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 27, 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
American League West champions
League	American League
Division	American League West
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Record	94–68 (.580)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager	Ron Schueler
Managers	Gene Lamont
Television	WGN-TV 9 SportsChannel Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
Radio	WMAQ–AM 670 (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND–AM 560 (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

• Tim Raines, LF
• Joey Cora, 2B
• Frank Thomas, 1B
• George Bell, DH
• Robin Ventura, 3B
• Ellis Burks, RF
• Lance Johnson, CF
• Ron Karkovice, C
• Ozzie Guillén, SS
• Jack McDowell, P

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	—	45‍–‍36	49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers	86	76	.531	8	50‍–‍31	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	10	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	.506	12	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
California Angels	71	91	.438	23	44‍–‍37	27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	.438	23	36‍–‍45	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	26	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1993 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

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 40 Wilson Álvarez 36 Tim Belcher 51 Jason Bere 42 Rodney Bolton 46 Chuck Cary 48 José DeLeón 50 Brian Drahman 32 Alex Fernandez 39 Roberto Hernández 58 Chris Howard 50 Barry Jones 34 Terry Leach 25 Kirk McCaskill 29 Jack McDowell 22 Donn Pall 31 Scott Radinsky 45 Scott Ruffcorn 49 Jeff Schwarz 10 Dave Stieb 37 Bobby Thigpen		Catchers 72 Carlton Fisk 20 Ron Karkovice 10 Mike LaValliere 68 Doug Lindsey 27 Rick Wrona Infielders 28 Joey Cora 62 Drew Denson 14 Craig Grebeck 13 Ozzie Guillén 53 Norberto Martin 35 Frank Thomas 23 Robin Ventura		Outfielders 21 George Bell 26 Ellis Burks 12 Mike Huff  8 Bo Jackson  1 Lance Johnson 24 Warren Newson 44 Dan Pasqua 30 Tim Raines  7 Steve Sax Other Batters 27 Iván Calderón  5 Matt Merullo		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) 38 Dewey Robinson (bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
	Postponement
	Clinched division
Bold	White Sox team member

1993 regular season game log: 94–68 (Home: 45–36; Away: 49–32)[6]
April: 13–9 (Home: 7–3; Away: 6–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 15 April 23 6:38 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays W 5–4 McCaskill (1–3) Leiter (1–2) Hernández (3) 2:38 50,494 8–7 W3 16 April 24 12:35 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays L 4–10 Guzmán (2–0) Bolton (0–3) — 2:58 50,518 8–8 L1 17 April 25 2:04 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays L 0–1 Stottelmyre (3–1) Fernandez (2–2) Ward (6) 2:13 50,430 8–9 L2 22 April 30 7:07 p.m. CDT Blue Jays W 10–2 Fernandez (3–2) Stottelmyre (3–2) — 2:40 29,497 13–9 W5
May: 11–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 23 May 1 6:05 p.m. CDT Blue Jays W 8–2 Álvarez (2–0) Morris (1–4) — 2:49 35,378 14–9 W6 24 May 2 1:37 p.m. CDT Blue Jays L 1–6 Hentgen (4–1) McDowell (5–1) Cox (1) 2:30 25,715 14–10 L1
June: 15–13 (Home: 8–4; Away: 7–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
July: 18–9 (Home: 8–6; Away: 10–3) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 80 July 5 6:37 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays W 4–3 Álvarez (8–4) Hentgen (11–3) Hernández (16) 2:53 50,508 42–38 W2 81 July 6 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays L 1–5 Stewart (4–3) McDowell (12–6) — 2:47 50,505 42–39 L1 82 July 7 6:36 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays W 5–2 Fernandez (10–4) Guzmán (7–2) Hernández (17) 3:03 50,517 43–39 W1 — July 13 7:40 p.m. CDT 64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, MD 91 July 19 7:06 p.m. CDT Blue Jays L 7–15 Stewart (5–4) Bolton (1–6) — 2:58 40,127 49–42 L1 92 July 20 7:07 p.m. CDT Blue Jays W 2–1 Fernandez (12–4) Guzmán (7–3) — 2:11 30,454 50–42 W1 93 July 21 7:37 p.m. CDT Blue Jays L 1–4 Leiter (6–5) Álvarez (8–6) Ward (23) 3:08 30,900 50–43 L1
August: 17–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 7–4) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
September: 17–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–4) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
October: 3–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–0) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA AL East Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Milwaukee Brewers New York Yankees 4 8 0.333 48 73 Toronto Blue Jays 6 6 0.500 48 55 Div Total 10 14 0.417 96 128 AL West California Angels Chicago White Sox Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Texas Rangers 8 5 0.615 74 63 Div Total 8 5 0.615 74 63 Season Total 18 19 0.486 170 191

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 7 3 4 0.429 31 44 May 8 3 5 0.375 37 40 June 3 3 0 1.000 17 12 July 6 6 6 0.500 20 30 August 8 3 5 0.375 47 45 September 5 3 2 0.600 18 20 October Total 37 18 19 0.486 170 191 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 18 10 8 0.556 84 94 Away 19 8 11 0.421 86 97 Total 37 18 19 0.486 170 191

Postseason Game log

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
Bold	White Sox team member

1993 Postseason game log: 2–4 (Home: 0–3; Away: 2–1)

AL Championship Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays 2–4 (Home: 0–3; Away: 2–1)[7] # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 5 7:12 p.m. CDT Blue Jays L 3–7 Guzmán (1–0) McDowell (0–1) — 3:38 46,246 TOR 1–0 L1 2 October 6 2:07 p.m. CDT Blue Jays L 1–3 Stewart (1–0) Fernandez (0–1) Ward (1) 3:00 46,101 TOR 2–0 L2 3 October 8 7:12 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays W 6–1 Álvarez (1–0) Hentgen (0–1) — 2:56 51,783 TOR 2–1 W1 4 October 9 7:12 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays W 7–4 Belcher (1–0) Stottelmyre (0–1) Hernández (1) 3:30 51,885 Tied 2–2 W2 5 October 10 3:10 p.m. CDT @ Blue Jays L 3–5 Guzmán (2–0) McDowell (0–2) — 3:09 51,375 TOR 3–2 L1 6 October 12 7:12 p.m. CDT Blue Jays L 3–6 Stewart (2–0) Fernandez (0–2) Ward (2) 3:31 45,527 TOR 4–2 L2

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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

= Indicates league leader

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

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

• Bo Jackson, 1993 AL Comeback Player of the Year
• Bo Jackson, 1993 Tony Conigliaro Award
• Jack McDowell, All-Star Game, reserve
• Jack McDowell, Cy Young Award, American League
• Frank Thomas, All-Star Game, reserve
• Frank Thomas, Silver Slugger Award
• Frank Thomas, MVP, American League
• Gene Lamont, Manager of the Year, American League

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^[8]