The 1988 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 89th season. They finished with a record of 71–90, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 32.5 games behind the first place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason November 12, 1987: Richard Dotson and Scott Nielsen were traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Dan Pasqua, Steve Rosenberg and Mark Salas.Dan Pasqua at Baseball Reference November 16, 1987: Jeff Schaefer was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Jeff Schaefer at Baseball Reference December 8, 1987: Rodney McCray was drafted by the White Sox from the San Diego Padres in the 1987 minor league draft.Rodney McCray at Baseball Reference December 10, 1987: Floyd Bannister and Dave Cochrane were traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Mélido Pérez, John Davis, Greg Hibbard and Chuck Mount (minors).Mélido Pérez at Baseball Reference February 9, 1988: José DeLeón was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lance Johnson, Ricky Horton and cash.Lance Johnson at Baseball Reference

Regular season Twenty-six days and 21 losses after leaving spring training, the Baltimore Orioles finally got their first win of the season. The runs came in bunches and the pitching staff threw a shutout as the O's downed the Chicago White Sox, 9–0.Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

1988 Opening Day lineup Lance Johnson, CF Ozzie Guillén, SS Harold Baines, DH Iván Calderón, RF Greg Walker, 1B Carlton Fisk, C Dan Pasqua, LF Kenny Williams, 3B Donnie Hill, 2B Ricky Horton, P

Notable transactions June 1, 1988: Robin Ventura was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed October 21, 1988.Robin Ventura at Baseball Reference August 4, 1988: Mike Maksudian and Vince Harris (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Tom McCarthy and Steve Springer.Mike Maksudian at Baseball Reference August 19, 1988: Gary Redus was traded by the White Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Diaz.Mike Diaz at Baseball Reference August 30, 1988: Ricky Horton was traded by the White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Hillegas.Shawn Hillegas at Baseball Reference September 25, 1988: Jim Morris was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Jim Morris at Baseball Reference

Roster 1988 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 158 599 55 166 39 1 13 81 67 109 .277 0 Daryl Boston, OF 105 281 37 61 12 2 15 31 21 44 .217 9 Iván Calderón, OF, DH 73 264 40 56 14 0 14 35 34 66 .212 4 Mike Diaz, 1B, DH 40 152 12 36 6 0 3 12 5 30 .237 0 Carlton Fisk, C 76 253 37 70 8 1 19 50 37 40 .277 0 Dave Gallagher, OF 101 347 59 105 15 3 5 31 29 40 .303 5 Ozzie Guillén, SS 156 566 58 148 16 7 0 39 25 40 .261 25 Jerry Hairston, PH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Donnie Hill, 2B, 3B, DH 83 221 17 48 6 1 2 20 26 32 .217 3 Lance Johnson, OF 33 124 11 23 4 1 0 6 6 11 .185 6 Ron Karkovice, C 46 115 10 20 4 0 3 9 7 30 .174 4 Steve Lyons, 3B, OF, 2B 146 472 59 127 28 3 5 45 32 59 .269 1 Fred Manrique, 2B, SS 140 345 43 81 10 6 5 37 21 54 .235 6 Carlos Martinez, 3B 17 55 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 12 .164 1 Russ Morman, 1B, LF, DH 40 75 8 18 2 0 0 3 3 17 .240 0 Kelly Paris, 1B, 3B 14 44 6 11 0 0 3 6 0 6 .250 0 Dan Pasqua, OF, 1B, DH 129 422 48 96 16 2 20 50 46 100 .227 1 Sap Randall, 1B, RF, DH 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .000 0 Gary Redus, OF 77 262 42 69 10 4 6 34 33 52 .263 26 Mark Salas, C 75 196 17 49 7 0 3 9 12 17 .250 0 Greg Walker, 1B 99 377 45 93 22 1 8 42 29 77 .247 0 Kenny Williams, OF, 3B, DH 73 220 18 35 4 2 8 28 10 64 .159 6 Mike Woodard, 2B 18 45 3 6 0 1 0 4 1 5 .133 1 161 5449 631 1327 224 35 132 573 446 908 .244 98

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 2 4 4.23 25 7 0 61.2 59 31 29 11 32 33 Joel Davis 0 1 6.75 5 2 0 16.0 21 12 12 4 5 10 John Davis 2 5 6.64 34 1 1 63.2 77 58 47 5 60 37 Shawn Hillegas 3 2 3.15 6 6 0 40.0 30 16 14 4 18 26 Ricky Horton 6 10 4.86 52 9 2 109.1 120 64 59 6 40 28 Barry Jones 2 2 2.42 17 0 1 26.0 15 7 7 3 18 17 Dave LaPoint 10 11 3.40 25 25 0 161.1 151 69 61 10 48 79 Bill Long 8 11 4.03 47 18 2 174.0 187 89 78 21 47 77 Ravelo Manzanillo 0 1 5.79 2 2 0 9.1 7 6 6 1 12 10 Tom McCarthy 2 0 1.38 6 0 1 13.0 9 2 2 0 2 5 Jack McDowell 5 10 3.97 26 26 0 158.2 147 85 70 12 73 84 Donn Pall 0 2 3.45 17 0 0 28.2 39 11 11 1 9 16 Ken Patterson 0 2 4.79 9 2 1 20.2 25 11 11 2 7 8 John Pawlowski 1 0 8.36 6 0 0 14.0 20 14 13 2 3 10 Mélido Pérez 12 10 3.79 32 32 0 197.0 186 105 83 26 72 138 Adam Peterson 0 1 13.50 2 2 0 6.0 6 9 9 0 7 5 Jerry Reuss 13 9 3.44 32 29 0 183.0 183 79 70 15 44 73 Steve Rosenberg 0 1 4.30 33 0 1 46.0 53 22 22 5 19 28 Jose Segura 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 8.2 19 17 13 1 8 2 Bobby Thigpen 5 8 3.30 68 0 34 90.0 96 38 33 6 36 62 Carl Willis 0 0 8.25 6 0 0 12.0 17 12 11 3 8 6 71 90 4.12 161 161 43 1439.0 1467 757 659 138 567 754

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1988 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference