1996 Chicago White Sox Statistics and Roster

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1996 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995/1997)
85-77, Finished 2nd in AL Central Division
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Scored 898 runs, Allowed 794 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Managed by Terry Bevington

Ballpark: Comiskey Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,676,403 (9th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
  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   Ron Karkovice       32  111  355   44   78  22  0  10   38  24   93  .220  .270  .366   0   0   7   1   7   2   2   63
1B  Frank Thomas        28  141  527  110  184  26  0  40  134 109   70  .349  .459  .626   1   1  25   5   0   8  26  178
2B #Ray Durham          24  156  557   79  153  33  5  10   65  58   95  .275  .350  .406  30   4   6  10   7   7   4   95
3B *Robin Ventura       28  158  586   96  168  31  2  34  105  78   81  .287  .368  .520   1   3  18   2   0   8  10  127
SS *Ozzie Guillen       32  150  499   62  131  24  8   4   45  10   27  .263  .273  .367   6   5  10   0  12   7   0   64
LF #Tony Phillips       37  153  581  119  161  29  3  12   63 125  132  .277  .404  .399  13   8   6   4   1   8   9  109
CF  Darren Lewis        28  141  337   55   77  12  2   4   53  45   40  .228  .321  .312  21   5   9   3  15   5   1   65
RF  Danny Tartabull     33  132  472   58  120  23  3  27  101  64  128  .254  .340  .487   1   2  10   0   0   5   4  111
DH *Harold Baines       37  143  495   80  154  29  0  22   95  73   62  .311  .399  .503   3   1  20   1   0   3   7  132
   *Dave Martinez       31  146  440   85  140  20  8  10   53  52   52  .318  .393  .468  15   7   4   3   2   1   1  122
    Lyle Mouton         27   87  214   25   63   8  1   7   39  22   50  .294  .361  .439   3   0   3   2   0   3   4  106
    Norberto Martin     29   70  140   30   49   7  0   1   14   6   17  .350  .374  .421  10   2   4   0   4   1   0  106
   #Chad Kreuter        31   46  114   14   25   8  0   3   18  13   29  .219  .308  .368   0   0   2   2   2   1   0   74
    Chris Snopek        25   46  104   18   27   6  1   6   18   6   16  .260  .304  .510   0   1   5   1   1   1   0  106
    Pat Borders         33   31   94    6   26   1  0   3    6   5   18  .277  .313  .383   0   0   2   0   3   0   0   79
    Don Slaught         37   14   36    2    9   1  0   0    4   2    2  .250  .289  .278   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   48
   #Jose Munoz          28   17   27    7    7   0  0   0    1   4    1  .259  .355  .259   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   63
   #Greg Norton         23   11   23    4    5   0  0   2    3   4    6  .217  .333  .478   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  107
   #Domingo Cedeno      27   12   19    2    3   2  0   0    3   0    4  .158  .143  .263   1   0   1   0   1   2   0    2
    Mike Cameron        23   11   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .091  .167  .091   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  -31
   *Mike Robertson      25    6    7    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Robert Machado      23    4    6    1    4   1  0   0    2   0    0  .667  .667  .833   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  286
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4  162 5644  898 1586 284 33 195  860 701  927  .281  .360  .447 105  41 139  34  56  62  68  108
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9    6    7  11  5   8        1   11     7     3     7   5   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Wilson Alvarez      26  35   4.22  15  10  0  35   0   0   0  217.3  216  106  102  21   97  181  946   2   4  0   3 112
SP  Alex Fernandez      26  35   3.45  16  10  0  35   0   6   1  258.0  248  110   99  34   72  200 1071   5   7  0   4 138
SP  Kevin Tapani        32  34   4.59  13  10  0  34   0   1   0  225.3  236  123  115  34   76  150  971  13   3  0   5 103
SP  James Baldwin       24  28   4.42  11   6  0  28   0   0   0  169.0  168   88   83  24   57  127  719  12   4  1   3 107
SP  Luis Andujar        23   5   8.22   0   2  0   5   0   0   0   23.0   32   22   21   4   15    6  113   0   0  0   0  58
SP  Jason Bere          25   5  10.26   0   1  0   5   0   0   0   16.7   26   19   19   3   18   19   93   2   0  0   1  46

CL  Roberto Hernandez   31  72   1.91   6   5 38   0  61   0   0   84.7   65   21   18   2   38   85  355   6   0  0   5 248
RP  Bill Simas          24  64   4.58   2   8  2   0  16   0   0   72.7   75   39   37   5   39   65  328   0   3  0   6 104
RP *Larry Thomas        26  57   3.23   2   3  0   0  11   0   0   30.7   32   11   11   1   14   20  135   1   3  0   2 147
RP  Matt Karchner       29  50   5.76   7   4  1   0  13   0   0   59.3   61   42   38  10   41   46  278   4   2  0   8  82
RP  Brian Keyser        29  28   4.98   1   2  1   0  10   0   0   59.7   78   35   33   3   28   19  275   2   0  0   8  95

   *Joe Magrane         31  19   6.88   1   5  0   8   3   0   0   53.7   70   45   41  10   25   21  252   3   3  0   1  69
    Kirk McCaskill      35  29   6.97   5   5  0   4  13   0   0   51.7   72   41   40   6   31   28  246   1   2  0   8  68
    Jeff Darwin         26  22   2.93   0   1  0   0   9   0   0   30.7   26   10   10   5    9   15  124   0   2  0   1 162
   *Mike Bertotti       26  15   5.14   2   0  0   2   4   0   0   28.0   28   18   16   5   20   19  130   4   0  0   3  92
   *Mike Sirotka        25  15   7.18   1   2  0   4   2   0   0   26.3   34   27   21   3   12   11  122   1   0  0   0  66
   *Tony Castillo       33  15   1.59   3   1  1   0   6   0   0   22.7   23    7    4   1    4    9   94   1   1  0   1 299
    Alan Levine         28  16   5.40   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   18.3   22   14   11   1    7   12   85   0   1  0   1  88
    Scott Ruffcorn      26   3  11.37   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    6.3   10    8    8   1    6    3   34   2   0  0   0  42
   *Rich Sauveur        32   3  15.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    5    5   1    5    1   15   0   1  0   0  32
    Marvin Freeman      33   1  13.50   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   0    1    1   12   0   0  0   0  35
    Stacy Jones         29   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    1    1    7   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 162   4.53  85  77 43 162 155   7   5 1461.0 1529  794  735 174  616 1039 6405  59  36  1  60 105
    Rank among 14 AL teams          2   5   8  4          10   7      2    3    4        4    9    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RKarkovice 890 99 111 680 45 5 5 .993 4 30 48 33 CKreuter 239 26 38 181 12 2 4 .990 1 11 22 11 PBorders 220 24 30 144 16 3 1 .982 2 14 21 9 DSlaught 92 11 12 70 0 1 0 .986 0 4 12 1 RMachado 18 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 2 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1461 162 162 1081 73 11 10 .991 8 59 105 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FThomas 1232 139 139 1098 85 9 111 .992 8.64 DMartinez 152 16 23 132 12 3 8 .980 8.51 RVentura 62 6 14 56 8 1 7 .985 9.29 MRobertson 10 1 2 11 1 0 2 1.000 10.09 CKreuter 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 TPhillips 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 1300 106 13 128 .991 8.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RDurham 1313 145 150 236 423 11 87 .984 4.52 NMartin 75 9 10 22 34 1 7 .982 6.72 JMunoz 50 5 7 12 12 2 2 .923 4.32 TPhillips 14 2 2 4 5 0 2 1.000 5.79 DCedeno 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 274 474 14 98 .982 4.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *2.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RVentura 1274 141 150 133 239 10 34 .974 2.63 CSnopek 163 19 27 12 34 3 5 .939 2.54 GNorton 18 2 2 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.89 NMartin 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 JMunoz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 149 276 13 40 .970 2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OGuillen 1197 129 146 220 348 11 69 .981 4.27 NMartin 141 18 24 39 44 5 17 .943 5.27 CSnopek 76 10 12 13 31 2 5 .957 5.21 GNorton 25 3 6 4 3 2 0 .778 2.45 DCedeno 18 2 2 6 4 1 2 .909 4.81 JMunoz 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 282 431 21 93 .971 4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TPhillips 1311 147 150 344 13 7 3 .981 2.45 LMouton 120 13 22 26 0 2 0 .929 1.95 DMartinez 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DLewis 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 MCameron 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 OGuillen 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 JMunoz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 376 13 9 3 .977 2.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLewis 933 95 137 284 0 3 0 .990 2.74 DMartinez 504 64 73 166 1 1 1 .994 2.98 MCameron 22 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 TPhillips 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 456 1 4 1 .991 2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DTartabull 993 121 122 253 4 7 1 .973 2.33 DMartinez 295 22 73 69 3 2 0 .973 2.20 LMouton 166 19 28 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.16 MCameron 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 361 8 9 1 .976 2.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.37 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TPhillips 1313 147 150 345 13 7 3 .981 2.45 DTartabull 993 121 122 254 4 7 1 .974 2.34 DLewis 937 95 138 290 1 3 0 .990 2.80 DMartinez 817 88 121 233 4 3 1 .987 2.61 LMouton 286 32 47 62 1 2 0 .969 1.98 MCameron 31 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 OGuillen 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 JMunoz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1461 162 162 1194 23 22 5 .982 2.50 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *1.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AFernandez 258 35 35 27 42 2 7 .972 2.41 KTapani 225 34 34 15 26 1 4 .976 1.64 WAlvarez 217 35 35 11 29 0 3 1.000 1.66 JBaldwin 169 28 28 12 16 3 0 .903 1.49 RHernandez 84 0 72 3 6 1 0 .900 0.96 BSimas 72 0 64 9 5 1 1 .933 1.73 BKeyser 59 0 28 6 16 1 3 .957 3.32 MKarchner 59 0 50 4 3 2 1 .778 1.06 JMagrane 53 8 19 2 8 2 0 .833 1.68 KMcCaskill 51 4 29 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.61 LThomas 30 0 57 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.76 JDarwin 30 0 22 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.47 MBertotti 28 2 15 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.93 MSirotka 26 4 15 0 3 1 0 .750 1.03 LAndujar 23 5 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.17 TCastillo 22 0 15 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.98 ALevine 18 0 16 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.95 JBere 16 5 5 1 3 1 0 .800 2.16 SRuffcorn 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 RSauveur 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 MFreeman 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SJones 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 103 192 15 23 .952 1.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- HBaines 141 LMouton 28 NMartin 22 DTartabull 10 RDurham 3 CSnopek 3 MCameron 2 JMunoz 2 GNorton 2 MRobertson 2 PBorders 1 DCedeno 1 DSlaught 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 Thomas .349

On-base % Thomas .459

Slugging % Thomas .626

OPS Thomas 1.085

Games Ventura 158

At Bats Ventura 586

Plate Appearances (approx.) Phillips 719

Runs Phillips 119

Hits Thomas 184

Total Bases Thomas 330

Doubles Durham 33

Triples Guillen and Martinez 8

Home Runs Thomas 40

RBI Thomas 134

Bases on Balls Phillips 125

Strikeouts Phillips 132

Stolen Bases Durham 30

Singles Thomas 118

Adjusted OPS+ Thomas 178

Runs Created Thomas 150

Adjusted Batting Runs Thomas 70

Batting Wins Thomas 6.1

Extra-Base Hits Ventura 67

Times on Base Thomas 298

Offensive Win% Thomas .765

Hit By Pitch Durham 10

Sac. Hits Lewis 15

Sac. Flies Phillips, Thomas, and Ventura 8

Intentional Walks Thomas 26

Grounded into Double Plays Thomas 25

Caught Stealing Phillips 8

Power/Speed Number Durham 15.0

At Bats per Strikeout Guillen 18.5

At Bats per Home Run Thomas 13.2

Outs Ventura 447

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Fernandez 3.45

Wins Fernandez 16

Won-Loss % Baldwin .647

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Fernandez 1.240

Hits Allowed/9IP Fernandez 8.65

Bases on Balls/9IP Fernandez 2.51

Strikeouts/9IP Alvarez 7.50

Games Hernandez 72

Saves Hernandez 38

Innings Fernandez 258.0

Strikeouts Fernandez 200

Games Started Alvarez and Fernandez 35

Comp. Games Fernandez 6

Shutouts Fernandez 1

Home Runs Allow. Fernandez and Tapani 34

Bases On Balls Allow. Alvarez 97

Hits Allowed Fernandez 248

SO to Walk Fernandez 2.78

Losses Alvarez, Fernandez, and Tapani 10

Earned Runs Allow. Tapani 115

Wild Pitches Tapani 13

Hit Batsmen Fernandez 7

Batters Faced Fernandez 1071

Games Finished Hernandez 61

Adjusted ERA+ Fernandez 138

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Frank Thomas $ 7,150,000

Robin Ventura $ 6,000,000

Danny Tartabull $ 5,300,000

Alex Fernandez $ 4,500,000

Ozzie Guillen $ 4,000,000

Wilson Alvarez $ 2,825,000

Ron Karkovice $ 2,225,000

Roberto Hernandez $ 2,105,000

Tony Phillips $ 2,100,000

Harold Baines $ 1,875,000

Darren Lewis $ 1,625,000

Kevin Tapani $ 1,500,000

Dave Martinez $ 930,000

Kirk McCaskill $ 800,000

Tony Castillo $ 660,000

Chad Kreuter $ 350,000

Don Slaught $ 350,000

Jason Bere $ 230,000

Domingo Cedeno $ 230,000

Joe Magrane $ 175,000

Norberto Martin $ 160,000

Ray Durham $ 150,000

Brian Keyser $ 145,000

Matt Karchner $ 135,000

Lyle Mouton $ 135,000

Bill Simas $ 130,000

Larry Thomas $ 130,000

Chris Snopek $ 125,000

James Baldwin $ 115,000

Mike Cameron $ 115,000

Jeff Darwin $ 110,000

Mike Bertotti $ 109,500

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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