1997 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 80-81
Finished 2nd in the AL's Central Division
Attendance: 1,864,782, Avg. 23,911
Ballpark: Comiskey Park II
Manager: Terry Bevington (80-81)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1997 Chicago White Sox Roster
1997 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1997 season with a record of 80 wins and 81 losses, finishing second in the AL's Central Division.

The White Sox tallied 779 runs and surrendered 833 runs. Frank Thomas walloped 35 home runs for Chicago, and Albert Belle added 20 or more, too. Frank Thomas drove in 125 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .347. James Baldwin and Doug Drabek led the squad with 12 wins each, while Wilson Alvarez registered a 3.03 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Terry Bevington coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Doug Drabek	12	11	.522	5.74	31	31	0	0	0	0	169.3	170	109	108	30	69	5	85	4	2	12	731
James Baldwin	12	15	.444	5.27	32	32	0	1	0	0	200.0	205	128	117	19	83	3	140	5	3	14	879
Wilson Alvarez	9	8	.529	3.03	22	22	0	2	1	0	145.7	126	61	49	9	55	1	110	3	0	4	613
Jaime Navarro	9	14	.391	5.79	33	33	0	2	0	0	209.7	267	155	135	22	73	6	142	3	1	14	957
Roberto Hernandez	5	1	.833	2.44	46	0	43	0	0	27	48.0	38	15	13	5	24	4	47	1	0	2	203
Jason Bere	4	2	.667	4.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.7	20	15	15	4	17	0	21	3	0	1	123
Tony Castillo	4	4	.500	4.91	64	0	20	0	0	4	62.3	74	48	34	6	23	7	42	1	0	0	283
Scott Eyre	4	4	.500	5.04	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.7	62	36	34	11	31	1	36	1	0	2	267
Danny Darwin	4	8	.333	4.13	21	17	0	1	0	0	113.3	130	60	52	21	31	1	62	1	2	1	496
Mike Sirotka	3	0	1.000	2.25	7	4	1	0	0	0	32.0	36	9	8	4	5	1	24	1	0	0	130
Keith Foulke	3	0	1.000	3.45	16	0	5	0	0	3	28.7	28	11	11	4	5	1	21	0	0	0	117
Matt Karchner	3	1	.750	2.91	52	0	25	0	0	15	52.7	50	18	17	4	26	4	30	0	0	6	224
Bill Simas	3	1	.750	4.14	40	0	11	0	0	1	41.3	46	23	19	6	24	3	38	2	0	2	193
Carlos Castillo	2	1	.667	4.48	37	2	14	0	0	1	66.3	68	35	33	9	33	3	43	1	0	3	295
Al Levine	2	2	.500	6.91	25	0	6	0	0	0	27.3	35	22	21	4	16	1	22	2	0	2	133
Chuck McElroy	1	3	.250	3.94	48	0	13	0	0	1	59.3	56	29	26	3	19	1	44	2	0	1	254
Mike Bertotti	0	0		7.36	9	0	2	0	0	0	3.7	9	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	23
Larry Thomas	0	0		8.10	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15
Jeff Darwin	0	1	.000	5.27	14	0	6	0	0	0	13.7	17	8	8	1	7	0	9	0	0	3	65
Tom Fordham	0	1	.000	6.23	7	1	1	0	0	0	17.3	17	13	12	2	10	2	10	1	0	0	78
Nelson Cruz	0	2	.000	6.49	19	0	5	0	0	0	26.3	29	19	19	6	9	1	23	0	0	3	116
Chris Clemons	0	2	.000	8.53	5	2	3	0	0	0	12.7	19	13	12	4	11	0	8	1	0	1	67
Totals	80	81	.497	4.74	550	161	155	6	1	52	1422.3	1505	833	749	175	575	45	961	32	9	71	6262

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Frank Thomas	146	649	530	110	184	35	0	35	125	1	1	109	69	.347	.456	.611	1.067	324	15	3	0	7	9
Albert Belle	161	701	634	90	174	45	1	30	116	4	4	53	105	.274	.332	.491	.823	311	26	6	0	8	6
Ray Durham	155	711	634	106	172	27	5	11	53	33	16	61	96	.271	.337	.382	.719	242	14	6	2	8	0
Dave Martinez	145	573	504	78	144	16	6	12	55	12	6	55	69	.286	.356	.413	.768	208	4	3	5	6	7
Ozzie Guillen	142	527	490	59	120	21	6	4	52	5	3	22	24	.245	.275	.337	.612	165	7	0	11	4	1
Mike Cameron	116	446	379	63	98	18	3	14	55	23	2	55	105	.259	.356	.433	.789	164	8	5	2	5	1
Harold Baines	93	361	318	40	97	18	0	12	52	0	1	41	47	.305	.382	.475	.857	151	9	0	0	2	10
Jorge Fabregas	100	342	322	31	90	10	1	7	48	1	1	11	43	.280	.302	.382	.684	123	14	1	4	4	0
Lyle Mouton	88	260	242	26	65	9	0	5	23	4	4	14	66	.269	.308	.368	.675	89	8	1	0	3	1
Chris Snopek	86	323	298	27	65	15	0	5	35	3	2	18	51	.218	.263	.319	.582	95	4	1	4	2	0
Norberto Martin	71	219	213	24	64	7	1	2	27	1	4	6	31	.300	.320	.371	.691	79	2	0	0	0	0
Robin Ventura	54	220	183	27	48	10	1	6	26	0	0	34	21	.262	.373	.426	.799	78	3	0	0	3	5
Tony Phillips	36	161	129	23	40	6	0	2	9	4	1	29	29	.310	.440	.403	.843	52	3	1	2	0	0
Mario Valdez	54	137	115	11	28	7	0	1	13	1	0	17	39	.243	.350	.330	.681	38	3	3	0	2	0
Ron Karkovice	51	161	138	10	25	3	0	6	18	0	0	11	32	.181	.248	.333	.582	46	3	3	4	5	0
Magglio Ordonez	21	72	69	12	22	6	0	4	11	1	2	2	8	.319	.338	.580	.918	40	1	0	1	0	0
Darren Lewis	81	93	77	15	18	1	0	0	5	11	4	11	14	.234	.330	.247	.576	19	2	0	5	0	0
Tony Pena	31	76	67	4	11	1	0	0	8	0	0	8	13	.164	.250	.179	.429	12	3	0	0	1	0
Jeff Abbott	19	38	38	8	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.263	.263	.368	.632	14	3	0	0	0	0
Greg Norton	18	37	34	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	8	.265	.306	.441	.747	15	0	0	1	0	0
Chad Kreuter	19	45	37	6	8	2	1	1	3	0	1	8	9	.216	.356	.405	.761	15	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Machado	10	17	15	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	6	.200	.250	.333	.583	5	0	0	1	0	0
Carlos Castillo	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Eyre	11	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Fonville	9	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jaime Navarro	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Castillo	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sirotka	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Baldwin	32	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wilson Alvarez	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Darwin	21	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Drabek	32	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chuck McElroy	49	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Fordham	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Thomas	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Karchner	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Bertotti	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Bere	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Simas	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Levine	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Hernandez	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Clemons	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Cruz	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Darwin	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Foulke	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2258	6200	5491	779	1498	260	28	158	740	106	52	569	901	.273	.341	.417	.758	2288	133	33	47	60	40

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Frank Thomas	1B	97	97	822.7	739	49	11	70	.986	8.621	8.124	0	0	0
Mario Valdez	1B	47	35	311.7	256	12	0	19	1.000	7.739	5.702	0	0	0
Dave Martinez	1B	52	29	284.0	256	24	6	23	.979	8.873	5.385	0	0	0
Chad Kreuter	1B	2	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	.750	13.500	1.500	0	0	0
Jorge Fabregas	1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Ray Durham	2B	153	153	1339.7	270	395	18	77	.974	4.468	4.346	0	0	0
Norberto Martin	2B	9	8	78.7	14	25	1	3	.975	4.462	4.333	0	0	0
Chad Fonville	2B	2	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	.500	0	0	0
Chris Snopek	3B	82	78	692.0	56	117	16	11	.915	2.250	2.110	0	0	0
Robin Ventura	3B	54	54	460.7	53	99	7	11	.956	2.970	2.815	0	0	0
Norberto Martin	3B	17	14	126.0	9	27	1	2	.973	2.571	2.118	0	0	0
Tony Phillips	3B	9	9	73.7	7	12	1	1	.950	2.321	2.111	0	0	0
Greg Norton	3B	11	6	67.0	4	15	3	0	.864	2.552	1.727	0	0	0
Tony Pena	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Mario Valdez	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jorge Fabregas	C	92	83	726.7	519	46	7	8	.988	6.998	6.141	8	59	33	35.9
Ron Karkovice	C	51	45	379.3	261	13	1	1	.996	6.501	5.373	2	24	10	29.4
Tony Pena	C	30	21	191.3	143	8	0	2	1.000	7.103	5.033	5	25	3	10.7
Chad Kreuter	C	13	8	79.0	57	3	1	0	.984	6.835	4.615	0	5	2	28.6
Robert Machado	C	10	4	46.0	34	3	0	1	1.000	7.239	3.700	1	6	4	40.0
Albert Belle	OF	154	154	1333.0	351	1	10	0	.972	2.377	2.286	0	0	0
Mike Cameron	OF	112	107	941.7	334	5	5	2	.985	3.240	3.027	0	0	0
Dave Martinez	OF	105	100	846.7	229	6	1	3	.996	2.498	2.238	0	0	0
Lyle Mouton	OF	67	56	471.7	126	1	4	0	.969	2.423	1.896	0	0	0
Darren Lewis	OF	64	19	242.7	90	1	0	1	1.000	3.375	1.422	0	0	0
Tony Phillips	OF	28	25	218.7	67	3	2	1	.972	2.881	2.500	0	0	0
Magglio Ordonez	OF	19	17	154.0	43	1	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.316	0	0	0
Jeff Abbott	OF	10	4	46.7	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.893	1.500	0	0	0
Chad Fonville	OF	3	1	10.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	6.300	2.333	0	0	0
Harold Baines	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jaime Navarro	P	33	33	209.7	15	15	3	0	.909	1.288	.909	0	0	0
James Baldwin	P	32	32	200.0	15	22	2	0	.949	1.665	1.156	0	0	0
Doug Drabek	P	31	31	169.3	14	20	1	0	.971	1.807	1.097	0	0	0
Wilson Alvarez	P	22	22	145.7	6	17	1	0	.958	1.421	1.045	0	0	0
Danny Darwin	P	21	17	113.3	6	20	0	1	1.000	2.065	1.238	0	0	0
Carlos Castillo	P	37	2	66.3	1	5	0	0	1.000	.814	.162	0	0	0
Tony Castillo	P	64	0	62.3	3	19	3	0	.880	3.176	.344	0	0	0
Scott Eyre	P	11	11	60.7	0	6	0	0	1.000	.890	.545	0	0	0
Chuck McElroy	P	48	0	59.3	1	12	0	1	1.000	1.972	.271	0	0	0
Matt Karchner	P	52	0	52.7	2	6	0	2	1.000	1.367	.154	0	0	0
Roberto Hernandez	P	46	0	48.0	4	6	0	1	1.000	1.875	.217	0	0	0
Bill Simas	P	40	0	41.3	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.306	.150	0	0	0
Mike Sirotka	P	7	4	32.0	1	3	1	0	.800	1.125	.571	0	0	0
Keith Foulke	P	16	0	28.7	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.570	.313	0	0	0
Jason Bere	P	6	6	28.7	1	2	1	1	.750	.942	.500	0	0	0
Al Levine	P	25	0	27.3	5	3	0	1	1.000	2.634	.320	0	0	0
Nelson Cruz	P	19	0	26.3	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.367	.211	0	0	0
Tom Fordham	P	7	1	17.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.038	.286	0	0	0
Jeff Darwin	P	14	0	13.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.659	.071	0	0	0
Chris Clemons	P	5	2	12.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.421	.400	0	0	0
Mike Bertotti	P	9	0	3.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Larry Thomas	P	5	0	3.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.700	.200	0	0	0
Ozzie Guillen	SS	139	134	1191.3	207	348	15	78	.974	4.193	3.993	0	0	0
Norberto Martin	SS	28	23	193.0	27	45	3	11	.960	3.358	2.571	0	0	0
Chris Snopek	SS	4	3	27.0	5	8	0	2	1.000	4.333	3.250	0	0	0
Chad Fonville	SS	2	1	11.0	2	2	1	0	.800	3.273	2.000	0	0	0
Totals		2020	1449	12801.0	4267	1439	127	336	.978	4.012	2.825	16	119	52	30.4

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