1987 Chicago White Sox season

1987 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Larry Himes
Manager(s)	Jim Fregosi
Local television	WFLD Sportsvision (Don Drysdale, Frank Messer)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall, Lorn Brown) WTAQ (Frank Diaz, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 1987 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 88th season. They finished with a record of 77-85, giving them 5th place in the American League West, 8 games behind of the 1st place Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

December 11, 1986 – The Chicago White Sox send Gene Nelson and Bruce Tanner to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Donnie Hill.
January 5, 1987: Randy Velarde was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Pete Filson to the New York Yankees for Scott Nielsen and Mike Soper (minors).^[1]
January 21, 1987: Jerry Royster was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	—	56–25	29–52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	0.512	2	46–35	37–44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	0.500	4	42–39	39–42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	0.481	7	40–41	38–43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	0.475	8	38–43	39–42
Texas Rangers	75	87	0.463	10	43–38	32–49
California Angels	75	87	0.463	10	38–43	37–44

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	1–12	9–3	8–4	7–6	4–9	9–3	2–11	5–7	3–10	7–5	4–8	7–5	1–12
Boston	12–1	—	4–8	3–9	7–6	2–11	6–6	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–7
California	3–9	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	3–9	5–8	7–5	8–5	3–9	6–7	7–6	5–8	5–7
Chicago	4–8	9–3	5–8	—	7–5	3–9	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	9–4	6–7	7–6	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	—	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	2–10	5–8
Detroit	9–4	11–2	9–3	9–3	9–4	—	5–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	7–5	8–4	7–6
Kansas City	3–9	6–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	5–8	9–4	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	11–2	7–6	5–7	6–6	9–4	7–6	8–4	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–8	9–3	9–4
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	5–8	7–6	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	—	6–6	10–3	9–4	6–7	3–9
New York	10–3	6–7	9–3	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	—	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Oakland	5–7	8–4	7–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–6	3–10	7–5	—	5–8	6–7	7–5
Seattle	8–4	5–7	6–7	7–6	7–5	5–7	4–9	8–4	4–9	5–7	8–5	—	9–4	2–10
Texas	5–7	5–7	8–5	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	—	3–9
Toronto	12–1	7–6	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	4–8	4–9	9–3	7–6	5–7	10–2	9–3	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
- Jack McDowell was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (5th pick). Player signed July 29, 1987.^[3]
- Buddy Groom was drafted by the White Sox in the 12th round. Player signed June 9, 1987.^[4]
July 13, 1987: Mike Maksudian was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.^[5]
August 6, 1987: Johnnie LeMaster was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[6]
August 26, 1987: Jerry Royster was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Mike Soper (minors) to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Ken Patterson. The New York Yankees sent Jeff Pries (minors) (September 19, 1987) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.^[2]

Roster

1987 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

33 Neil Allen

19,24 Floyd Bannister

53 Ralph Citarella

47 Bryan Clark

52 Joel Davis

26 José DeLeón

34 Richard Dotson

43 Bob James

38 Dave LaPoint

46 Bill Long

40 Jack McDowell

50 Joel McKeon

41 Scott Nielsen

48 John Pawlowski

43 Adam Peterson

36 Ray Searage

37 Bobby Thigpen

40,45 Jim Winn

Catchers

72 Carlton Fisk

25 Ron Hassey

5 Ron Karkovice

20 Bill Lindsey

Infielders

13 Ozzie Guillén

15 Donnie Hill

32 Tim Hulett

44 Pat Keedy

12 Steve Lyons

10 Fred Manrique

1 Jerry Royster

29 Greg Walker

Outfielders

3 Harold Baines

8 Daryl Boston

22 Iván Calderón

17 Jerry Hairston

21 Gary Redus

7 Kenny Williams

Manager

16 Jim Fregosi

Coaches

27 Dick Bosman

35 Ed Brinkman

54 Deron Johnson

51 Art Kusnyer

49 Dyar Miller

28 Doug Rader

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	132	505	59	148	26	4	20	93	46	82	.293	0
Daryl Boston, OF	103	337	51	87	21	2	10	29	25	68	.258	12
Iván Calderón, OF,DH	144	542	93	159	38	2	28	83	60	109	.293	10
Carlton Fisk, C,1B,DH,LF	135	454	68	116	22	1	23	71	39	72	.256	1
Ozzie Guillén, SS	149	560	64	156	22	7	2	51	22	52	.279	25
Jerry Hairston, LF,DH,1B	66	126	14	29	8	0	5	20	25	25	.230	0
Ron Hassey, C,DH	49	145	15	31	9	0	3	12	17	11	.214	0
Donnie Hill, 2B,3B	111	410	57	98	14	6	9	46	30	35	.239	1
Tim Hulett, 3B,2B	68	240	20	52	10	0	7	28	10	41	.217	0
Ron Karkovice, C	39	85	7	6	0	0	2	7	7	40	.071	3
Pat Keedy, 3B,2B,1B	17	41	6	7	1	0	2	2	2	14	.171	1
Bill Lindsey, C	9	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.188	0
Steve Lyons, 3B,OF	76	193	26	54	11	1	1	19	12	37	.280	3
Fred Manrique, 2B,SS	115	298	30	77	13	3	4	29	19	69	.258	5
Gary Redus, OF	130	475	78	112	26	6	12	48	69	90	.236	52
Jerry Royster, 3B,LF,2B,DH	55	154	25	37	11	0	7	23	19	28	.240	2
Greg Walker, 1B,DH	157	566	85	145	33	2	27	94	75	112	.256	2
Kenny Williams, CF,RF	116	391	48	110	18	2	11	50	10	83	.281	21
Team totals	162	5538	748	1427	283	36	173	706	487	971	.258	138

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
Neil Allen	0	7	7.07	15	10	0	49.2	74	40	39	6	26	26
Floyd Bannister	16	11	3.58	34	34	0	228.2	216	100	91	38	49	124
Ralph Citarella	0	0	7.36	5	0	0	11.0	13	9	9	4	4	33
Bryan Clark	0	0	2.41	11	0	0	18.2	19	5	5	1	8	8
Joel Davis	1	5	5.73	13	9	0	55.0	56	35	35	7	30	25
José DeLeón	11	12	4.02	33	31	0	206.0	177	106	92	24	101	153
Richard Dotson	11	12	4.17	31	31	0	211.1	201	109	98	24	88	114
Bob James	4	6	4.67	43	0	10	54.0	54	32	28	10	23	34
Dave LaPoint	6	3	2.94	14	12	0	82.2	69	29	27	7	31	43
Bill Long	8	8	4.37	29	23	1	169.0	179	85	82	20	29	72
Jack McDowell	3	0	1.93	4	4	0	28.0	16	6	6	1	6	15
Joel McKeon	1	2	9.43	13	0	0	21.0	27	22	22	8	15	14
Scott Nielsen	3	5	6.24	19	7	2	66.1	83	48	46	9	26	23
John Pawlowski	0	0	4.91	2	0	0	3.2	7	2	2	0	3	2
Adam Peterson	0	0	13.50	1	1	0	4.0	8	6	6	1	3	1
Ray Searage	2	3	4.20	58	0	2	55.2	56	28	26	9	27	33
Bobby Thigpen	7	5	2.73	51	0	16	89.0	86	30	27	10	29	52
Jim Winn	4	6	4.79	56	0	6	94.0	95	54	50	10	67	44
Team totals	77	85	4.30	162	162	37	1447.2	1436	746	691	189	565	792

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Bob Bailey
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Rico Petrocelli
A	Peninsula White Sox	Carolina League	Marv Foley
A	Daytona Beach Admirals	Florida State League	Marc Hill
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Steve Dillard

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velarra01.shtml
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roystje01.shtml
↑ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maksumi01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lemasjo01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

1987 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1987 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1987 All-Star Game 1987 World Series

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