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1998 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
80-82, Finished 2nd in AL Central
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Scored 861 runs, Allowed 931 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Manager: Jerry Manuel (80-82)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,391,146 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
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1997 / 1999 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 25 R L 6' 2" 190 Aug 17, 1972 2 89 61 89 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 38 27 76 0 15 0 $175,000.00
Jim Abbott 30 L L 6' 3" 210 Sep 19, 1967 9 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Baldwin 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 15, 1971 4 37 1 3 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Albert Belle 31 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 25, 1966 10 163 163 163 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 159 4 0 0 $10,000,000.00
Jason Bere 27 R R 6' 3" 185 May 26, 1971 6 18 0 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $700,000.00
Chad Bradford 23 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 14, 1974 1st 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Mike Cameron 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 8, 1973 4 141 105 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 2 138 0 3 6 $230,000.00
Mike Caruso 21 L R 6' 1" 172 May 27, 1977 1st 133 129 133 131 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 $170,000.00
Larry Casian 32 R L 6' 0" 170 Oct 28, 1965 9 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Castillo 23 R R 6' 2" 240 Apr 21, 1975 2 54 0 3 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00
Tony Castillo 35 L L 5' 10" 188 Mar 1, 1963 10 25 0 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,250,000.00
Wil Cordero 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1971 7 96 90 96 93 0 0 83 0 0 0 4 0 8 11 0 4 0
Ray Durham 26 B R 5' 8" 170 Nov 30, 1971 4 158 156 158 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $1,935,000.00 All-Star
Scott Eyre 26 L L 6' 1" 160 May 30, 1972 2 33 1 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Tom Fordham 24 L L 6' 2" 210 Feb 20, 1974 2 29 1 3 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Keith Foulke 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 19, 1972 2 54 0 5 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Lou Frazier 33 B R 6' 2" 175 Jan 26, 1965 5 7 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 $170,000.00
Mike Heathcott 29 R R May 16, 1969 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Howry 24 L R 6' 5" 220 Aug 4, 1973 1st 44 0 3 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Mark L. Johnson 22 L R 6' 0" 185 Sep 12, 1975 1st 7 5 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Karchner 31 R R 6' 4" 245 Jun 28, 1967 4 32 0 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Chad Kreuter 33 B R 6' 2" 195 Aug 26, 1964 11 93 71 93 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $710,000.00
Robert Machado 25 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 3, 1973 3 34 33 34 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Jaime Navarro 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 27, 1967 10 37 1 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
Greg Norton 25 B R 6' 1" 190 Jul 6, 1972 3 105 72 105 87 0 0 79 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 $180,000.00
Charlie O'Brien 38 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1960 13 57 54 57 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $700,000.00
Magglio Ordonez 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 28, 1974 2 145 138 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 136 145 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Jim Parque 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 8, 1976 1st 21 2 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Todd Rizzo 27 R L 6' 2" 220 May 24, 1971 1st 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Ruben Sierra 32 B R 6' 1" 200 Oct 6, 1965 13 27 17 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 14 5 10 0 $500,000.00
Bill Simas 26 L R 6' 3" 220 Nov 28, 1971 4 60 0 4 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250,000.00
Brian Simmons 24 B R 6' 2" 190 Sep 4, 1973 1st 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 5 0 0 0
Mike Sirotka 27 L L 6' 1" 190 May 13, 1971 4 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00
Chris Snopek 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 20, 1970 4 53 31 53 48 0 0 1 12 3 33 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 $190,000.00
John Snyder 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 16, 1974 1st 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Frank Thomas 30 R R 6' 5" 257 May 27, 1968 9 160 160 160 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 $7,000,000.00
Robin Ventura 30 L R 6' 1" 198 Jul 14, 1967 10 161 158 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,100,000.00
Bryan Ward 26 L L 6' 2" 205 Jan 28, 1972 1st 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Craig Wilson 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 3, 1970 1st 13 11 13 13 0 0 0 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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