1988 Chicago White Sox season

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.

1988 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)Larry Himes
Manager(s)Jim Fregosi
Local televisionWFLD
Sportsvision
(John Rooney, Tom Paciorek)
Local radioWMAQ (AM)
(Del Crandall, Lorn Brown)
WTAQ
(Frank Diaz, Jose Manuel Flores)
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Offseason

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 10458 0.642 — 54–27 50–31
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 13 47–34 44–37
Kansas City Royals 8477 0.522 19½ 44–36 40–41
California Angels 7587 0.463 29 35–46 40–41
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 32½ 40–41 31–49
Texas Rangers 7091 0.435 33½ 38–43 32–48
Seattle Mariners 6893 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 —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

1988 Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1988 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,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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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References
  1. Dan Pasqua at Baseball Reference
  2. Jeff Schaefer at Baseball Reference
  3. Rodney McCray at Baseball Reference
  4. Mélido Pérez at Baseball Reference
  5. Lance Johnson at Baseball Reference
  6. Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On
  7. Robin Ventura at Baseball Reference
  8. Mike Maksudian at Baseball Reference
  9. Mike Diaz at Baseball Reference
  10. Shawn Hillegas at Baseball Reference
  11. Jim Morris at Baseball Reference
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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