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1998 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Chad Kreuter#	33	93	286	245	26	62	9	1	2	33	1	0	32	45	.253	.345	.322	.668	77	79	8	3	5	1	1
2	1B	Wil Cordero	26	96	371	341	58	91	18	2	13	49	2	1	22	66	.267	.314	.446	.759	97	152	7	3	1	4	0
3	2B	Ray Durham#	26	158	723	635	126	181	35	8	19	67	36	9	73	105	.285	.363	.455	.818	114	289	5	6	6	3	3
4	SS	Mike Caruso*	21	133	555	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	22	6	14	38	.306	.331	.390	.721	89	204	8	7	8	3	0
5	3B	Robin Ventura*	30	161	674	590	84	155	31	4	21	91	1	1	79	111	.263	.349	.436	.785	105	257	10	1	1	3	15
6	LF	Albert Belle	31	163	706	609	113	200	48	2	49	152	6	4	81	84	.328	.399	.655	1.055	171	399	17	1	0	15	10
7	CF	Mike Cameron	25	141	443	396	53	83	16	5	8	43	27	11	37	101	.210	.285	.336	.621	63	133	6	6	1	3	0
8	RF	Magglio Ordonez	24	145	578	535	70	151	25	2	14	65	9	7	28	53	.282	.326	.415	.741	93	222	19	9	2	4	1
9	DH	Frank Thomas	30	160	712	585	109	155	35	2	29	109	7	0	110	93	.265	.381	.480	.861	125	281	14	6	0	11	2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	1B	Greg Norton#	25	105	330	299	38	71	17	2	9	36	3	3	26	77	.237	.301	.398	.699	82	119	11	2	1	2	1
11	OF	Jeff Abbott	25	89	260	244	33	68	14	1	12	41	3	3	9	28	.279	.298	.492	.790	103	120	2	0	2	5	1
12	C	Charlie O'Brien	38	57	181	164	12	43	9	0	4	18	0	0	9	31	.262	.303	.390	.694	81	64	3	2	3	3	0
13	SS	Chris Snopek	27	53	141	125	17	26	2	0	1	4	3	0	14	24	.208	.291	.248	.539	44	31	4	1	0	1	0
14	C	Robert Machado	25	34	121	111	14	23	6	0	3	15	0	0	7	22	.207	.254	.342	.597	55	38	3	0	3	0	0
15	UT	Ruben Sierra#	32	27	77	74	7	16	4	1	4	11	2	0	3	11	.216	.247	.459	.706	80	34	2	0	0	0	0
16	IF	Craig Wilson	27	13	53	47	14	22	5	0	3	10	1	0	3	6	.468	.490	.766	1.256	224	36	0	0	2	1	0
17	C	Mark L. Johnson*	22	7	24	23	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8	.087	.125	.261	.386	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Brian Simmons#	24	5	19	19	4	7	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	2	.368	.368	.684	1.053	169	13	0	0	0	0	0
19	CF	Lou Frazier#	33	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	6	.000	.222	.000	.222	-34	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Mike Sirotka*	27	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Jim Parque*	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	P	Scott Eyre*	26	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	James Baldwin	26	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Tom Fordham*	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Jaime Navarro	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Carlos Castillo	23	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Bobby Howry*	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Mike Heathcott	29	0	0	0					0
29	P	Bill Simas*	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Tony Castillo*	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Larry Casian	32	0	0	0					0
32	P	Todd Rizzo	27	0	0	0					0
33	P	Jason Bere	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jim Abbott*	30	0	0	0					0
35	P	John Snyder	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bryan Ward*	26	0	0	0					0
37	P	Keith Foulke	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Chad Bradford	23	0	0	0					0
39	P	Matt Karchner	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.4	163	6280	5585	861	1516	291	38	198	806	127	46	551	916	.271	.339	.444	.782	104	2477	119	47	38	59	34
		Rank in 14 AL teams				9	4	8	10	3	7		6	11	8	12	8	7	8	7		8
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Mike Sirotka*	27	14	15	.483	5.06	33	33	0	5	0	0	211.2	255	137	119	30	47	0	128	2	1	3	911	90	1.427	10.8	1.3	2.0	5.4	2.72
2	SP	Jaime Navarro	31	8	16	.333	6.36	37	27	4	1	0	1	172.2	223	135	122	30	77	1	71	7	0	18	802	72	1.737	11.6	1.6	4.0	3.7	0.92
3	SP	James Baldwin	26	13	6	.684	5.32	37	24	3	1	0	0	159.0	176	103	94	18	60	2	108	10	1	5	712	86	1.484	10.0	1.0	3.4	6.1	1.80
4	SP	Jim Parque*	22	7	5	.583	5.10	21	21	0	0	0	0	113.0	135	72	64	14	49	0	77	6	3	0	507	90	1.628	10.8	1.1	3.9	6.1	1.57
5	SP	Scott Eyre*	26	3	8	.273	5.38	33	17	10	0	0	0	107.0	114	78	64	24	64	0	73	2	0	7	491	85	1.664	9.6	2.0	5.4	6.1	1.14
6	SP	Jason Bere	27	3	7	.300	6.45	18	15	0	0	0	0	83.2	98	71	60	14	58	0	53	2	0	7	404	71	1.865	10.5	1.5	6.2	5.7	0.91
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Bill Simas	26	4	3	.571	3.57	60	0	41	0	0	18	70.2	54	29	28	12	22	4	56	1	0	1	287	128	1.075	6.9	1.5	2.8	7.1	2.55
8	RP	Carlos Castillo	23	6	4	.600	5.11	54	2	11	0	0	0	100.1	94	61	57	17	35	1	64	5	3	4	431	89	1.286	8.4	1.5	3.1	5.7	1.83
9	RP	Keith Foulke	25	3	2	.600	4.13	54	0	18	0	0	1	65.1	51	31	30	9	20	3	57	4	1	3	267	110	1.087	7.0	1.2	2.8	7.9	2.85
10	RP	Bobby Howry	24	0	3	.000	3.15	44	0	15	0	0	9	54.1	37	20	19	7	19	2	51	2	0	2	217	145	1.031	6.1	1.2	3.1	8.4	2.68
11	RP	Matt Karchner	31	2	4	.333	5.15	32	0	23	0	0	11	36.2	33	21	21	2	19	6	30	5	0	0	167	89	1.418	8.1	0.5	4.7	7.4	1.58
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		John Snyder	23	7	2	.778	4.80	15	14	0	1	0	0	86.1	96	49	46	14	23	1	52	2	0	2	367	95	1.378	10.0	1.5	2.4	5.4	2.26
13		Tom Fordham*	24	1	2	.333	6.75	29	5	5	0	0	0	48.0	51	36	36	7	42	0	23	1	0	1	228	68	1.938	9.6	1.3	7.9	4.3	0.55
14		Jim Abbott*	30	5	0	1.000	4.55	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.2	35	16	16	2	12	0	14	1	0	0	134	100	1.484	9.9	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.17
15		Chad Bradford	23	2	1	.667	3.23	29	0	8	0	0	1	30.2	27	16	11	0	7	0	11	0	1	1	125	141	1.109	7.9	0.0	2.1	3.2	1.57
16		Tony Castillo*	35	1	2	.333	8.00	25	0	4	0	0	0	27.0	38	25	24	7	11	0	14	2	0	0	129	57	1.815	12.7	2.3	3.7	4.7	1.27
17		Bryan Ward*	26	1	2	.333	3.33	28	0	9	0	0	1	27.0	30	13	10	4	7	0	17	0	0	0	116	137	1.370	10.0	1.3	2.3	5.7	2.43
18		Todd Rizzo*	27	0	0		13.50	9	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	12	12	10	0	6	0	3	0	0	2	38	34	2.700	16.2	0.0	8.1	4.1	0.50
19		Larry Casian*	32	0	0		11.25	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	8	5	5	0	1	0	6	2	0	0	23	41	2.250	18.0	0.0	2.3	13.5	6.00
20		Mike Heathcott	29	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	12	152	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
		Team Totals	26.3	80	82	.494	5.24	163	163	155	8	0	42	1438.2	1569	931	837	211	580	20	911	54	10	58	6368	87	1.494	9.8	1.3	3.6	5.7	1.57
		Rank in 14 AL teams		7	8		14				9	11	8	8	11	14	14	14	10		14342
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Jeff Abbott	25	87	61	508.2	136	132	0	4	0	.971	-15.5	-36.6	-12.5	-7.7	-4.8	-3			2.34	1.52						CF-RF-LF-DH
Jim Abbott	30	5	5	31.2	12	2	10	0	1	1.000									3.41	2.40						P
James Baldwin	26	37	24	159.0	27	7	15	5	0	.815									1.25	0.59						P
Albert Belle	31	163	159	1366.0	334	315	11	8	3	.976	-2.7	-2.4	1.3	4.7	-3.4	-4			2.15	2.00						LF-DH
Jason Bere	27	18	15	83.2	14	7	6	1	0	.929									1.40	0.72						P
Chad Bradford	23	29	0	30.2	10	1	8	1	0	.900									2.64	0.31						P
Mike Cameron	25	138	105	983.0	322	313	5	4	0	.988	12.0	14.6	12.0	0.7	11.3	0			2.91	2.30						CF-RF
Mike Caruso	21	131	129	1121.1	629	216	378	35	91	.944	-3.3	-3.5	-2.3	-0.5	-1.8		-1		4.77	4.53						SS
Larry Casian	32	4	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									4.50	0.50						P
Carlos Castillo	23	54	2	100.1	22	5	16	1	1	.955									1.88	0.39						P
Tony Castillo	35	25	0	27.0	10	1	9	0	2	1.000									3.33	0.40						P
Wil Cordero	26	95	90	765.1	786	713	66	7	78	.991	4.4	6.9	5.4	4.4	1.0	0	-1		9.16	8.20						1B-RF-LF
Ray Durham	26	158	156	1357.1	738	282	438	18	128	.976	-10.6	-9.4	-13.6	-4.6	-9.0		3		4.77	4.56						2B
Scott Eyre	26	33	17	107.0	19	1	17	1	3	.947									1.51	0.55						P
Tom Fordham	24	29	5	48.0	14	3	11	0	0	1.000									2.62	0.48						P
Keith Foulke	25	54	0	65.1	11	1	8	2	0	.818									1.24	0.17						P
Lou Frazier	33	3	1	14.2	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.0	81.8	1.0	0.6	0.4	0			3.07	1.67						CF
Mike Heathcott	29	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Bobby Howry	24	44	0	54.1	10	2	7	1	0	.900									1.49	0.20						P
Mark L. Johnson	22	7	5	53.2	38	36	2	0	1	1.000	1.0	22.4						1	6.37	5.43	0	0	2	2	50%	C
Matt Karchner	31	32	0	36.2	8	2	6	0	0	1.000									1.96	0.25						P
Chad Kreuter	33	91	71	647.0	466	424	35	7	4	.985	-1.0	-1.9						-1	6.38	5.04	5	29	49	24	33%	C
Robert Machado	25	34	33	283.0	210	189	17	4	0	.981	0.0	0.0						0	6.55	6.06	3	12	24	12	33%	C
Jaime Navarro	31	37	27	172.2	29	8	20	1	1	.966									1.46	0.76						P
Greg Norton	25	93	72	676.1	702	654	42	6	57	.991	-3.1	-5.5	-3.1	-0.1	-3.0		0		9.26	7.48						1B-3B-2B-DH
Charlie O'Brien	38	57	54	455.0	331	305	22	4	3	.988	1.0	2.6						1	6.47	5.74	0	17	47	21	31%	C
Magglio Ordonez	24	158	138	1227.0	338	323	10	5	2	.985	-6.2	-6.1	-2.2	-0.2	-2.0	-4			2.44	2.11						RF-CF
Jim Parque	22	21	21	113.0	23	7	16	0	0	1.000									1.83	1.10						P
Todd Rizzo	27	9	0	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	.000									0.00	0.00						P
Ruben Sierra	32	19	12	98.0	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	-1.8	-22.0	-0.8	-1.2	0.4	-1			1.84	1.05						RF-LF-DH
Bill Simas	26	60	0	70.2	14	9	5	0	1	1.000									1.78	0.23						P
Brian Simmons	24	6	4	39.2	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-0.9	-27.2	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	0			2.95	2.17						CF-LF
Mike Sirotka	27	33	33	211.2	44	9	34	1	1	.977									1.83	1.30						P
Chris Snopek	27	51	31	311.2	179	62	112	5	20	.972	-0.6	-2.3	-0.6	1.5	-2.1		0		5.02	3.41						SS-2B-1B-3B-RF-DH
John Snyder	23	15	14	86.1	23	8	14	1	0	.957									2.29	1.47						P
Frank Thomas	30	160	14	114.0	124	116	6	2	12	.984	-1.5	-15.8	-1.5	-2.6	1.1		0		9.63	0.76						1B-DH
Robin Ventura	30	161	158	1381.2	447	102	330	15	38	.966	32.5	28.2	29.5	9.4	20.1		3		2.81	2.68						3B
Bryan Ward	26	28	0	27.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000									0.67	0.07						P
Craig Wilson	27	14	11	106.0	47	20	27	0	8	1.000	0.4	4.5	0.4	-0.9	1.3		0		3.99	3.36						SS-2B-3B
Team Totals	27.1	163	1467	12948.0	6160	4315	1705	140	455	.977	5.1	0.5	12.1	2.6	9.5	-12	4	1	4.18	2.74	8	58	122	59	33%
Rank in 14 AL teams								2	4	13
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1997 / 1999 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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