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1998 Chicago White Sox

80-82 • 0.494 Win% • 2nd in AL C

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📊 Season Record

80 Wins

82 Losses

0.494 Win %

2nd Rank

861 R 931 RA

Diff -70

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⚡ Quick Stats

861 Runs Scored

931 Runs Allowed

-70 Run Diff

1,391K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 AL Average

Batting Avg .271 equal to the 1998 league average (.271)

OBP .336 equal to the 1998 league average (.336)

SLG .377 3% above the 1998 league average (.366)

Team ERA 5.22 12% worse than the 1998 league average (4.65)

Runs Scored 861 6% above the 1998 league average (812 R)

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Home Games 82

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Total Attendance 1,391,146

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Avg per Game 16,965

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Ray Durham	158	635	126	181	19	67	73	105	36	0.285
Albert Belle	163	609	113	200	49	152	81	84	6	0.328
Robin Ventura	161	590	84	155	21	91	79	111	1	0.263
Frank Thomas	160	585	109	155	29	109	110	93	7	0.265
Magglio Ordonez	145	535	70	151	14	65	28	53	9	0.282
Mike Caruso	133	523	81	160	5	55	14	38	22	0.306
Mike Cameron	141	396	53	83	8	43	37	101	27	0.210
Wil Cordero	96	341	58	91	13	49	22	66	2	0.267
Greg Norton	105	299	38	71	9	36	26	77	3	0.237
Chad Kreuter	93	245	26	62	2	33	32	45	1	0.253
Jeff Abbott	89	244	33	68	12	41	9	28	3	0.279
Charlie O'Brien	57	164	12	43	4	18	9	31	0	0.262
Chris Snopek	53	125	17	26	1	4	14	24	3	0.208
Robert Machado	34	111	14	23	3	15	7	22	0	0.207
Ruben Sierra	27	74	7	16	4	11	3	11	2	0.216
Craig Wilson	13	47	14	22	3	10	3	6	1	0.468
Mark Johnson	7	23	2	2	0	1	1	8	0	0.087
Brian Simmons	5	19	4	7	2	6	0	2	0	0.368
Lou Frazier	7	7	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	0.000
Mike Sirotka	33	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.000
Scott Eyre	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.000
James Baldwin	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Carlos Castillo	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Tom Fordham	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Jaime Navarro	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jim Parque	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jim Abbott	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jason Bere	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Chad Bradford	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Larry Casian	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Tony Castillo	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Keith Foulke	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Heathcott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bob Howry	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Matt Karchner	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Todd Rizzo	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bill Simas	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
John Snyder	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bryan Ward	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Howry 3.15 2 Chad Bradford 3.23 3 Bill Simas 3.57 4 Keith Foulke 4.13 5 Jim Abbott 4.55

Wins

1 Mike Sirotka 14 2 James Baldwin 13 3 Jaime Navarro 8 4 Jim Parque 7 5 John Snyder 7

Strikeouts

1 Mike Sirotka 128 2 James Baldwin 108 3 Jim Parque 77 4 Scott Eyre 73 5 Jaime Navarro 71

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Mike Sirotka	14	15	5.06	33	33	0	211.2	47	128
Jaime Navarro	8	16	6.36	37	27	1	172.2	77	71
James Baldwin	13	6	5.32	37	24	0	159.0	60	108
Jim Parque	7	5	5.10	21	21	0	113.0	49	77
Scott Eyre	3	8	5.38	33	17	0	107.0	64	73
Carlos Castillo	6	4	5.11	54	2	0	100.1	35	64
John Snyder	7	2	4.80	15	14	0	86.1	23	52
Jason Bere	3	7	6.45	18	15	0	83.2	58	53
Bill Simas	4	3	3.57	60	0	18	70.2	22	56
Keith Foulke	3	2	4.13	54	0	1	65.1	20	57
Bob Howry	0	3	3.15	44	0	9	54.1	19	51
Tom Fordham	1	2	6.75	29	5	0	48.0	42	23
Matt Karchner	2	4	5.15	32	0	11	36.2	19	30
Jim Abbott	5	0	4.55	5	5	0	31.2	12	14
Chad Bradford	2	1	3.23	29	0	1	30.2	7	11
Tony Castillo	1	2	8.00	25	0	0	27.0	11	14
Bryan Ward	1	2	3.33	28	0	1	27.0	7	17
Todd Rizzo	0	0	13.50	9	0	0	6.2	6	3
Larry Casian	0	0	11.25	4	0	0	4.0	1	6
Mike Heathcott	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	3.0	1	3

👥 Roster (39)

Jeff Abbott Jim Abbott James Baldwin Albert Belle Jason Bere Chad Bradford Mike Cameron Mike Caruso Larry Casian Carlos Castillo Tony Castillo Wil Cordero +27 more

39 players