1995 Chicago White Sox season

1995 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1991)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Ron Schueler
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont and Terry Bevington
Local television	WGN-TV SportsChannel Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)
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The 1995 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 96th season. They finished with a record 68-76, good enough for 3rd place in the American League Central, 32 games behind the 1st place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• December 14, 1994: Jack McDowell was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Keith Heberling (minors). The New York Yankees sent Lyle Mouton (April 22, 1995) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

Regular season

Notable Transactions

• April 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
• April 12, 1995: Dave Righetti signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
• May 18, 1995: John Kruk signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
• June 5, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the Chicago White Sox.
• July 27, 1995: Jim Abbott was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Andrew Lorraine, and Bill Simas.
• August 18, 1995: Atlee Hammaker was released by the Chicago White Sox.

1995 Opening Day Lineup

• Ray Durham, 2b
• Tim Raines, lf
• Frank Thomas, 1b
• Chris Sabo, dh
• Robin Ventura, 3b
• Mike Devereaux, rf
• Lance Johnson, cf
• Ron Karkovice, c
• Ozzie Guillén, ss
• Alex Fernandez, p

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	100	44	0.694	—	54–18	46–26
Kansas City Royals	70	74	0.486	30	35–37	35–37
Chicago White Sox	68	76	0.472	32	38–34	30–42
Milwaukee Brewers	65	79	0.451	35	33–39	32–40
Minnesota Twins	56	88	0.389	44	29–43	27–45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	9–4	6–1	2–10	8–5	4–5	7–5	3–6	6–7	5–7	6–7	4–1	7–6
Boston	9–4	—	11–3	5–3	6–7	8–5	3–2	8–4	5–4	5–8	8–4	7–5	3–4	8–5
California	4–9	3–11	—	10–2	3–2	6–2	5–7	5–2	8–5	7–5	6–7	7–6	6–7	8–2
Chicago	1–6	3–5	2–10	—	5–8	8–4	8–5	6–7	10–3	3–2–1	7–5	4–9	5–7	6–5
Cleveland	10–2	7–6	2–3	8–5	—	10–3	11–1	9–4	9–4	6–6	7–0	5–4	6–3	10–3
Detroit	5–8	5–8	2–6	4–8	3–10	—	3–4	8–5	7–5	5–8	2–3	5–5	4–8	7–6
Kansas City	5–4	2–3	7–5	5–8	1–11	4–3	—	10–2	6–7	3–7	5–8	7–5	8–6	7–5
Milwaukee	5–7	4–8	2–5	7–6	4–9	5–8	2–10	—	9–4	5–6	7–2	3–2	5–7	7–5
Minnesota	6–3	4–5	5–8	3–10	4–9	5–7	7–6	4–9	—	3–4	5–7	4–8	5–8	1–4
New York	7–6	8–5	5–7	2–3–1	6–6	8–5	7–3	6–5	4–3	—	4–9	4–9	6–3	12–1
Oakland	7–5	4–8	7–6	5–7	0–7	3–2	8–5	2–7	7–5	9–4	—	7–6	5–8	3–7
Seattle	7–6	5–7	6–7	9–4	4–5	5–5	5–7	2–3	8–4	9–4	6–7	—	10–3	3–4
Texas	1–4	4–3	7–6	7–5	3–6	8–4	6–8	7–5	8–5	3–6	8–5	3–10	—	9–3
Toronto	6–7	5–8	2–8	5–6	3–10	6–7	5–7	5–7	4–1	1–12	7–3	4–3	3–9	—

Roster

1995 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 25 Jim Abbott 40 Wilson Álvarez 49 Luis Andújar 37 James Baldwin 46 Jason Bere 51 Mike Bertotti 42 Rodney Bolton 48 José DeLeón 49 Rob Dibble 32 Alex Fernandez 51 Tim Fortugno 34 Atlee Hammaker 39 Roberto Hernández 60 Matt Karchner 26 Brian Keyser 34 Andrew Lorraine 47 Isidro Márquez 15 Kirk McCaskill 31 Scott Radinsky 45 Dave Righetti 36 Scott Ruffcorn 48 Jeff Shaw 41 Bill Simas 38 Mike Sirotka 50 Larry Thomas		Catchers 20 Ron Karkovice 10 Mike LaValliere 54 Barry Lyons 53 Chris Tremie Infielders 33 Doug Brady  5 Ray Durham 12 Craig Grebeck 13 Ozzie Guillén 29 John Kruk  7 Norberto Martin 17 Chris Sabo 27 Chris Snopek 35 Frank Thomas 23 Robin Ventura		Outfielders 24 Mike Cameron  8 Mike Devereaux  1 Lance Johnson 14 Dave Martinez 28 Lyle Mouton 24 Warren Newson 30 Tim Raines		Manager 18 Terry Bevington 33 Gene Lamont Coaches 18 Terry Bevington (third base) 41 Jackie Brown (pitching)  6 Walt Hriniak (hitting) -- Doug Mansolino (first base) 15 Joe Nossek (bench) 64 Rick Peterson

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
Doug Brady, 2B	12	21	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	4	.190	0
Mike Cameron, OF	28	38	4	7	2	0	1	2	3	15	.184	0
Mike Devereaux, OF	92	333	48	102	21	1	10	55	25	51	.306	6
Ray Durham, 2B	125	471	68	121	27	6	7	51	31	83	.257	18
Craig Grebeck, SS,3B,2B	53	154	19	40	12	0	1	18	21	23	.260	0
Ozzie Guillén, SS	122	415	50	103	20	3	1	41	13	25	.248	6
Lance Johnson, CF	142	607	98	186	18	12	10	57	32	31	.306	40
Ron Karkovice, C	113	323	44	70	14	1	13	51	39	84	.217	2
John Kruk, DH,1B	45	159	13	49	7	0	2	23	26	33	.308	0
Mike LaValliere, C	46	98	7	24	6	0	1	19	9	15	.245	0
Barry Lyons, C,1B,DH	27	64	8	17	2	0	5	16	4	14	.266	0
Norberto Martin, 2B,OF,3B,SS,DH	72	160	17	43	7	4	2	17	3	25	.269	5
Dave Martinez, OF,1B	119	303	49	93	16	4	5	37	32	41	.307	8
Lyle Mouton, OF,DH	58	179	23	54	16	0	5	27	19	46	.302	1
Warren Newson, RF,LF,DH	51	85	19	20	0	2	3	9	23	27	.235	1
Tim Raines, LF	133	502	81	143	25	4	12	67	70	52	.285	13
Chris Sabo, DH,3B,1B	20	71	10	18	5	0	1	8	3	12	.254	2
Chris Snopek, 3B,SS	22	68	12	22	4	0	1	7	9	12	.324	1
Frank Thomas, 1B,DH	145	493	102	152	27	0	40	111	136	74	.308	3
Chris Tremie, C	10	24	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	0
Robin Ventura, 3B,1B	135	492	79	145	22	0	26	93	75	98	.295	4
Team totals	145	5060	755	1417	252	37	146	712	576	767	.280	110

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
Jim Abbott	6	4	3.36	17	17	0	112.1	116	50	42	10	36	45
Wilson Álvarez	8	11	4.32	29	29	0	175.0	171	96	84	21	97	118
Luis Andújar	2	1	3.26	5	5	0	30.1	26	12	11	4	16	9
James Baldwin	0	1	12.89	6	4	0	14.2	32	22	21	6	10	10
Jason Bere	8	15	7.19	27	27	0	137.2	151	120	110	21	112	110
Mike Bertotti	1	1	12.56	4	4	0	14.1	23	20	20	6	11	15
Rod Bolton	0	2	8.18	8	3	0	22.0	33	23	20	4	15	10
José DeLeón	5	3	5.19	38	0	0	67.2	60	41	39	10	30	53
Rob Dibble	0	1	6.28	16	0	1	14.1	7	10	10	1	29	16
Alex Fernandez	12	8	3.80	30	30	0	203.2	200	98	86	19	72	159
Tim Fortugno	1	3	5.59	37	0	0	38.2	30	24	24	7	21	24
Atlee Hammaker	0	0	12.79	13	0	0	6.1	11	9	9	2	9	3
Roberto Hernández	3	7	3.92	60	0	32	59.2	63	30	26	9	32	84
Matt Karchner	4	2	1.69	31	0	0	32.0	33	8	6	2	14	24
Brian Keyser	5	6	4.97	23	10	0	92.1	114	53	51	10	28	48
Andrew Lorraine	0	0	3.38	5	0	0	8.0	3	3	3	0	2	5
Isidro Marquez	0	1	6.75	7	0	0	6.2	9	5	5	3	2	8
Dave Martinez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Kirk McCaskill	6	4	4.89	55	1	2	81.0	97	50	44	10	37	50
Scott Radinsky	2	1	5.45	46	0	1	38.0	46	23	23	7	21	14
Dave Righetti	3	2	4.20	10	9	0	49.1	65	24	23	6	18	29
Scott Ruffcorn	0	0	7.88	4	0	0	8.0	10	7	7	0	13	5
Jeff Shaw	0	0	6.52	9	0	0	9.2	12	7	7	2	1	6
Bill Simas	1	1	2.57	14	0	0	14.0	15	5	4	1	12	16
Mike Sirotka	1	2	4.19	6	6	0	34.1	39	16	16	2	17	19
Larry Thomas	0	0	1.32	17	0	0	13.2	8	2	2	1	7	12
Team totals	68	76	4.85	145	145	36	1284.2	1374	758	693	164	664	892

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	American Association	Rick Renick
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Terry Francona
A	Prince William Cannons	Carolina League	Dave Huppert
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Fred Kendall
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Mike Rojas
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Mike Gellinger

External links

• 1995 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference