1998 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 57-105
Finish: 5th in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 750
Runs Allowed: 1000
Exp W-L: 60-102
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,215,375
Manager: Shawn Dyllla

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-75, 12th in the American League
AA: 62-76, 11th in the American League
A: 71-67, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Lance Johnson 34 154 634 96 159 37 16 3 42 50 14 36 38 .251 .290 .374 .664 69.5 6.3 3.1
RF  Joe Hall 32 155 578 73 169 52 1 14 92 1 0 38 132 .292 .356 .458 .814 86.3 13.8 2.0
DH #Gene Larkin 35 141 483 77 138 28 1 12 78 5 0 63 55 .286 .375 .422 .798 77.7 12.4 0.3
LF *Todd Helton 24 140 475 77 137 32 6 27 99 1 0 66 65 .288 .374 .552 .926 90.5 16.2 1.5
CF #Roger Cedeno 23 146 516 75 145 26 8 14 65 2 2 28 146 .281 .317 .444 .761 68.2 9.4 2.1
1B  Mark McGwire 34 145 463 64 107 14 6 21 66 0 0 72 155 .231 .333 .423 .757 69.2 9.1 1.7
SS  Scott Leius 32 150 491 48 95 26 3 12 52 1 1 34 129 .193 .244 .332 .576 38.8 0.0 5.6
C  Mike Macfarlane 34 131 468 49 102 32 4 10 58 0 1 32 121 .218 .266 .368 .634 40.3 0.4 4.4
2B #Torey Lovullo 32 121 336 43 79 19 0 12 45 2 0 33 99 .235 .302 .399 .701 40.8 4.1 3.8
3B #Vince Coleman 36 130 330 48 86 18 10 0 32 35 16 31 63 .261 .323 .376 .699 40.5 4.4 1.5
1B *J.T. Snow 30 129 289 41 75 12 0 14 44 0 1 39 54 .260 .346 .446 .793 42.7 5.2 0.1
C  Hector Villanueva 33 60 171 17 33 9 2 5 19 0 0 11 40 .193 .245 .357 .601 13.5 0.0 1.4
2B  Tony Batista 24 52 128 17 27 8 1 5 23 0 0 4 38 .211 .239 .406 .645 12.8 0.6 1.6
3B  John Wehner 31 74 95 13 9 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 36 .095 .131 .179 .310 -0.1 0.0 1.1
RF *Jeff Gardner 34 40 80 9 19 4 0 0 6 0 0 9 13 .238 .308 .288 .595 8.2 0.4 0.8
2B  Jose Lind 34 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .133 .235 .133 .369 0.5 0.0 0.2
LF *Troy Neel 32 4 8 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .625 .875 1.4 0.1 0.0
1B *Bob Hamelin 30 2 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .714 1.000 1.5 0.4 0.0
  Team Totals 31.3 1780 5567 750 1386 319 58 153 734 97 35 501 1193 .249 .313 .410 .723 702.2 82.8 31.4
  Rank among 14 AL teams 14 13 13 11 3 12 13 3 12 12 7 13 14 12 12 13  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jack McDowell 32 6 20 .231 32 32 0 178.7 211 118 36 73 155 5.94 5.2
 Keith Foulke 25 6 10 .375 33 33 0 170.0 204 94 32 42 187 4.98 9.0
*Shawn Estes 25 4 19 .174 32 32 0 162.3 180 126 32 74 167 6.99 0.7
*Arthur Rhodes 28 7 10 .412 81 0 2 152.7 157 98 24 86 184 5.78 6.1
 Jason Bere 27 5 16 .238 33 27 0 128.0 146 107 25 105 113 7.52 0.0
 Jeff Montgomery 36 3 2 .600 53 11 0 123.3 144 69 14 43 80 5.04 6.8
 Turk Wendell 31 5 11 .313 23 23 0 112.0 104 65 14 53 127 5.22 5.2
*Chuck McElroy 30 4 3 .571 81 0 2 99.7 98 68 18 58 101 6.14 3.9
 Mark Dewey 33 7 4 .636 48 0 3 73.3 87 53 15 43 57 6.50 2.1
*Billy Wagner 26 3 2 .600 53 0 16 68.7 64 32 8 26 75 4.19 9.5
*Joey Eischen 28 3 3 .500 52 0 7 67.3 74 27 5 29 53 3.61 7.5
*Scott Ruskin 35 2 2 .500 41 0 1 34.0 50 28 5 26 22 7.41 0.0
*Jose Rosado 23 1 1 .500 4 4 0 19.0 21 12 4 10 11 5.68 0.9
 Mike Schooler 35 1 1 .500 19 0 0 16.7 20 15 5 5 16 8.10 0.0
 Jack Armstrong 33 0 1 .000 7 0 0 12.7 29 19 8 7 6 13.51 0.0
Team Totals 29.8 57 105 .352 592 162 31 1418.3 1589 931 245 680 1354 5.91 56.8
Rank among 14 AL teams 14 14 12 14 14 10 14 14 14 3 14  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 27.7
M.Macfarlane 1089.7 125 128 1061 30 2 1 .998 29.2
H.Villanueva 327.7 37 41 328 10 5 1 .985 14.8
J.Bere 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1418.3 162 170 1390 40 7 2 .995 24.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 10.13
T.Helton 703.3 80 85 638 37 9 60 .987 8.64
M.McGwire 559.3 67 69 536 42 11 49 .981 9.30
H.Villanueva 84.0 10 15 74 5 1 8 .988 8.46
J.Snow 71.7 5 22 63 5 0 6 1.000 8.54
Team Total 1418.3 162 191 1311 89 21 123 .985 8.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.13
T.Lovullo 853.0 104 110 139 277 1 54 .998 4.39
T.Batista 289.0 32 43 56 100 1 29 .994 4.86
J.Wehner 181.3 16 40 39 57 1 18 .990 4.76
J.Gardner 59.0 6 12 10 22 0 3 1.000 4.88
J.Lind 36.0 4 5 10 11 0 1 1.000 5.25
Team Total 1418.3 162 210 254 467 3 105 .996 4.58
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.52
V.Coleman 706.0 83 92 36 142 7 13 .962 2.27
M.McGwire 570.3 67 73 36 98 16 11 .893 2.11
J.Wehner 86.7 8 26 5 23 4 0 .875 2.91
T.Batista 37.0 4 9 2 9 2 1 .846 2.68
T.Lovullo 15.3 0 8 1 5 1 3 .857 3.52
L.Johnson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Leius 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.3 162 210 80 277 30 28 .922 2.27
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.67
S.Leius 1272.3 147 150 177 412 9 72 .985 4.17
J.Gardner 143.0 15 25 15 43 3 7 .951 3.65
J.Wehner 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.3 162 177 192 455 12 79 .982 4.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.70
J.Hall 1279.3 151 151 258 7 12 3 .957 1.86
T.Helton 43.3 2 17 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
R.Cedeno 37.0 3 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
G.Larkin 33.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
T.Neel 21.0 2 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.71
V.Coleman 2.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15
J.Snow 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.3 162 188 289 7 13 3 .958 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.23
L.Johnson 1300.3 150 151 346 5 1 3 .997 2.43
R.Cedeno 67.0 7 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
G.Larkin 50.0 5 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
V.Coleman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.3 162 170 370 5 1 3 .997 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.76
R.Cedeno 932.7 110 113 213 4 0 3 1.000 2.09
T.Helton 285.7 34 34 52 2 5 0 .915 1.70
G.Larkin 161.0 18 24 26 0 1 0 .963 1.45
V.Coleman 25.0 0 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Hall 9.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
T.Lovullo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gardner 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
J.Wehner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.3 162 190 298 6 6 3 .981 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.75
J.McDowell 178.7 32 32 7 16 0 2 1.000 1.16
K.Foulke 170.0 33 33 8 26 1 3 .971 1.80
S.Estes 162.3 32 32 4 24 0 3 1.000 1.55
A.Rhodes 152.7 0 81 7 20 1 2 .964 1.59
J.Bere 128.0 27 33 6 19 0 1 1.000 1.76
J.Montgomery 123.3 11 53 8 15 2 4 .920 1.68
T.Wendell 112.0 23 23 6 21 0 2 1.000 2.17
C.McElroy 99.7 0 81 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.44
M.Dewey 73.3 0 48 6 10 2 0 .889 1.96
B.Wagner 68.7 0 53 3 7 2 1 .833 1.31
J.Eischen 67.3 0 52 3 13 0 1 1.000 2.14
S.Ruskin 34.0 0 41 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.12
J.Rosado 19.0 4 4 0 1 1 0 .500 0.47
M.Schooler 16.7 0 19 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.08
J.Armstrong 12.7 0 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.13
Team Total 1418.3 162 592 64 195 9 20 .966 1.64
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hall .292
On-Base Pct Larkin .375
Slugging Pct Helton .552
OPS Helton .926
XR Helton 90.5
Games Hall 155
At-Bats Johnson 634
Runs Johnson 96
Hits Hall 169
Total Bases Hall 265
Singles Johnson 103
Doubles Hall 52
Triples Johnson 16
Homeruns Helton 27
RBIs Helton 99
Stolen Bases Johnson 50
Caught Stealing Coleman 16
Walks McGwire 72
Strikeouts McGwire 155
ERA Foulke 4.98
Wins Dewey, Rhodes 7
Losses McDowell 20
Winning Pct Rhodes .412
Saves Wagner 16
Games Pitched McElroy, Rhodes 81
Games Started Foulke 33
Complete Games Bere, Estes 1
Shutouts Estes 1
Innings Pitched McDowell 178.7
Hits Allowed McDowell 211
Homeruns Allowed McDowell 36
Strikeouts Foulke 187
Walks Allowed Bere 105
Walks per 9IP Foulke 2.2
Hits per 9IP Estes 10.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Foulke 9.9
WHiP Foulke 1.45
OAVG Estes .278
OOBP Foulke .335
OSLG Foulke .492
OOPS Foulke .827
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Mark McGwire $ 9,000,000
Gene Larkin $ 7,000,000
Mike Macfarlane $ 5,000,000
Lance Johnson $ 3,200,000
J.T. Snow $ 1,621,429
Vince Coleman $ 1,050,000
Mike Schooler $ 766,000
Torey Lovullo $ 601,000
Jack McDowell $ 575,000
David Cone $ 540,000
Scott Leius $ 510,000
Jose Lind $ 492,857
Chuck McElroy $ 350,000
Bob Hamelin $ 350,000
Arthur Rhodes $ 350,000
John Wehner $ 350,000
Mark Dewey $ 350,000
Jeff Gardner $ 350,000
Jeff Montgomery $ 330,005
Jason Bere $ 300,000
Roger Cedeno $ 300,000
Tony Batista $ 300,000
Scott Brosius $ 300,000
Joey Eischen $ 300,000
Shawn Estes $ 300,000
Keith Foulke $ 300,000
Mike Gardiner $ 300,000
Joe Hall $ 300,000
Jack Armstrong $ 300,000
Turk Wendell $ 300,000
Billy Wagner $ 300,000
Hector Villanueva $ 300,000
Troy Neel $ 300,000
Jose Rosado $ 300,000
Scott Ruskin $ 300,000
Todd Helton $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Mark Mcgwire
2/4 Signed     Jeff Montgomery
2/10 Signed     Scott Leius
2/14 Signed     Torey Lovullo
2/15 Signed     Mike Schooler
3/2 Traded David Nied Pittsburgh Eric Milton