1988 Chicago White Sox season

1988 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Larry Himes
Manager(s)	Jim Fregosi
Local television	WFLD Sportsvision (John Rooney, Tom Paciorek)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall, Lorn Brown) WTAQ (Frank Diaz, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 1988 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 89th season. They finished with a record 71-90, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 32.5 games behind of the 1st place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

November 12, 1987: Richard Dotson and Scott Nielsen were traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Dan Pasqua, Steve Rosenberg and Mark Salas.^[1]
November 16, 1987: Jeff Schaefer was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[2]
December 8, 1987: Rodney McCray was drafted by the White Sox from the San Diego Padres in the 1987 minor league draft.^[3]
December 10, 1987: Floyd Bannister and Dave Cochrane were traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Mélido Pérez, John Davis, Greg Hibbard and Chuck Mount (minors).^[4]
February 9, 1988: José DeLeón was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lance Johnson, Ricky Horton and cash.^[5]

Regular season

Twenty-six days and 21 losses after leaving spring training, the Baltimore Orioles finally got their first win of the season. The runs came in bunches and the pitching staff threw a shutout as the O's downed the Chicago White Sox, 9-0.^[6]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	104	58	0.642	—	54–27	50–31
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	13	47–34	44–37
Kansas City Royals	84	77	0.522	19½	44–36	40–41
California Angels	75	87	0.463	29	35–46	40–41
Chicago White Sox	71	90	0.441	32½	40–41	31–49
Texas Rangers	70	91	0.435	33½	38–43	32–48
Seattle Mariners	68	93	0.422	35½	37–44	31–49

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	5–7	4–7	4–9	5–8	0–12	4–9	3–9	3–10	4–8	7–5	6–6	5–8
Boston	9–4	—	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–7	6–6	10–3	7–5	9–4	3–9	6–6	8–4	2–11
California	7–5	4–8	—	9–4	8–4	5–7	5–8	3–9	4–9	6–6	4–9	6–7	8–5	6–6
Chicago	7–4	5–7	4–9	—	3–9	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–9	3–9	5–8	9–4	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	9–4	5–8	4–8	9–3	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	5–7	6–7	4–8	5–7	6–6	6–7
Detroit	8–5	7–6	7–5	9–3	9–4	—	8–4	5–8	1–11	8–5	4–8	9–3	8–4	5–8
Kansas City	12–0	6–6	8–5	6–7	6–6	4–8	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	8–5	7–5	7–6	4–8
Milwaukee	9–4	3–10	9–3	6–6	4–9	8–5	9–3	—	7–5	6–7	3–9	8–4	8–4	7–6
Minnesota	9–3	5–7	9–4	9–4	7–5	11–1	6–7	5–7	—	3–9	5–8	8–5	7–6	7–5
New York	10–3	4–9	6–6	9–3	7–6	5–8	6–6	7–6	9–3	—	6–6	5–7	5–6	6–7
Oakland	8–4	9–3	9–4	8–5	8–4	8–4	5–8	9–3	8–5	6–6	—	9–4	8–5	9–3
Seattle	5–7	6–6	7–6	4–9	7–5	3–9	5–7	4–8	5–8	7–5	4–9	—	6–7	5–7
Texas	6–6	4–8	5–8	5–8	6–6	4–8	6–7	4–8	6–7	6–5	5–8	7–6	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	11–2	6–6	5–7	7–6	8–5	8–4	6–7	5–7	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–6	—

1988 Opening Day Lineup

Notable transactions

June 1, 1988: Robin Ventura was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed October 21, 1988.^[7]
August 4, 1988: Mike Maksudian and Vince Harris (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Tom McCarthy and Steve Springer.^[8]
August 19, 1988: Gary Redus was traded by the White Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Diaz.^[9]
August 30, 1988: Ricky Horton was traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Hillegas.^[10]
September 25, 1988: Jim Morris was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[11]

Roster

1988 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

32 Jeff Bittiger

52 Joel Davis

31 John Davis

45 Shawn Hillegas

26 Ricky Horton

38 Barry Jones

38 Dave LaPoint

47 Bill Long

56 Ravelo Manzanillo

57 Tom McCarthy

40 Jack McDowell

25 Donn Pall

34 Ken Patterson

48 John Pawlowski

33 Mélido Pérez

42 Adam Peterson

41 Jerry Reuss

46 Steve Rosenberg

36 José Segura

37 Bobby Thigpen

45 Carl Willis

Catchers

72 Carlton Fisk

5 Ron Karkovice

27 Mark Salas

Infielders

20 Mike Diaz

13 Ozzie Guillén

15 Donnie Hill

12 Steve Lyons

10 Fred Manrique

24 Carlos Martínez

14 Russ Morman

28 Kelly Paris

30 Sap Randall

29 Greg Walker

20 Mike Woodard

Outfielders

3 Harold Baines

8 Daryl Boston

22 Iván Calderón

17 Dave Gallagher

1 Lance Johnson

44 Dan Pasqua

21 Gary Redus

7 Kenny Williams

Other batters

36 Jerry Hairston

Manager

16 Jim Fregosi

Coaches

35 Ed Brinkman

-- Ron Clark

-- Cal Emery

49 Dyar Miller

-- Don Rowe

-- Walt Williams

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,RF	158	599	55	166	39	1	13	81	67	109	.277	0
Daryl Boston, OF	105	281	37	61	12	2	15	31	21	44	.217	9
Iván Calderón, OF,DH	73	264	40	56	14	0	14	35	34	66	.212	4
Mike Diaz, 1B,DH	40	152	12	36	6	0	3	12	5	30	.237	0
Carlton Fisk, C	76	253	37	70	8	1	19	50	37	40	.277	0
Dave Gallagher, OF	101	347	59	105	15	3	5	31	29	40	.303	5
Ozzie Guillén, SS	156	566	58	148	16	7	0	39	25	40	.261	25
Jerry Hairston, PH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Donnie Hill, 2B,3B,DH	83	221	17	48	6	1	2	20	26	32	.217	3
Lance Johnson, OF	33	124	11	23	4	1	0	6	6	11	.185	6
Ron Karkovice, C	46	115	10	20	4	0	3	9	7	30	.174	4
Steve Lyons, 3B,OF,2B	146	472	59	127	28	3	5	45	32	59	.269	1
Fred Manrique, 2B,SS	140	345	43	81	10	6	5	37	21	54	.235	6
Carlos Martinez, 3B	17	55	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	12	.164	1
Russ Morman, 1B,LF,DH	40	75	8	18	2	0	0	3	3	17	.240	0
Kelly Paris, 1B,3B	14	44	6	11	0	0	3	6	0	6	.250	0
Dan Pasqua, OF,1B,DH	129	422	48	96	16	2	20	50	46	100	.227	1
Sap Randall, 1B,RF,DH	4	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.000	0
Gary Redus, OF	77	262	42	69	10	4	6	34	33	52	.263	26
Mark Salas, C	75	196	17	49	7	0	3	9	12	17	.250	0
Greg Walker, 1B	99	377	45	93	22	1	8	42	29	77	.247	0
Kenny Williams, OF,3B,DH	73	220	18	35	4	2	8	28	10	64	.159	6
Mike Woodard, 2B	18	45	3	6	0	1	0	4	1	5	.133	1
Team totals	161	5449	631	1327	224	35	132	573	446	908	.244	98

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
Jeff Bittiger	2	4	4.23	25	7	0	61.2	59	31	29	11	32	33
Joel Davis	0	1	6.75	5	2	0	16.0	21	12	12	4	5	10
John Davis	2	5	6.64	34	1	1	63.2	77	58	47	5	60	37
Shawn Hillegas	3	2	3.15	6	6	0	40.0	30	16	14	4	18	26
Ricky Horton	6	10	4.86	52	9	2	109.1	120	64	59	6	40	28
Barry Jones	2	2	2.42	17	0	1	26.0	15	7	7	3	18	17
Dave LaPoint	10	11	3.40	25	25	0	161.1	151	69	61	10	48	79
Bill Long	8	11	4.03	47	18	2	174.0	187	89	78	21	47	77
Ravelo Manzanillo	0	1	5.79	2	2	0	9.1	7	6	6	1	12	10
Tom McCarthy	2	0	1.38	6	0	1	13.0	9	2	2	0	2	5
Jack McDowell	5	10	3.97	26	26	0	158.2	147	85	70	12	73	84
Donn Pall	0	2	3.45	17	0	0	28.2	39	11	11	1	9	16
Ken Patterson	0	2	4.79	9	2	1	20.2	25	11	11	2	7	8
John Pawlowski	1	0	8.36	6	0	0	14.0	20	14	13	2	3	10
Mélido Pérez	12	10	3.79	32	32	0	197.0	186	105	83	26	72	138
Adam Peterson	0	1	13.50	2	2	0	6.0	6	9	9	0	7	5
Jerry Reuss	13	9	3.44	32	29	0	183.0	183	79	70	15	44	73
Steve Rosenberg	0	1	4.30	33	0	1	46.0	53	22	22	5	19	28
Jose Segura	0	0	13.50	4	0	0	8.2	19	17	13	1	8	2
Bobby Thigpen	5	8	3.30	68	0	34	90.0	96	38	33	6	36	62
Carl Willis	0	0	8.25	6	0	0	12.0	17	12	11	3	8	6
Team totals	71	90	4.12	161	161	43	1439.0	1467	757	659	138	567	754

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Terry Bevington
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Rico Petrocelli
A	Tampa White Sox	Florida State League	Marv Foley
A	South Bend White Sox	Midwest League	Steve Dillard
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Rick Patterson
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Art Kusnyer

References

↑ Dan Pasqua at Baseball Reference
↑ Jeff Schaefer at Baseball Reference
↑ Rodney McCray at Baseball Reference
↑ Mélido Pérez at Baseball Reference
↑ Lance Johnson at Baseball Reference
↑ Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On
↑ Robin Ventura at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Maksudian at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Diaz at Baseball Reference
↑ Shawn Hillegas at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Morris at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

1988 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1988 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1988 All-Star Game 1988 World Series

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