The 1989 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 90th season. They finished with a record of 69–92, anchoring them to the cellar (seventh place) of the American League West, 29.5 games behind the first place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

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.White Sox Are Safe at Home – New York Times St. Petersburg had begun construction on an $80 million domed stadium.

The club's principal owners, Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn, had said the team would move to St. Petersburg, Florida, for the 1989 season if the stadium proposal were not approved.

The state Senate in Springfield passed the stadium bill by a 30 to 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 was drafted by the White Sox from the Chicago Cubs in the 1988 rule 5 draft.Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference December 12, 1988: Mike Diaz was released by the White Sox.Mike Diaz page at Baseball Reference February 10, 1989: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent with the White Sox.Jerry Willard page at Baseball Reference March 23, 1989: Kenny Williams was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Eric King.Kenny Williams page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

1989 Opening Day lineup Ozzie Guillén, SS Dave Gallagher, CF Harold Baines, DH Iván Calderón, RF Greg Walker, 1B Carlton Fisk, C Dan Pasqua, LF Steve Lyons, 2B Eddie Williams, 3B Jerry Reuss, P

Notable transactions May 8, 1989: Domingo Jean was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.Domingo Jean page at Baseball Reference June 5, 1989: Frank Thomas was selected by the White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft.Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference July 1, 1989: Richard Dotson was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Richard Dotson page at Baseball Reference July 29, 1989: Harold Baines and Fred Manrique were traded by the White Sox to the Texas Rangers for Sammy Sosa, Wilson Álvarez, and Scott Fletcher.Sammy Sosa page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1989 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Third Base) (First Base) (Pitching) (Hitting) (Bullpen)

Player stats

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, DH, RF 96 333 55 107 20 1 13 56 60 52 .321 0 Daryl Boston, OF 101 218 34 55 3 4 5 23 24 31 .252 7 Iván Calderón, OF, DH, 1B 157 622 83 178 34 9 14 87 43 94 .286 7 Carlton Fisk, 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, OF 161 601 74 160 22 2 1 46 46 79 .266 5 Ozzie Guillén, 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, OF 50 180 28 54 8 2 0 16 17 24 .300 16 Ron Karkovice, C 71 182 21 48 9 2 3 24 10 56 .264 0 Ron Kittle, 1B, DH, LF 51 169 26 51 10 0 11 37 22 42 .302 0 Steve Lyons, 2B, 1B, 3B, OF 140 443 51 117 21 3 2 50 35 68 .264 9 Fred Manrique, 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, C 31 81 5 18 1 0 1 8 6 14 .222 0 Russ Morman, 1B 37 58 5 13 2 0 0 8 6 16 .224 1 Dan Pasqua, OF, DH 73 246 26 61 9 1 11 47 25 58 .248 1 Billy Jo Robidoux, 1B 16 39 2 5 2 0 0 1 4 9 .128 0 Jeff Schaefer, SS, 2B, 3B 15 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 1 Sammy Sosa, OF 33 99 19 27 5 0 3 10 11 27 .273 7 Robin Ventura, 3B 16 45 5 8 3 0 0 7 8 6 .178 0 Greg Walker, 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 1 161 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 0 1 6.52 2 1 0 9.2 9 7 7 2 6 7 Wayne Edwards 0 0 3.68 7 0 0 7.1 7 3 3 1 3 9 John Davis 0 1 4.50 4 0 1 6.0 5 4 3 2 2 5 Richard Dotson 3 7 3.88 17 17 0 99.2 112 51 43 8 44 55 Jack Hardy 0 0 6.57 5 0 0 12.1 14 9 9 1 5 4 Greg Hibbard 6 7 3.21 23 23 0 137.1 142 58 49 5 41 55 Shawn Hillegas 7 11 4.74 50 13 3 119.2 132 67 63 12 55 76 Barry Jones 3 2 2.37 22 0 1 30.1 22 12 8 2 8 17 Eric King 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 1 2 3.51 31 0 0 66.2 72 32 26 8 20 27 Donn Pall 4 5 3.31 53 0 6 87.0 90 35 32 9 22 58 Ken Patterson 6 1 4.52 50 1 0 65.2 64 37 33 11 31 43 Mélido Pérez 11 14 5.01 31 31 0 183.1 187 106 102 23 93 141 Adam Peterson 0 1 15.19 3 2 0 5.1 13 9 9 1 2 3 Jerry Reuss 8 5 5.06 23 19 0 106.2 135 65 60 12 22 27 Steve Rosenberg 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 2 6 3.76 61 0 34 79.0 62 34 33 10 43 47 69 92 4.23 161 161 46 1422.0 1472 750 668 144 552 778

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, Birmingham, South BendJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1989 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference