1996 Chicago White Sox season

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Owner(s) Jerry Reinsdorf Manager(s) Terry Bevington		General manager(s) Ron Schueler
Local television WGN-TVSportsChannel Chicago(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek) Local radio WMVP(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)WIND (AM)(Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)

The 1996 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 97th season. They finished with a record 85-77, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 14.5 games behind the 1st place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

December 28, 1995: Tim Raines was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Blaise Kozeniewski (minors) (February 6, 1996) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

January 20, 1996: Tony Phillips was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).

1996 Opening Day Lineup

Tony Phillips, lf

Ray Durham, 2b

Frank Thomas, 1b

Danny Tartabull, rf

Lyle Mouton, dh

Robin Ventura, 3b

Ron Karkovice, c

Darren Lewis, cf

Ozzie Guillén, ss

Alex Fernandez, p

Transactions

August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.

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

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

References

1996 Chicago White Sox season Wikipedia

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