1996 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersRon Schueler
ManagersTerry Bevington
TelevisionWGN-TV
SportsChannel Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
RadioWMVP
(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
WIND (AM)
(Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)
Seasons

The 1996 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 97th season. They finished with a record of 85–77, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 14.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

  • December 28, 1995: Tim Raines was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Blaise Kozeniewski (minors) (February 6, 1996) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.[1]
  • January 20, 1996: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.[2]
  • January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9962 0.615 — 51–29 48–33
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 14½ 44–37 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8082 0.494 19½ 38–43 42–39
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 21½ 39–43 39–41
Kansas City Royals 7586 0.466 24 37–43 38–43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Mariners2–3 (12)HurtadoSimas (0–1)—57,4670–1
April: 15–9 (Home: 7–3; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 2@ Mariners2–3HitchcockAlvarez (0–1)Charlton38,5700–2
3April 3@ Mariners4–2Magrane (1–0)WolcottHernandez (1)22,7831–2
4April 5@ Angels6–7 (11)JamesMcCaskill (0–1)—22,8121–3
5April 6@ Angels8–4Fernandez (1–0)Abbott—26,4472–3
6April 7@ Angels5–6FinleyAlvarez (0–2)Percival16,9702–4
7April 9Rangers2–3GrossThomas (0–1)Henneman34,7502–5
8April 11Rangers8–5 (11)Thomas (1–1)Henneman—16,6853–5
9April 12Athletics2–7ReyesFernandez (1–1)—13,6233–6
10April 13Athletics6–5 (12)Karchner (1–0)Wengert—15,8124–6
11April 14Athletics5–10GroomSimas (0–2)—15,2364–7
12April 15@ Royals11–10Karchner (2–0)PichardoHernandez (2)12,6535–7
13April 16@ Royals5–6BelcherBere (0–1)Montgomery12,3995–8
14April 17@ Royals3–1Fernandez (2–1)AppierHernandez (3)13,3506–8
15April 19@ Athletics4–3Karchner (3–0)BriscoeHernandez (4)31,3207–8
16April 20@ Athletics8–3Tapani (1–0)Van Poppel—16,4808–8
17April 21@ Athletics5–6CorsiSimas (0–3)Mohler16,1258–9
18April 22@ Rangers12–4Fernandez (3–1)WittKarchner (1)22,3489–9
19April 23@ Rangers6–5Baldwin (1–0)HillHernandez (5)29,12310–9
20April 24Mariners2–1Alvarez (1–2)BosioHernandez (6)15,88211–9
21April 25Mariners4–3Tapani (2–0)WolcottHernandez (7)14,67912–9
22April 27Angels2–1Fernandez (4–1)AbbottHernandez (8)18,13913–9
23April 28Angels10–1Baldwin (2–0)Finley—15,57414–9
24April 29Angels4–3Alvarez (2–2)GrimsleyHernandez (9)12,54915–9
25April 30@ Indians3–5MartinezTapani (2–1)Mesa40,26815–10
May: 17–10 (Home: 11–2; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Indians5–9McDowellMcCaskill (0–2)Plunk40,44715–11
27May 2@ Yankees1–5ConeFernandez (4–2)—19,77315–12
28May 3@ Yankees0–2RiveraThomas (1–2)Wetteland15,59915–13
29May 4@ Yankees11–5Karchner (4–0)Nelson—20,66116–13
30May 5@ Yankees1–7PettitteTapani (2–2)—26,52516–14
31May 7Orioles3–2Fernandez (5–2)WellsHernandez (10)16,13017–14
32May 8Orioles11–2Baldwin (3–0)Erickson—14,97418–14
33May 9Orioles4–6MussinaAlvarez (2–3)Myers14,50718–15
34May 10Yankees5–2Tapani (3–2)PettitteHernandez (11)15,78419–15
35May 11Yankees7–5McCaskill (1–2)Wetteland—25,72220–15
36May 12Yankees8–9WickmanThomas (1–3)Wetteland17,40520–16
37May 13@ Brewers2–6SparksBaldwin (3–1)Boze9,54420–17
38May 15@ Brewers20–8Alvarez (3–3)BonesKeyser (1)8,73321–17
39May 16@ Brewers2–3LloydTapani (3–3)Fetters13,84921–18
40May 17@ Tigers11–6 (10)Hernandez (1–0)Lewis—12,09422–18
41May 18@ Tigers16–4McCaskill (2–2)FarrellSimas (1)21,67323–18
42May 19@ Tigers14–3Alvarez (4–3)Gohr—9,70924–18
43May 21Blue Jays2–1Tapani (4–3)WareHernandez (12)17,48325–18
44May 22Blue Jays2–1 (11)McCaskill (3–2)Timlin—17,88226–18
45May 24Brewers4–3Thomas (2–3)SparksHernandez (13)18,34627–18
46May 25Brewers9–7Alvarez (5–3)BonesHernandez (14)20,58528–18
47May 26Brewers12–1Tapani (5–3)McDonald—21,15129–18
48May 27@ Blue Jays4–5JanzenFernandez (5–3)Timlin30,01329–19
49May 28@ Blue Jays8–5Baldwin (4–1)ViolaHernandez (15)30,10430–19
50May 29@ Blue Jays5–6HansonMagrane (1–1)Timlin31,07430–20
51May 30Tigers8–2Alvarez (6–3)Olivares—17,33931–20
52May 31Tigers9–0Tapani (6–3)Lira—16,98332–20
June: 14–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 2Tigers4–2Baldwin (5–1)ThompsonHernandez (16)—33–20
54June 2Tigers13–5McCaskill (4–2)Keagle—26,12534–20
55June 4@ Red Sox6–4Alvarez (7–3)GundersonHernandez (17)23,71535–20
56June 5@ Red Sox8–6 (12)Keyser (1–0)Slocumb—24,24636–20
57June 6@ Red Sox4–7EshelmanMagrane (1–2)Stanton24,38236–21
58June 7@ Orioles8–2Fernandez (6–3)Erickson—47,20937–21
59June 8@ Orioles2–1Baldwin (6–1)MerckerHernandez (18)47,63438–21
60June 9@ Orioles12–9Karchner (5–0)MussinaHernandez (19)47,35239–21
61June 10Red Sox8–2Tapani (7–3)Wakefield—21,79940–21
62June 11Red Sox2–9EshelmanMagrane (1–3)—20,79240–22
63June 12Red Sox2–3 (12)HudsonKarchner (5–1)—21,13940–23
64June 14@ Mariners4–1Alvarez (8–3)HitchcockHernandez (20)30,16341–23
65June 15@ Mariners6–8 (12)CarmonaMcCaskill (4–3)—47,04241–24
66June 16@ Mariners6–7WellsMagrane (1–4)Jackson34,58841–25
67June 17@ Angels8–9 (13)HancockMcCaskill (4–4)—17,83641–26
68June 18@ Angels4–5FinleySimas (0–4)Percival19,21341–27
69June 19@ Angels2–14McElroyAlvarez (8–4)—22,96041–28
70June 20Mariners5–8HitchcockTapani (7–4)Charlton23,01741–29
71June 21Mariners2–12WagnerMagrane (1–5)—23,25341–30
72June 22Mariners2–4WellsFernandez (6–4)Charlton27,03641–31
73June 23Mariners7–6 (10)McCaskill (5–4)Guetterman—26,76842–31
74June 24Angels4–2Alvarez (9–4)JamesHernandez (21)—43–31
75June 24Angels4–6HancockSirotka (0–1)Percival24,46943–32
76June 25Angels3–2Tapani (8–4)LangstonHernandez (22)23,27044–32
77June 27Indians15–10Fernandez (7–4)Swindell—27,78245–32
78June 28Indians4–2Baldwin (7–1)TavarezHernandez (23)33,13646–32
79June 29Indians2–3 (10)ShueyKarchner (5–2)—43,60146–33
80June 30Indians2–4HershiserTapani (8–5)Mesa30,35146–34
July: 12–15 (Home: 4–10; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Twins7–10AguileraSirotka (0–2)—19,21146–35
82July 2Twins7–4Fernandez (8–4)AldredHernandez (24)18,35747–35
83July 3Twins5–6RadkeAndujar (0–1)Stevens26,11347–36
84July 4@ Indians6–5 (10)Karchner (6–2)MesaHernandez (25)42,35548–36
85July 5@ Indians7–0Alvarez (10–4)Hershiser—42,53649–36
86July 6@ Indians3–2Karchner (7–2)ShueyHernandez (26)42,45450–36
87July 7@ Indians1–6OgeaFernandez (8–5)Assenmacher42,34350–37
88July 11@ Royals2–3HaneyAlvarez (10–5)—22,92850–38
89July 12@ Royals7–6Tapani (9–5)BelcherHernandez (27)18,45851–38
90July 13@ Royals3–1Fernandez (9–5)Rosado—25,36352–38
91July 14@ Royals3–2Baldwin (8–1)LintonHernandez (28)17,02453–38
92July 15@ Twins5–16AldredMcCaskill (5–5)—13,63653–39
93July 16@ Twins11–2Alvarez (11–5)Radke—18,50254–39
94July 17@ Twins3–4TrombleySimas (0–5)—20,75554–40
95July 18Royals1–7AppierFernandez (9–6)Pichardo17,65754–41
96July 19Royals4–7 (10)MontgomeryHernandez (1–1)—19,60454–42
97July 20Royals5–7LintonKeyser (1–1)Montgomery32,28254–43
98July 21Royals6–3Alvarez (12–5)HaneyHernandez (29)21,25355–43
99July 22Athletics5–6TaylorKarchner (7–3)—23,57255–44
100July 23Athletics4–8WengertFernandez (9–7)Corsi18,52755–45
101July 24Athletics5–6CorsiSimas (0–6)Taylor23,35055–46
102July 25Rangers3–4 (12)RussellKeyser (1–2)Henneman19,52455–47
103July 26Rangers6–2Alvarez (13–5)Oliver—21,39856–47
104July 27Rangers4–6 (10)HerediaSimas (0–7)Vosberg22,62956–48
105July 28Rangers5–1Fernandez (10–7)Pavlik—20,90257–48
106July 30@ Athletics2–1Baldwin (9–1)TelghederHernandez (30)14,21058–48
107July 31@ Athletics4–5WitasickKarchner (7–4)Taylor13,12758–49
August: 15–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Athletics8–3Tapani (10–5)WasdinHernandez (31)10,51459–49
109August 2@ Rangers9–0Fernandez (11–7)Pavlik—36,29960–49
110August 3@ Rangers11–9Hernandez (2–1)Russell—46,48161–49
111August 4@ Rangers5–9WittBaldwin (9–2)—32,85461–50
112August 5@ Rangers15–5Alvarez (14–5)Oliver—29,97362–50
113August 6@ Yankees2–9RogersTapani (10–6)—33,02562–51
114August 7@ Yankees8–4 (10)Hernandez (3–1)Nelson—31,09863–51
115August 8@ Yankees4–8WickmanAndujar (0–2)Rivera35,89863–52
116August 9Orioles4–3 (10)Simas (1–7)Myers—23,99564–52
117August 10Orioles4–13MussinaAlvarez (14–6)McDowell26,77264–53
118August 11Orioles8–5Tapani (11–6)MillsHernandez (32)27,08865–53
119August 12Yankees3–2 (10)Hernandez (4–1)Wetteland—32,49266–53
120August 13Yankees8–4Bertotti (1–0)Weathers—26,45567–53
121August 14Yankees1–3PettitteBaldwin (9–3)Rivera23,35067–54
122August 16@ Brewers7–9MirandaLevine (0–1)Villone—67–55
123August 16@ Brewers2–3Van EgmondTapani (11–7)Fetters25,52967–56
124August 17@ Brewers6–2Fernandez (12–7)McDonaldHernandez (33)31,55168–56
125August 18@ Brewers7–8MirandaDarwin (0–1)Fetters33,09468–57
126August 19@ Tigers12–7Simas (2–7)Lima—14,69069–57
127August 20@ Tigers11–16LewisTapani (11–8)—12,11969–58
128August 21@ Tigers4–7LimaSimas (2–8)Olson13,42469–59
129August 22Blue Jays0–1 (6)HansonFernandez (12–8)—22,39469–60
130August 23Blue Jays2–4HentgenRuffcorn (0–1)—19,13269–61
131August 24Blue Jays2–9WilliamsBaldwin (9–4)—29,41369–62
132August 25Blue Jays10–9 (10)Hernandez (5–1)Timlin—19,64770–62
133August 26Brewers2–3EldredAlvarez (14–7)Jones19,63770–63
134August 27Brewers2–4Van EgmondFernandez (12–9)Fetters15,44370–64
135August 28Brewers2–0Baldwin (10–4)McDonaldHernandez (34)17,26971–64
136August 30@ Blue Jays11–2Tapani (12–8)Williams—30,07272–64
137August 31@ Blue Jays5–1Alvarez (15–7)Flener—32,14173–64
September: 12–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Blue Jays4–2 (11)Hernandez (6–1)Spoljaric—30,15674–64
139September 2Tigers6–8MyersHernandez (6–2)Lima19,59974–65
140September 3Tigers6–4Bertotti (2–0)OlivaresHernandez (35)13,85775–65
141September 4Tigers11–6Castillo (1–0)Miller—15,12076–65
142September 6Red Sox3–10WakefieldAlvarez (15–8)—18,41776–66
143September 7Red Sox4–3Fernandez (13–9)ClemensHernandez (36)28,21977–66
144September 8Red Sox7–4Baldwin (11–4)SeleHernandez (37)19,98378–66
145September 10@ Orioles1–5WellsTapani (12–9)—43,32078–67
146September 11@ Orioles6–7 (10)MillsHernandez (6–3)—43,32078–68
147September 12@ Orioles11–3Fernandez (14–9)Mussina—47,34279–68
148September 13@ Red Sox5–9ClemensBaldwin (11–5)Slocumb28,90779–69
149September 14@ Red Sox13–5Castillo (2–0)GordonSimas (2)31,84180–69
150September 15@ Red Sox8–9SlocumbHernandez (6–4)—32,45280–70
151September 16Indians3–4McDowellAlvarez (15–9)—25,39280–71
152September 17Indians4–9AndersonFernandez (14–10)Plunk18,76380–72
153September 18Indians3–4LopezBaldwin (11–6)Mesa20,28980–73
154September 19Twins8–3Sirotka (1–2)RodriguezCastillo (1)14,25381–73
155September 20Twins7–3Tapani (13–9)Robertson—15,67382–73
156September 21Twins3–4RadkeAlvarez (15–10)Trombley18,86682–74
157September 22Twins5–1Fernandez (15–10)Aldred—20,11183–74
158September 24Royals3–2Castillo (3–0)Belcher—14,34884–74
159September 25Royals2–8AppierTapani (13–10)—15,91184–75
160September 27@ Twins4–2Fernandez (16–10)RadkeHernandez (38)13,05885–75
161September 28@ Twins6–7TrombleyCastillo (3–1)—34,00885–76
162September 29@ Twins4–5 (10)GuardadoHernandez (6–5)—13,30685–77
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = White Sox team member

Detailed records

1996 Opening Day lineup

Transactions

  • August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.[4]

Roster

1996 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Harold Baines, DH 143 495 80 154 29 0 22 95 73 62 .311 3
Pat Borders, C 31 94 6 26 1 0 3 6 5 18 .277 0
Mike Cameron, OF 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 0
Domingo Cedeño, SS,2B 12 19 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 4 .158 1
Ray Durham, 2B 156 557 79 153 33 5 10 53 58 95 .275 30
Ozzie Guillén, SS 150 499 62 131 24 8 4 45 10 27 .263 6
Ron Karkovice, C 111 355 44 78 22 0 10 38 24 93 .220 0
Chad Kreuter, C 46 114 14 25 8 0 3 18 13 29 .219 0
Darren Lewis, CF 141 337 55 77 12 2 4 53 45 40 .228 21
Robert Machado, C 4 6 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .667 0
Norberto Martin, SS,2B,DH 70 140 30 49 7 0 1 14 6 17 .350 10
Dave Martinez, OF,1B 146 440 85 140 20 8 10 53 52 52 .318 15
Lyle Mouton, OF,DH 87 214 25 63 8 1 7 39 22 50 .294 3
Jose Munoz, 2B,SS,3B,LF 17 27 7 7 0 0 0 1 4 1 .259 0
Greg Norton, SS,3B 11 23 4 5 0 0 2 3 4 6 .217 0
Tony Phillips, LF,2B 153 581 119 161 29 3 12 63 125 132 .277 13
Mike Robertson, 1B 6 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0
Don Slaught, C 14 36 2 9 1 0 0 4 2 2 .250 0
Chris Snopek, 3B,SS 46 104 18 27 6 1 6 18 6 16 .260 0
Danny Tartabull, RF,DH 132 472 58 120 23 3 27 101 64 128 .254 1
Frank Thomas, 1B 141 527 110 184 26 0 40 134 109 70 .349 1
Robin Ventura, 3B,1B 158 586 96 168 31 2 34 105 78 81 .287 1
Team Totals 162 5644 898 1586 284 33 195 860 701 927 .281 105

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Wilson Álvarez 15 10 4.22 35 35 0 217.1 216 106 102 21 100 181
Luis Andújar 0 2 8.22 5 5 0 23.0 32 22 21 4 15 6
James Baldwin 11 6 4.42 28 28 0 169.0 168 88 83 24 60 127
Jason Bere 0 1 10.26 5 5 0 16.2 26 19 19 3 19 19
Mike Bertotti 2 0 5.14 15 2 0 28.0 28 18 16 5 23 19
Tony Castillo 3 1 1.59 15 0 1 22.2 23 7 4 1 5 9
Jeff Darwin 0 1 2.93 22 0 0 30.2 26 10 10 5 10 15
Alex Fernandez 16 10 3.45 35 35 0 258.0 248 110 99 34 76 200
Marvin Freeman 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 1 1
Roberto Hernández 6 5 1.91 72 0 38 84.0 65 21 18 2 43 85
Stacy Jones 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Karchner 7 4 5.76 50 0 1 59.1 61 42 38 10 49 46
Brian Keyser 1 2 4.98 28 0 1 59.2 78 35 33 3 36 19
Al Levine 0 1 5.40 16 0 0 18.1 22 14 11 1 8 12
Joe Magrane 1 5 6.88 19 8 0 53.2 70 45 41 10 26 21
Kirk McCaskill 5 5 6.97 29 4 0 51.2 72 41 40 6 39 28
Scott Ruffcorn 0 1 11.37 3 1 0 6.1 10 8 8 1 6 3
Rich Sauveur 0 0 15.00 3 0 0 3.0 3 5 5 1 5 1
Bill Simas 2 8 4.58 64 0 2 72.2 75 39 37 5 45 95
Mike Sirotka 1 2 7.18 15 4 0 26.1 34 27 21 3 12 11
Kevin Tapani 13 10 4.59 34 34 0 225.1 236 123 115 34 81 150
Larry Thomas 2 3 3.23 57 0 0 30.2 32 11 11 1 16 20
Team Totals 85 77 4.52 162 162 43 1461.0 1529 794 733 174 676 1039

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Rick Renick
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Mike Heath
A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Dave Huppert
A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Dave Keller
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Chris Cron
Rookie Bristol White Sox Appalachian League Nick Capra
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Hector Rincones

[5]

References

  1. ↑ Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Danny Tartabull Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Marvin Freeman Stats".
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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