1998 Chicago White Sox season

1998 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersRon Schueler
ManagersJerry Manuel
TelevisionWGN-TV
Fox Sports Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
RadioWMVP
(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 of 80–82, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 9 games behind the first 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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 89 73 .549 — 46‍–‍35 43‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 80 82 .494 9 44‍–‍37 36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 72 89 .447 16½ 29‍–‍51 43‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins 70 92 .432 19 35‍–‍46 35‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers 65 97 .401 24 32‍–‍49 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Castillo 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

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bristol[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ a b Howard Battle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Aaron Rowand Stats".
  5. ^ Mark Buehrle Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ "Jason Bere Stats".
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007