1995 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1995
League:	American League
Owners:	Jerry Reinsdorf
General Managers:	Ron Schueler
Managers:	Gene Lamont and Terry Bevington
Television:	WGN-TV SportsChannel Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Radio:	WMAQ (AM) (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)

The 1995 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 96th season. They finished with a record of 68–76, good enough for third place in the American League Central, 32 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• December 14, 1994: Jack McDowell was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Keith Heberling (minors). The New York Yankees sent Lyle Mouton (April 22, 1995) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.^[1]

Regular season

Notable Transactions

• April 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]
• April 12, 1995: Dave Righetti signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
• May 18, 1995: John Kruk signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
• June 5, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[2]
• July 27, 1995: Jim Abbott was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Andrew Lorraine, and Bill Simas.^[3]
• August 18, 1995: Atlee Hammaker was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[4]

1995 Opening Day lineup

• Ray Durham, 2B
• Tim Raines, LF
• Frank Thomas, 1B
• Chris Sabo, DH
• Robin Ventura, 3B
• Mike Devereaux, RF
• Lance Johnson, CF
• Ron Karkovice, C
• Ozzie Guillén, SS
• Alex Fernandez, P

Roster

1995 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches(first base)(pitching) (pitching) (bullpen)(hitting) (first base)(third base)(bench) (pitching) (bullpen)

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
Doug Brady, 2B	12	21	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	4	.190	0
Mike Cameron, OF	28	38	4	7	2	0	1	2	3	15	.184	0
Mike Devereaux, OF	92	333	48	102	21	1	10	55	25	51	.306	6
Ray Durham, 2B	125	471	68	121	27	6	7	51	31	83	.257	18
Craig Grebeck, SS,3B,2B	53	154	19	40	12	0	1	18	21	23	.260	0
Ozzie Guillén, SS	122	415	50	103	20	3	1	41	13	25	.248	6
Lance Johnson, CF	142	607	98	186	18	12	10	57	32	31	.306	40
Ron Karkovice, C	113	323	44	70	14	1	13	51	39	84	.217	2
John Kruk, DH,1B	45	159	13	49	7	0	2	23	26	33	.308	0
Mike LaValliere, C	46	98	7	24	6	0	1	19	9	15	.245	0
Barry Lyons, C,1B,DH	27	64	8	17	2	0	5	16	4	14	.266	0
Norberto Martin, 2B,OF,3B,SS,DH	72	160	17	43	7	4	2	17	3	25	.269	5
Dave Martinez, OF,1B	119	303	49	93	16	4	5	37	32	41	.307	8
Lyle Mouton, OF,DH	58	179	23	54	16	0	5	27	19	46	.302	1
Warren Newson, RF,LF,DH	51	85	19	20	0	2	3	9	23	27	.235	1
Tim Raines, LF	133	502	81	143	25	4	12	67	70	52	.285	13
Chris Sabo, DH,3B,1B	20	71	10	18	5	0	1	8	3	12	.254	2
Chris Snopek, 3B,SS	22	68	12	22	4	0	1	7	9	12	.324	1
Frank Thomas, 1B,DH	145	493	102	152	27	0	40	111	136	74	.308	3
Chris Tremie, C	10	24	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	0
Robin Ventura, 3B,1B	135	492	79	145	22	0	26	93	75	98	.295	4
	145	5060	755	1417	252	37	146	712	576	767	.280	110

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	6	4	3.36	17	17	0	112.1	116	50	42	10	36	45
Wilson Álvarez	8	11	4.32	29	29	0	175.0	171	96	84	21	97	118
Luis Andújar	2	1	3.26	5	5	0	30.1	26	12	11	4	16	9
James Baldwin	0	1	12.89	6	4	0	14.2	32	22	21	6	10	10
Jason Bere	8	15	7.19	27	27	0	137.2	151	120	110	21	112	110
Mike Bertotti	1	1	12.56	4	4	0	14.1	23	20	20	6	11	15
Rod Bolton	0	2	8.18	8	3	0	22.0	33	23	20	4	15	10
José DeLeón	5	3	5.19	38	0	0	67.2	60	41	39	10	30	53
Rob Dibble	0	1	6.28	16	0	1	14.1	7	10	10	1	29	16
Alex Fernandez	12	8	3.80	30	30	0	203.2	200	98	86	19	72	159
Tim Fortugno	1	3	5.59	37	0	0	38.2	30	24	24	7	21	24
Atlee Hammaker	0	0	12.79	13	0	0	6.1	11	9	9	2	9	3
Roberto Hernández	3	7	3.92	60	0	32	59.2	63	30	26	9	32	84
Matt Karchner	4	2	1.69	31	0	0	32.0	33	8	6	2	14	24
Brian Keyser	5	6	4.97	23	10	0	92.1	114	53	51	10	28	48
Andrew Lorraine	0	0	3.38	5	0	0	8.0	3	3	3	0	2	5
Isidro Márquez	0	1	6.75	7	0	0	6.2	9	5	5	3	2	8
Dave Martinez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Kirk McCaskill	6	4	4.89	55	1	2	81.0	97	50	44	10	37	50
Scott Radinsky	2	1	5.45	46	0	1	38.0	46	23	23	7	21	14
Dave Righetti	3	2	4.20	10	9	0	49.1	65	24	23	6	18	29
Scott Ruffcorn	0	0	7.88	4	0	0	8.0	10	7	7	0	13	5
Jeff Shaw	0	0	6.52	9	0	0	9.2	12	7	7	2	1	6
Bill Simas	1	1	2.57	14	0	0	14.0	15	5	4	1	12	16
Mike Sirotka	1	2	4.19	6	6	0	34.1	39	16	16	2	17	19
Larry Thomas	0	0	1.32	17	0	0	13.2	8	2	2	1	7	12
	68	76	4.85	145	145	36	1284.2	1374	758	693	164	664	892

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1995 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdowja01.shtml Jack McDowell Statistics
2. Web site: Chris Sabo Stats.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott Statistics
4. Web site: Atlee Hammaker Stats.
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997