1998 Chicago White Sox season

1998 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)	Jerry Manuel
Local television	WGN-TV Fox Sports Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Local radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina)
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The 1998 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 99th season. They finished with a record 80-82, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 9 games behind the 1st place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

December 10, 1997: Charlie O’Brien was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
January 27, 1998: Howard Battle was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]+

Regular season

Opening Day Lineup

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	89	73	0.549	—	46–35	43–38
Chicago White Sox	80	82	0.494	9	44–37	36–45
Kansas City Royals	72	89	0.447	16½	29–51	43–38
Minnesota Twins	70	92	0.432	19	35–46	35–46
Detroit Tigers	65	97	0.401	24	32–49	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	5–6	6–5	5–6	4–7	8–3	6–5	6–5	6–5	5–7	9–3	6–5	5–7	4–7	10–6
Baltimore	6–5	—	6–6	2–9	5–6	10–1	5–6	7–3	3–9	8–3	6–5	5–7	6–5	5–7	5–11
Boston	5–6	6–6	—	5–6	8–3	5–5	8–3	5–6	5–7	9–2	7–4	9–3	6–5	5–7	9–7
Chicago	6–5	9–2	6–5	—	6–6	6–6	8–4	6–6	4–7	4–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	4–6–1	7–9
Cleveland	7–4	6–5	3–8	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	6–6	4–7	3–8	9–2	7–3	4–7	7–4	10–6
Detroit	3–8	1–10	5–5	6–6	3–9	—	6–6	8–4	3–8	7–4	3–8	5–6	3–8	5–6	7–9
Kansas City	5–6	6–5	3–8	4–8	4–8	6–6	—	7–5	0–10	7–4	4–6	8–3	3–8	6–5	9–7
Minnesota	5–6	3–7	6–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	—	4–7	4–7	2–9	7–4	7–4	4–7	7–9
New York	5–6	9–3	7–5	7–4	7–4	8–3	10–0	7–4	—	8–3	8–3	11–1	8–3	6–6	13–3
Oakland	7–5	3–8	2–9	7–4	8–3	4–7	4–7	7–4	3–8	—	5–7	5–6	6–6	5–6	8–8
Seattle	3–9	5–6	4–7	7–4	2–9	8–3	6–4	9–2	3–8	7–5	—	6–5	5–7	4–7	7–9
Tampa Bay	5–6	7–5	3–9	6–5	3–7	6–5	3–8	4–7	1–11	6–5	5–6	—	4–7	5–7	5–11
Texas	7–5	5–6	5–6	6–5	7–4	8–3	8–3	4–7	3–8	6–6	7–5	7–4	—	7–4	8–8
Toronto	7–4	7–5	7–5	6–4–1	4–7	6–5	5–6	7–4	6–6	6–5	7–4	7–5	4–7	—	9–7

Notable transactions

May 27, 1998: Jim Abbott signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
June 2, 1998: Aaron Rowand was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1998.^[4]
June 2, 1998: Mark Buehrle was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1999.^[5]
June 7, 1998: Howard Battle was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[2]
July 16, 1998: Jason Bere was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[6]
July 30, 1998: Charlie O'Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).^[1]

Roster

1998 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

25 Jim Abbott

37 James Baldwin

46 Jason Bere

44 Chad Bradford

50 Larry Casian

43 Carlos Castillo

49 Tony Castillo

36 Scott Eyre

32 Tom Fordham

29 Keith Foulke

66 Mike Heathcott

62 Bob Howry

47 Matt Karchner

38 Jaime Navarro

40 Jim Parque

52 Todd Rizzo

41 Bill Simas

33 Mike Sirotka

59 John Snyder

56 Bryan Ward

Catchers

57 Mark Johnson

15 Chad Kreuter

55 Robert Machado

22 Charlie O'Brien

Infielders

12,17 Mike Caruso

12 Wil Cordero

5 Ray Durham

31 Greg Norton

10 Chris Snopek

35 Frank Thomas

23 Robin Ventura

28 Craig Wilson

Outfielders

45 Jeff Abbott

8 Albert Belle

24 Mike Cameron

54,26 Lou Frazier

30 Magglio Ordóñez

44 Rubén Sierra

27 Brian Simmons

Manager

7 Jerry Manuel

Coaches

52 Ron Jackson

18 Wallace Johnson

53 Art Kusnyer

20 Bryan Little

21 Joe Nossek

25 Mike Pazik

58 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
Jeff Abbott, OF	89	244	33	68	14	1	12	41	9	28	.279	3
James Baldwin, P	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Albert Belle, LF	163	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	81	84	.328	6
Mike Cameron, CF	141	396	53	83	16	5	8	43	37	101	.210	27
Mike Caruso, SS	133	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	14	38	.306	22
Carlos Castillo, P	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Wil Cordero, 1B,OF	96	341	58	91	18	2	13	49	22	66	.267	2
Ray Durham, 2B	158	635	126	181	35	8	19	67	73	105	.285	36
Scott Eyre, P	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Tom Fordham, P	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Lou Frazier, CF	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	4
Mark Johnson, C	7	23	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	8	.087	0
Chad Kreuter, C	93	245	26	62	9	1	2	33	32	45	.253	1
Robert Machado, C	34	111	14	23	6	0	3	15	7	22	.207	0
Jaime Navarro, P	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Greg Norton, 1B,3B	105	299	38	71	17	2	9	36	26	77	.237	3
Charlie O'Brien, C	57	164	12	43	9	0	4	18	9	31	.262	0
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	145	535	70	151	25	2	14	65	28	53	.282	9
Jim Parque, P	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Rubén Sierra, OF,DH	27	74	7	16	4	1	4	11	3	11	.216	2
Brian Simmons, OF	5	19	4	7	0	0	2	6	0	2	.368	0
Mike Sirotka, P	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Chris Snopek, SS,2B	53	125	17	26	2	0	1	4	14	24	.208	3
Frank Thomas, DH,1B	160	585	109	155	35	2	29	109	110	93	.265	7
Robin Ventura, 3B	161	590	84	155	31	4	21	91	79	111	.263	1
Craig Wilson, SS,2B,3B	13	47	14	22	5	0	3	10	3	6	.468	1
Team totals	163	5585	861	1516	291	38	198	806	551	916	.271	127

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
Jim Abbott	5	0	4.55	5	5	0	31.2	35	16	16	2	12	14
James Baldwin	13	6	5.32	37	24	0	159.0	176	103	94	18	62	108
Jason Bere	3	7	6.45	18	15	0	83.2	98	71	60	14	58	53
Chad Bradford	2	1	3.32	29	0	1	30.2	27	16	11	0	7	11
Larry Casian	0	0	11.25	4	0	0	4.0	8	5	5	0	1	6
Carlos Catillo	6	4	5.11	54	2	0	100.1	94	61	57	17	36	64
Tony Castillo	1	2	8.00	25	0	0	27.0	38	25	24	7	11	14
Scott Eyre	3	8	5.38	33	17	0	107.0	114	78	64	24	64	73
Tom Fordham	1	2	6.75	29	5	0	48.0	51	36	36	7	42	23
Keith Foulke	3	2	4.13	54	0	1	65.1	51	31	30	9	23	57
Mike Heathcott	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	3
Bob Howry	0	3	3.15	44	0	9	54.1	37	20	19	7	21	51
Matt Karchner	2	4	5.15	32	0	11	36.2	33	21	21	2	25	30
Jaime Navarro	8	16	6.36	37	27	1	172.2	223	135	122	30	78	71
Jim Parque	7	5	5.10	21	21	0	113.0	135	72	64	14	49	77
Todd Rizzo	0	0	13.50	9	0	0	6.2	12	12	10	0	6	3
Bill Simas	4	3	3.57	60	0	18	70.2	54	29	28	12	26	56
Mike Sirotka	14	15	5.06	33	33	0	211.2	255	137	119	30	47	128
John Snyder	7	2	4.80	15	14	0	86.1	96	49	46	14	24	52
Bryan Ward	1	2	3.33	28	0	1	27.0	30	13	10	4	7	17
Team totals	80	82	5.22	163	163	42	1438.2	1569	931	835	211	600	911

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Tom Spencer
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Dave Huppert
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Chris Cron
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Mark Haley
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Nick Capra
Rookie	AZL White Sox	Arizona League	Tony Peña

External links

1998 Chicago White Sox

References

1 2 Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 Howard Battle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rowanaa01.shtml
↑ Mark Buehrle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1998 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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Key personnel

Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
Vice Chairman: Eddie Einhorn
Executive Vice President: Ken Williams
General Manager: Rick Hahn
Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
Manager: Rick Renteria

World Series
championships (3)

American League
championships (6)

Division championships (5)

West: 1983
1993
Central: 2000
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2008

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