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1997 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

80-81, Finished 2nd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Terry Bevington (80-81)
Scored 779 runs, Allowed 833 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-85

Ballparks: Comiskey Park II · 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 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
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 3 8 0 -0.4 $
Wilson Alvarez 27 L L 6' 1" 175 Mar 24, 1970 8 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $4,662,500
Harold Baines 38 L L 6' 2" 175 Mar 15, 1959 18 93 85 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 86 7 0 1.1 $1,925,000
James Baldwin 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 15, 1971 3 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $250,000
Albert Belle 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 25, 1966 9 161 161 161 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 7 0 0 0.9 $10,000,000 All-Star
Jason Bere 26 R R 6' 3" 185 May 26, 1971 5 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $420,000
Mike Bertotti 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 18, 1970 3 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $160,000
Mike Cameron 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 8, 1973 3 116 107 116 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 37 139 4 1 4 4.3 $160,000
Carlos Castillo 22 R R 6' 2" 240 Apr 21, 1975 1st 37 2 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $150,000
Tony Castillo 34 L L 5' 10" 177 Mar 1, 1963 9 64 0 5 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $1,200,000
Chris Clemons 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Oct 31, 1972 1st 5 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Nelson Cruz 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 13, 1972 1st 19 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Danny Darwin 41 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 20 21 17 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $475,000
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 0.0 $172,500
Doug Drabek 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 25, 1962 12 32 31 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $1,300,000
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 0.0 $310,000
Scott Eyre 25 L L 6' 1" 160 May 30, 1972 1st 11 11 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $150,000
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 0.2 $
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 1 0 3 -0.2 $
Tom Fordham 23 L L 6' 2" 210 Feb 20, 1974 1st 7 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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 0.6 $150,000
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 -1.9 $4,500,000
Roberto Hernandez 32 R R 6' 4" 220 Nov 11, 1964 7 46 0 2 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $4,620,000
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 1.5 $200,000
Ron Karkovice 33 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 8, 1963 12 51 45 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,500,000
Chad Kreuter 32 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 26, 1964 10 19 8 19 15 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.4 $647,500
Al 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 -0.6 $157,500
Darren Lewis 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1967 8 81 19 81 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 64 6 12 20 0.4 $1,325,000
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 0.0 $
Norberto Martin 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 10, 1966 5 71 47 71 52 0 0 0 9 17 28 0 0 0 0 6 18 3 -0.4 $350,000
Dave Martinez 32 L L 5' 10" 150 Sep 26, 1964 12 145 129 145 136 0 0 52 0 0 0 4 45 75 124 1 13 1 3.3 $950,000
Chuck McElroy 29 L L 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1967 9 49 0 3 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $
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 71 11 16 2 -0.7 $225,000
Jaime Navarro 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 27, 1967 9 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $5,000,000
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 2 7 2 0.1 $155,000
Magglio Ordonez 23 R R 6' 0" 215 Jan 28, 1974 1st 21 17 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 1.2 $150,000
Tony Pena 40 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 4, 1957 18 31 21 31 31 0 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.4 $425,000
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 0.9 $2,200,000
Bill Simas 25 L R 6' 3" 200 Nov 28, 1971 3 40 0 3 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $200,000
Mike Sirotka 26 L L 6' 1" 190 May 13, 1971 3 7 4 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $165,000
Chris Snopek 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 20, 1970 3 86 81 86 85 0 0 0 0 82 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.3 $185,000
Frank Thomas 29 R R 6' 5" 240 May 27, 1968 8 146 146 146 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 7.2 $7,150,000 All-Star
Larry Thomas 27 R L 6' 1" 195 Oct 25, 1969 3 5 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mario Valdez 22 L L 5' 11" 190 Nov 19, 1974 1st 54 35 54 48 0 0 47 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 -0.3 $150,000
Robin Ventura 29 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 14, 1967 9 54 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Harold Baines
Ray Durham
Norberto Martin
Albert Belle
Darren Lewis
Jorge Fabregas
Chad Kreuter
Ozzie Guillen
Dave Martinez

Doug Drabek
Ron Karkovice
Chad Fonville
Robin Ventura
Mike Cameron
Chuck McElroy
Chris Snopek
Lyle Mouton

Tony Pena
Magglio Ordonez
Greg Norton
Tom Fordham
Mike Sirotka
Mario Valdez
Frank Thomas
Scott Eyre

James Baldwin
Jaime Navarro
Roberto Hernandez
Wilson Alvarez
Bill Simas
Carlos Castillo
Tony Castillo
Danny Darwin
Keith Foulke
Jeff Abbott

Jason Bere
Matt Karchner
Jeff Darwin
Tony Castillo
Larry Thomas
Mike Bertotti
Al Levine
Robert Machado

Chris Clemons
Nelson Cruz
Carlos Castillo
Tony Phillips

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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