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1998 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Index: 1997/1999) 80-82, Finished 2nd in AL Central Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 861 runs, Allowed 931 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87 Managed by Jerry Manuel Ballpark: Comiskey Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,391,146 (12th out of 14) Park Factor: Batting - 98/Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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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  #Chad Kreuter        33   93  245   26   62   9  1   2   33  32   45  .253  .345  .322   1   0   8   3   5   1   1   77
1B  Wil Cordero         26   96  341   58   91  18  2  13   49  22   66  .267  .314  .446   2   1   7   3   1   4   0   97
2B #Ray Durham          26  158  635  126  181  35  8  19   67  73  105  .285  .363  .455  36   9   5   6   6   3   3  114
3B *Robin Ventura       30  161  590   84  155  31  4  21   91  79  111  .263  .349  .436   1   1  10   1   1   3  15  105
SS *Mike Caruso         21  133  523   81  160  17  6   5   55  14   38  .306  .331  .390  22   6   8   7   8   3   0   89
LF  Albert Belle        31  163  609  113  200  48  2  49  152  81   84  .328  .399  .655   6   4  17   1   0  15  10  171
CF  Mike Cameron        25  141  396   53   83  16  5   8   43  37  101  .210  .285  .336  27  11   6   6   1   3   0   63
RF  Magglio Ordonez     24  145  535   70  151  25  2  14   65  28   53  .282  .326  .415   9   7  19   9   2   4   1   93
DH  Frank Thomas        30  160  585  109  155  35  2  29  109 110   93  .265  .381  .480   7   0  14   6   0  11   2  125
   #Greg Norton         25  105  299   38   71  17  2   9   36  26   77  .237  .301  .398   3   3  11   2   1   2   1   82
    Jeff Abbott         25   89  244   33   68  14  1  12   41   9   28  .279  .298  .492   3   3   2   0   2   5   1  103
    Charlie O'Brien     38   57  164   12   43   9  0   4   18   9   31  .262  .303  .390   0   0   3   2   3   3   0   81
    Chris Snopek        27   53  125   17   26   2  0   1    4  14   24  .208  .291  .248   3   0   4   1   0   1   0   44
    Robert Machado      25   34  111   14   23   6  0   3   15   7   22  .207  .254  .342   0   0   3   0   3   0   0   55
   #Ruben Sierra        32   27   74    7   16   4  1   4   11   3   11  .216  .247  .459   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   80
    Craig Wilson        27   13   47   14   22   5  0   3   10   3    6  .468  .490  .766   1   0   0   0   2   1   0  224
   *Mark L. Johnson     22    7   23    2    2   0  2   0    1   1    8  .087  .125  .261   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -2
   #Brian Simmons       24    5   19    4    7   0  0   2    6   0    2  .368  .368  .684   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  169
   #Lou Frazier         33    7    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    6  .000  .222  .000   4   0   0   0   1   0   0  -34

   *Mike Sirotka        27    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
   *Scott Eyre          26    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    James Baldwin       26    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Carlos Castillo     23    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Tom Fordham         24    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jaime Navarro       31    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jim Parque          22    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3  163 5585  861 1516 291 38 198  806 551  916  .271  .337  .444 127  46 119  47  38  59  34  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9    4    8  10  3   7        8   12     8     7     8   6  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

    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 *Mike Sirotka        27  33   5.06  14  15  0  33   0   5   0  211.7  255  137  119  30   47  128  911   3   2  1   0  90
SP  Jaime Navarro       31  37   6.36   8  16  1  27   4   1   0  172.7  223  135  122  30   77   71  802  18   7  0   1  72
SP  James Baldwin       26  37   5.32  13   6  0  24   3   1   0  159.0  176  103   94  18   60  108  712   5  10  1   2  86
SP *Jim Parque          22  21   5.10   7   5  0  21   0   0   0  113.0  135   72   64  14   49   77  507   0   6  3   0  90
SP *Scott Eyre          26  33   5.38   3   8  0  17  10   0   0  107.0  114   78   64  24   64   73  491   7   2  0   0  85
SP  Jason Bere          27  18   6.45   3   7  0  15   0   0   0   83.7   98   71   60  14   58   53  404   7   2  0   0  71
SP  John Snyder         23  15   4.80   7   2  0  14   0   1   0   86.3   96   49   46  14   23   52  367   2   2  0   1  95

CL  Bill Simas          26  60   3.57   4   3 18   0  41   0   0   70.7   54   29   28  12   22   56  287   1   1  0   4 128
RP  Keith Foulke        25  54   4.13   3   2  1   0  18   0   0   65.3   51   31   30   9   20   57  267   3   4  1   3 110
RP  Carlos Castillo     23  54   5.11   6   4  0   2  11   0   0  100.3   94   61   57  17   35   64  431   4   5  3   1  89
RP  Bobby Howry         24  44   3.15   0   3  9   0  15   0   0   54.3   37   20   19   7   19   51  217   2   2  0   2 145
RP  Matt Karchner       31  32   5.15   2   4 11   0  23   0   0   36.7   33   21   21   2   19   30  167   0   5  0   6  89

   *Tom Fordham         24  29   6.75   1   2  0   5   5   0   0   48.0   51   36   36   7   42   23  228   1   1  0   0  68
   *Jim Abbott          30   5   4.55   5   0  0   5   0   0   0   31.7   35   16   16   2   12   14  134   0   1  0   0 100
    Chad Bradford       23  29   3.23   2   1  1   0   8   0   0   30.7   27   16   11   0    7   11  125   1   0  1   0 141
   *Tony Castillo       35  25   8.00   1   2  0   0   4   0   0   27.0   38   25   24   7   11   14  129   0   2  0   0  57
   *Bryan Ward          26  28   3.33   1   2  1   0   9   0   0   27.0   30   13   10   4    7   17  116   0   0  0   0 137
   *Todd Rizzo          27   9  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.7   12   12   10   0    6    3   38   2   0  0   0  34
   *Larry Casian        32   4  11.25   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    4.0    8    5    5   0    1    6   23   0   2  0   0  41
    Mike Heathcott      29   1   3.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    1    1   0    1    3   12   2   0  0   0 152
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 163   5.24  80  82 42 163 155   8   4 1438.3 1569  931  837 211  580  911 6368  58  54 10  20  87
    Rank among 14 AL teams         14   7   8  8           9  11      8   11   14       14   10   14
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- CKreuter 91 424 35 7 4 .985 5 CO'Brien 57 305 22 4 3 .988 0 RMachado 34 189 17 4 0 .981 3 MJohnson 7 36 2 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 163 954 76 15 8 .986 8 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WCordero 83 698 66 6 78 .992 9.20 GNorton 79 642 30 4 57 .994 8.51 FThomas 14 116 6 2 12 .984 8.71 CSnopek 1 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 1465 102 12 148 .992 9.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 4.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RDurham 158 282 438 18 128 .976 4.56 CSnopek 12 6 19 1 3 .962 2.08 CWilson 4 7 9 0 4 1.000 4.00 GNorton 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 295 468 19 135 .976 4.77 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RVentura 161 102 330 15 38 .966 2.68 GNorton 11 12 10 2 0 .917 2.00 CSnopek 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CWilson 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 114 341 17 38 .964 2.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .972 4.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCaruso 131 216 378 35 91 .944 4.53 CSnopek 33 47 93 4 16 .972 4.24 CWilson 8 13 17 0 4 1.000 3.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 276 488 39 111 .951 4.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .985 1.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABelle 159 315 11 8 3 .976 2.05 JAbbott 20 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 WCordero 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 RSierra 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BSimmons 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 332 11 8 3 .977 2.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField G PO A E DP .987 2.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCameron 136 310 5 4 0 .987 2.32 JAbbott 38 71 0 3 0 .959 1.87 MOrdonez 22 47 3 0 1 1.000 2.27 BSimmons 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25 LFrazier 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 446 8 7 1 .985 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field G PO A E DP .983 1.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MOrdonez 136 276 7 5 1 .983 2.08 JAbbott 27 51 0 1 0 .981 1.89 RSierra 12 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 WCordero 8 10 0 1 0 .909 1.25 MCameron 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 CSnopek 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 357 8 7 1 .981 2.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .958 1.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MSirotka 33 9 34 1 1 .977 1.83 JNavarro 37 8 20 1 1 .966 1.46 JBaldwin 37 7 15 5 0 .815 1.25 JParque 21 7 16 0 0 1.000 1.83 SEyre 33 1 17 1 3 .947 1.51 CCastillo 54 5 16 1 1 .955 1.88 JSnyder 15 8 14 1 0 .957 2.29 JBere 18 7 6 1 0 .929 1.40 BSimas 60 9 5 0 1 1.000 1.78 KFoulke 54 1 8 2 0 .818 1.24 BHowry 44 2 7 1 0 .900 1.49 TFordham 29 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.62 MKarchner 32 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.96 JAbbott 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.41 CBradford 29 1 8 1 0 .900 2.64 BWard 28 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 TCastillo 25 1 9 0 2 1.000 3.33 TRizzo 9 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 LCasian 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 MHeathcott 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 163 76 203 16 10 .946 1.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- FThomas 146 RSierra 5 ABelle 4 JAbbott 2 GNorton 2 CSnopek 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 Belle .328 On-base % Belle .399 Slugging % Belle .655 OPS Belle 1.054 Games Belle 163 At Bats Durham 635 Runs Durham 126 Hits Belle 200 Total Bases Belle 399 Doubles Belle 48 Triples Durham 8 Home Runs Belle 49 RBI Belle 152 Bases on Balls Thomas 110 Strikeouts Ventura 111 Stolen Bases Durham 36 Singles Caruso 132 Adjusted OPS+ Belle 171 Runs Created Belle 162 Extra-Base Hits Belle 99 Times on Base Belle 282 Hit By Pitch Ordonez 9 Sac. Hits Caruso 8 Sac. Flies Belle 15 Intentional Walks Ventura 15 Grounded into Double Plays Ordonez 19 Power/Speed Number Durham 24.9 At Bats per Strikeout Caruso 13.8 At Bats per Home Run Belle 12.4 Outs Durham 477

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Sirotka 5.06 Wins Sirotka 14 Won-Loss % Baldwin .684 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sirotka 1.427 Hits Allowed/9IP Sirotka 10.84 Bases on Balls/9IP Sirotka 2.00 Strikeouts/9IP Sirotka 5.44 Games Simas 60 Saves Simas 18 Innings Sirotka 211.7 Strikeouts Sirotka 128 Games Started Sirotka 33 Comp. Games Sirotka 5 Home Runs Allow. Navarro and Sirotka 30 Bases On Balls Allow. Navarro 77 Hits Allowed Sirotka 255 SO to Walk Sirotka 2.72 Losses Navarro 16 Earned Runs Allow. Navarro 122 Wild Pitches Navarro 18 Hit Batsmen Baldwin 10 Batters Faced Sirotka 911 Games Finished Simas 41 Adjusted ERA+ Sirotka 90

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries Albert Belle $ 10,000,000 Frank Thomas $ 7,000,000 Robin Ventura $ 6,100,000 Jaime Navarro $ 5,000,000 Ray Durham $ 1,935,000 Tony Castillo $ 1,250,000 Chad Kreuter $ 710,000 Jason Bere $ 700,000 Charlie O'Brien $ 700,000 Ruben Sierra $ 500,000 James Baldwin $ 300,000 Matt Karchner $ 300,000 Bill Simas $ 250,000 Mike Cameron $ 230,000 Carlos Castillo $ 195,000 Mike Sirotka $ 195,000 Chris Snopek $ 190,000 Scott Eyre $ 185,000 Keith Foulke $ 185,000 Greg Norton $ 180,000 Jeff Abbott $ 175,000 Tom Fordham $ 175,000 Robert Machado $ 175,000 Magglio Ordonez $ 175,000 Chad Bradford $ 170,000 Mike Caruso $ 170,000 Lou Frazier $ 170,000 Bobby Howry $ 170,000 Jim Parque $ 170,000 Todd Rizzo $ 170,000 John Snyder $ 170,000 Bryan Ward $ 170,000 Craig Wilson $ 170,000 Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR. Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All Stars Ray Durham

1997/1999

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