1998 Chicago White Sox Statistics and Roster

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1998 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997/1999)
80-82, Finished 2nd in AL Central Division
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Scored 861 runs, Allowed 931 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Managed by Jerry Manuel

Ballpark: Comiskey Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,391,146 (12th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Chad Kreuter        33   93  245   26   62   9  1   2   33  32   45  .253  .345  .322   1   0   8   3   5   1   1   77
1B  Wil Cordero         26   96  341   58   91  18  2  13   49  22   66  .267  .314  .446   2   1   7   3   1   4   0   97
2B #Ray Durham          26  158  635  126  181  35  8  19   67  73  105  .285  .363  .455  36   9   5   6   6   3   3  114
3B *Robin Ventura       30  161  590   84  155  31  4  21   91  79  111  .263  .349  .436   1   1  10   1   1   3  15  105
SS *Mike Caruso         21  133  523   81  160  17  6   5   55  14   38  .306  .331  .390  22   6   8   7   8   3   0   89
LF  Albert Belle        31  163  609  113  200  48  2  49  152  81   84  .328  .399  .655   6   4  17   1   0  15  10  171
CF  Mike Cameron        25  141  396   53   83  16  5   8   43  37  101  .210  .285  .336  27  11   6   6   1   3   0   63
RF  Magglio Ordonez     24  145  535   70  151  25  2  14   65  28   53  .282  .326  .415   9   7  19   9   2   4   1   93
DH  Frank Thomas        30  160  585  109  155  35  2  29  109 110   93  .265  .381  .480   7   0  14   6   0  11   2  125
   #Greg Norton         25  105  299   38   71  17  2   9   36  26   77  .237  .301  .398   3   3  11   2   1   2   1   82
    Jeff Abbott         25   89  244   33   68  14  1  12   41   9   28  .279  .298  .492   3   3   2   0   2   5   1  103
    Charlie O'Brien     38   57  164   12   43   9  0   4   18   9   31  .262  .303  .390   0   0   3   2   3   3   0   81
    Chris Snopek        27   53  125   17   26   2  0   1    4  14   24  .208  .291  .248   3   0   4   1   0   1   0   44
    Robert Machado      25   34  111   14   23   6  0   3   15   7   22  .207  .254  .342   0   0   3   0   3   0   0   55
   #Ruben Sierra        32   27   74    7   16   4  1   4   11   3   11  .216  .247  .459   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   80
    Craig Wilson        27   13   47   14   22   5  0   3   10   3    6  .468  .490  .766   1   0   0   0   2   1   0  224
   *Mark L. Johnson     22    7   23    2    2   0  2   0    1   1    8  .087  .125  .261   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -2
   #Brian Simmons       24    5   19    4    7   0  0   2    6   0    2  .368  .368  .684   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  169
   #Lou Frazier         33    7    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    6  .000  .222  .000   4   0   0   0   1   0   0  -34

   *Mike Sirotka        27   33    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
   *Scott Eyre          26   33    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    James Baldwin       26   37    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Carlos Castillo     23   54    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Tom Fordham         24   29    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jaime Navarro       31   37    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jim Parque          22   21    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  163 5585  861 1516 291 38 198  800 551  916  .271  .337  .444 127  46 113  41  32  53  28  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9    4    8  10  3   7        8   12     8     7     8   6  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Mike Sirotka        27  33   5.06  14  15  0  33   0   5   0  211.7  255  137  119  30   47  128  911   3   2  1   0  90
SP  Jaime Navarro       31  37   6.36   8  16  1  27   4   1   0  172.7  223  135  122  30   77   71  802  18   7  0   1  72
SP  James Baldwin       26  37   5.32  13   6  0  24   3   1   0  159.0  176  103   94  18   60  108  712   5  10  1   2  86
SP *Jim Parque          22  21   5.10   7   5  0  21   0   0   0  113.0  135   72   64  14   49   77  507   0   6  3   0  90
SP *Scott Eyre          26  33   5.38   3   8  0  17  10   0   0  107.0  114   78   64  24   64   73  491   7   2  0   0  85
SP  Jason Bere          27  18   6.45   3   7  0  15   0   0   0   83.7   98   71   60  14   58   53  404   7   2  0   0  71
SP  John Snyder         23  15   4.80   7   2  0  14   0   1   0   86.3   96   49   46  14   23   52  367   2   2  0   1  95
SP *Jim Abbott          30   5   4.55   5   0  0   5   0   0   0   31.7   35   16   16   2   12   14  134   0   1  0   0 100

CL  Bill Simas          26  60   3.57   4   3 18   0  41   0   0   70.7   54   29   28  12   22   56  287   1   1  0   4 128
RP  Keith Foulke        25  54   4.13   3   2  1   0  18   0   0   65.3   51   31   30   9   20   57  267   3   4  1   3 110
RP  Carlos Castillo     23  54   5.11   6   4  0   2  11   0   0  100.3   94   61   57  17   35   64  431   4   5  3   1  89
RP  Bobby Howry         24  44   3.15   0   3  9   0  15   0   0   54.3   37   20   19   7   19   51  217   2   2  0   2 145
RP  Matt Karchner       31  32   5.15   2   4 11   0  23   0   0   36.7   33   21   21   2   19   30  167   0   5  0   6  89

   *Tom Fordham         24  29   6.75   1   2  0   5   5   0   0   48.0   51   36   36   7   42   23  228   1   1  0   0  68
    Chad Bradford       23  29   3.23   2   1  1   0   8   0   0   30.7   27   16   11   0    7   11  125   1   0  1   0 141
   *Tony Castillo       35  25   8.00   1   2  0   0   4   0   0   27.0   38   25   24   7   11   14  129   0   2  0   0  57
   *Bryan Ward          26  28   3.33   1   2  1   0   9   0   0   27.0   30   13   10   4    7   17  116   0   0  0   0 137
   *Todd Rizzo          27   9  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.7   12   12   10   0    6    3   38   2   0  0   0  34
   *Larry Casian        32   4  11.25   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    4.0    8    5    5   0    1    6   23   0   2  0   0  41
    Mike Heathcott      29   1   3.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    1    1   0    1    3   12   2   0  0   0 152
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 163   5.24  80  82 42 163 155   8   4 1438.3 1569  931  837 211  580  911 6368  58  54 10  20  87
    Rank among 14 AL teams         14   7   8  8           9  11      8   11   14       14   10   14
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CKreuter 647 71 91 424 35 7 4 .985 5 29 49 24 CO'Brien 455 54 57 305 22 4 3 .988 0 17 47 21 RMachado 283 33 34 189 17 4 0 .981 3 12 24 12 MJohnson 53 5 7 36 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 2 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 163 163 954 76 15 8 .986 8 58 122 59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WCordero 687 81 83 698 66 6 78 .992 10.00 GNorton 630 67 79 642 30 4 57 .994 9.60 FThomas 114 14 14 116 6 2 12 .984 9.63 CSnopek 7 1 1 9 0 0 1 1.000 11.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 1465 102 12 148 .992 9.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RDurham 1357 156 158 282 438 18 128 .976 4.77 CSnopek 54 4 12 6 19 1 3 .962 4.14 CWilson 26 3 4 7 9 0 4 1.000 5.54 GNorton 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 295 468 19 135 .976 4.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RVentura 1381 158 161 102 330 15 38 .966 2.81 GNorton 45 5 11 12 10 2 0 .917 4.40 CSnopek 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CWilson 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 114 341 17 38 .964 2.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *4.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCaruso 1121 129 131 216 378 35 91 .944 4.77 CSnopek 243 26 33 47 93 4 16 .972 5.18 CWilson 74 8 8 13 17 0 4 1.000 3.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 276 488 39 111 .951 4.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABelle 1366 159 159 315 11 8 3 .976 2.15 JAbbott 30 0 20 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 WCordero 29 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 RSierra 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 BSimmons 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 332 11 8 3 .977 2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCameron 972 104 136 310 5 4 0 .987 2.92 JAbbott 264 34 38 71 0 3 0 .959 2.41 MOrdonez 152 20 22 47 3 0 1 1.000 2.95 BSimmons 35 4 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.34 LFrazier 14 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 446 8 7 1 .985 2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MOrdonez 1074 118 136 276 7 5 1 .983 2.37 JAbbott 214 27 27 51 0 1 0 .981 2.14 RSierra 89 11 12 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.82 WCordero 49 6 8 10 0 1 0 .909 1.84 MCameron 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 CSnopek 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 357 8 7 1 .981 2.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- ABelle 1366 159 159 316 11 8 3 .976 2.15 MOrdonez 1227 138 145 320 10 5 2 .985 2.42 MCameron 983 105 138 314 6 4 0 .988 2.93 JAbbott 508 61 76 132 0 4 0 .971 2.34 RSierra 98 12 14 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 WCordero 78 9 11 14 0 1 0 .933 1.62 BSimmons 39 4 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.95 LFrazier 14 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.06 CSnopek 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 163 163 1133 28 22 5 .981 2.42 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MSirotka 211 33 33 9 34 1 1 .977 1.83 JNavarro 172 27 37 8 20 1 1 .966 1.46 JBaldwin 159 24 37 7 15 5 0 .815 1.25 JParque 113 21 21 7 16 0 0 1.000 1.83 SEyre 107 17 33 1 17 1 3 .947 1.51 CCastillo 100 2 54 5 16 1 1 .955 1.88 JSnyder 86 14 15 8 14 1 0 .957 2.29 JBere 83 15 18 7 6 1 0 .929 1.40 BSimas 70 0 60 9 5 0 1 1.000 1.78 KFoulke 65 0 54 1 8 2 0 .818 1.24 BHowry 54 0 44 2 7 1 0 .900 1.49 TFordham 48 5 29 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.62 MKarchner 36 0 32 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.96 JAbbott 31 5 5 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.41 CBradford 30 0 29 1 8 1 0 .900 2.64 BWard 27 0 28 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 TCastillo 27 0 25 1 9 0 2 1.000 3.33 TRizzo 6 0 9 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 LCasian 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 MHeathcott 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 163 163 76 203 16 10 .946 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- FThomas 146 RSierra 5 ABelle 4 JAbbott 2 GNorton 2 CSnopek 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Belle .328

On-base % Belle .399

Slugging % Belle .655

OPS Belle 1.054

Games Belle 163

At Bats Durham 635

Plate Appearances (approx.) Durham 723

Runs Durham 126

Hits Belle 200

Total Bases Belle 399

Doubles Belle 48

Triples Durham 8

Home Runs Belle 49

RBI Belle 152

Bases on Balls Thomas 110

Strikeouts Ventura 111

Stolen Bases Durham 36

Singles Caruso 132

Adjusted OPS+ Belle 171

Runs Created Belle 158

Adjusted Batting Runs Belle 66

Batting Wins Belle 6.0

Extra-Base Hits Belle 99

Times on Base Belle 282

Offensive Win% Belle .750

Hit By Pitch Ordonez 9

Sac. Hits Caruso 8

Sac. Flies Belle 15

Intentional Walks Ventura 15

Grounded into Double Plays Ordonez 19

Caught Stealing Cameron 11

Power/Speed Number Durham 24.9

At Bats per Strikeout Caruso 13.8

At Bats per Home Run Belle 12.4

Outs Durham 477

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Sirotka 5.06

Wins Sirotka 14

Won-Loss % Baldwin .684

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sirotka 1.427

Hits Allowed/9IP Sirotka 10.84

Bases on Balls/9IP Sirotka 2.00

Strikeouts/9IP Sirotka 5.44

Games Simas 60

Saves Simas 18

Innings Sirotka 211.7

Strikeouts Sirotka 128

Games Started Sirotka 33

Comp. Games Sirotka 5

Home Runs Allow. Navarro and Sirotka 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Navarro 77

Hits Allowed Sirotka 255

SO to Walk Sirotka 2.72

Losses Navarro 16

Earned Runs Allow. Navarro 122

Wild Pitches Navarro 18

Hit Batsmen Baldwin 10

Batters Faced Sirotka 911

Games Finished Simas 41

Adjusted ERA+ Sirotka 90

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Albert Belle $ 10,000,000

Frank Thomas $ 7,000,000

Robin Ventura $ 6,100,000

Jaime Navarro $ 5,000,000

Ray Durham $ 1,935,000

Tony Castillo $ 1,250,000

Chad Kreuter $ 710,000

Jason Bere $ 700,000

Charlie O'Brien $ 700,000

Ruben Sierra $ 500,000

James Baldwin $ 300,000

Matt Karchner $ 300,000

Bill Simas $ 250,000

Mike Cameron $ 230,000

Carlos Castillo $ 195,000

Mike Sirotka $ 195,000

Chris Snopek $ 190,000

Scott Eyre $ 185,000

Keith Foulke $ 185,000

Greg Norton $ 180,000

Jeff Abbott $ 175,000

Tom Fordham $ 175,000

Robert Machado $ 175,000

Magglio Ordonez $ 175,000

Chad Bradford $ 170,000

Mike Caruso $ 170,000

Lou Frazier $ 170,000

Bobby Howry $ 170,000

Jim Parque $ 170,000

Todd Rizzo $ 170,000

John Snyder $ 170,000

Bryan Ward $ 170,000

Craig Wilson $ 170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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