1989 Chicago White Sox season
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The 1989
1989 Major League Baseball season
-Awards and honors:*Most Valuable Player**Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers **Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco Giants *Cy Young Award**Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City Royals **Mark Davis, San Diego Padres *Rookie of the Year...

 Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

 season
was the White Sox's 90th season. They finished with a record 69-92, good enough for 7th place in the American League
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 West
American League West
The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the west coast and in Texas, historically the...

, 29.5 games behind of the 1st place Oakland Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

.

Potential move to Florida

In July 1988, legislators from the State of Illinois narrowly approved a proposal for a new state-financed stadium and a lease deal that would save the team $60 million and kept the White Sox from moving to St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...

.
St. Petersburg has begun construction on an $80 million domed stadium.

The club's principal owners, Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry M. Reinsdorf is a CPA, lawyer and an owner of the MLB's Chicago White Sox and the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the White Sox and Bulls for over 20 years.He made his initial fortune in real...

 and Eddie Einhorn
Eddie Einhorn
Eddie Einhorn is minority owner and Vice Chairman of the Chicago White Sox.Einhorn produced the nationally syndicated radio broadcast of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1958...

, had said the team would move to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the 1989 season if the stadium proposal were not approved.

The State Senate in Springfield passed the stadium bill by a 30-26 vote about 20 minutes before midnight, then sent it on to the General Assembly, where Gov. James Thompson was involved in political maneuvering on the last day the Legislature was in session.

The money for the ball park, would come from a 2 percent city hotel-motel tax, estimated to be worth at least $8 million a year. The city would add $5 million annually in revenue-sharing funds, and the state would contribute $5 million in hotel-motel tax revenues.

Notable transactions

  • December 5, 1988: Rich Amaral
    Rich Amaral
    Richard Louis Amaral is a former utility player in Major League Baseball who played with the Seattle Mariners , and Baltimore Orioles . He batted and threw right-handed....

     was drafted by the White Sox from the Chicago Cubs
    Chicago Cubs
    The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

     in the 1988 rule 5 draft
    Rule 5 draft
    The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to...

    .
  • December 12, 1988: Mike Diaz
    Mike Diaz
    Michael Anthony Diaz is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1983 and 1988, for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox...

     was released by the White Sox.
  • February 10, 1989: Jerry Willard
    Jerry Willard
    Gerald Duane Willard was a Major League Baseball catcher.Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1979, Willard would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cleveland Indians on April 11, 1984, and appeared in his final game on May 19, 1994.Willard's career was spent...

     was signed as a free agent with the White Sox.
  • March 23, 1989: Kenny Williams was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers
    Detroit Tigers
    The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

     for Eric King
    Eric King (baseball)
    Eric Steven King was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He may be best known for giving up Ken Griffey, Jr's first career Major League home run....

    .

1989 Opening Day Lineup

  • Ozzie Guillén
    Ozzie Guillén
    Oswaldo José "Ozzie" Guillén Barrios is a Venezuelan-American former Major League Baseball player and current manager of the Miami Marlins. He managed the Chicago White Sox from 2004 to 2011 before asking for his release at the end of the 2011 season....

    , ss
  • Dave Gallagher
    Dave Gallagher
    David Thomas Gallagher , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1987-1995.-Teams:* Cleveland Indians 1987* Chicago White Sox 1988-90* Baltimore Orioles 1990...

    , cf
  • Harold Baines
    Harold Baines
    Harold Douglas Baines is a former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from 1980 to 2001. He is best known for his three stints with the Chicago White Sox, the team on which he now serves as coach...

    , dh
  • Iván Calderón, rf
  • Greg Walker
    Greg Walker
    Gregory Lee Walker is a former power-hitting first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former hitting coach of the Chicago White Sox, the team for which he played all but the last 14 games of his career. As a player for 9 years, Walker hit 113 home runs and drove in 444 runs, while scoring...

    , 1b
  • Carlton Fisk
    Carlton Fisk
    Carlton Ernest Fisk , nicknamed "Pudge" or "The Commander", is a former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 24-year baseball career, he played for both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox .Fisk was known by the nickname "Pudge" due to his 6'2", 220 lb frame...

    , c
  • Dan Pasqua
    Dan Pasqua
    Daniel Anthony Pasqua , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues from 1985-1994. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Pasqua attended William Paterson University in New Jersey...

    , lf
  • Steve Lyons
    Steve Lyons (baseball)
    Stephen John Lyons is a former Major League Baseball player and a television sportscaster. He is of French and Irish descent, and currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California....

    , 2b
  • Eddie Williams, 3b
  • Jerry Reuss
    Jerry Reuss
    Jerry Reuss -- pronounced "royce" -- is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the United States, who had a 22-year career from to ....

    , p

Notable transactions

  • May 8, 1989: Domingo Jean
    Domingo Jean
    Domingo Jean Luisa is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball, pitching in 10 games for the New York Yankees in .- White Sox :...

     was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.
  • June 5, 1989: Frank Thomas
    Frank Thomas (AL baseball player)
    Frank Edward Thomas, Jr. , nicknamed "The Big Hurt", is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter and first baseman....

     was selected by the White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft
    1989 Major League Baseball Draft
    -First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1989 Major League Baseball draft.-Supplemental first round selections:-External links:*...

    .
  • July 1, 1989: Richard Dotson
    Richard Dotson
    Richard Elliott Dotson is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1980s. He is best noted for his 22-7 performance of , helping the Chicago White Sox win the American League West Division championship that season. Dotson finished fourth in the American League Cy Young Award...

     was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
  • July 29, 1989: Harold Baines
    Harold Baines
    Harold Douglas Baines is a former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from 1980 to 2001. He is best known for his three stints with the Chicago White Sox, the team on which he now serves as coach...

     and Fred Manrique
    Fred Manrique
    Fred Eloy Manrique Reyes [man-RE-kay] is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Toronto Blue Jays , Montreal Expos , St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago White Sox , Texas Rangers , Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics...

     were traded by the White Sox to the Texas Rangers
    Texas Rangers (baseball)
    The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...

     for Sammy Sosa
    Sammy Sosa
    Samuel Peralta "Sammy" Sosa is a Dominican former professional baseball right fielder. Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career which spanned from 1989-2007....

    , Wilson Alvarez
    Wilson Alvarez
    Wilson Eduardo Álvarez Fuenmayor is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher...

    , and Scott Fletcher.

Roster

1989 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
Harold Baines
Harold Douglas Baines is a former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from 1980 to 2001. He is best known for his three stints with the Chicago White Sox, the team on which he now serves as coach...

, DH,RF
96 333 55 107 20 1 13 56 60 52 .321 0
Daryl Boston
Daryl Boston
Daryl Lamont Boston is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. In 2001, he was named Minor-league roving outfield instructor for the Chicago White Sox....

, OF
101 218 34 55 3 4 5 23 24 31 .252 7
Ivan Calderon, OF,DH,1B 157 622 83 178 34 9 14 87 43 94 .286 7
Carlton Fisk
Carlton Fisk
Carlton Ernest Fisk , nicknamed "Pudge" or "The Commander", is a former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 24-year baseball career, he played for both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox .Fisk was known by the nickname "Pudge" due to his 6'2", 220 lb frame...

, C
103 375 47 110 25 2 13 68 36 60 .293 1
Scott Fletcher, 2B,SS 59 232 30 63 11 1 1 21 26 19 .272 1
Dave Gallagher
Dave Gallagher
David Thomas Gallagher , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1987-1995.-Teams:* Cleveland Indians 1987* Chicago White Sox 1988-90* Baltimore Orioles 1990...

, OF
161 601 74 160 22 2 1 46 46 79 .266 5
Ozzie Guillen
Ozzie Guillén
Oswaldo José "Ozzie" Guillén Barrios is a Venezuelan-American former Major League Baseball player and current manager of the Miami Marlins. He managed the Chicago White Sox from 2004 to 2011 before asking for his release at the end of the 2011 season....

, SS
155 597 63 151 20 8 1 54 15 48 .253 36
Jerry Hairston, PH 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0
Lance Johnson
Lance Johnson
Kenneth Lance Johnson is a retired Major League Baseball player. At the age of 24, Johnson broke into the big leagues on July 10, 1987, with the St. Louis Cardinals after being drafted by them in the 6th round of the 1984 amateur draft. In 1987 Johnson, playing for the Louisville Redbirds, was...

, OF
50 180 28 54 8 2 0 16 17 24 .300 16
Ron Karkovice
Ron Karkovice
Ronald Joseph Karkovice is a former Major League Baseball catcher.Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round of the 1982 MLB amateur draft, Karkovice would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago White Sox on August 17, 1986, and appeared in his final game on September 26,...

, C
71 182 21 48 9 2 3 24 10 56 .264 0
Ron Kittle
Ron Kittle
Ronald Dale Kittle is a former left fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who was known mostly for his home run power, being named the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year...

, 1B,DH,LF
51 169 26 51 10 0 11 37 22 42 .302 0
Steve Lyons
Steve Lyons (baseball)
Stephen John Lyons is a former Major League Baseball player and a television sportscaster. He is of French and Irish descent, and currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California....

, 2B,1B,3B,OF
140 443 51 117 21 3 2 50 35 68 .264 9
Fred Manrique
Fred Manrique
Fred Eloy Manrique Reyes [man-RE-kay] is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Toronto Blue Jays , Montreal Expos , St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago White Sox , Texas Rangers , Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics...

, 2B
65 187 23 56 13 1 2 30 8 30 .299 0
Carlos Martinez, 3B,1B,LF 109 350 44 105 22 0 5 32 21 57 .300 4
Matt Merullo
Matt Merullo
Matthew Bates Merullo is a retired professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball from 1989–95, primarily as a catcher. He is currently a regional scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks....

, C
31 81 5 18 1 0 1 8 6 14 .222 0
Russ Morman
Russ Morman
Russell Lee Morman is an American professional baseball coach. During his active career, he played first base and the outfield in Major League Baseball from to...

, 1B
37 58 5 13 2 0 0 8 6 16 .224 1
Dan Pasqua
Dan Pasqua
Daniel Anthony Pasqua , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues from 1985-1994. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Pasqua attended William Paterson University in New Jersey...

, OF,DH
73 246 26 61 9 1 11 47 25 58 .248 1
Billy Jo Robidoux
Billy Jo Robidoux
William Joseph Robidoux was a Major League Baseball player, primarily at first base, but also occasionally played in the outfield and as a designated hitter....

, 1B
16 39 2 5 2 0 0 1 4 9 .128 0
Jeff Schaefer
Jeff Schaefer
Jeffrey Scott Schaefer is a former Major League Baseball utility infielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors between and . Of the 225 games Schaefer played in the majors, about half were at shortstop, with most of the rest at third base or second base .-External links:...

, SS,2B,3B
15 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 1
Sammy Sosa
Sammy Sosa
Samuel Peralta "Sammy" Sosa is a Dominican former professional baseball right fielder. Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career which spanned from 1989-2007....

, OF
33 99 19 27 5 0 3 10 11 27 .273 7
Robin Ventura
Robin Ventura
Robin Mark Ventura is the current manager of the Chicago White Sox. He is a former professional baseball player, a third baseman who played for four major league teams, most notably for the Chicago White Sox...

, 3B
16 45 5 8 3 0 0 7 8 6 .178 0
Greg Walker
Greg Walker
Gregory Lee Walker is a former power-hitting first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former hitting coach of the Chicago White Sox, the team for which he played all but the last 14 games of his career. As a player for 9 years, Walker hit 113 home runs and drove in 444 runs, while scoring...

, 1B,DH
77 233 25 49 14 0 5 26 23 50 .210 0
Eddie Williams, 3B 66 201 25 55 8 0 3 10 18 31 .274 1
Team totals
161 5504 693 1493 262 36 94 661 464 873 .271 97

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
Jeff Bittiger
Jeff Bittiger
Jeffrey Scott Bittiger is a former relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins, and Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball. He pitched four seasons in the major leagues, from until...

0 1 6.52 2 1 0 9.2 9 7 7 2 6 7
Wayne Edwards
Wayne Edwards (baseball)
Wayne Maurice Edwards is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 10th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. In Wayne's early years, he had a potassium deficiency...

0 0 3.68 7 0 0 7.1 7 3 3 1 3 9
John Davis
John Davis (pitcher)
John Kirk Davis , is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during four seasons at the major league level for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and San Diego Padres. He was drafted by the Royals in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft...

0 1 4.50 4 0 1 6.0 5 4 3 2 2 5
Richard Dotson
Richard Dotson
Richard Elliott Dotson is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1980s. He is best noted for his 22-7 performance of , helping the Chicago White Sox win the American League West Division championship that season. Dotson finished fourth in the American League Cy Young Award...

3 7 3.88 17 17 0 99.2 112 51 43 8 44 55
Jack Hardy
Jack Hardy (pitcher)
John Graydon "Jack" Hardy is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the Chicago White Sox. For his career, he recorded no decisions, with a 6.57 earned run average, and four strikeouts in 12⅓ innings pitched.Hardy was born in St. Petersburg,...

0 0 6.57 5 0 0 12.1 14 9 9 1 5 4
Greg Hibbard
Greg Hibbard
James Gregory Hibbard is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from -. Currently, he is the pitching coach for the Class-A Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the Cleveland Indians organization.-External links:*...

6 7 3.21 23 23 0 137.1 142 58 49 5 41 55
Shawn Hillegas
Shawn Hillegas
Shawn Patrick Hillegas is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics.-Biography:...

7 11 4.74 50 13 3 119.2 132 67 63 12 55 76
Barry Jones
Barry Jones (baseball)
Barry Louis Jones is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during eight seasons at the major league level for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets. He was drafted by the Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft...

3 2 2.37 22 0 1 30.1 22 12 8 2 8 17
Eric King
Eric King (baseball)
Eric Steven King was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He may be best known for giving up Ken Griffey, Jr's first career Major League home run....

9 10 3.39 25 25 0 159.1 144 69 60 13 65 72
Bill Long 5 5 3.92 30 8 1 98.2 101 49 43 8 37 51
Tom McCarthy
Tom McCarthy (1980s pitcher)
Thomas Michael McCarthy is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox...

1 2 3.51 31 0 0 66.2 72 32 26 8 20 27
Donn Pall
Donn Pall
Donn Steven "The Pope" Pall , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1988-1998. He is currently a Community Relations Representative for the White Sox.-External links:...

4 5 3.31 53 0 6 87.0 90 35 32 9 22 58
Ken Patterson
Ken Patterson
Kenneth Brian Patterson , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1988-1994. He is currently the pitching coach for the Arkansas Travelers, an AA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels on Anaheim...

6 1 4.52 50 1 0 65.2 64 37 33 11 31 43
Melido Perez
Melido Pérez
Mélido Turpen Gross Pérez , is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from through for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees. He made his major league debut for the Kansas City Royals on September 4, 1987. In that game, Pérez pitched seven innings of shutout...

11 14 5.01 31 31 0 183.1 187 106 102 23 93 141
Adam Peterson
Adam Peterson (1990s pitcher)
Adam Charles Peterson is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Peterson spent parts of five seasons in the majors between and with the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres....

0 1 15.19 3 2 0 5.1 13 9 9 1 2 3
Jerry Reuss
Jerry Reuss
Jerry Reuss -- pronounced "royce" -- is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the United States, who had a 22-year career from to ....

8 5 5.06 23 19 0 106.2 135 65 60 12 22 27
Steve Rosenberg
Steve Rosenberg
Steven Allen Rosenberg is a retired American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.Rosenberg is Jewish...

4 13 4.94 38 21 0 142.0 148 92 78 14 59 77
Jose Segura 0 1 15.00 7 0 0 6.0 13 11 10 2 4 4
Bobby Thigpen
Bobby Thigpen
Robert Thomas "Bobby" Thigpen is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is noted for setting the major league record of 57 saves during the season, which has since been broken by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Francisco Rodríguez...

2 6 3.76 61 0 34 79.0 62 34 33 10 43 47
Team totals
69 92 4.23 161 161 46 1422.0 1472 750 668 144 552 778

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, Birmingham, South Bend

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