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1986 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
72-90, Finished 5th in AL West
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Scored 644 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Manager: Tony LaRussa (26-38), Doug Rader (1-1) and Jim Fregosi (45-51)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,424,313 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
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1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Juan Agosto 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Feb 23, 1958 6 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Allen 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 24, 1958 8 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $900,000.00
Harold Baines 27 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 15, 1959 7 145 144 145 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 141 3 1 0 $775,000.00 All-Star
Floyd Bannister 31 L L 6' 1" 195 Jun 10, 1955 10 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $930,000.00
Bobby Bonilla 23 B R 6' 3" 240 Feb 23, 1963 1st 75 64 75 71 0 0 30 0 0 0 39 4 4 43 0 9 1 $115,000.00
Daryl Boston 23 L L 6' 3" 203 Jan 4, 1963 3 56 52 56 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53 0 1 3 $68,000.00
Scott Bradley 26 L R 5' 11" 185 Mar 22, 1960 3 9 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 3 0 $66,500.00
Ivan Calderon 24 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 19, 1962 3 13 8 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 4 1
John Cangelosi 23 B L 5' 8" 160 Mar 10, 1963 2 137 116 137 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 98 5 129 0 1 12 $60,000.00
Steve Carlton HOF 41 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 22 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Bryan Clark 29 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1956 6 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Cochrane 23 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 31, 1963 1st 19 18 19 19 0 0 0 0 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Cowley 27 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 15, 1958 4 28 0 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $295,000.00
Rod Craig 28 B R 6' 1" 195 Jan 12, 1958 4 10 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 10 0
Julio Cruz 31 B R 5' 9" 165 Dec 2, 1954 10 81 72 81 78 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 $600,000.00
Joel Davis 21 L R 6' 5" 205 Jan 30, 1965 2 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Dawley 28 R R 6' 4" 240 Feb 6, 1958 4 46 0 1 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose DeLeon 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 20, 1960 4 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Dotson 27 R R 6' 0" 204 Jan 10, 1959 8 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $975,000.00
Pete Filson 27 B L 6' 2" 195 Sep 28, 1958 5 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlton Fisk HOF 38 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 26, 1947 17 125 115 125 98 0 71 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 31 21 8 0 $875,000.00
George Foster 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1948 18 15 13 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 2 2 0 $60,000.00
Brian Giles 26 R R 6' 1" 165 Apr 27, 1960 5 9 4 9 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 $80,000.00
Ozzie Guillen 22 L R 5' 11" 150 Jan 20, 1964 2 159 150 159 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 $150,000.00
Jerry Hairston 34 B R 5' 10" 180 Feb 16, 1952 11 101 49 101 29 0 0 19 0 0 0 9 0 2 11 28 50 1 $156,667.00
Ron Hassey 33 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 27, 1953 9 49 41 49 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 7 0
Marc Hill 34 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 18, 1952 14 22 6 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Tim Hulett 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 12, 1960 4 150 137 150 149 0 0 0 66 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $195,000.00
Bob James 27 R R 6' 4" 230 Aug 15, 1958 7 49 0 2 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $555,000.00
Ron Karkovice 22 R R 6' 1" 215 Aug 8, 1963 1st 37 35 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Ron Kittle 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Jan 5, 1958 5 86 81 86 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 61 5 0 $400,000.00
Bryan Little 26 B R 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1959 5 20 9 20 17 0 0 0 12 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Steve Lyons 26 L R 6' 3" 195 Jun 3, 1960 2 42 35 42 39 0 0 1 0 3 0 22 6 7 35 0 2 3
Joel McKeon 23 L L 6' 0" 185 Feb 25, 1963 1st 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Russ Morman 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 28, 1962 1st 49 45 49 47 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $60,000.00
Gene Nelson 25 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 3, 1960 6 54 0 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
Reid Nichols 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 5, 1958 7 74 32 74 54 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 14 11 53 0 22 13
Jack Perconte 31 L R 5' 10" 160 Aug 31, 1954 7 24 23 24 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $150,000.00
Luis Salazar 30 R R 5' 9" 180 May 19, 1956 7 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Dave Schmidt 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1957 6 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $465,000.00
Ray Searage 31 L L 6' 1" 180 May 1, 1955 4 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Seaver HOF 41 R R 6' 1" 206 Nov 17, 1944 20 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,132,652.00
Joel Skinner 25 R R 6' 4" 204 Feb 21, 1961 4 60 48 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $75,000.00
Bobby Thigpen 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 17, 1963 1st 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Wayne Tolleson 30 B R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1955 6 81 70 81 76 0 0 0 0 65 18 1 1 0 2 0 4 3
Greg Walker 26 L R 6' 3" 210 Oct 6, 1959 5 78 75 78 77 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 $400,000.00
Kenny Williams 22 R R 6' 2" 187 Apr 6, 1964 1st 15 8 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 10 0 1 5
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played