1987 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1987
League:	American League
Owners:	Jerry Reinsdorf
General Managers:	Larry Himes
Managers:	Jim Fregosi
Television:	WFLD Sportsvision (Don Drysdale, Frank Messer)
Radio:	WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall, Lorn Brown) WTAQ (Frank Diaz, Jose Manuel Flores)

The 1987 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 88th season. They finished with a record of 77–85, giving them fifth place in the American League West, 8 games behind of the first place Minnesota Twins. The White Sox spent most of 1987 in the cellar, occupying last place from June 9 until September 30, but won 9 of their last 10 to pass the Texas Rangers and California Angels in the season's final week.^[1]

Offseason

• December 11, 1986 – The Chicago White Sox send Gene Nelson and Bruce Tanner to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Donnie Hill.
• January 5, 1987: Randy Velarde was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Pete Filson to the New York Yankees for Scott Nielsen and Mike Soper (minors).^[2]
• January 21, 1987: Jerry Royster was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Gary Redus, CF
• Donnie Hill, 2B
• Harold Baines, RF
• Carlton Fisk, DH
• Greg Walker, 1B
• Iván Calderón, LF
• Tim Hulett, 2B
• Ozzie Guillén, SS
• Ron Karkovice, C
• Richard Dotson, P

Notable transactions

• June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
  • Jack McDowell was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (5th pick). Player signed July 29, 1987.^[4]
  • Buddy Groom was drafted by the White Sox in the 12th round. Player signed June 9, 1987.^[5]
• July 13, 1987: Mike Maksudian was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.^[6]
• August 6, 1987: Johnnie LeMaster was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[7]
• August 26, 1987: Jerry Royster was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Mike Soper (minors) to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Ken Patterson. The New York Yankees sent Jeff Pries (minors) (September 19, 1987) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.^[3]

Roster

1987 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
Harold Baines, DH,RF	132	505	59	148	26	4	20	93	46	82	.293	0
Daryl Boston, OF	103	337	51	87	21	2	10	29	25	68	.258	12
Iván Calderón, OF,DH	144	542	93	159	38	2	28	83	60	109	.293	10
Carlton Fisk, C,1B,DH,LF	135	454	68	116	22	1	23	71	39	72	.256	1
Ozzie Guillén, SS	149	560	64	156	22	7	2	51	22	52	.279	25
Jerry Hairston, LF,DH,1B	66	126	14	29	8	0	5	20	25	25	.230	0
Ron Hassey, C,DH	49	145	15	31	9	0	3	12	17	11	.214	0
Donnie Hill, 2B,3B	111	410	57	98	14	6	9	46	30	35	.239	1
Tim Hulett, 3B,2B	68	240	20	52	10	0	7	28	10	41	.217	0
Ron Karkovice, C	39	85	7	6	0	0	2	7	7	40	.071	3
Pat Keedy, 3B,2B,1B	17	41	6	7	1	0	2	2	2	14	.171	1
Bill Lindsey, C	9	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.188	0
Steve Lyons, 3B,OF	76	193	26	54	11	1	1	19	12	37	.280	3
Fred Manrique, 2B,SS	115	298	30	77	13	3	4	29	19	69	.258	5
Gary Redus, OF	130	475	78	112	26	6	12	48	69	90	.236	52
Jerry Royster, 3B,LF,2B,DH	55	154	25	37	11	0	7	23	19	28	.240	2
Greg Walker, 1B,DH	157	566	85	145	33	2	27	94	75	112	.256	2
Kenny Williams, CF,RF	116	391	48	110	18	2	11	50	10	83	.281	21
	162	5538	748	1427	283	36	173	706	487	971	.258	138

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
Neil Allen	0	7	7.07	15	10	0	49.2	74	40	39	6	26	26
Floyd Bannister	16	11	3.58	34	34	0	228.2	216	100	91	38	49	124
Ralph Citarella	0	0	7.36	5	0	0	11.0	13	9	9	4	4	33
Bryan Clark	0	0	2.41	11	0	0	18.2	19	5	5	1	8	8
Joel Davis	1	5	5.73	13	9	0	55.0	56	35	35	7	30	25
José DeLeón	11	12	4.02	33	31	0	206.0	177	106	92	24	101	153
Richard Dotson	11	12	4.17	31	31	0	211.1	201	109	98	24	88	114
Bob James	4	6	4.67	43	0	10	54.0	54	32	28	10	23	34
Dave LaPoint	6	3	2.94	14	12	0	82.2	69	29	27	7	31	43
Bill Long	8	8	4.37	29	23	1	169.0	179	85	82	20	29	72
Jack McDowell	3	0	1.93	4	4	0	28.0	16	6	6	1	6	15
Joel McKeon	1	2	9.43	13	0	0	21.0	27	22	22	8	15	14
Scott Nielsen	3	5	6.24	19	7	2	66.1	83	48	46	9	26	23
John Pawlowski	0	0	4.91	2	0	0	3.2	7	2	2	0	3	2
Adam Peterson	0	0	13.50	1	1	0	4.0	8	6	6	1	3	1
Ray Searage	2	3	4.20	58	0	2	55.2	56	28	26	9	27	33
Bobby Thigpen	7	5	2.73	51	0	16	89.0	86	30	27	10	29	52
Jim Winn	4	6	4.79	56	0	6	94.0	95	54	50	10	67	44
	77	85	4.30	162	162	37	1447.2	1436	746	691	189	565	792

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham^[8]

External links

• 1987 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1987 Chicago White Sox Schedule.
2. Web site: Randy Velarde Stats.
3. Web site: Jerry Royster Stats.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdowja01.shtml Jack McDowell Statistics
5. Web site: Buddy Groom Stats.
6. Web site: Mike Maksudian Stats.
7. Web site: Johnnie LeMaster Stats.
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997