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1997 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
80-81, Finished 2nd in AL Central
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Scored 779 runs, Allowed 833 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-85
Manager: Terry Bevington (80-81)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,864,782 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96
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1996 / 1998 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
Jeff Abbott 24 R L 6' 2" 190 Aug 17, 1972 1st 19 6 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 10 2 8 0
Wilson Alvarez 27 L L 6' 1" 235 Mar 24, 1970 8 22 1 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,662,500.00
Harold Baines 38 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 15, 1959 18 93 85 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 85 7 0 $1,925,000.00
James Baldwin 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 15, 1971 3 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250,000.00
Albert Belle 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 25, 1966 9 161 161 161 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 7 0 0 $10,000,000.00 All-Star
Jason Bere 26 R R 6' 3" 185 May 26, 1971 5 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $420,000.00
Mike Bertotti 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 18, 1970 3 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $160,000.00
Mike Cameron 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 8, 1973 3 116 107 116 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 37 112 0 1 4 $160,000.00
Carlos Castillo 22 R R 6' 2" 240 Apr 21, 1975 1st 37 0 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Tony Castillo 34 L L 5' 10" 188 Mar 1, 1963 9 64 0 5 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,200,000.00
Chris Clemons 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 31, 1972 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Cruz 24 R R 6' 1" 160 Sep 13, 1972 1st 19 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Darwin 41 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 25, 1955 20 21 2 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $475,000.00
Jeff Darwin 27 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 6, 1969 3 14 0 2 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $172,500.00
Doug Drabek 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 25, 1962 12 32 1 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $1,300,000.00
Ray Durham 25 B R 5' 8" 170 Nov 30, 1971 3 155 154 155 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 $310,000.00
Scott Eyre 25 L L 6' 1" 160 May 30, 1972 1st 11 1 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Jorge Fabregas 27 L R 6' 3" 205 Mar 13, 1970 4 100 83 100 93 0 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Chad Fonville 26 B R 5' 6" 155 Mar 5, 1971 3 9 2 9 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 3
Tom Fordham 23 L L 6' 2" 210 Feb 20, 1974 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Foulke 24 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 19, 1972 1st 16 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Ozzie Guillen 33 L R 5' 11" 150 Jan 20, 1964 13 142 134 142 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $4,500,000.00
Roberto Hernandez 32 R R 6' 4" 235 Nov 11, 1964 7 46 0 2 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,620,000.00
Matt Karchner 30 R R 6' 4" 245 Jun 28, 1967 3 52 0 2 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Ron Karkovice 33 R R 6' 1" 215 Aug 8, 1963 12 51 45 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,500,000.00
Chad Kreuter 32 B R 6' 2" 195 Aug 26, 1964 10 19 8 19 15 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 $647,500.00
Alan Levine 29 L R 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1968 2 25 0 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $157,500.00
Darren Lewis 29 R R 6' 0" 189 Aug 28, 1967 8 81 19 81 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 64 0 12 20 $1,325,000.00
Robert Machado 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 3, 1973 2 10 4 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Norberto Martin 30 R R 5' 10" 164 Dec 10, 1966 5 71 47 71 52 0 0 0 9 17 28 0 0 0 0 2 18 3 $350,000.00
Dave Martinez 32 L L 5' 10" 175 Sep 26, 1964 12 145 129 145 136 0 0 52 0 0 0 4 45 75 105 0 13 1 $950,000.00
Chuck McElroy 29 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 1, 1967 9 49 0 3 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lyle Mouton 28 R R 6' 4" 240 May 13, 1969 3 88 62 88 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 55 67 6 16 2 $225,000.00
Jaime Navarro 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 27, 1967 9 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
Greg Norton 24 B R 6' 1" 190 Jul 6, 1972 2 18 6 18 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 $155,000.00
Magglio Ordonez 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 28, 1974 1st 21 17 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 $150,000.00
Tony Pena 40 R R 6' 0" 181 Jun 4, 1957 18 31 21 31 31 0 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $425,000.00
Tony Phillips 38 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 16 36 34 36 36 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 28 28 0 2 0 $2,200,000.00
Bill Simas 25 L R 6' 3" 220 Nov 28, 1971 3 40 0 3 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Mike Sirotka 26 L L 6' 1" 190 May 13, 1971 3 7 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Chris Snopek 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 20, 1970 3 86 81 86 85 0 0 0 0 82 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $185,000.00
Frank Thomas 29 R R 6' 5" 257 May 27, 1968 8 146 146 146 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 $7,150,000.00 All-Star
Larry Thomas 27 R L 6' 1" 190 Oct 25, 1969 3 5 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Valdez 22 L L 6' 2" 190 Nov 19, 1974 1st 54 35 54 48 0 0 47 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 $150,000.00
Robin Ventura 29 L R 6' 1" 198 Jul 14, 1967 9 54 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000.00
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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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