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1996 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Index: 1995/1997)
85-77, Finished 2nd in AL Central Division
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Scored 898 runs, Allowed 794 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Managed by Terry Bevington

Ballpark: Comiskey Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,676,403 (9th out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 95/Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ron Karkovice       32  111  355   44   78  22  0  10   38  24   93  .220  .270  .366   0   0   7   1   7   2   2   63
1B  Frank Thomas        28  141  527  110  184  26  0  40  134 109   70  .349  .459  .626   1   1  25   5   0   8  26  178
2B #Ray Durham          24  156  557   79  153  33  5  10   65  58   95  .275  .350  .406  30   4   6  10   7   7   4   95
3B *Robin Ventura       28  158  586   96  168  31  2  34  105  78   81  .287  .368  .520   1   3  18   2   0   8  10  127
SS *Ozzie Guillen       32  150  499   62  131  24  8   4   45  10   27  .263  .273  .367   6   5  10   0  12   7   0   64
LF #Tony Phillips       37  153  581  119  161  29  3  12   63 125  132  .277  .404  .399  13   8   6   4   1   8   9  109
CF  Darren Lewis        28  141  337   55   77  12  2   4   53  45   40  .228  .321  .312  21   5   9   3  15   5   1   65
RF  Danny Tartabull     33  132  472   58  120  23  3  27  101  64  128  .254  .340  .487   1   2  10   0   0   5   4  111
DH *Harold Baines       37  143  495   80  154  29  0  22   95  73   62  .311  .399  .503   3   1  20   1   0   3   7  132
   *Dave Martinez       31  146  440   85  140  20  8  10   53  52   52  .318  .393  .468  15   7   4   3   2   1   1  122
    Lyle Mouton         27   87  214   25   63   8  1   7   39  22   50  .294  .361  .439   3   0   3   2   0   3   4  106
    Norberto Martin     29   70  140   30   49   7  0   1   14   6   17  .350  .374  .421  10   2   4   0   4   1   0  106
   #Chad Kreuter        31   46  114   14   25   8  0   3   18  13   29  .219  .308  .368   0   0   2   2   2   1   0   74
    Chris Snopek        25   46  104   18   27   6  1   6   18   6   16  .260  .304  .510   0   1   5   1   1   1   0  106
    Pat Borders         33   31   94    6   26   1  0   3    6   5   18  .277  .313  .383   0   0   2   0   3   0   0   79
    Don Slaught         37   14   36    2    9   1  0   0    4   2    2  .250  .289  .278   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   48
   #Jose Munoz          28   17   27    7    7   0  0   0    1   4    1  .259  .355  .259   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   63
   #Greg Norton         23   11   23    4    5   0  0   2    3   4    6  .217  .333  .478   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  107
   #Domingo Cedeno      27   12   19    2    3   2  0   0    3   0    4  .158  .143  .263   1   0   1   0   1   2   0    2
    Mike Cameron        23   11   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .091  .167  .091   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  -31
   *Mike Robertson      25    6    7    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Robert Machado      23    4    6    1    4   1  0   0    2   0    0  .667  .667  .833   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  286
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4  162 5644  898 1586 284 33 195  860 701  927  .281  .360  .447 105  41 139  34  56  62  68  108
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9    6    7  11  5   8        1   11     7     3     7   5   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Wilson Alvarez      26  35   4.22  15  10  0  35   0   0   0  217.3  216  106  102  21   97  181  946   2   4  0   3 111
SP  Alex Fernandez      26  35   3.45  16  10  0  35   0   6   1  258.0  248  110   99  34   72  200 1071   5   7  0   4 136
SP  Kevin Tapani        32  34   4.59  13  10  0  34   0   1   0  225.3  236  123  115  34   76  150  971  13   3  0   5 102
SP  James Baldwin       24  28   4.42  11   6  0  28   0   0   0  169.0  168   88   83  24   57  127  719  12   4  1   3 106

CL  Roberto Hernandez   31  72   1.91   6   5 38   0  61   0   0   84.7   65   21   18   2   38   85  355   6   0  0   5 246
RP  Bill Simas          24  64   4.58   2   8  2   0  16   0   0   72.7   75   39   37   5   39   65  328   0   3  0   6 103
RP *Larry Thomas        26  57   3.23   2   3  0   0  11   0   0   30.7   32   11   11   1   14   20  135   1   3  0   2 146
RP  Matt Karchner       29  50   5.76   7   4  1   0  13   0   0   59.3   61   42   38  10   41   46  278   4   2  0   8  82
RP  Brian Keyser        29  28   4.98   1   2  1   0  10   0   0   59.7   78   35   33   3   28   19  275   2   0  0   8  94

   *Joe Magrane         31  19   6.88   1   5  0   8   3   0   0   53.7   70   45   41  10   25   21  252   3   3  0   1  68
    Kirk McCaskill      35  29   6.97   5   5  0   4  13   0   0   51.7   72   41   40   6   31   28  246   1   2  0   8  67
    Jeff Darwin         26  22   2.93   0   1  0   0   9   0   0   30.7   26   10   10   5    9   15  124   0   2  0   1 160
   *Mike Bertotti       26  15   5.14   2   0  0   2   4   0   0   28.0   28   18   16   5   20   19  130   4   0  0   3  91
   *Mike Sirotka        25  15   7.18   1   2  0   4   2   0   0   26.3   34   27   21   3   12   11  122   1   0  0   0  65
    Luis Andujar        23   5   8.22   0   2  0   5   0   0   0   23.0   32   22   21   4   15    6  113   0   0  0   0  57
   *Tony Castillo       33  15   1.59   3   1  1   0   6   0   0   22.7   23    7    4   1    4    9   94   1   1  0   1 296
    Alan Levine         28  16   5.40   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   18.3   22   14   11   1    7   12   85   0   1  0   1  87
    Jason Bere          25   5  10.26   0   1  0   5   0   0   0   16.7   26   19   19   3   18   19   93   2   0  0   1  46
    Scott Ruffcorn      26   3  11.37   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    6.3   10    8    8   1    6    3   34   2   0  0   0  41
   *Rich Sauveur        32   3  15.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    5    5   1    5    1   15   0   1  0   0  31
    Marvin Freeman      33   1  13.50   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   0    1    1   12   0   0  0   0  35
    Stacy Jones         29   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    1    1    7   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 162   4.53  85  77 43 162 155   7   5 1461.0 1529  794  735 174  616 1039 6405  59  36  1  60 104
    Rank among 14 AL teams          2   5   8  4          10   7      2    3    4        4    9    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---
RKarkovice  111  680   45   5   5  .993   4
CKreuter     38  181   12   2   4  .990   1
PBorders     30  144   16   3   1  .982   2
DSlaught     12   70    0   1   0  .986   0
RMachado      4    6    0   0   0 1.000   1
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---
Team Total  162 1081   73  11  10  .991   8
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .992  7.92
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FThomas     139 1098   85   9 111  .992  8.51
DMartinez    23  132   12   3   8  .980  6.26
RVentura     14   56    8   1   7  .985  4.57
CKreuter      2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
MRobertson    2   11    1   0   2 1.000  6.00
TPhillips     1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162 1300  106  13 128  .991  8.66
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980  4.33
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RDurham     150  236  423  11  87  .984  4.39
NMartin      10   22   34   1   7  .982  5.60
JMunoz        7   12   12   2   2  .923  3.43
DCedeno       2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
TPhillips     2    4    5   0   2 1.000  4.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  274  474  14  98  .982  4.61
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .956  2.18
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RVentura    150  133  239  10  34  .974  2.48
CSnopek      27   12   34   3   5  .939  1.70
NMartin       3    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.33
GNorton       2    4    2   0   1 1.000  3.00
JMunoz        1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  149  276  13  40  .970  2.62
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .971  4.19
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
OGuillen    146  220  348  11  69  .981  3.89
NMartin      24   39   44   5  17  .943  3.46
CSnopek      12   13   31   2   5  .957  3.67
GNorton       6    4    3   2   0  .778  1.17
DCedeno       2    6    4   1   2  .909  5.00
JMunoz        2    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  282  431  21  93  .971  4.39
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   G   PO    A   E   DP  .979  1.75
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TPhillips   150  344   13   7   3  .981  2.38
LMouton      22   26    0   2   0  .929  1.18
DMartinez     3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
MCameron      2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
OGuillen      2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
DLewis        1    3    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
JMunoz        1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  376   13   9   3  .977  2.40
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  G   PO    A   E   DP  .990  2.35
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DLewis      137  284    0   3   0  .990  2.07
DMartinez    73  166    1   1   1  .994  2.29
MCameron      4    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
TPhillips     2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  456    1   4   1  .991  2.82
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979  1.72
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DTartabull  122  253    4   7   1  .973  2.11
DMartinez    73   69    3   2   0  .973  0.99
LMouton      28   39    1   0   0 1.000  1.43
MCameron      5    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  361    8   9   1  .976  2.27
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .960  1.77
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
AFernandez   35   27   42   2   7  .972  2.41
KTapani      34   15   26   1   4  .976  1.64
WAlvarez     35   11   29   0   3 1.000  1.66
JBaldwin     28   12   16   3   0  .903  1.49
RHernandez   72    3    6   1   0  .900  0.96
BSimas       64    9    5   1   1  .933  1.73
BKeyser      28    6   16   1   3  .957  3.32
MKarchner    50    4    3   2   1  .778  1.06
JMagrane     19    2    8   2   0  .833  1.68
KMcCaskill   29    3   12   0   1 1.000  2.61
LThomas      57    2    4   0   1 1.000  1.76
JDarwin      22    3    2   0   0 1.000  1.47
MBertotti    15    0    6   0   0 1.000  1.93
MSirotka     15    0    3   1   0  .750  1.03
LAndujar      5    1    2   0   0 1.000  1.17
TCastillo    15    3    2   0   0 1.000  1.98
ALevine      16    0    6   0   1 1.000  2.95
JBere         5    1    3   1   0  .800  2.16
SRuffcorn     3    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.43
RSauveur      3    0    1   0   1 1.000  3.00
MFreeman      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
SJones        2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  103  192  15  23  .952  1.82
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
HBaines      141
LMouton       28
NMartin       22
DTartabull    10
RDurham        3
CSnopek        3
MCameron       2
JMunoz         2
GNorton        2
MRobertson     2
PBorders       1
DCedeno        1
DSlaught       1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageThomas.349
On-base %Thomas.459
Slugging %Thomas.626
OPSThomas1.085
GamesVentura158
At BatsVentura586
RunsPhillips119
HitsThomas184
Total BasesThomas330
DoublesDurham33
TriplesGuillen and Martinez8
Home RunsThomas40
RBIThomas134
Bases on BallsPhillips125
StrikeoutsPhillips132
Stolen BasesDurham30
SinglesThomas118
Adjusted OPS+Thomas178
Runs CreatedThomas152
Extra-Base HitsVentura67
Times on BaseThomas298
Hit By PitchDurham10
Sac. HitsLewis15
Sac. FliesPhillips, Thomas, and Ventura8
Intentional WalksThomas26
Grounded into Double PlaysThomas25
Power/Speed NumberDurham15.0
At Bats per StrikeoutGuillen18.5
At Bats per Home RunThomas13.2
OutsVentura447

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAFernandez3.45
WinsFernandez16
Won-Loss %Baldwin.647
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Fernandez1.240
Hits Allowed/9IPFernandez8.65
Bases on Balls/9IPFernandez2.51
Strikeouts/9IPAlvarez7.50
GamesHernandez72
SavesHernandez38
InningsFernandez258.0
StrikeoutsFernandez200
Games StartedAlvarez and Fernandez35
Comp. GamesFernandez6
ShutoutsFernandez1
Home Runs Allow.Fernandez and Tapani34
Bases On Balls Allow.Alvarez97
Hits AllowedFernandez248
SO to WalkFernandez2.78
LossesAlvarez, Fernandez, and Tapani10
Earned Runs Allow.Tapani115
Wild PitchesTapani13
Hit BatsmenFernandez7
Batters FacedFernandez1071
Games FinishedHernandez61
Adjusted ERA+Fernandez136

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Frank Thomas$ 7,150,000
Robin Ventura$ 6,000,000
Danny Tartabull$ 5,300,000
Alex Fernandez$ 4,500,000
Ozzie Guillen$ 4,000,000
Wilson Alvarez$ 2,825,000
Ron Karkovice$ 2,225,000
Roberto Hernandez$ 2,105,000
Tony Phillips$ 2,100,000
Harold Baines$ 1,875,000
Darren Lewis$ 1,625,000
Kevin Tapani$ 1,500,000
Dave Martinez$ 930,000
Kirk McCaskill$ 800,000
Tony Castillo$ 660,000
Chad Kreuter$ 350,000
Don Slaught$ 350,000
Jason Bere$ 230,000
Domingo Cedeno$ 230,000
Joe Magrane$ 175,000
Norberto Martin$ 160,000
Ray Durham$ 150,000
Brian Keyser$ 145,000
Matt Karchner$ 135,000
Lyle Mouton$ 135,000
Bill Simas$ 130,000
Larry Thomas$ 130,000
Chris Snopek$ 125,000
James Baldwin$ 115,000
Mike Cameron$ 115,000
Jeff Darwin$ 110,000
Mike Bertotti$ 109,500


Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All Stars

Roberto Hernandez
Frank Thomas

1995/1997

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