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1997 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Index: 1996/1998)
80-81, Finished 2nd in AL Central Division
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Scored 779 runs, Allowed 833 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-85
Managed by Terry Bevington

Ballpark: Comiskey Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,864,782 (8th out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 96/Pitching - 96 (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  *Jorge Fabregas      27  100  322   31   90  10  1   7   48  11   43  .280  .302  .382   1   1  14   1   4   4   0   81
1B  Frank Thomas        29  146  530  110  184  35  0  35  125 109   69  .347  .456  .611   1   1  15   3   0   7   9  181
2B #Ray Durham          25  155  634  106  172  27  5  11   53  61   96  .271  .337  .382  33  16  14   6   2   8   0   91
3B  Chris Snopek        26   86  298   27   65  15  0   5   35  18   51  .218  .263  .319   3   2   4   1   4   2   0   54
SS *Ozzie Guillen       33  142  490   59  120  21  6   4   52  22   24  .245  .275  .337   5   3   7   0  11   4   1   62
LF  Albert Belle        30  161  634   90  174  45  1  30  116  53  105  .274  .332  .491   4   4  26   6   0   8   6  116
CF  Mike Cameron        24  116  379   63   98  18  3  14   55  55  105  .259  .356  .433  23   2   8   5   2   5   1  109
RF *Dave Martinez       32  145  504   78  144  16  6  12   55  55   69  .286  .356  .413  12   6   4   3   5   6   7  104
DH *Harold Baines       38   93  318   40   97  18  0  12   52  41   47  .305  .382  .475   0   1   9   0   0   2  10  127
    Lyle Mouton         28   88  242   26   65   9  0   5   23  14   66  .269  .308  .368   4   4   8   1   0   3   1   79
    Norberto Martin     30   71  213   24   64   7  1   2   27   6   31  .300  .320  .371   1   4   2   0   0   0   0   83
   *Robin Ventura       29   54  183   27   48  10  1   6   26  34   21  .262  .373  .426   0   0   3   0   0   3   5  112
    Ron Karkovice       33   51  138   10   25   3  0   6   18  11   32  .181  .248  .333   0   0   3   3   4   5   0   53
   #Tony Phillips       38   36  129   23   40   6  0   2    9  29   29  .310  .440  .403   4   1   3   1   2   0   0  127
   *Mario Valdez        22   54  115   11   28   7  0   1   13  17   39  .243  .350  .330   1   0   3   3   0   2   0   83
    Darren Lewis        29   81   77   15   18   1  0   0    5  11   14  .234  .330  .247  11   4   2   0   5   0   0   57
    Magglio Ordonez     23   21   69   12   22   6  0   4   11   2    8  .319  .338  .580   1   2   1   0   1   0   0  138
    Tony Pena           40   31   67    4   11   1  0   0    8   8   13  .164  .250  .179   0   0   3   0   0   1   0   17
    Jeff Abbott         24   19   38    8   10   1  0   1    2   0    6  .263  .263  .368   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   66
   #Chad Kreuter        32   19   37    6    8   2  1   1    3   8    9  .216  .356  .405   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  102
   #Greg Norton         24   18   34    5    9   2  2   0    1   2    8  .265  .306  .441   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   96
    Robert Machado      24   10   15    1    3   0  1   0    2   1    6  .200  .250  .333   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   54
   #Chad Fonville       26    9    9    1    1   0  0   0    1   1    1  .111  .200  .111   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  -14

   *Wilson Alvarez      27   22    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    James Baldwin       25    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Danny Darwin        41   21    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Scott Eyre          25    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  168
    Carlos Castillo     22   37    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  436
   *Tony Castillo       34    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Doug Drabek         34    2    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jaime Navarro       30    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Mike Sirotka        26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Chuck McElroy       29   48    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  161 5491  779 1498 260 28 158  740 569  901  .273  .341  .417 106  52 133  33  47  60  40  101
    Rank among 14 AL teams        11    9    8  13  6  10        8   14     6     6     8   7   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Jaime Navarro       30  33   5.79   9  14  0  33   0   2   0  209.7  267  155  135  22   73  142  957  14   3  1   6  76
SP  James Baldwin       25  32   5.26  12  15  0  32   0   1   0  200.0  205  128  117  19   83  140  879  14   5  3   3  83
SP  Doug Drabek         34  31   5.74  12  11  0  31   0   0   0  169.3  170  109  108  30   69   85  731  12   4  2   5  76
SP *Wilson Alvarez      27  22   3.03   9   8  0  22   0   2   1  145.7  126   61   49   9   55  110  613   4   3  0   1 145
SP  Danny Darwin        41  21   4.13   4   8  0  17   0   1   0  113.3  130   60   52  21   31   62  496   1   1  2   1 106
SP *Scott Eyre          25  11   5.04   4   4  0  11   0   0   0   60.7   62   36   34  11   31   36  267   2   1  0   1  87

CL  Roberto Hernandez   32  46   2.44   5   1 27   0  43   0   0   48.0   38   15   13   5   24   47  203   2   1  0   4 180
RP *Tony Castillo       34  64   4.91   4   4  4   0  20   0   0   62.3   74   48   34   6   23   42  283   0   1  0   7  89
RP  Matt Karchner       30  52   2.91   3   1 15   0  25   0   0   52.7   50   18   17   4   26   30  224   6   0  0   4 151
RP *Chuck McElroy       29  48   3.94   1   3  1   0  13   0   0   59.3   56   29   26   3   19   44  254   1   2  0   1 111
RP  Bill Simas          25  40   4.14   3   1  1   0  11   0   0   41.3   46   23   19   6   24   38  193   2   2  0   3 106

    Carlos Castillo     22  37   4.48   2   1  1   2  14   0   0   66.3   68   35   33   9   33   43  295   3   1  0   3  98
   *Mike Sirotka        26   7   2.25   3   0  0   4   1   0   0   32.0   36    9    8   4    5   24  130   0   1  0   1 195
    Jason Bere          26   6   4.71   4   2  0   6   0   0   0   28.7   20   15   15   4   17   21  123   1   3  0   0  93
    Keith Foulke        24  16   3.45   3   0  3   0   5   0   0   28.7   28   11   11   4    5   21  117   0   0  0   1 127
    Alan Levine         29  25   6.91   2   2  0   0   6   0   0   27.3   35   22   21   4   16   22  133   2   2  0   1  63
    Nelson Cruz         24  19   6.49   0   2  0   0   5   0   0   26.3   29   19   19   6    9   23  116   3   0  0   1  68
   *Tom Fordham         23   7   6.23   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   17.3   17   13   12   2   10   10   78   0   1  0   2  70
    Jeff Darwin         27  14   5.27   0   1  0   0   6   0   0   13.7   17    8    8   1    7    9   65   3   0  0   0  83
    Chris Clemons       24   5   8.53   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   12.7   19   13   12   4   11    8   67   1   1  0   0  51
   *Mike Bertotti       27   9   7.36   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.7    9    3    3   0    2    4   23   0   0  1   0  60
   *Larry Thomas        27   5   8.10   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.3    3    3    3   1    2    0   15   0   0  0   0  54
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4 161   4.74  80  81 52 161 155   6   7 1422.0 1505  833  749 175  575  961 6262  71  32  9  45  93
    Rank among 14 AL teams         10   6   9  2          11   8     14    7   10        6    9   10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- JFabregas 92 519 46 7 8 .988 8 RKarkovice 51 261 13 1 1 .996 2 TPena 30 143 8 0 2 1.000 5 CKreuter 13 57 3 1 0 .984 0 RMachado 10 34 3 0 1 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 161 1014 73 9 12 .992 16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FThomas 97 739 49 11 70 .986 8.12 DMartinez 52 256 24 6 23 .979 5.38 MValdez 47 256 12 0 19 1.000 5.70 CKreuter 2 2 1 1 1 .750 1.50 JFabregas 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 1254 86 18 113 .987 8.48 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .980 4.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RDurham 153 270 395 18 77 .974 4.35 NMartin 9 14 25 1 3 .975 4.33 CFonville 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 284 421 19 80 .974 4.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CSnopek 82 56 117 16 11 .915 2.11 RVentura 54 53 99 7 11 .956 2.81 NMartin 17 9 27 1 2 .973 2.12 GNorton 11 4 15 3 0 .864 1.73 TPhillips 9 7 12 1 1 .950 2.11 TPena 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MValdez 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 129 270 28 25 .934 2.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .974 4.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OGuillen 139 207 348 15 78 .974 3.99 NMartin 28 27 45 3 11 .960 2.57 CSnopek 4 5 8 0 2 1.000 3.25 CFonville 2 2 2 1 0 .800 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 241 403 19 91 .971 4.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .979 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABelle 154 350 1 10 0 .972 2.28 LMouton 16 16 0 1 0 .941 1.00 JAbbott 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 DMartinez 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 CFonville 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 375 1 11 0 .972 2.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField G PO A E DP .988 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCameron 102 297 4 5 1 .984 2.95 DLewis 64 91 1 0 1 1.000 1.44 DMartinez 45 104 3 0 0 1.000 2.38 CFonville 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JAbbott 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 499 8 5 2 .990 3.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field G PO A E DP .978 1.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMartinez 75 125 3 1 2 .992 1.71 LMouton 55 110 1 3 0 .974 2.02 MCameron 37 36 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 TPhillips 28 67 3 2 1 .972 2.50 MOrdonez 19 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.32 JAbbott 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 388 9 6 4 .985 2.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JNavarro 33 15 15 3 0 .909 1.29 JBaldwin 32 15 22 2 0 .949 1.67 DDrabek 31 14 20 1 0 .971 1.81 WAlvarez 22 6 17 1 0 .958 1.42 DDarwin 21 6 20 0 1 1.000 2.07 CCastillo 37 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.81 TCastillo 64 3 19 3 0 .880 3.18 SEyre 11 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.89 CMcElroy 48 1 12 0 1 1.000 1.97 MKarchner 52 2 6 0 2 1.000 1.37 RHernandez 46 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.88 BSimas 40 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.31 MSirotka 7 1 3 1 0 .800 1.12 JBere 6 1 2 1 1 .750 0.94 KFoulke 16 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.57 ALevine 25 5 3 0 1 1.000 2.64 NCruz 19 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.37 TFordham 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.04 JDarwin 14 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.66 CClemons 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 MBertotti 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LThomas 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 83 168 12 8 .954 1.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- HBaines 86 FThomas 49 LMouton 11 ABelle 7 DLewis 6 NMartin 6 MCameron 4 JAbbott 3 GNorton 2 MValdez 2 RDurham 1 CFonville 1 DMartinez 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 Average Thomas .347

On-base % Thomas .456

Slugging % Thomas .611

OPS Thomas 1.067

Games Belle 161

At Bats Belle and Durham 634

Runs Thomas 110

Hits Thomas 184

Total Bases Thomas 324

Doubles Belle 45

Triples Guillen and Martinez 6

Home Runs Thomas 35

RBI Thomas 125

Bases on Balls Thomas 109

Strikeouts Belle and Cameron 105

Stolen Bases Durham 33

Singles Durham 129

Adjusted OPS+ Thomas 181

Runs Created Thomas 149

Extra-Base Hits Belle 76

Times on Base Thomas 296

Hit By Pitch Belle and Durham 6

Sac. Hits Guillen 11

Sac. Flies Belle and Durham 8

Intentional Walks Baines 10

Grounded into Double Plays Belle 26

Power/Speed Number Cameron 17.4

At Bats per Strikeout Guillen 20.4

At Bats per Home Run Thomas 15.1

Outs Durham 502

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Baldwin 5.26

Wins Baldwin and Drabek 12

Won-Loss % Alvarez .529

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Drabek 1.411

Hits Allowed/9IP Drabek 9.04

Bases on Balls/9IP Navarro 3.13

Strikeouts/9IP Baldwin 6.30

Games Castillo 64

Saves Hernandez 27

Innings Navarro 209.7

Strikeouts Navarro 142

Games Started Navarro 33

Comp. Games Alvarez and Navarro 2

Shutouts Alvarez 1

Home Runs Allow. Drabek 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Baldwin 83

Hits Allowed Navarro 267

SO to Walk Navarro 1.95

Losses Baldwin 15

Earned Runs Allow. Navarro 135

Wild Pitches Baldwin and Navarro 14

Hit Batsmen Baldwin 5

Batters Faced Navarro 957

Games Finished Hernandez 43

Adjusted ERA+ Baldwin 83

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Albert Belle $ 10,000,000

Frank Thomas $ 7,150,000

Robin Ventura $ 6,000,000

Jaime Navarro $ 5,000,000

Wilson Alvarez $ 4,662,500

Roberto Hernandez $ 4,620,000

Ozzie Guillen $ 4,500,000

Tony Phillips $ 2,200,000

Harold Baines $ 1,925,000

Ron Karkovice $ 1,500,000

Darren Lewis $ 1,325,000

Doug Drabek $ 1,300,000

Tony Castillo $ 1,200,000

Dave Martinez $ 950,000

Chuck McElroy $ 817,000

Chad Kreuter $ 647,500

Danny Darwin $ 475,000

Tony Pena $ 425,000

Jason Bere $ 420,000

Norberto Martin $ 350,000

Ray Durham $ 310,000

Jorge Fabregas $ 275,000

James Baldwin $ 250,000

Lyle Mouton $ 225,000

Matt Karchner $ 200,000

Bill Simas $ 200,000

Chris Snopek $ 185,000

Jeff Darwin $ 172,500

Mike Sirotka $ 165,000

Mike Bertotti $ 160,000

Mike Cameron $ 160,000

Alan Levine $ 157,500

Greg Norton $ 155,000

Carlos Castillo $ 150,000

Scott Eyre $ 150,000

Keith Foulke $ 150,000

Magglio Ordonez $ 150,000

Mario Valdez $ 150,000

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

1996/1998

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