1997 Chicago White Sox

80-81 • 0.497 Win% • 2nd in AL C

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
81 Losses
0.497 Win %
2nd Rank
779 R 833 RA
Diff -54

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⚡ Quick Stats

779 Runs Scored
833 Runs Allowed
-54 Run Diff
1,865K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .272 1% above the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .341 1% above the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .359 2% below the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 4.73 4% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 779 2% below the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGuaranteed Rate Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,865,052
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Avg per Game 23,025

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Frank Thomas 0.347 2 Magglio Ordonez 0.319 3 Tony Phillips 0.310 4 Harold Baines 0.305 5 Norberto Martin 0.300

Home Runs

1 Frank Thomas 35 2 Albert Belle 30 3 Mike Cameron 14 4 Harold Baines 12 5 Dave Martinez 12

RBI

1 Frank Thomas 125 2 Albert Belle 116 3 Mike Cameron 55 4 Dave Martinez 55 5 Ray Durham 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Albert Belle 161 634 90 174 0 0 30 116 53 105 4 0.274
Ray Durham 155 634 106 172 0 0 11 53 61 96 33 0.271
Frank Thomas 146 530 110 184 0 0 35 125 109 69 1 0.347
Dave Martinez 145 504 78 144 0 0 12 55 55 69 12 0.286
Ozzie Guillen 142 490 59 120 0 0 4 52 22 24 5 0.245
Mike Cameron 116 379 63 98 0 0 14 55 55 105 23 0.259
Jorge Fabregas 100 322 31 90 0 0 7 48 11 43 1 0.280
Harold Baines 93 318 40 97 0 0 12 52 41 47 0 0.305
Chris Snopek 86 298 27 65 0 0 5 35 18 51 3 0.218
Lyle Mouton 88 242 26 65 0 0 5 23 14 66 4 0.269
Norberto Martin 71 213 24 64 0 0 2 27 6 31 1 0.300
Robin Ventura 54 183 27 48 0 0 6 26 34 21 0 0.262
Ron Karkovice 51 138 10 25 0 0 6 18 11 32 0 0.181
Tony Phillips 36 129 23 40 0 0 2 9 29 29 4 0.310
Mario Valdez 54 115 11 28 0 0 1 13 17 39 1 0.243
Darren Lewis 81 77 15 18 0 0 0 5 11 14 11 0.234
Magglio Ordonez 21 69 12 22 0 0 4 11 2 8 1 0.319
Tony Peña 31 67 4 11 0 0 0 8 8 13 0 0.164
Jeff Abbott 19 38 8 10 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0.263
Chad Kreuter 19 37 6 8 0 0 1 3 8 9 0 0.216
Greg Norton 18 34 5 9 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0.265
Robert Machado 10 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.200
Chad Fonville 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0.111
Wilson Alvarez 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
James Baldwin 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Danny Darwin 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Scott Eyre 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Carlos Castillo 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Tony Castillo 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Drabek 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jaime Navarro 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Sirotka 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Bere 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Bertotti 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Clemons 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nelson Cruz 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Darwin 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Fordham 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Keith Foulke 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roberto Hernandez 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Karchner 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Levine 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck McElroy 49 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Simas 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Thomas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Sirotka 2.25 2 Roberto Hernandez 2.44 3 Matt Karchner 2.91 4 Wilson Alvarez 3.03 5 Chuck McElroy 3.94

Wins

1 James Baldwin 12 2 Doug Drabek 12 3 Wilson Alvarez 9 4 Jaime Navarro 9 5 Roberto Hernandez 5

Strikeouts

1 Jaime Navarro 142 2 James Baldwin 140 3 Wilson Alvarez 110 4 Doug Drabek 85 5 Danny Darwin 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jaime Navarro 9 14 5.79 33 33 0 209.2 73 142
James Baldwin 12 15 5.27 32 32 0 200.0 83 140
Doug Drabek 12 11 5.74 31 31 0 169.1 69 85
Wilson Alvarez 9 8 3.03 22 22 0 145.2 55 110
Danny Darwin 4 8 4.13 21 17 0 113.1 31 62
Carlos Castillo 2 1 4.48 37 2 1 66.1 33 43
Tony Castillo 4 4 4.91 64 0 4 62.1 23 42
Scott Eyre 4 4 5.04 11 11 0 60.2 31 36
Chuck McElroy 1 3 3.94 48 0 1 59.1 19 44
Matt Karchner 3 1 2.91 52 0 15 52.2 26 30
Roberto Hernandez 5 1 2.44 46 0 27 48.0 24 47
Bill Simas 3 1 4.14 40 0 1 41.1 24 38
Mike Sirotka 3 0 2.25 7 4 0 32.0 5 24
Jason Bere 4 2 4.71 6 6 0 28.2 17 21
Keith Foulke 3 0 3.45 16 0 3 28.2 5 21
Al Levine 2 2 6.91 25 0 0 27.1 16 22
Nelson Cruz 0 2 6.49 19 0 0 26.1 9 23
Tom Fordham 0 1 6.23 7 1 0 17.1 10 10
Jeff Darwin 0 1 5.27 14 0 0 13.2 7 9
Chris Clemons 0 2 8.53 5 2 0 12.2 11 8
Mike Bertotti 0 0 7.36 9 0 0 3.2 2 4
Larry Thomas 0 0 8.10 5 0 0 3.1 2 0

👥 Roster (45)

Jeff Abbott Wilson Alvarez Harold Baines James Baldwin Albert Belle Jason Bere Mike Bertotti Mike Cameron Carlos Castillo Tony Castillo Chris Clemons Nelson Cruz +33 more

45 players

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