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1998 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

80-82, Finished 2nd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jerry Manuel (80-82)
Scored 861 runs, Allowed 931 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87

Ballparks: Comiskey Park II · 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 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 25 R L 6' 2" 190 Aug 17, 1972 2 89 61 89 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 38 27 85 2 15 0 -0.7 $175,000
Jim Abbott 30 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 19, 1967 9 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
James Baldwin 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 15, 1971 4 37 24 3 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $300,000
Albert Belle 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 25, 1966 10 163 163 163 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 159 4 0 0 7.4 $10,000,000
Jason Bere 27 R R 6' 3" 185 May 26, 1971 6 18 15 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $700,000
Chad Bradford 23 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 14, 1974 1st 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $170,000
Mike Cameron 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 8, 1973 4 141 105 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 2 138 0 3 6 1.3 $230,000
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 2.3 $170,000
Larry Casian 32 R L 6' 0" 170 Oct 28, 1965 9 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Carlos Castillo 23 R R 6' 2" 240 Apr 21, 1975 2 54 2 3 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $195,000
Tony Castillo 35 L L 5' 10" 177 Mar 1, 1963 10 25 0 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $1,250,000
Wil Cordero 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 3, 1971 7 96 90 96 93 0 0 83 0 0 0 4 0 8 12 0 4 0 1.3 $1,000,000
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 3.5 $1,935,000 All-Star
Scott Eyre 26 L L 6' 1" 160 May 30, 1972 2 33 17 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $185,000
Tom Fordham 24 L L 6' 2" 210 Feb 20, 1974 2 29 5 3 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $175,000
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 0.7 $185,000
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 1 3 1 0.2 $170,000
Mike Heathcott 29 R R 6' 3" 180 May 16, 1969 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bob Howry 24 L R 6' 5" 215 Aug 4, 1973 1st 44 0 3 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $170,000
Mark 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 -0.1 $170,000
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 0.0 $300,000
Chad Kreuter 33 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 26, 1964 11 93 71 93 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.5 $710,000
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 -0.3 $175,000
Jaime Navarro 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 27, 1967 10 37 27 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.1 $5,000,000
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 2 21 2 -1.0 $180,000
Charlie O'Brien 38 R R 6' 2" 195 May 1, 1960 13 57 54 57 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $700,000
Magglio Ordonez 24 R R 6' 0" 215 Jan 28, 1974 2 145 138 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 136 158 0 0 0 0.1 $175,000
Jim Parque 23 L L 5' 11" 165 Feb 8, 1975 1st 21 21 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $170,000
Todd Rizzo 27 R L 6' 3" 220 May 24, 1971 1st 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $170,000
Ruben Sierra 32 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 6, 1965 13 27 17 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 14 5 10 0 -0.3 $500,000
Bill Simas 26 L R 6' 3" 200 Nov 28, 1971 4 60 0 4 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $250,000
Brian Simmons 24 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 4, 1973 1st 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 0.2 $170,000
Mike Sirotka 27 L L 6' 1" 190 May 13, 1971 4 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $195,000
Chris Snopek 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 20, 1970 4 53 31 53 48 0 0 1 12 3 33 0 0 1 1 1 4 6 -0.3 $190,000
John Snyder 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 16, 1974 1st 15 14 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $170,000
Frank Thomas 30 R R 6' 5" 240 May 27, 1968 9 160 160 160 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 3.5 $7,000,000
Robin Ventura 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 14, 1967 10 161 158 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $6,100,000
Bryan Ward 26 L L 6' 2" 210 Jan 28, 1972 1st 28 0 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $170,000
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 1.3 $170,000
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

Ray Durham
Albert Belle
Chris Snopek
Mike Caruso
Wil Cordero
Chad Kreuter
Chad Kreuter
Mike Caruso
Charlie O'Brien
Robin Ventura

Mike Cameron
Jim Abbott
Lou Frazier
Brian Simmons
Craig Wilson
Keith Foulke
Magglio Ordonez
Greg Norton

Tom Fordham
Mike Sirotka
Frank Thomas
Scott Eyre
James Baldwin
Jaime Navarro
Jim Parque
Bill Simas

Carlos Castillo
Chad Bradford
Ruben Sierra
Jeff Abbott
Jason Bere
Matt Karchner
Tony Castillo
Larry Casian
Todd Rizzo

Lou Frazier
Robert Machado
Bryan Ward
Mark Johnson
John Snyder
Bob Howry
Mike Heathcott

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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