1996 Chicago White Sox season

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.

1996 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Ron Schueler
Managers	Terry Bevington
Television	WGN-TV SportsChannel Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)
Seasons

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.
• January 20, 1996: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
• January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	.615	—	51‍–‍29	48‍–‍33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	14½	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	.494	19½	38‍–‍43	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	21½	39‍–‍43	39‍–‍41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	.466	24	37‍–‍43	38‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 @ Mariners 2–3 (12) Hurtado Simas (0–1) — 57,467 0–1
April: 15–9 (Home: 7–3; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 2 @ Mariners 2–3 Hitchcock Alvarez (0–1) Charlton 38,570 0–2 3 April 3 @ Mariners 4–2 Magrane (1–0) Wolcott Hernandez (1) 22,783 1–2 4 April 5 @ Angels 6–7 (11) James McCaskill (0–1) — 22,812 1–3 5 April 6 @ Angels 8–4 Fernandez (1–0) Abbott — 26,447 2–3 6 April 7 @ Angels 5–6 Finley Alvarez (0–2) Percival 16,970 2–4 7 April 9 Rangers 2–3 Gross Thomas (0–1) Henneman 34,750 2–5 8 April 11 Rangers 8–5 (11) Thomas (1–1) Henneman — 16,685 3–5 9 April 12 Athletics 2–7 Reyes Fernandez (1–1) — 13,623 3–6 10 April 13 Athletics 6–5 (12) Karchner (1–0) Wengert — 15,812 4–6 11 April 14 Athletics 5–10 Groom Simas (0–2) — 15,236 4–7 12 April 15 @ Royals 11–10 Karchner (2–0) Pichardo Hernandez (2) 12,653 5–7 13 April 16 @ Royals 5–6 Belcher Bere (0–1) Montgomery 12,399 5–8 14 April 17 @ Royals 3–1 Fernandez (2–1) Appier Hernandez (3) 13,350 6–8 15 April 19 @ Athletics 4–3 Karchner (3–0) Briscoe Hernandez (4) 31,320 7–8 16 April 20 @ Athletics 8–3 Tapani (1–0) Van Poppel — 16,480 8–8 17 April 21 @ Athletics 5–6 Corsi Simas (0–3) Mohler 16,125 8–9 18 April 22 @ Rangers 12–4 Fernandez (3–1) Witt Karchner (1) 22,348 9–9 19 April 23 @ Rangers 6–5 Baldwin (1–0) Hill Hernandez (5) 29,123 10–9 20 April 24 Mariners 2–1 Alvarez (1–2) Bosio Hernandez (6) 15,882 11–9 21 April 25 Mariners 4–3 Tapani (2–0) Wolcott Hernandez (7) 14,679 12–9 22 April 27 Angels 2–1 Fernandez (4–1) Abbott Hernandez (8) 18,139 13–9 23 April 28 Angels 10–1 Baldwin (2–0) Finley — 15,574 14–9 24 April 29 Angels 4–3 Alvarez (2–2) Grimsley Hernandez (9) 12,549 15–9 25 April 30 @ Indians 3–5 Martinez Tapani (2–1) Mesa 40,268 15–10
May: 17–10 (Home: 11–2; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Indians 5–9 McDowell McCaskill (0–2) Plunk 40,447 15–11 27 May 2 @ Yankees 1–5 Cone Fernandez (4–2) — 19,773 15–12 28 May 3 @ Yankees 0–2 Rivera Thomas (1–2) Wetteland 15,599 15–13 29 May 4 @ Yankees 11–5 Karchner (4–0) Nelson — 20,661 16–13 30 May 5 @ Yankees 1–7 Pettitte Tapani (2–2) — 26,525 16–14 31 May 7 Orioles 3–2 Fernandez (5–2) Wells Hernandez (10) 16,130 17–14 32 May 8 Orioles 11–2 Baldwin (3–0) Erickson — 14,974 18–14 33 May 9 Orioles 4–6 Mussina Alvarez (2–3) Myers 14,507 18–15 34 May 10 Yankees 5–2 Tapani (3–2) Pettitte Hernandez (11) 15,784 19–15 35 May 11 Yankees 7–5 McCaskill (1–2) Wetteland — 25,722 20–15 36 May 12 Yankees 8–9 Wickman Thomas (1–3) Wetteland 17,405 20–16 37 May 13 @ Brewers 2–6 Sparks Baldwin (3–1) Boze 9,544 20–17 38 May 15 @ Brewers 20–8 Alvarez (3–3) Bones Keyser (1) 8,733 21–17 39 May 16 @ Brewers 2–3 Lloyd Tapani (3–3) Fetters 13,849 21–18 40 May 17 @ Tigers 11–6 (10) Hernandez (1–0) Lewis — 12,094 22–18 41 May 18 @ Tigers 16–4 McCaskill (2–2) Farrell Simas (1) 21,673 23–18 42 May 19 @ Tigers 14–3 Alvarez (4–3) Gohr — 9,709 24–18 43 May 21 Blue Jays 2–1 Tapani (4–3) Ware Hernandez (12) 17,483 25–18 44 May 22 Blue Jays 2–1 (11) McCaskill (3–2) Timlin — 17,882 26–18 45 May 24 Brewers 4–3 Thomas (2–3) Sparks Hernandez (13) 18,346 27–18 46 May 25 Brewers 9–7 Alvarez (5–3) Bones Hernandez (14) 20,585 28–18 47 May 26 Brewers 12–1 Tapani (5–3) McDonald — 21,151 29–18 48 May 27 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Janzen Fernandez (5–3) Timlin 30,013 29–19 49 May 28 @ Blue Jays 8–5 Baldwin (4–1) Viola Hernandez (15) 30,104 30–19 50 May 29 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Hanson Magrane (1–1) Timlin 31,074 30–20 51 May 30 Tigers 8–2 Alvarez (6–3) Olivares — 17,339 31–20 52 May 31 Tigers 9–0 Tapani (6–3) Lira — 16,983 32–20
June: 14–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 2 Tigers 4–2 Baldwin (5–1) Thompson Hernandez (16) — 33–20 54 June 2 Tigers 13–5 McCaskill (4–2) Keagle — 26,125 34–20 55 June 4 @ Red Sox 6–4 Alvarez (7–3) Gunderson Hernandez (17) 23,715 35–20 56 June 5 @ Red Sox 8–6 (12) Keyser (1–0) Slocumb — 24,246 36–20 57 June 6 @ Red Sox 4–7 Eshelman Magrane (1–2) Stanton 24,382 36–21 58 June 7 @ Orioles 8–2 Fernandez (6–3) Erickson — 47,209 37–21 59 June 8 @ Orioles 2–1 Baldwin (6–1) Mercker Hernandez (18) 47,634 38–21 60 June 9 @ Orioles 12–9 Karchner (5–0) Mussina Hernandez (19) 47,352 39–21 61 June 10 Red Sox 8–2 Tapani (7–3) Wakefield — 21,799 40–21 62 June 11 Red Sox 2–9 Eshelman Magrane (1–3) — 20,792 40–22 63 June 12 Red Sox 2–3 (12) Hudson Karchner (5–1) — 21,139 40–23 64 June 14 @ Mariners 4–1 Alvarez (8–3) Hitchcock Hernandez (20) 30,163 41–23 65 June 15 @ Mariners 6–8 (12) Carmona McCaskill (4–3) — 47,042 41–24 66 June 16 @ Mariners 6–7 Wells Magrane (1–4) Jackson 34,588 41–25 67 June 17 @ Angels 8–9 (13) Hancock McCaskill (4–4) — 17,836 41–26 68 June 18 @ Angels 4–5 Finley Simas (0–4) Percival 19,213 41–27 69 June 19 @ Angels 2–14 McElroy Alvarez (8–4) — 22,960 41–28 70 June 20 Mariners 5–8 Hitchcock Tapani (7–4) Charlton 23,017 41–29 71 June 21 Mariners 2–12 Wagner Magrane (1–5) — 23,253 41–30 72 June 22 Mariners 2–4 Wells Fernandez (6–4) Charlton 27,036 41–31 73 June 23 Mariners 7–6 (10) McCaskill (5–4) Guetterman — 26,768 42–31 74 June 24 Angels 4–2 Alvarez (9–4) James Hernandez (21) — 43–31 75 June 24 Angels 4–6 Hancock Sirotka (0–1) Percival 24,469 43–32 76 June 25 Angels 3–2 Tapani (8–4) Langston Hernandez (22) 23,270 44–32 77 June 27 Indians 15–10 Fernandez (7–4) Swindell — 27,782 45–32 78 June 28 Indians 4–2 Baldwin (7–1) Tavarez Hernandez (23) 33,136 46–32 79 June 29 Indians 2–3 (10) Shuey Karchner (5–2) — 43,601 46–33 80 June 30 Indians 2–4 Hershiser Tapani (8–5) Mesa 30,351 46–34
July: 12–15 (Home: 4–10; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Twins 7–10 Aguilera Sirotka (0–2) — 19,211 46–35 82 July 2 Twins 7–4 Fernandez (8–4) Aldred Hernandez (24) 18,357 47–35 83 July 3 Twins 5–6 Radke Andujar (0–1) Stevens 26,113 47–36 84 July 4 @ Indians 6–5 (10) Karchner (6–2) Mesa Hernandez (25) 42,355 48–36 85 July 5 @ Indians 7–0 Alvarez (10–4) Hershiser — 42,536 49–36 86 July 6 @ Indians 3–2 Karchner (7–2) Shuey Hernandez (26) 42,454 50–36 87 July 7 @ Indians 1–6 Ogea Fernandez (8–5) Assenmacher 42,343 50–37 88 July 11 @ Royals 2–3 Haney Alvarez (10–5) — 22,928 50–38 89 July 12 @ Royals 7–6 Tapani (9–5) Belcher Hernandez (27) 18,458 51–38 90 July 13 @ Royals 3–1 Fernandez (9–5) Rosado — 25,363 52–38 91 July 14 @ Royals 3–2 Baldwin (8–1) Linton Hernandez (28) 17,024 53–38 92 July 15 @ Twins 5–16 Aldred McCaskill (5–5) — 13,636 53–39 93 July 16 @ Twins 11–2 Alvarez (11–5) Radke — 18,502 54–39 94 July 17 @ Twins 3–4 Trombley Simas (0–5) — 20,755 54–40 95 July 18 Royals 1–7 Appier Fernandez (9–6) Pichardo 17,657 54–41 96 July 19 Royals 4–7 (10) Montgomery Hernandez (1–1) — 19,604 54–42 97 July 20 Royals 5–7 Linton Keyser (1–1) Montgomery 32,282 54–43 98 July 21 Royals 6–3 Alvarez (12–5) Haney Hernandez (29) 21,253 55–43 99 July 22 Athletics 5–6 Taylor Karchner (7–3) — 23,572 55–44 100 July 23 Athletics 4–8 Wengert Fernandez (9–7) Corsi 18,527 55–45 101 July 24 Athletics 5–6 Corsi Simas (0–6) Taylor 23,350 55–46 102 July 25 Rangers 3–4 (12) Russell Keyser (1–2) Henneman 19,524 55–47 103 July 26 Rangers 6–2 Alvarez (13–5) Oliver — 21,398 56–47 104 July 27 Rangers 4–6 (10) Heredia Simas (0–7) Vosberg 22,629 56–48 105 July 28 Rangers 5–1 Fernandez (10–7) Pavlik — 20,902 57–48 106 July 30 @ Athletics 2–1 Baldwin (9–1) Telgheder Hernandez (30) 14,210 58–48 107 July 31 @ Athletics 4–5 Witasick Karchner (7–4) Taylor 13,127 58–49
August: 15–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Athletics 8–3 Tapani (10–5) Wasdin Hernandez (31) 10,514 59–49 109 August 2 @ Rangers 9–0 Fernandez (11–7) Pavlik — 36,299 60–49 110 August 3 @ Rangers 11–9 Hernandez (2–1) Russell — 46,481 61–49 111 August 4 @ Rangers 5–9 Witt Baldwin (9–2) — 32,854 61–50 112 August 5 @ Rangers 15–5 Alvarez (14–5) Oliver — 29,973 62–50 113 August 6 @ Yankees 2–9 Rogers Tapani (10–6) — 33,025 62–51 114 August 7 @ Yankees 8–4 (10) Hernandez (3–1) Nelson — 31,098 63–51 115 August 8 @ Yankees 4–8 Wickman Andujar (0–2) Rivera 35,898 63–52 116 August 9 Orioles 4–3 (10) Simas (1–7) Myers — 23,995 64–52 117 August 10 Orioles 4–13 Mussina Alvarez (14–6) McDowell 26,772 64–53 118 August 11 Orioles 8–5 Tapani (11–6) Mills Hernandez (32) 27,088 65–53 119 August 12 Yankees 3–2 (10) Hernandez (4–1) Wetteland — 32,492 66–53 120 August 13 Yankees 8–4 Bertotti (1–0) Weathers — 26,455 67–53 121 August 14 Yankees 1–3 Pettitte Baldwin (9–3) Rivera 23,350 67–54 122 August 16 @ Brewers 7–9 Miranda Levine (0–1) Villone — 67–55 123 August 16 @ Brewers 2–3 Van Egmond Tapani (11–7) Fetters 25,529 67–56 124 August 17 @ Brewers 6–2 Fernandez (12–7) McDonald Hernandez (33) 31,551 68–56 125 August 18 @ Brewers 7–8 Miranda Darwin (0–1) Fetters 33,094 68–57 126 August 19 @ Tigers 12–7 Simas (2–7) Lima — 14,690 69–57 127 August 20 @ Tigers 11–16 Lewis Tapani (11–8) — 12,119 69–58 128 August 21 @ Tigers 4–7 Lima Simas (2–8) Olson 13,424 69–59 129 August 22 Blue Jays 0–1 (6) Hanson Fernandez (12–8) — 22,394 69–60 130 August 23 Blue Jays 2–4 Hentgen Ruffcorn (0–1) — 19,132 69–61 131 August 24 Blue Jays 2–9 Williams Baldwin (9–4) — 29,413 69–62 132 August 25 Blue Jays 10–9 (10) Hernandez (5–1) Timlin — 19,647 70–62 133 August 26 Brewers 2–3 Eldred Alvarez (14–7) Jones 19,637 70–63 134 August 27 Brewers 2–4 Van Egmond Fernandez (12–9) Fetters 15,443 70–64 135 August 28 Brewers 2–0 Baldwin (10–4) McDonald Hernandez (34) 17,269 71–64 136 August 30 @ Blue Jays 11–2 Tapani (12–8) Williams — 30,072 72–64 137 August 31 @ Blue Jays 5–1 Alvarez (15–7) Flener — 32,141 73–64
September: 12–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 138 September 1 @ Blue Jays 4–2 (11) Hernandez (6–1) Spoljaric — 30,156 74–64 139 September 2 Tigers 6–8 Myers Hernandez (6–2) Lima 19,599 74–65 140 September 3 Tigers 6–4 Bertotti (2–0) Olivares Hernandez (35) 13,857 75–65 141 September 4 Tigers 11–6 Castillo (1–0) Miller — 15,120 76–65 142 September 6 Red Sox 3–10 Wakefield Alvarez (15–8) — 18,417 76–66 143 September 7 Red Sox 4–3 Fernandez (13–9) Clemens Hernandez (36) 28,219 77–66 144 September 8 Red Sox 7–4 Baldwin (11–4) Sele Hernandez (37) 19,983 78–66 145 September 10 @ Orioles 1–5 Wells Tapani (12–9) — 43,320 78–67 146 September 11 @ Orioles 6–7 (10) Mills Hernandez (6–3) — 43,320 78–68 147 September 12 @ Orioles 11–3 Fernandez (14–9) Mussina — 47,342 79–68 148 September 13 @ Red Sox 5–9 Clemens Baldwin (11–5) Slocumb 28,907 79–69 149 September 14 @ Red Sox 13–5 Castillo (2–0) Gordon Simas (2) 31,841 80–69 150 September 15 @ Red Sox 8–9 Slocumb Hernandez (6–4) — 32,452 80–70 151 September 16 Indians 3–4 McDowell Alvarez (15–9) — 25,392 80–71 152 September 17 Indians 4–9 Anderson Fernandez (14–10) Plunk 18,763 80–72 153 September 18 Indians 3–4 Lopez Baldwin (11–6) Mesa 20,289 80–73 154 September 19 Twins 8–3 Sirotka (1–2) Rodriguez Castillo (1) 14,253 81–73 155 September 20 Twins 7–3 Tapani (13–9) Robertson — 15,673 82–73 156 September 21 Twins 3–4 Radke Alvarez (15–10) Trombley 18,866 82–74 157 September 22 Twins 5–1 Fernandez (15–10) Aldred — 20,111 83–74 158 September 24 Royals 3–2 Castillo (3–0) Belcher — 14,348 84–74 159 September 25 Royals 2–8 Appier Tapani (13–10) — 15,911 84–75 160 September 27 @ Twins 4–2 Fernandez (16–10) Radke Hernandez (38) 13,058 85–75 161 September 28 @ Twins 6–7 Trombley Castillo (3–1) — 34,008 85–76 162 September 29 @ Twins 4–5 (10) Guardado Hernandez (6–5) — 13,306 85–77
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = White Sox team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	8	4	0.667	74	58
Boston Red Sox	6	6	0.500	70	71
Detroit Tigers	10	3	0.769	125	70
New York Yankees	6	7	0.462	59	65
Toronto Blue Jays	7	5	0.583	55	46
Total	37	25	0.597	383	310
AL Central
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians	5	8	0.385	58	63
Kansas City Royals	7	6	0.538	55	63
Milwaukee Brewers	6	7	0.462	77	57
Minnesota Twins	6	7	0.462	75	67
Total	24	28	0.462	265	250
AL West
California Angels	6	6	0.500	60	60
Oakland Athletics	5	7	0.417	58	63
Seattle Mariners	5	7	0.417	46	58
Texas Rangers	8	4	0.667	86	53
Total	24	24	0.500	250	234
Season Total	85	77	0.525	898	794

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
March	1	0	1	0.000	2	3
April	24	15	9	0.625	127	104
May	27	17	10	0.630	184	115
June	28	14	14	0.500	149	153
July	27	12	15	0.444	124	130
August	30	15	15	0.500	175	162
September	25	12	13	0.480	137	127
Total	162	85	77	0.525	898	794

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	44	37	0.543	398	370
Away	81	41	40	0.506	500	424
Total	162	85	77	0.525	898	794

1996 Opening Day lineup

• Tony Phillips, LF
• Ray Durham, 2B
• Frank Thomas, 1B
• Danny Tartabull, RF
• Lyle Mouton, DH
• Robin Ventura, 3B
• Ron Karkovice, C
• Darren Lewis, CF
• Ozzie Guillén, SS
• Alex Fernandez, P

Transactions

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

Roster

1996 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 40 Wilson Álvarez 49 Luis Andújar 37 James Baldwin 46 Jason Bere 51 Mike Bertotti 44 Tony Castillo 48 Jeff Darwin 32 Alex Fernandez 33 Marvin Freeman 39 Roberto Hernández 49 Stacy Jones 47 Matt Karchner 26 Brian Keyser 54 Al Levine 34 Joe Magrane 15 Kirk McCaskill 42 Scott Ruffcorn 70 Rich Sauveur 41 Bill Simas 38 Mike Sirotka 36 Kevin Tapani 50 Larry Thomas		Catchers 15 Pat Borders 20 Ron Karkovice 12 Chad Kreuter 55 Robert Machado 29 Don Slaught Infielders 34 Domingo Cedeño  5 Ray Durham 13 Ozzie Guillén  7 Norberto Martin 71 Jose Munoz 31 Greg Norton 43 Mike Robertson 27 Chris Snopek 35 Frank Thomas 23 Robin Ventura		Outfielders 24 Mike Cameron 10 Darren Lewis 14 Dave Martinez 28 Lyle Mouton  8 Tony Phillips 45 Danny Tartabull Other batters  3 Harold Baines		Manager 18 Terry Bevington Coaches 22 Bill Buckner 56 Roly de Armas 52 Ron Jackson 17 Doug Mansolino 21 Joe Nossek 25 Mike Pazik 55 Mark Salas

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

• 1996 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference