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1988 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

71-90, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Fregosi (71-90)
Scored 631 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-94

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 1,115,749 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Harold Baines 29 L L 6' 2" 175 Mar 15, 1959 9 158 154 158 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 146 4 0 1.2 $1,000,000
Jeff Bittiger 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 13, 1962 3 25 7 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $62,500
Daryl Boston 25 L L 6' 3" 185 Jan 4, 1963 5 105 71 105 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 43 1 88 5 17 11 0.5 $75,000
Ivan Calderon 26 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 19, 1962 5 73 71 73 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 63 67 4 2 0 0.1 $140,000
Joel Davis 23 L R 6' 5" 205 Jan 30, 1965 4 5 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
John Davis 25 R R 6' 7" 215 Jan 5, 1963 2 34 1 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.4 $65,000
Mike Diaz 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 15, 1960 4 40 40 40 39 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.7 $
Carlton Fisk HOF 40 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 26, 1947 19 76 68 76 74 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2.5 $700,000
Dave Gallagher 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 20, 1960 2 101 84 101 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 78 17 100 2 12 2 2.4 $62,500
Ozzie Guillen 24 L R 5' 11" 150 Jan 20, 1964 4 156 153 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $537,500 All-Star
Jerry Hairston 36 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 16, 1952 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $122,500
Donnie Hill 27 B R 5' 10" 160 Nov 12, 1960 6 83 62 83 70 0 0 0 59 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 2 -0.4 $275,000
Shawn Hillegas 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 21, 1964 2 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ricky Horton 28 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1959 5 52 9 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $532,500
Lance Johnson 24 L L 5' 10" 160 Jul 6, 1963 2 33 27 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 31 1 3 3 -0.9 $62,500
Barry Jones 25 R R 6' 4" 225 Feb 15, 1963 3 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ron Karkovice 24 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 8, 1963 3 46 37 46 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 $
Dave LaPoint 28 L L 6' 3" 205 Jul 29, 1959 9 25 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $425,000
Bill Long 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 29, 1960 3 47 18 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $102,500
Steve Lyons 28 L R 6' 3" 190 Jun 3, 1960 4 146 117 146 144 0 2 1 3 129 0 0 8 6 14 0 3 5 1.2 $175,000
Fred Manrique 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 5, 1961 6 140 106 140 135 0 0 0 129 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 0.4 $97,500
Ravelo Manzanillo 24 L L 6' 0" 210 Oct 17, 1963 1st 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Carlos Martinez 22 R R 6' 5" 175 Aug 11, 1965 1st 17 15 17 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -0.3 $
Tom McCarthy 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 18, 1961 2 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jack McDowell 22 R R 6' 5" 180 Jan 16, 1966 2 26 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $62,500
Russ Morman 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 28, 1962 2 40 20 40 30 0 0 22 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 3 6 6 -0.7 $62,500
Donn Pall 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 11, 1962 1st 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $62,500
Kelly Paris 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 17, 1957 5 14 11 14 13 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.3 $62,500
Dan Pasqua 26 L L 6' 0" 203 Oct 17, 1961 4 129 112 129 119 0 0 7 0 0 0 65 0 52 117 2 16 0 1.8 $165,000
Ken Patterson 23 L L 6' 4" 210 Jul 8, 1964 1st 9 2 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
John Pawlowski 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 6, 1963 2 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $62,500
Melido Perez 22 R R 6' 4" 180 Feb 15, 1966 2 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $62,500
Adam Peterson 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Dec 11, 1965 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Sap Randall 27 B R 5' 11" 195 Aug 19, 1960 1st 4 4 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -0.3 $
Gary Redus 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 1, 1956 7 77 66 77 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 16 2 72 2 8 3 0.9 $460,000
Jerry Reuss 39 L L 6' 5" 200 Jun 19, 1949 20 32 29 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $200,000
Steve Rosenberg 23 L L 6' 0" 186 Oct 31, 1964 1st 33 0 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $62,500
Mark Salas 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 8, 1961 5 75 57 75 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.3 $185,000
Jose Segura 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 26, 1963 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $102,500
Bobby Thigpen 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 17, 1963 3 68 0 0 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $70,000
Greg Walker 28 L R 6' 3" 205 Oct 6, 1959 7 99 98 99 98 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.9 $730,000
Ken Williams 24 R R 6' 2" 187 Apr 6, 1964 3 73 64 73 69 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 12 29 41 3 4 3 -0.9 $102,500
Carl Willis 27 L R 6' 4" 210 Dec 28, 1960 4 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Mike Woodard 28 L R 5' 9" 155 Mar 2, 1960 4 18 12 18 14 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 -0.5 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers