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1989 Chicago White Sox  (1988)  (1990) 90-72, 3rd in AL Western Division Scored 745 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .702 Park Factor: Batting - 92 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-92 Manager(s): Ben Lea

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 DH  Brian Downing        38  143  563   74  161  28   2  11   75   0   0   67  105  .286  .363  .401   85   5.5             -4  
 1B *Alvin Davis          28  147  498   76  140  26   1  17   77   0   0   82   63  .281  .382  .440   84   6.0  4e13      -98  
 3B  Tim Wallach          31  158  604   62  162  44   0  10   64   1   4   55   84  .268  .328  .391   74   4.3  1e19      -41  
 OF #Chili Davis          29  141  517   57  144  16   2  16   78   1   0   50  104  .279  .340  .410   72   5.1  3(-1)e7   -26  
 C   Carlton Fisk         41  104  388   55  118  27   0  14   64   1   0   35   76  .304  .364  .482   68   6.6  3(0)e3     16  
 OF #Tim Raines           29  106  408   81  112  18   4   6   38  45  13   71   43  .275  .379  .382   68   5.8  2(+1)e1   -51  
 OF *Oddibe McDowell      26   99  298   49  101  22   8   8   54  14   6   24   40  .339  .388  .547   64   8.5  2(0)e10   211  
 OF  Ivan Calderon        27  135  465   60  133  28   8   8   49   0   1   28   72  .286  .328  .432   58   4.5  4(0)e8     -9  
 SS #Kurt Stillwell       24  134  444   56  113  19   4   9   50   9   2   37   65  .255  .314  .376   54   4.3  3e21      -15  
 2B #Jose Oquendo         26   52  196   25   49   4   5   1   26   0   1   27   20  .250  .336  .337   24   4.1  2e5       -74  
 OF  Sammy Sosa           20   74  186   21   50  13   1   1    9  14   3   10   54  .269  .315  .366   22   4.2  2(-2)e14   11  
 2B #Luis Quinones        27   64  181   20   34   7   0   5   18   2   0   20   19  .188  .279  .309   17   3.2  4e16     -123  
 OF *Steve Finley         24  107  195   32   44   4   2   2   13   8   5   12   27  .226  .269  .297   16   2.7  1(-2)e6   -49  
 C   Dave Valle           28   68  170   18   33   3   3   4   27   0   1   15   13  .194  .260  .318   14   2.7  2(-2)e2   -87  
 SS  Jeff Kunkel          27   41  106   12   25   9   4   2   14   1   0    5   26  .236  .277  .453   13   4.1  3e44      -30  
 2B *Steve Lyons          29   40  120   13   31   5   1   0    6   2   1    8   17  .258  .305  .317   12   3.7  4e16      -35  
 C  *Matt Merullo         23   24   73    9   24   0   0   1    6   0   0    8   14  .329  .390  .370   11   5.9  4(+3)e15  216  
 2B  Brad Wellman         29   85  174   17   37   4   0   1   16   6   1    5   30  .213  .233  .253    9   1.7  3e4       -64  
 1B  Tony Armas           36   15   47    2   17   2   0   0    6   0   0    2   11  .362  .388  .404    6   5.2  4e25       47  
 OF *Curt Ford            28   13   39    2   11   0   1   0    7   5   1    6    8  .282  .378  .333    5   4.6  3(0)e7    124  
 3B *Robin Ventura        21    6   15    4    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    9    0  .267  .560  .333    4  10.4  3e22      351  
 OF  Mickey Brantley      28    3    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(-2)e6  -411  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           788                  -18

     * - 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  Orel Hershiser       30  12   2  .857  15  15   5   0   0   0   3  112.2   91   25   21   3   25   75  1.68   29   2.4  -81  
  P *Greg Hibbard         24  11   5  .688  24  24   1   0   0   0   0  144.0  167   68   66   9   60   49  4.12   83   5.2   50  
  P  Eric King            25  11   9  .550  27  27   0   0   0   0   0  165.0  182   87   81  11   67   74  4.42   87   4.8   30  
  P *Jamie Moyer          26  10   5  .667  34  22   2   4   2   0   0  146.0  138   63   59  12   59   89  3.64   67   4.1 -119  
  P  Charlie Hough        41   8  15  .348  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  191.1  180  113   99  25  102  111  4.66  106   5.0  -39  
  P  Clay Parker          26   7   0 1.000  34   2   1  14   7   2   0   81.1   71   28   28   4   19   25  3.10   27   3.1 -131  
  P  Roy Smith            27   7   9  .438  19  17   2   2   1   0   0  106.2  118   65   58  13   39   56  4.89   58   4.9  -16  
  P  Mark Portugal        26   6   4  .600  18  15   4   3   0   1   1  118.1  130   61   52  10   49  107  3.95   63   4.7   90  
  P  Edwin Nunez          26   3   0 1.000  10   0   0   6   2   0   0   28.0   23   13   12   2   11   25  3.86    9   3.2 -135  
  P  Mark Eichhorn        28   3   3  .500  48   0   0  14   1   3   0   58.1   58   18   17   5   12   51  2.62   22   3.5  -79  
  P  John Dopson          25   3   5  .375   9   9   3   0   0   0   0   61.2   65   38   32  14   15   32  4.67   35   5.0   76  
  P  Alejandro Pena       30   3   6  .333  47   0   0  41  33   5   0   52.2   57   20   19   4   15   36  3.25   27   4.7  111  
  P  Jack Armstrong       24   2   0 1.000  18   0   0   6   0   0   0   25.1   24   11   11   1    7   17  3.91   10   3.8 -155  
  P  Donn Pall            27   2   3  .400  33   0   0  21   5   3   0   61.2   53   23   22   7   10   57  3.21   22   3.3 -111  
  P  Bobby Thigpen        25   2   5  .286  36   0   0  21   4   3   0   71.2   53   19   17   7   30   37  2.13   26   3.3  -77  
  P *Steve Frey           25   0   0  .000   5   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.1    4    2    2   0    2    1 13.50    2  18.3  241  
  P  Mike Campbell        25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   1    0    1  9.00    1  11.2  466  
  P *Joe Hesketh          30   0   0  .000   8   0   0   5   0   0   0   14.0   27   16   15   1    5   12  9.64   16  10.9  125  
  P *Steve Trout          31   0   1  .000  24   0   0   7   0   2   0   25.1   37   20   20   5   15   14  7.11   26   9.6   56  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      726        -20

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Carlton Fisk 836 95 96 532 40 3 3 .995 60 20 Dave Valle 440 44 65 306 18 1 1 .997 15 8 Matt Merullo 189 23 23 122 17 3 2 .979 22 10 Steve Lyons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alvin Davis 1128 125 137 1106 90 8 115 .993 9.54 Ivan Calderon 231 27 30 221 8 4 27 .983 8.92 Tony Armas* 86 10 10 68 4 2 13 .973 7.53 Steve Lyons 21 0 8 18 1 0 2 1.000 8.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brad Wellman 465 44 78 137 130 1 33 .996 5.17 Jose Oquendo 398 45 47 115 124 1 38 .996 5.40 Steve Lyons 295 38 38 97 90 4 30 .979 5.71 Luis Quinones 288 34 38 90 84 1 23 .994 5.44 Jeff Kunkel 20 1 9 5 7 1 1 .923 5.40 Kurt Stillwell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Wallach 1400 156 158 118 283 15 49 .964 2.58 Luis Quinones 30 3 4 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.70 Robin Ventura 25 3 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jeff Kunkel 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Steve Lyons 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 Brad Wellman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kurt Stillwell 1076 119 132 266 390 12 74 .982 5.49 Jeff Kunkel 225 25 28 47 76 7 13 .946 4.91 Luis Quinones 118 14 16 31 47 0 7 1.000 5.95 Jose Oquendo 43 4 6 11 19 0 5 1.000 6.28 Brad Wellman 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Raines 918 103 103 196 6 1 0 .995 1.98 Chili Davis 513 56 60 108 4 1 0 .991 1.97 Tony Armas* 208 23 25 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 Ivan Calderon 27 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Curt Ford* 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Oddibe McDowell 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Sammy Sosa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Oddibe McDowell 594 71 80 186 4 3 2 .984 2.88 Steve Finley 478 47 82 132 3 2 1 .985 2.54 Sammy Sosa 381 43 53 127 4 1 1 .992 3.09 Curt Ford* 33 4 5 13 1 0 0 1.000 3.82 Matt Merullo 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ivan Calderon 633 76 78 125 4 6 0 .956 1.84 Chili Davis 630 74 76 122 3 4 1 .969 1.79 Curt Ford* 77 10 11 10 2 1 0 .923 1.40 Sammy Sosa 55 1 30 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.81 Steve Finley 31 0 14 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.23 Oddibe McDowell 29 1 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 Mickey Brantley 10 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Dave Valle 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1989 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Mark Portugal
Round 2 (#43):	Jamie Moyer
Round 3 (#45):	Edwin Nunez
Round 3 (#56):	Bob Melvin
Round 3 (#65):	Tony Armas

Transactions

• 1989-01: traded Geno Petralli to SEA for Oddibe McDowell, Jeff Kunkel
• 1989-01: traded Tom McCarthy, CHA#2 to BAA for Steve Finley, Steve Lyons
• 1989-01: traded Jose Oquendo, Bob Melvin to LAN for Kurt Stillwell, LAN#1
• 1989-01: traded Jerry Reed to MON for Steve Frey, Brad Wellman
• 1989-01: acquired Mark Eichhorn as a free agent
• 1989-04: released Alfredo Griffin
• 1989-04: acquired Steve Trout as a free agent
• 1989-07: released Tony Armas
• 1989-07: traded CHA#1 to MON for Tim Raines
• 1989-08: traded Steve Lyons, Edwin Nunez to NYA for Clay Parker, Luis Quinones
• 1989-12: released Steve Trout
• 1989-12: acquired Curt Ford as a free agent
• 1989-15: traded Roy Smith, Jeff Kunkel, LAN#1 to LAN for Orel Hershiser, Jose Oquendo
• 1989-17: traded CHA#3 to MON for John Dopson
• 1989-17: released Mark Eichhorn
• 1989 postseason: released Oddibe McDowell, Matt Merullo

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