1992 Chicago White Sox season

The 1992 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 94th season. They finished with a record of 86–76, good enough for third place in the American League West, 10 games behind the first place Oakland Athletics.

1992 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	West
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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Offseason

• December 4, 1991: Dan Pasqua was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[1]
• December 9, 1991: Pete Rose Jr. was drafted from the White Sox by the Cleveland Indians in the 1991 rule 5 draft.^[2]
• January 10, 1992: Bob Wickman, Domingo Jean and Mélido Pérez were traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Steve Sax.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

• v
• t
• e

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593	—	51‍–‍30	45‍–‍36
Minnesota Twins	90	72	.556	6	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	.531	10	50‍–‍32	36‍–‍44
Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	19	36‍–‍45	41‍–‍40
California Angels	72	90	.444	24	41‍–‍40	31‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals	72	90	.444	24	44‍–‍37	28‍–‍53
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	32	38‍–‍43	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–6	10–3	8–4	6–7	6–6	5–8	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	8–4	6–6	6–7	4–9	7–5	5–8	3–9	7–6	5–7	6–6	4–8	7–6
California	4–8	4–8	—	3–10	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–7	2–11	7–5	5–8	7–6	9–4	5–7
Chicago	6–6	6–6	10–3	—	7–5	10–2	7–6	5–7	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–9	5–8	5–7
Cleveland	6–7	7–6	6–6	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	6–6	7–5	5–7	6–7
Detroit	3–10	9–4	5–7	2–10	8–5	—	7–5	5–8	3–9	5–8	6–6	9–3	8–4	5–8
Kansas City	4–8	5–7	5–8	6–7	7–5	5–7	—	7–5	6–7	5–7	4–9	7–6	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	7–6	8–5	7–5	7–5	8–5	8–5	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–5
Minnesota	6–6	9–3	11–2	5–8	6–6	9–3	7–6	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	8–5	6–7	5–7
New York	8–5	6–7	5–7	4–8	6–7	8–5	7–5	7–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–6	6–6	2–11
Oakland	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	6–6	6–6	9–4	5–7	8–5	6–6	—	12–1	9–4	6–6
Seattle	5–7	6–6	6–7	9–4	5–7	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–8	6–6	1–12	—	4–9	4–8
Texas	5–7	8–4	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	7–6	5–7	7–6	6–6	4–9	9–4	—	3–9
Toronto	8–5	6–7	7–5	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	7–5	11–2	6–6	8–4	9–3	—

1992 Opening Day lineup

• Tim Raines, LF
• Steve Sax, 2B
• Robin Ventura, 3B
• Frank Thomas, 1B
• George Bell, DH
• Mike Huff, RF
• Ron Karkovice, C
• Lance Johnson, CF
• Ozzie Guillén, SS
• Jack McDowell, P

Transactions

• March 10, 1992: Bo Jackson was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[4]
• March 30, 1992: Sammy Sosa and Ken Patterson were traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for George Bell.^[5]
• April 3, 1992: Shawn Abner was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[6]
• June 1, 1992: A. J. Hinch was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[7]
• August 10, 1992: Keith Shepherd was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dale Sveum.^[8]

Roster

1992 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 40 Wilson Álvarez 50 Brian Drahman 54 Mike Dunne 32 Alex Fernandez 39 Roberto Hernández 27 Greg Hibbard 49 Charlie Hough 34 Terry Leach 25 Kirk McCaskill 29 Jack McDowell 22 Donn Pall 31 Scott Radinsky 37 Bobby Thigpen		Catchers 72 Carlton Fisk 20 Ron Karkovice  5 Matt Merullo 48 Nelson Santovenia Infielders 38 Esteban Beltré 28 Joey Cora 57 Chris Cron 14 Craig Grebeck 13 Ozzie Guillén  7 Steve Sax 42 Dale Sveum 35 Frank Thomas 23 Robin Ventura		Outfielders 45 Shawn Abner 36 Scott Hemond 12 Mike Huff 10 Shawn Jeter  1 Lance Johnson 24 Warren Newson 44 Dan Pasqua 30 Tim Raines Other Positions 21 George Bell		Manager  33 Gene Lamont Coaches 18 Terry Bevington (First Base) 36 Jackie Brown (Pitching)  6 Walt Hriniak (Hitting) 17 Doug Mansolino (Third Base) 15 Joe Nossek (Bench) 26 Mike Squires (Bullpen)

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
Shawn Abner, OF	97	208	21	58	10	1	1	16	12	35	.279	1
George Bell, DH, LF	155	627	74	160	27	0	25	112	31	97	.255	5
Esteban Beltre, SS	49	110	21	21	2	0	1	10	3	18	.191	1
Joey Cora, 2B	68	122	27	30	7	1	0	9	22	13	.246	10
Chris Cron, 1B, LF	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Carlton Fisk, C	62	188	12	43	4	1	3	21	23	38	.229	3
Craig Grebeck, SS, 3B	88	287	24	77	21	2	3	35	30	34	.268	0
Ozzie Guillén, SS	12	40	5	8	4	0	0	7	1	5	.200	1
Scott Hemond, LF, DH	8	13	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	6	.231	0
Mike Huff, OF	60	115	13	24	5	0	0	8	10	24	.209	1
Shawn Jeter, OF	13	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	0
Lance Johnson, CF	157	567	67	158	15	12	3	47	34	33	.279	41
Ron Karkovice, C	123	342	39	81	12	1	13	50	30	89	.237	10
Matt Merullo, C, DH	24	50	3	9	1	1	0	3	1	8	.180	0
Warren Newson, OF, DH	63	136	19	30	3	0	1	11	37	38	.221	3
Dan Pasqua, RF, 1B	93	265	26	56	16	1	6	33	36	57	.211	0
Tim Raines, LF	144	551	102	162	22	9	7	54	81	48	.294	45
Nelson Santovenia, C	2	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.333	0
Steve Sax, 2B	143	567	74	134	26	4	4	47	43	42	.236	30
Dale Sveum, SS	40	114	15	25	9	0	2	12	12	29	.219	1
Frank Thomas, 1B, DH	160	573	108	185	46	2	24	115	122	88	.323	6
Robin Ventura, 3B	157	592	85	167	38	1	16	93	93	71	.282	2
Team Totals	162	5498	738	1434	269	36	110	686	622	784	.261	160

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	5	3	5.20	34	9	1	100.1	103	64	58	12	67	66
Brian Drahman	0	0	2.57	5	0	0	7.0	6	3	2	0	2	1
Mike Dunne	2	0	4.26	4	1	0	12.2	12	7	6	0	7	6
Alex Fernandez	8	11	4.27	29	29	0	187.2	199	100	89	21	53	95
Roberto Hernández	7	3	1.65	43	0	12	71.0	45	15	13	4	21	68
Greg Hibbard	10	7	4.40	31	28	1	176.0	187	92	86	17	59	69
Charlie Hough	7	12	3.93	27	27	0	176.1	160	88	77	19	68	76
Terry Leach	6	5	1.95	51	0	0	73.2	57	17	16	2	25	22
Kirk McCaskill	12	13	4.18	34	34	0	209.0	193	116	97	11	100	109
Jack McDowell	20	10	3.18	34	34	0	260.2	247	95	92	21	94	178
Donn Pall	5	2	4.93	39	0	1	73.0	79	43	40	9	35	27
Scott Radinsky	3	7	2.73	68	0	15	59.1	54	21	18	3	39	48
Bobby Thigpen	1	3	4.75	55	0	22	55.0	58	29	29	4	38	45
Team Totals	86	76	3.82	162	162	52	1461.2	1400	690	621	123	598	810

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Jack McDowell
• Robin Ventura

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Rick Renick
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Tony Franklin
A	Sarasota White Sox	Florida State League	Rick Patterson
A	South Bend White Sox	Midwest League	Terry Francona
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Fred Kendall
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Mike Rojas

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