| 1994 Chicago White Sox | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Division | Central | |||
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |||
| City | Chicago | |||
| Owners | Jerry Reinsdorf | |||
| General managers | Ron Schueler | |||
| Managers | Gene Lamont | |||
| Television | WGN-TV SportsChannel Chicago (Ken Harrelson,Tom Paciorek) | |||
| Radio | WMAQ (AM) (John Rooney,Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina,Chico Carrasquel) | |||
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The1994Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 94th season in the major leagues, and their 95th season overall. They led theAmerican LeagueCentral, 1 game ahead of the second placeCleveland Indians with a record of 67–46, when the season was cut short by the1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.
After retiring from theNational Basketball Association,Michael Jordan surprised the sports world by signing a contract with theChicago White Sox. He was invited tospring training and was sent to theBirmingham Barons on March 31, 1994.[1] Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as aMajor League Baseball player.[2]
By Friday, August 12, the White Sox had compiled a 67–46 record through 113 games. They were leading theAL Central Division and had scored 633 runs (5.60 per game) and allowed 498 runs (4.41 per game).[14] Their hitters had also struck out just 568 times: the fewest in the Majors. While their pitchers combined for just 20 saves, they did have 9 shutouts, tying theOakland Athletics for the most in the Majors, and hit only 17 batters: the fewest among all 28 teams.[15]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 | — | 34–19 | 33–27 |
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | .584 | 1 | 35–16 | 31–31 |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | .557 | 4 | 35–24 | 29–27 |
| Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | .469 | 14 | 32–27 | 21–33 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 15 | 24–32 | 29–30 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | .584 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | .562 | 2½ |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | .557 | 3 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | .478 | 12 |
| Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | .470 | 13 |
| Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | .469 | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 15½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 16½ |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 20 |
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | — | 4–2 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 7–2 |
| Boston | 2–4 | — | 7–5 | 2–4 | 3–7 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 1–8 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 1–5 | 7–3 |
| California | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–4 | 3–4 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 9–1 | 4–5 | 2–3 |
| Cleveland | 6–4 | 7–3 | 5–0 | 5–7 | — | 8–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 9–3 | 0–9 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 6–4 |
| Detroit | 4–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–8 | 2–8 | — | 4–8 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 5–4 |
| Kansas City | 1–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 3–7 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 3–9 | 2–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–7 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 7–3 |
| Minnesota | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–8 |
| New York | 6–4 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 9–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 5–4 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 0–6 | 4–5 | 3–7 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 5–7 | — | 4–3 | 7–3 | 5–1 |
| Seattle | 4–6 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 1–9 | 2–3 | 3–6 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–4 | — | 9–1 | 1–5 |
| Texas | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 3–7 | 1–9 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 2–7 | 3–7 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 8–4 | — |
| 1994 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Cora, 2B | 90 | 312 | 55 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 38 | 32 | .276 | 8 |
| Julio Franco, 3B, 1B | 112 | 433 | 72 | 138 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 98 | 62 | 75 | .319 | 8 |
| Craig Grebeck, 2B, SS, 3B | 35 | 97 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 5 | .309 | 0 |
| Ozzie Guillén, SS | 100 | 365 | 46 | 105 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 35 | .288 | 5 |
| Joe Hall, OF | 17 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .393 | 0 |
| Dann Howitt, OF, 1B | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .357 | 0 |
| Darrin Jackson, RF, CF | 104 | 369 | 43 | 115 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 27 | 56 | .312 | 7 |
| Lance Johnson, CF | 106 | 412 | 56 | 114 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 54 | 26 | 23 | .277 | 26 |
| Ron Karkovice, C | 77 | 207 | 33 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 68 | .213 | 0 |
| Mike LaValliere, C | 59 | 139 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 15 | .281 | 0 |
| Norberto Martin, 2B, SS, 3B | 45 | 131 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 16 | .275 | 4 |
| Bob Melvin, C | 11 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .158 | 0 |
| Warren Newson, RF, LF | 63 | 102 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | .255 | 1 |
| Dan Pasqua, OF, 1B | 11 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .217 | 0 |
| Tim Raines, LF | 101 | 384 | 80 | 102 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 61 | 43 | .266 | 13 |
| Frank Thomas, 1B | 113 | 399 | 106 | 141 | 34 | 1 | 38 | 101 | 109 | 61 | .353 | 2 |
| Ron Tingley, C | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Robin Ventura, 3B | 109 | 401 | 57 | 113 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 78 | 61 | 69 | .282 | 3 |
| Bob Zupcic, OF, 3B | 32 | 88 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | .205 | 0 |
Team Totals | 113 | 3942 | 633 | 1133 | 175 | 39 | 121 | 602 | 497 | 568 | .287 | 77 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Álvarez | 12 | 8 | 3.45 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 161.2 | 147 | 72 | 62 | 16 | 63 | 108 |
| Paul Assenmacher | 1 | 2 | 3.55 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 29 |
| Jason Bere | 12 | 2 | 3.81 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 141.2 | 119 | 65 | 60 | 17 | 80 | 127 |
| Dennis Cook | 3 | 1 | 3.55 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| José DeLeón | 3 | 2 | 3.36 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 48 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 36 | 67 |
| Alex Fernandez | 11 | 7 | 3.86 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 170.1 | 163 | 83 | 73 | 25 | 54 | 122 |
| Atlee Hammaker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Roberto Hernández | 4 | 4 | 4.91 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 47.2 | 44 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 50 |
| Dane Johnson | 2 | 1 | 6.57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| Kirk McCaskill | 1 | 4 | 3.42 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 52.2 | 51 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 37 |
| Jack McDowell | 10 | 9 | 3.73 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 181.0 | 186 | 82 | 75 | 12 | 44 | 127 |
| Scott Ruffcorn | 0 | 2 | 12.79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Scott Sanderson | 8 | 4 | 5.09 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 92.0 | 110 | 57 | 52 | 20 | 13 | 36 |
| Jeff Schwarz | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 14 |
Team Totals | 67 | 46 | 3.96 | 113 | 113 | 20 | 1011.1 | 964 | 498 | 445 | 115 | 401 | 754 |