1993 Chicago White Sox season

The 1993 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox' 94th season. They finished with a record of 94-68, good enough for first place in the American League West, which they won on September 17, eight games ahead of the second-place Texas Rangers. However, they lost the American League Championship Series in six games to the eventual World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays. It would be the last year the Sox would compete in the American League West, as they would join the newly formed American League Central in 1994.

1993 Chicago White Sox
AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)Ron Schueler
Manager(s)Gene Lamont
Local televisionWGN-TV
SportsChannel Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Local radioWMAQ (AM)
(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
WIND (AM)
(Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)
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Offseason
  • December 8, 1992: Dave Stieb was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.[1]
  • January 4, 1993: Ellis Burks was signed as a free agent.

Regular season

1993 Opening Day lineup

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 8676 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 8280 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 7191 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1993 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Transactions
  • April 23, 1993: Mike LaValliere was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.[2]
  • May 23, 1993: Dave Stieb was released by the Chicago White Sox.[1]
  • June 28, 1993: Carlton Fisk was released by the Chicago White Sox.[3]
  • July 31, 1993: Tim Belcher was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Ruffin and Jeff Pierce.[4]
  • August 10, 1993: Bobby Thigpen was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for José DeLeón.[5]
  • September 1, 1993: Donn Pall was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Doug Lindsey.

Roster
1993 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other Batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
1993 regular season game log: 94–68 (Home: 45–36; Away: 49–32)
April: 13–9 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1April 6@ Twins10–5McDowell (1–0)Tapani (0–1)Leach (1)1–0W1
2April 7@ Twins1–6Deshaies (1–0)McCaskill (0–1)Aguilera (1)1–1L1
3April 8@ Twins9–4Fernandez (1–0)Mahomes (0–1)–2–1W1
4April 9Yankees6–11Wickman (1–0)Pall (0–1)–2–2L1
5April 10Yankees0–12Key (2–0)Bolton (0–1)–2–3L2
6April 11Yankees6–4McDowell (2–0)Monteleone (0–1)Hernández (1)3–3W2
7April 12Twins2–3Deshaies (2–0)McCaskill (0–2)Aguilera (4)3–4L1
8April 13Twins4–0Fernandez (2–0)Mahomes (0–2)–4–4W1
—April 14TwinsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 27
9April 16@ Red Sox
10April 17@ Red Sox
11April 18@ Red Sox
12April 19@ Red Sox
May: 11–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
45May 28@ Yankees0–4Key (5–2)McCaskill (2–5)–24–21L4
46May 29@ Yankees2–8Abbott (4–5)Álvarez (5–1)–24–22L5
47May 30@ Yankees3–6Wickman (6–0)McDowell (7–4)Farr (11)24–23L6
June: 15–9 (Home: 8–4; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
51June 4Red Sox
52June 5Red Sox
53June 6Red Sox
July: 18–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
August: 17–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
118August 17@ Red Sox
119August 18@ Red Sox
120August 20@ Twins4–2Fernandez (15–6)Erickson (7–15)Hernández (27)66–54W1
121August 21@ Twins9–4Belcher (2–2)Banks (8–8)Hernández (28)67–54W2
122August 22@ Twins1–0McDowell (20–7)Deshaies (11–12)–68–54W3
123August 23Yankees5–6 (10)Assenmacher (2–0)Radinsky (6–1)Farr (25)68–55L1
124August 24Yankees4–2Álvarez (9–8)Abbott (9–11)Hernández (29)69–55W1
125August 25Yankees5–7Monteleone (6–4)Radinsky (6–2)Wickman (3)69–56L1
126August 27Twins7–3Belcher (3–2)Deshaies (11–13)–70–56W1
127August 27Twins2–7 (10)Casian (5–1)Pall (2–3)–70–57L1
128August 28Twins4–1Bere (6–5)Tapani (7–13)–71–57W1
129August 29Twins13–5McCaskill (4–7)Guardado (3–7)–72–57W2
130August 30Twins4–1Fernandez (16–6)Erickson (8–16)Hernández (30)73–57W3
131August 31@ Yankees11–3Álvarez (10–8)Hitchcock (1–1)–74–57W4
September: 16–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–4)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
132September 1@ Yankees5–3McDowell (21–7)Assenmacher (2–1)Hernández (31)75–57W5
133September 2@ Yankees1–7Key (16–5)Belcher (3–3)–75–58L1
137September 6Red Sox
138September 7Red Sox
139September 8Red Sox
October: 3–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–0)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = White Sox team member

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
George Bell, DH 102 410 36 89 17 2 13 64 13 49 .217 1
Ellis Burks, RF,CF 146 499 75 137 24 4 17 74 60 97 .275 6
Iván Calderón, DH 9 26 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 5 .115 0
Joey Cora, 2B 153 579 95 155 15 13 2 51 67 63 .268 20
Drew Denson, 1B 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 0
Carlton Fisk, C 25 53 2 10 0 0 1 4 2 11 .189 0
Craig Grebeck, SS,2B,3B 72 190 25 43 5 0 1 12 26 26 .226 1
Ozzie Guillén, SS 134 457 44 128 23 4 4 50 10 41 .280 5
Mike Huff, OF 43 44 4 8 2 0 1 6 9 15 .182 1
Bo Jackson, OF,DH 85 284 32 66 9 0 16 45 23 106 .232 0
Lance Johnson, CF 147 540 75 168 18 14 0 47 36 33 .311 35
Ron Karkovice, C 128 403 60 92 17 1 20 54 29 126 .228 2
Mike LaValliere, C 37 97 6 25 2 0 0 8 4 14 .258 0
Doug Lindsey, C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Norberto Martin, 2B 8 14 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 .357 0
Matt Merullo, DH 8 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .050 0
Warren Newson, DH,OF 26 40 9 12 0 0 2 6 9 12 .300 0
Dan Pasqua, OF,1B,DH 78 176 22 36 10 1 5 20 26 51 .205 2
Tim Raines, LF 115 415 75 127 16 4 16 54 64 35 .306 21
Steve Sax, OF,DH 57 119 20 28 5 0 1 8 8 6 .235 7
Frank Thomas, 1B,DH 153 549 106 174 36 0 41 128 112 54 .317 4
Robin Ventura, 3B,1B 157 554 85 145 27 1 22 94 105 82 .262 1
Rick Wrona, C 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .125 0
Team totals
 162 5483 776 1454 228 44 162 731 604 834 .265 106

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
Wilson Álvarez 15 8 2.95 31 31 0 207.2 168 78 68 14 130 155
Tim Belcher 3 5 4.40 12 11 0 71.2 64 36 35 8 27 34
Jason Bere 12 5 3.47 24 24 0 142.2 109 60 55 12 81 129
Rod Bolton 2 6 7.44 9 8 0 42.1 55 40 35 4 16 17
Chuck Cary 1 0 5.23 16 0 0 20.2 22 12 12 1 11 10
José DeLeón 0 0 1.74 11 0 0 10.1 5 2 2 2 3 6
Brian Drahman 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 5.1 7 0 0 0 2 3
Alex Fernandez 18 9 3.13 34 34 0 247.1 221 95 86 27 72 169
Roberto Hernández 3 4 2.29 70 0 38 78.2 66 21 20 6 21 71
Chris Howard 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 4 1
Barry Jones 0 1 8.59 6 0 0 7.1 14 8 7 2 3 7
Terry Leach 0 0 2.81 14 0 1 16.0 15 5 5 0 3 3
Kirk McCaskill 4 8 5.23 30 14 2 113.2 144 71 66 12 42 65
Jack McDowell 22 10 3.37 34 34 0 256.2 261 104 96 20 75 158
Donn Pall 2 3 3.22 39 0 1 58.2 62 25 21 5 14 29
Scott Radinsky 8 2 4.28 73 0 4 54.2 61 33 26 3 22 44
Scott Ruffcorn 0 2 8.10 3 2 0 10.0 9 11 9 2 10 2
Jeff Schwarz 2 2 3.71 41 0 0 51.0 35 21 21 1 40 41
Dave Stieb 1 3 6.04 4 4 0 22.1 27 17 15 1 14 11
Bobby Thigpen 0 0 5.71 25 0 1 34.2 51 25 22 5 12 19
Team totals
 94 68 3.70 162 162 48 1454.0 1398 664 598 125 302 974

Postseason

Game log
1993 White Sox postseason game log
American League Championship Series (2–4) (best of 7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime (CT)RecordBox
1October 5Blue Jays3–7Guzmán (1–0)McDowell (0–1)–7:12pm0–1L1
2October 6Blue Jays1–3Stewart (1–0)Fernandez (0–1)Ward (1)2:07pm0–2L2
3October 8@ Blue Jays6–1Álvarez (1–0)Hentgen (0–1)–7:12pm1–2W1
4October 9@ Blue Jays7–4Belcher (1–0)Stottlemyre (0–1)Hernández (1)7:12pm2–2W2
5October 10@ Blue Jays3–5Guzmán (2–0)McDowell (0–2)–3:10pm2–3L1
6October 12Blue Jays3–6Stewart (2–0)Fernandez (0–2)Ward (2)7:12pm2–4L2

ALCS
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(TOR-CHW)

 Attendance Location
1 October 5 Toronto 7 Chicago 3 1-0 46,246 Comiskey Park II
2 October 6 Toronto 3 Chicago 1 2-0 46,101 Comiskey Park II
3 October 8 Chicago 6 Toronto 1 2-1 51,783 SkyDome
4 October 9 Chicago 7 Toronto 4 2-2 51,889 SkyDome
5 October 10 Chicago 3 Toronto 5 3-2 51,375 SkyDome
6 October 12 Toronto 6 Chicago 3 4-2 45,527 Comiskey Park II
TOR won 4, CHW won 2.

Blue Jays win the American League Championship
and advance to the 1993 World Series

Awards and honors

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 Sarasota White Sox Florida State League Dave Huppert
A South Bend White Sox Midwest League Tony Franklin
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Fred Kendall
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Mike Rojas

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, South Bend[6]

References
  1. Dave Stieb Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. "Mike LaValliere Stats".
  3. Carlton Fisk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Tim Belcher Stats".
  5. Bobby Thigpen Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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