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1989 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990)
69-92, Finished 7th in AL West
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Scored 693 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-86
Manager: Jeff Torborg (69-92)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,045,651 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 94
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1988 / 1990 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
Harold Baines 30 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 15, 1959 10 96 92 96 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 69 4 0 All-Star
Jeff Bittiger 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 13, 1962 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daryl Boston 26 L L 6' 3" 203 Jan 4, 1963 6 101 54 101 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 2 21 75 1 22 15 $210,000.00
Ivan Calderon 27 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 19, 1962 6 157 155 157 119 0 0 24 0 0 0 17 0 89 104 36 2 0 $380,000.00
John Davis 26 R R 6' 7" 215 Jan 5, 1963 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Dotson 30 R R 6' 0" 204 Jan 10, 1959 11 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Edwards 25 L L 6' 5" 185 Mar 7, 1964 1st 7 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlton Fisk HOF 41 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 26, 1947 20 103 98 103 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 0 $1,200,000.00
Scott Fletcher 30 R R 5' 11" 173 Jul 30, 1958 9 59 59 59 59 0 0 0 53 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Gallagher 28 R R 6' 0" 184 Sep 20, 1960 3 161 146 161 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 138 27 160 0 2 1 $80,000.00
Ozzie Guillen 25 L R 5' 11" 150 Jan 20, 1964 5 155 154 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $800,000.00
Jerry Hairston 37 B R 5' 10" 180 Feb 16, 1952 14 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jack Hardy 29 R R 6' 2" 175 Oct 8, 1959 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Hibbard 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1964 1st 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Shawn Hillegas 24 R R 6' 2" 208 Aug 21, 1964 3 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $75,000.00
Lance Johnson 25 L L 5' 11" 160 Jul 6, 1963 3 50 42 50 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 8 0 45 0 4 3 $76,600.00
Barry Jones 26 R R 6' 4" 225 Feb 15, 1963 4 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Karkovice 25 R R 6' 1" 215 Aug 8, 1963 4 71 57 71 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 $106,000.00
Eric King 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 10, 1964 4 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Ron Kittle 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Jan 5, 1958 8 51 47 51 31 0 0 27 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 17 4 0 $550,000.00
Bill Long 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 29, 1960 4 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $357,500.00
Steve Lyons 29 L R 6' 3" 195 Jun 3, 1960 5 140 110 140 134 0 1 40 70 28 3 10 1 9 20 0 17 3 $325,000.00
Fred Manrique 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 5, 1961 7 65 49 65 59 0 0 0 57 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 $192,500.00
Carlos Martinez 23 R R 6' 5" 175 Aug 11, 1965 2 109 95 109 105 0 0 34 0 68 0 10 0 0 10 0 6 4 $68,000.00
Tom McCarthy 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 18, 1961 3 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $75,000.00
Matt Merullo 23 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 4, 1965 1st 31 21 31 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Russ Morman 27 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 28, 1962 3 37 22 37 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 $68,000.00
Donn Pall 27 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 11, 1962 2 53 0 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $72,000.00
Dan Pasqua 27 L L 6' 0" 203 Oct 17, 1961 5 73 68 73 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 20 66 3 4 1 $240,000.00
Ken Patterson 24 L L 6' 4" 210 Jul 8, 1964 2 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $72,000.00
Melido Perez 23 R R 6' 4" 180 Feb 15, 1966 3 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $228,500.00
Adam Peterson 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Dec 11, 1965 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Reuss 40 L L 6' 5" 217 Jun 19, 1949 21 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $590,000.00
Billy Jo Robidoux 25 L R 6' 1" 200 Jan 13, 1964 5 16 8 16 16 0 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Steve Rosenberg 24 L L 6' 0" 186 Oct 31, 1964 2 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $80,000.00
Jeff Schaefer 29 R R 5' 10" 170 May 31, 1960 1st 15 1 15 12 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Jose Segura 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 26, 1963 2 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Sosa 20 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 12, 1968 1st 33 29 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 9 33 0 2 1
Bobby Thigpen 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 17, 1963 4 61 0 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $467,500.00
Robin Ventura 21 L R 6' 1" 198 Jul 14, 1967 1st 16 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Greg Walker 29 L R 6' 3" 210 Oct 6, 1959 8 77 66 77 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 9 0 $718,810.00
Eddie Williams 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 1, 1964 4 66 61 66 65 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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.

1988 / 1990 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played