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1998 Chicago White Sox  (1997)  (1999) 69-93, 3rd in AL Central Division Scored 749 runs, Allowed 988 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-103 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .661 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 80-82 Manager(s): Ben Lea, Shane Parendo

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Albert Belle         31  138  544   94  166  46   1  38  102   4   1   72  104  .305  .384  .603  124   8.5  4(+1)e8   -68  
 1B  Frank Thomas         30  162  571   84  141  27   1  28   92   2   0  103   99  .247  .369  .445   97   5.8  5e25      -47  
 OF *Henry Rodriguez      30  119  413   65  116  28   5  32   79   0   0   61  104  .281  .373  .605   95   8.5  5(+1)e2   114  
 2B #Ray Durham           26  146  588   90  162  48  10  11   53  27   4   48  100  .276  .330  .447   91   5.5  2e19      -41  
 SS *Mike Caruso          21  142  492   52  152  24   3   5   42  11   3   13   43  .309  .334  .400   66   4.9  4e44       13  
 OF  Magglio Ordonez      24  132  558   75  144  19   2  13   67  17   5   24   63  .258  .291  .369   56   3.5  4(-2)e6   -81  
 3B  Mike Blowers         33  119  398   59   91  23   2  11   50   2   1   47  113  .229  .309  .379   44   3.6  4e30        0  
 OF  Wil Cordero          26   92  304   37   78  12   3  15   45   2   1   23   52  .257  .313  .464   42   4.9  4(0)e18    18  
 OF  Jeff Abbott          25   77  244   30   72  11   1  13   42   0   3   10   29  .295  .323  .508   37   5.7  4(+2)e11   41  
 OF  Shane Mack           34   52  175   15   53  15   2   2   17   5   2    7   31  .303  .348  .446   26   5.6  4(+4)e5     6  
 C   Chris Hoiles         33   72  244   19   44   7   0   6   26   0   0   32   45  .180  .281  .283   21   2.8  4(+3)e3  -270  
 UT #Greg Norton          26  101  228   24   52  14   1   4   19   4   1   14   55  .228  .272  .351   20   3.1            -76  
 C   Damian Miller        28   60  132   13   35  13   0   3   13   0   1   17   38  .265  .359  .432   20   5.5  4(0)e3      8  
 SS #Kevin Stocker        28   69  131   18   35   6   1   4   17   2   1    6   29  .267  .312  .420   17   4.7  3e17      138  
 C   Scott Servais        31   81  266   21   50  12   2   3   18   1   1   12   44  .188  .233  .282   17   2.0  3(+1)e2  -112  
 OF  Paul Konerko         22   77  220   22   48   7   1   5   22   0   0   16   50  .218  .276  .327   16   2.4  4(+2)e16   -5  
 2B  Craig Wilson         27   10   42    8   20   4   0   2   10   0   2    4    3  .476  .522  .714   14  16.4  3e41      -20  
 OF  Chris Snopek         27   81  148   23   30   4   0   1    8   4   0    9   35  .203  .252  .250    9   2.1  4(+2)e25  -30  
 C   Robert Machado       25    8    8    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250  .250  .375    0   3.4  3(-1)e1    28  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           821                  -28

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Brian Anderson       26   9   8  .529  27  27   8   0   0   0   0  210.2  212  100   93  41   22  108  3.97  102   4.4  -63  
  P  Bret Saberhagen      34   9  12  .429  25  25   5   0   0   0   1  170.1  209  105   95  20   30   91  5.02  107   5.6   39  
  P *Jim Parque           23   8   9  .471  19  19   5   0   0   0   0  135.0  161   85   79  16   64   81  5.27   91   6.0  -46  
  P  James Baldwin        26   8  10  .444  23  23   1   0   0   0   0  152.0  197  111   99  21   63   96  5.86  123   7.2   36  
  P  Keith Foulke         25   7   4  .636  34   0   0  16   4   4   0   62.0   57   34   30  11   18   60  4.35   31   4.6   18  
  P  Carlos Castillo      23   6   4  .600  21  11   1   6   0   0   1   87.2   95   46   40   8   31   60  4.11   46   4.7  -36  
  P *Mike Sirotka         27   5  15  .250  26  26   2   0   0   0   0  167.1  246  139  130  30   44   98  6.99  146   7.8   82  
  P *Scott Eyre           26   3   1  .750  58   1   0  38   3   0   0   96.2  100   67   55  15   65   72  5.12   68   6.4  -78  
  P  Bobby Howry          24   3   2  .600  33   0   0  29  15   3   0   48.2   46   31   28   9   21   47  5.18   30   5.2  158  
  P *Jarrod Washburn      23   3   4  .429  10  10   1   0   0   0   0   59.0   71   34   32   5   23   39  4.88   40   6.3   17  
  P  Paul Abbott          30   2   1  .667   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   18.1   19   12   12   2    6   13  5.89   10   5.5   60  
  P  Bobby Chouinard      26   2   3  .400  26   0   0  10   0   2   0   36.2   46   31   30   6   11   23  7.36   27   6.7   56  
  P  Greg McMichael       31   2   5  .286  55   0   0  20   5   6   0   67.2   85   54   48   8   33   51  6.38   46   6.2  -46  
  P  Chad Bradford        23   1   4  .200  22   0   0  13   2   3   0   27.2   31   16   12   1    9   20  3.90   13   4.4  110  
  P  John Snyder          23   1  11  .083  17  17   2   0   0   0   1   99.2  174  113  106  19   41   60  9.57  121  10.9  203  
  P *Bryan Ward           26   0   0  .000  19   0   0   5   2   1   0   20.1   24   10   10   2    9   14  4.43   15   6.9   30  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                     1026         22

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Scott Servais 577 66 67 413 16 2 0 .995 24 6 Chris Hoiles 572 65 68 409 32 4 2 .991 49 16 Damian Miller 309 31 52 231 12 3 0 .988 16 4 Robert Machado 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Thomas 1361 162 162 1361 104 19 157 .987 9.69 Greg Norton 62 0 28 55 7 0 4 1.000 9.00 Paul Konerko 18 0 5 18 2 0 0 1.000 10.00 Mike Blowers 9 0 4 8 1 0 2 1.000 9.00 Wil Cordero 9 0 6 11 2 0 2 1.000 13.00 Chris Snopek 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Durham 1208 133 136 275 401 15 97 .978 5.04 Greg Norton 162 19 19 47 56 3 14 .972 5.73 Craig Wilson 79 9 9 22 18 2 3 .952 4.56 Chris Snopek 11 1 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.91 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Blowers 995 117 117 111 186 19 23 .940 2.69 Greg Norton 326 36 41 29 52 9 7 .900 2.23 Paul Konerko 106 9 21 13 16 1 2 .967 2.47 Chris Snopek 33 0 17 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.48 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Caruso 1141 135 137 248 384 37 96 .945 4.99 Kevin Stocker 317 27 62 67 128 1 22 .995 5.54 Chris Snopek 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Craig Wilson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Albert Belle 1205 134 135 217 9 2 0 .991 1.69 Paul Konerko 240 27 31 52 1 3 0 .946 1.99 Shane Mack 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 Jeff Abbott 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Magglio Ordonez 1160 129 131 318 14 4 3 .988 2.58 Jeff Abbott 204 22 25 51 3 0 0 1.000 2.38 Shane Mack 48 6 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Albert Belle 17 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 Wil Cordero 17 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Damian Miller 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Chris Snopek 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Henry Rodriguez 737 85 85 165 4 0 1 1.000 2.06 Chris Snopek 269 28 36 54 1 1 0 .982 1.84 Wil Cordero 258 29 30 52 1 5 1 .914 1.85 Paul Konerko 176 20 20 38 0 3 0 .927 1.95 Jeff Abbott 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Shane Mack 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 Damian Miller 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Albert Belle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Jarrod Washburn
Round 1 (#7):	Brian Anderson
Round 3 (#62):	Damian Miller
Round 4 (#74):	Henry Rodriguez
Round 5 (#97):	Paul Abbott
Round 6 (#118):	Kevin Stocker

Transactions

• 1998 preseason: released rookie Tom Fordham
• 1998-01: traded Bill Simas to CHN for Shane Mack, Scott Servais
• 1998-01: traded Mike Cameron, CHA#2 to CIN for Paul Konerko
• 1998-01: acquired Bobby Chouinard as a free agent
• 1998-02: acquired Mike Blowers as a free agent
• 1998-26: traded Henry Rodriguez to CHN for CHN#2
• 1998 postseason: released Bobby Chouinard, Jesus Pena, Liu Rodriguez, Kevin Stocker

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