1996 Chicago White Sox season

1996 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1991)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Ron Schueler
Manager(s)	Terry Bevington
Local television	WGN-TV SportsChannel Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Local radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)
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The 1996 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 97th season. They finished with a record 85-77, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 14.5 games behind the 1st place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• December 28, 1995: Tim Raines was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Blaise Kozeniewski (minors) (February 6, 1996) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.^[1]
• January 20, 1996: Tony Phillips was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]
• January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	0.615	—	51–29	48–33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	14½	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	0.494	19½	38–43	42–39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	21½	39–43	39–41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	0.466	24	37–43	38–43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

1996 Opening Day Lineup

• Tony Phillips, lf
• Ray Durham, 2b
• Frank Thomas, 1b
• Danny Tartabull, rf
• Lyle Mouton, dh
• Robin Ventura, 3b
• Ron Karkovice, c
• Darren Lewis, cf
• Ozzie Guillén, ss
• Alex Fernandez, p

Transactions

• August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.^[4]

Roster

1996 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 40 Wilson Álvarez 49 Luis Andújar 37 James Baldwin 46 Jason Bere 51 Mike Bertotti 44 Tony Castillo 48 Jeff Darwin 32 Alex Fernandez 33 Marvin Freeman 39 Roberto Hernández 49 Stacy Jones 47 Matt Karchner 26 Brian Keyser 54 Al Levine 34 Joe Magrane 15 Kirk McCaskill 42 Scott Ruffcorn 70 Rich Sauveur 41 Bill Simas 38 Mike Sirotka 36 Kevin Tapani 50 Larry Thomas		Catchers 15 Pat Borders 20 Ron Karkovice 12 Chad Kreuter 55 Robert Machado 29 Don Slaught Infielders 34 Domingo Cedeño  5 Ray Durham 13 Ozzie Guillén  7 Norberto Martin 71 Jose Munoz 31 Greg Norton 43 Mike Robertson 27 Chris Snopek 35 Frank Thomas 23 Robin Ventura		Outfielders 24 Mike Cameron 10 Darren Lewis 14 Dave Martinez 28 Lyle Mouton  8 Tony Phillips 45 Danny Tartabull Other batters  3 Harold Baines		Manager 18 Terry Bevington Coaches 22 Bill Buckner 56 Roly de Armas 52 Ron Jackson 17 Doug Mansolino 21 Joe Nossek 25 Mike Pazik 55 Mark Salas

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harold Baines, DH	143	495	80	154	29	0	22	95	73	62	.311	3
Pat Borders, C	31	94	6	26	1	0	3	6	5	18	.277	0
Mike Cameron, OF	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	0
Domingo Cedeño, SS,2B	12	19	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	4	.158	1
Ray Durham, 2B	156	557	79	153	33	5	10	53	58	95	.275	30
Ozzie Guillén, SS	150	499	62	131	24	8	4	45	10	27	.263	6
Ron Karkovice, C	111	355	44	78	22	0	10	38	24	93	.220	0
Chad Kreuter, C	46	114	14	25	8	0	3	18	13	29	.219	0
Darren Lewis, CF	141	337	55	77	12	2	4	53	45	40	.228	21
Robert Machado, C	4	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	.667	0
Norberto Martin, SS,2B,DH	70	140	30	49	7	0	1	14	6	17	.350	10
Dave Martinez, OF,1B	146	440	85	140	20	8	10	53	52	52	.318	15
Lyle Mouton, OF,DH	87	214	25	63	8	1	7	39	22	50	.294	3
Jose Munoz, 2B,SS,3B,LF	17	27	7	7	0	0	0	1	4	1	.259	0
Greg Norton, SS,3B	11	23	4	5	0	0	2	3	4	6	.217	0
Tony Phillips, LF,2B	153	581	119	161	29	3	12	63	125	132	.277	13
Mike Robertson, 1B	6	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	0
Don Slaught, C	14	36	2	9	1	0	0	4	2	2	.250	0
Chris Snopek, 3B,SS	46	104	18	27	6	1	6	18	6	16	.260	0
Danny Tartabull, RF,DH	132	472	58	120	23	3	27	101	64	128	.254	1
Frank Thomas, 1B	141	527	110	184	26	0	40	134	109	70	.349	1
Robin Ventura, 3B,1B	158	586	96	168	31	2	34	105	78	81	.287	1
Team totals	162	5644	898	1586	284	33	195	860	701	927	.281	105

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Wilson Álvarez	15	10	4.22	35	35	0	217.1	216	106	102	21	100	181
Luis Andújar	0	2	8.22	5	5	0	23.0	32	22	21	4	15	6
James Baldwin	11	6	4.42	28	28	0	169.0	168	88	83	24	60	127
Jason Bere	0	1	10.26	5	5	0	16.2	26	19	19	3	19	19
Mike Bertotti	2	0	5.14	15	2	0	28.0	28	18	16	5	23	19
Tony Castillo	3	1	1.59	15	0	1	22.2	23	7	4	1	5	9
Jeff Darwin	0	1	2.93	22	0	0	30.2	26	10	10	5	10	15
Alex Fernandez	16	10	3.45	35	35	0	258.0	248	110	99	34	76	200
Marvin Freeman	0	0	13.50	1	1	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	1
Roberto Hernández	6	5	1.91	72	0	38	84.0	65	21	18	2	43	85
Stacy Jones	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Matt Karchner	7	4	5.76	50	0	1	59.1	61	42	38	10	49	46
Brian Keyser	1	2	4.98	28	0	1	59.2	78	35	33	3	36	19
Al Levine	0	1	5.40	16	0	0	18.1	22	14	11	1	8	12
Joe Magrane	1	5	6.88	19	8	0	53.2	70	45	41	10	26	21
Kirk McCaskill	5	5	6.97	29	4	0	51.2	72	41	40	6	39	28
Scott Ruffcorn	0	1	11.37	3	1	0	6.1	10	8	8	1	6	3
Rich Sauveur	0	0	15.00	3	0	0	3.0	3	5	5	1	5	1
Bill Simas	2	8	4.58	64	0	2	72.2	75	39	37	5	45	95
Mike Sirotka	1	2	7.18	15	4	0	26.1	34	27	21	3	12	11
Kevin Tapani	13	10	4.59	34	34	0	225.1	236	123	115	34	81	150
Larry Thomas	2	3	3.23	57	0	0	30.2	32	11	11	1	16	20
Team totals	85	77	4.52	162	162	43	1461.0	1529	794	733	174	676	1039

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	American Association	Rick Renick
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Mike Heath
A	Prince William Cannons	Carolina League	Dave Huppert
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Dave Keller
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Chris Cron
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Nick Capra
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Hector Rincones

^[5]

References

1. Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. Danny Tartabull Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1996 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference