7.9	0.0	2.1	3.2	1.57
16		Tony Castillo*	35	1	2	.333	8.00	25	0	4	0	0	0	27.0	38	25	24	7	11	0	14	2	0	0	129	58	6.92	1.815	12.7	2.3	3.7	4.7	1.27
17		Bryan Ward*	26	1	2	.333	3.33	28	0	9	0	0	1	27.0	30	13	10	4	7	0	17	0	0	0	116	139	4.58	1.370	10.0	1.3	2.3	5.7	2.43
18		Todd Rizzo*	27	0	0		13.50	9	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	12	12	10	0	6	0	3	0	0	2	38	35	4.94	2.700	16.2	0.0	8.1	4.1	0.50
19		Larry Casian*	32	0	0		11.25	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	8	5	5	0	1	0	6	2	0	0	23	44	2.39	2.250	18.0	0.0	2.3	13.5	6.00
20		Mike Heathcott	29	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	12	169	2.14	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
		Team Totals	26.3	80	82	.494	5.22	163	163	155	8	0	42	1438.2	1569	931	835	211	580	20	911	54	10	58	6368	88	5.10	1.494	9.8	1.3	3.6	5.7	1.57
		Rank in 14 AL teams		7	8		14				9	11	8	8	11	14	14	14	10		14
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