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1996 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997

85-77, Finished 2nd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Terry Bevington (85-77)
Scored 898 runs, Allowed 794 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72

Ballparks: Comiskey Park II · Attendance: 1,676,403 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93

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1995 / 1997 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
Wilson Alvarez 26 L L 6' 1" 175 Mar 24, 1970 7 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $2,825,000
Luis Andujar 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 22, 1972 2 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Harold Baines 37 L L 6' 2" 175 Mar 15, 1959 17 143 128 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 15 0 2.3 $1,875,000
James Baldwin 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 15, 1971 2 28 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $115,000
Jason Bere 25 R R 6' 3" 185 May 26, 1971 4 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $230,000
Mike Bertotti 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 18, 1970 2 15 2 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $109,500
Pat Borders 33 R R 6' 2" 190 May 14, 1963 9 31 25 31 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.1 $
Mike Cameron 23 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 8, 1973 2 11 3 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 11 2 1 2 0.0 $115,000
Tony Castillo 33 L L 5' 10" 177 Mar 1, 1963 8 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Domingo Cedeno 27 B R 6' 1" 170 Nov 4, 1968 4 12 3 12 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 -0.3 $
Jeff Darwin 26 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 6, 1969 2 22 0 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ray Durham 24 B R 5' 8" 170 Nov 30, 1971 2 156 145 156 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 2.5 $150,000
Alex Fernandez 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 13, 1969 7 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.6 $4,500,000
Marvin Freeman 33 R R 6' 7" 200 Apr 10, 1963 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ozzie Guillen 32 L R 5' 11" 150 Jan 20, 1964 12 150 129 150 147 0 0 0 0 0 146 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 -1.8 $4,000,000
Roberto Hernandez 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Nov 11, 1964 6 72 0 1 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $2,105,000 All-Star
Stacy Jones 29 R R 6' 6" 225 May 26, 1967 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Matt Karchner 29 R R 6' 4" 245 Jun 28, 1967 2 50 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $135,000
Ron Karkovice 32 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 8, 1963 11 111 99 111 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $2,225,000
Brian Keyser 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 31, 1966 2 28 0 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $145,000
Chad Kreuter 31 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 26, 1964 9 46 26 46 40 0 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 3 0.1 $350,000
Al Levine 28 L R 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1968 1st 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Darren Lewis 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1967 7 141 95 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 137 0 138 0 0 15 -0.5 $1,625,000
Robert Machado 23 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 3, 1973 1st 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Joe Magrane 31 R L 6' 6" 225 Jul 2, 1964 8 19 8 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $175,000
Norberto Martin 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 10, 1966 4 70 31 70 37 0 0 0 10 3 24 0 0 0 0 22 17 16 0.6 $160,000
Dave Martinez 31 L L 5' 10" 150 Sep 26, 1964 11 146 104 146 136 0 0 23 0 0 0 3 73 73 149 0 19 3 5.0 $930,000
Kirk McCaskill 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 9, 1961 12 29 4 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $800,000
Lyle Mouton 27 R R 6' 4" 240 May 13, 1969 2 87 54 87 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 29 50 28 20 3 1.1 $135,000
Jose Munoz 28 B R 5' 11" 165 Nov 11, 1967 1st 17 5 17 11 0 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 7 2 -0.2 $
Greg Norton 23 B R 6' 1" 190 Jul 6, 1972 1st 11 5 11 8 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 -0.1 $
Tony Phillips 37 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 15 153 149 153 152 0 0 1 2 0 0 150 2 0 152 0 4 0 2.8 $2,100,000
Mike Robertson 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 9, 1970 1st 6 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 -0.1 $
Scott Ruffcorn 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 29, 1969 4 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Rich Sauveur 32 L L 6' 4" 163 Nov 23, 1963 5 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Simas 24 L R 6' 3" 200 Nov 28, 1971 2 64 0 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $130,000
Mike Sirotka 25 L L 6' 1" 190 May 13, 1971 2 15 4 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Don Slaught 37 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 11, 1958 15 14 11 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -0.3 $
Chris Snopek 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 20, 1970 2 46 29 46 38 0 0 0 0 27 12 0 0 0 0 3 6 5 0.3 $125,000
Kevin Tapani 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 18, 1964 8 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $1,500,000
Danny Tartabull 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 30, 1962 13 132 128 132 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 122 10 4 0 -0.2 $5,300,000
Frank Thomas 28 R R 6' 5" 240 May 27, 1968 7 141 139 141 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.5 $7,150,000 All-Star
Larry Thomas 26 R L 6' 1" 195 Oct 25, 1969 2 57 0 1 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $130,000
Robin Ventura 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 14, 1967 8 158 147 158 156 0 0 13 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 4.6 $6,000,000
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.

Harold Baines

Ray Durham

Norberto Martin

Tony Phillips

Darren Lewis

Chad Kreuter

Ozzie Guillen

Dave Martinez

Pat Borders
Kirk McCaskill

Ron Karkovice

Robin Ventura

Mike Cameron

Brian Keyser

Chris Snopek

Lyle Mouton

Don Slaught

Greg Norton

Alex Fernandez

Marvin Freeman

Domingo Cedeno
Joe Magrane

Frank Thomas

Kevin Tapani

James Baldwin

Mike Sirotka

Roberto Hernandez

Wilson Alvarez

Bill Simas

Scott Ruffcorn

Mike Robertson

Tony Castillo

Danny Tartabull

Jason Bere

Matt Karchner

Jeff Darwin

Luis Andujar
Stacy Jones

Larry Thomas

Mike Bertotti

Al Levine

Robert Machado

Rich Sauveur

Jose Munoz

1995 / 1997 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers