1998 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1998
League:	American League
Owners:	Jerry Reinsdorf
General Managers:	Ron Schueler
Managers:	Jerry Manuel
Television:	WGN-TV Fox Sports Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Radio:	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina)

The 1998 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 99th season. They finished with a record of 80–82, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 9 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• December 10, 1997: Charlie O'Brien was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
• January 27, 1998: Howard Battle was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Ray Durham, 2B
• Mike Cameron, CF
• Frank Thomas, DH
• Albert Belle, LF
• Robin Ventura, 3B
• Magglio Ordóñez, RF
• Greg Norton, 1B
• Charlie O'Brien, C
• Mike Caruso, SS
• Jaime Navarro, P

Notable transactions

• May 27, 1998: Jim Abbott signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
• June 2, 1998: Aaron Rowand was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1998.^[4]
• June 2, 1998: Mark Buehrle was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1999.^[5]
• June 7, 1998: Howard Battle was released by the Chicago White Sox.
• July 16, 1998: Jason Bere was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[6]
• July 30, 1998: Charlie O'Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).

Roster

1998 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
Jeff Abbott, OF	89	244	33	68	14	1	12	41	9	28	.279	3
James Baldwin, P	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Albert Belle, LF	163	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	81	84	.328	6
Mike Cameron, CF	141	396	53	83	16	5	8	43	37	101	.210	27
Mike Caruso, SS	133	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	14	38	.306	22
Carlos Castillo, P	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Wil Cordero, 1B,OF	96	341	58	91	18	2	13	49	22	66	.267	2
Ray Durham, 2B	158	635	126	181	35	8	19	67	73	105	.285	36
Scott Eyre, P	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Tom Fordham, P	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Lou Frazier, CF	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	4
Mark Johnson, C	7	23	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	8	.087	0
Chad Kreuter, C	93	245	26	62	9	1	2	33	32	45	.253	1
Robert Machado, C	34	111	14	23	6	0	3	15	7	22	.207	0
Jaime Navarro, P	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Greg Norton, 1B,3B	105	299	38	71	17	2	9	36	26	77	.237	3
Charlie O'Brien, C	57	164	12	43	9	0	4	18	9	31	.262	0
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	145	535	70	151	25	2	14	65	28	53	.282	9
Jim Parque, P	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Rubén Sierra, OF,DH	27	74	7	16	4	1	4	11	3	11	.216	2
Brian Simmons, OF	5	19	4	7	0	0	2	6	0	2	.368	0
Mike Sirotka, P	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Chris Snopek, SS,2B	53	125	17	26	2	0	1	4	14	24	.208	3
Frank Thomas, DH,1B	160	585	109	155	35	2	29	109	110	93	.265	7
Robin Ventura, 3B	161	590	84	155	31	4	21	91	79	111	.263	1
Craig Wilson, SS,2B,3B	13	47	14	22	5	0	3	10	3	6	.468	1
	163	5585	861	1516	291	38	198	806	551	916	.271	127

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	5	0	4.55	5	5	0	31.2	35	16	16	2	12	14
James Baldwin	13	6	5.32	37	24	0	159.0	176	103	94	18	62	108
Jason Bere	3	7	6.45	18	15	0	83.2	98	71	60	14	58	53
Chad Bradford	2	1	3.32	29	0	1	30.2	27	16	11	0	7	11
Larry Casian	0	0	11.25	4	0	0	4.0	8	5	5	0	1	6
Carlos Castillo	6	4	5.11	54	2	0	100.1	94	61	57	17	36	64
Tony Castillo	1	2	8.00	25	0	0	27.0	38	25	24	7	11	14
Scott Eyre	3	8	5.38	33	17	0	107.0	114	78	64	24	64	73
Tom Fordham	1	2	6.75	29	5	0	48.0	51	36	36	7	42	23
Keith Foulke	3	2	4.13	54	0	1	65.1	51	31	30	9	23	57
Mike Heathcott	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	3
Bob Howry	0	3	3.15	44	0	9	54.1	37	20	19	7	21	51
Matt Karchner	2	4	5.15	32	0	11	36.2	33	21	21	2	25	30
Jaime Navarro	8	16	6.36	37	27	1	172.2	223	135	122	30	78	71
Jim Parque	7	5	5.10	21	21	0	113.0	135	72	64	14	49	77
Todd Rizzo	0	0	13.50	9	0	0	6.2	12	12	10	0	6	3
Bill Simas	4	3	3.57	60	0	18	70.2	54	29	28	12	26	56
Mike Sirotka	14	15	5.06	33	33	0	211.2	255	137	119	30	47	128
John Snyder	7	2	4.80	15	14	0	86.1	96	49	46	14	24	52
Bryan Ward	1	2	3.33	28	0	1	27.0	30	13	10	4	7	17
	80	82	5.22	163	163	42	1438.2	1569	931	835	211	600	911

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bristol^[7]

External links

• 1998 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien Statistics
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/battlho01.shtml Howard Battle Statistics
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott Statistics
4. Web site: Aaron Rowand Stats.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/buehrma01.shtml Mark Buehrle Statistics
6. Web site: Jason Bere Stats.
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007