| 1986 Chicago White Sox | |
|---|---|
| League | American League |
| Division | West |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| Owners | Jerry Reinsdorf |
| President of baseball operations | Ken Harrelson[a] |
| General managers | Tom Haller (from June 9)[2] |
| Managers | Tony La Russa,Doug Rader,Jim Fregosi |
| Television | WFLD Sportsvision (Don Drysdale,Frank Messer) |
| Radio | WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall,Lorn Brown) WTAQ (Armando Perez Martinez, Frank Diaz) |
The1986 Chicago White Sox season was the 87th season for theChicago White Sox franchise ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). They compiled a record of 72–90, finishing in fifth place in theWest division of theAmerican League, 20games behind the first-placeCalifornia Angels. The team played their home games atComiskey Park.
In a game against the Minnesota Twins held on October 4, Greg Gagne of the Twins hit two inside the park home runs in one game.[6]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Angels | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 50–32 | 42–38 |
| Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
| Kansas City Royals | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16 | 45–36 | 31–50 |
| Oakland Athletics | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16 | 47–36 | 29–50 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
| Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 21 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
| Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 25 | 41–41 | 26–54 |
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
| California | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
| Cleveland | 9–4 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 3–10–1 |
| Detroit | 12–1 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
| Milwaukee | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| New York | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 10–3 | 3–10 | 8–4 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
| Texas | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 |
| Toronto | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–3–1 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — |
| 1986 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches | ||||||
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, RF, DH | 145 | 570 | 72 | 169 | 29 | 2 | 21 | 88 | 38 | 89 | .296 | 2 |
| Bobby Bonilla, OF, 1B | 75 | 234 | 27 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 33 | 49 | .269 | 4 |
| Daryl Boston, CF | 56 | 199 | 29 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 33 | .266 | 9 |
| Scott Bradley, DH, OF | 9 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | 0 |
| Iván Calderón, DH, LF | 13 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .303 | 0 |
| John Cangelosi, OF | 137 | 438 | 65 | 103 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 71 | 61 | .235 | 50 |
| Dave Cochrane, 3B | 19 | 62 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | .194 | 0 |
| Rod Craig, OF | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
| Julio Cruz, 2B | 81 | 209 | 38 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 42 | 28 | .215 | 7 |
| Bill Dawley, P, PH | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Carlton Fisk, C, LF, DH | 125 | 457 | 42 | 101 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 63 | 22 | 92 | .221 | 2 |
| George Foster, LF, DH | 15 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .216 | 0 |
| Brian Giles | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .273 | 0 |
| Ozzie Guillén, SS | 159 | 547 | 58 | 137 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 12 | 52 | .250 | 8 |
| Jerry Hairston, DH, 1B, OF | 101 | 225 | 32 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 26 | .271 | 0 |
| Ron Hassey, DH, C | 49 | 150 | 22 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 11 | .353 | 0 |
| Marc Hill, C | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .158 | 0 |
| Tim Hulett, 3B, 2B | 150 | 520 | 53 | 120 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 44 | 21 | 91 | .231 | 4 |
| Ron Karkovice, C | 37 | 97 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 37 | .247 | 1 |
| Ron Kittle, DH, LF | 86 | 296 | 34 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 28 | 87 | .213 | 2 |
| Bryan Little, 2B, SS | 20 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .171 | 0 |
| Steve Lyons, OF, 3B | 42 | 123 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 24 | .203 | 2 |
| Russ Morman, 1B | 49 | 159 | 18 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 36 | .252 | 1 |
| Reid Nichols, OF | 74 | 136 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 23 | .228 | 5 |
| Jack Perconte, 2B | 24 | 73 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | .219 | 2 |
| Luis Salazar, DH | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | 0 |
| Joel Skinner, C | 60 | 149 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 43 | .201 | 1 |
| Wayne Tolleson, 3B, SS | 81 | 260 | 39 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 38 | 43 | .250 | 13 |
| Greg Walker, 1B | 78 | 282 | 37 | 78 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 29 | 44 | .277 | 1 |
| Kenny Williams, OF | 15 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .129 | 1 |
Team totals | 162 | 5406 | 644 | 1335 | 197 | 34 | 121 | 605 | 487 | 940 | .247 | 115 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Agosto | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Neil Allen | 7 | 2 | 3.82 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 113.0 | 101 | 50 | 48 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| Floyd Bannister | 10 | 14 | 3.54 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 165.1 | 162 | 81 | 65 | 17 | 48 | 92 |
| Steve Carlton | 4 | 3 | 3.69 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 63.1 | 58 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 25 | 40 |
| Bryan Clark | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Joe Cowley | 11 | 11 | 3.88 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 162.1 | 133 | 81 | 70 | 20 | 84 | 132 |
| Joel Davis | 4 | 5 | 4.70 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 105.1 | 115 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 51 | 54 |
| Bill Dawley | 0 | 7 | 3.32 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 97.2 | 91 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 31 | 66 |
| José DeLeón | 4 | 5 | 2.96 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 79.0 | 49 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 42 | 68 |
| Richard Dotson | 10 | 17 | 5.48 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 197.0 | 226 | 125 | 120 | 24 | 71 | 110 |
| Pete Filson | 0 | 1 | 6.17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11.2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Bob James | 5 | 4 | 5.25 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 58.1 | 61 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 32 |
| Joel McKeon | 3 | 1 | 2.45 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 18 |
| Gene Nelson | 6 | 6 | 3.85 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 114.2 | 118 | 52 | 49 | 7 | 46 | 70 |
| Dave Schmidt | 3 | 6 | 3.31 | 49 | 1 | 8 | 92.1 | 94 | 37 | 34 | 10 | 34 | 67 |
| Ray Searage | 1 | 0 | 0.62 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 26 |
| Tom Seaver | 2 | 6 | 4.38 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 72.0 | 66 | 37 | 35 | 9 | 28 | 31 |
| Bobby Thigpen | 2 | 0 | 1.77 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 35.2 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 20 |
Team totals | 72 | 90 | 3.93 | 162 | 162 | 38 | 1442.1 | 1361 | 699 | 630 | 143 | 589 | 895 |