1990 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersLarry Himes
ManagersJeff Torborg
TelevisionWGN-TV
SportsChannel Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek, Jim Durham)
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(John Rooney, Wayne Hagin)
WTAQ
(Frank Diaz, Chico Carrasquel)
Seasons

The 1990 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 91st season. They finished with a record of 94–68, good enough for second place in the American League West, 9 games behind of the first place Oakland Athletics, as the White Sox played their final season at the aging Comiskey Park before moving to the new US Cellular Field the next season.

Regular season

In the summer of 1990, Michael Jordan took batting practice at Comiskey Park.[1] The following year, Upper Deck created a baseball card of Michael Jordan and it was numbered SP1.[2]

The White Sox and Texas Rangers were involved in the longest rain delay in baseball history at 7 hours and 23 minutes at Comiskey Park on August 12. Behind the delay's length was the White Sox's insistence that the game be rescheduled at Comiskey four days later when both teams were idle and not at Arlington Stadium the subsequent weekend, which was rejected by the Rangers. The gamesmanship between the two sides resulted in the contest eventually played as part of a twi-night doubleheader at Arlington on August 17.[3]

Bobby Thigpen had the best season of his career in 1990, setting the major league record of 57 saves. He also maintained a 1.83 ERA and was named to the AL All-Star team. He also blew eight saves that season, including two three-run leads.

In anticipation of the move to new Comiskey Park, the White Sox on July 2 unveiled new team colors of black and silver and uniforms based on the ones worn in 1959 and the early-1970s featuring a return of pinstripes to the home version.[4] The uniform ensemble was originally scheduled to debut the following season, but its popularity with the fans resulted in the White Sox officially making the change beginning with the opening game of its final homestand of the campaign on September 25.[5] The ballclub instantly jumped to the top of MLB merchandise sales.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636 — 51–30 52–29
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 9 49–31 45–37
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 20 47–35 36–44
California Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Seattle Mariners 7785 0.475 26 38–43 39–42
Kansas City Royals 7586 0.466 27½ 45–36 30–50
Minnesota Twins 7488 0.457 29 41–40 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

1990 Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

  • June 4, 1990: Alex Fernandez was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round of the 1990 amateur draft.[6]
  • June 4, 1990: Bob Wickman was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990.[7]
  • June 4, 1990: Ray Durham was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1990.[8]
  • June 4, 1990: Jason Bere was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 36th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1990.[9]
  • July 30, 1990: Phil Bradley was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Ron Kittle.[10]

No Hitter

  • July 1, 1990 – New York Yankees pitcher Andy Hawkins threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox and lost the game. A scoreless game until the bottom of the 8th inning, Sammy Sosa started the rally by hitting a ground ball that Yankee third basemen Mike Blowers bobbled. Initially it was ruled a hit. Yankee manager Stump Merrill was standing on the top of the dugout steps barking up in the direction of the press box. Quickly the play was changed to an error on Blowers. Sosa then stole second base. Ozzie Guillén and Lance Johnson both then drew walks to load the bases. The next batter, Robin Ventura hit a fly ball that eluded Yankees left fielder Jim Leyritz allowing three unearned runs to score. The next batter, Iván Calderón, then lifted a fly ball to right field that was dropped by Jesse Barfield making the score 4-0.

Line Score

July 1, Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 000 000 043
Chicago 000 000 04x 402
W: Barry Jones (10-1)  L: Andy Hawkins (1-5)  
Attendance: 30,642 Time: 2:34

Batting

New York Yankees AB R H RBI Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI
Kelly, cf 4 0 0 0 Johnson, cf 3 1 0 0
Sax, 2b 4 0 0 0 Ventura, 3b 4 1 0 0
Mattingly, 1b 4 0 0 0 Calderon, dh 3 0 0 0
Balboni, dh 4 0 0 0 Pasqua, lf 4 0 0 0
Tolleson, pr, dh 0 0 0 0 Gallagher, lf 0 0 0 0
Barfield, rf 4 0 1 0 Kittle, 1b 3 0 0 0
Leyritz, lf 3 0 1 0 Lyons, 1b 0 0 0 0
Blowers, 3b 3 0 0 0 Karkovice, c 2 0 0 0
Geren, c 3 0 1 0 Fletcher, 2b 2 0 0 0
Espinoza, ss 2 0 1 0 Sosa, rf 3 1 0 0
NONE 0 0 0 0 Guillen, ss 2 1 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0 Totals 26 4 0 0

Pitching

New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins, L (1-5) 8.0 0 4 0 5 3
Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hibbard 7.0 4 0 0 0 4
Jones W (10-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Radinsky 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Turn Back the Clock Day

On July 11, 1990, as part of the celebration of Comiskey Park, the White Sox played a Turn Back the Clock game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The White Sox wore their 1917 home uniforms. This was the first Turn Back the Clock game in the major leagues and started what has become a popular promotion. The club turned off the electronic scoreboards and public address system. They constructed a special manually operated scoreboard in center field for the day and even the grounds-crew wore period costume. General admission tickets were sold for $0.50, popcorn was a nickel, and the stadium organ was shut down for the game.

Line Score

July 11, Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
Milwaukee 003 000 060 000 3 12151
Chicago 403 020 000 000 0 9130
W: Dan Plesac (1-3)  L: Donn Pall (0-3)  
Home Runs: Yount (8) Attendance: 40,666 Time: 4:44

Batting

Milwaukee Brewers AB R H RBI Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI
Gantner, 2b 7 1 3 2 Johnson, cf 7 1 2 0
Sheffield, 3b 5 2 3 0 Ventura, 3b 5 0 0 0
Yount, cf 4 2 2 3 Gallagher, ph 1 0 0 0
Parker,dh 5 1 1 0 Grebeck, 3b 0 0 0 0
Brock, 1b 3 0 0 0 Calderon, dh 6 1 2 1
Deer, ph, 1b 2 1 0 1 Kittle, 1b 6 1 1 0
Vaughn, lf 4 1 2 2 Fisk, c 4 2 1 0
Felder, lf 2 1 1 0 Lyons, lf 6 0 1 1
Surhoff, c 5 2 1 2 Fletcher, 2b 6 2 3 2
Hamilton, rf 6 1 2 2 Sosa, rf 6 2 2 3
Spiers, ss 4 0 0 0 Guillen, ss 6 0 1 1
Sveum, ph, ss 2 0 0 0 NONE 0 0 0 0
Diaz, ss 0 0 0 0 NONE 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 12 15 12 Totals 53 9 13 8

Roster

1990 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
Daryl Boston, RF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1
Phil Bradley, OF,DH 45 133 20 30 5 1 0 5 20 26 .226 7
Iván Calderón, LF 158 607 85 166 44 2 14 74 51 79 .273 32
Carlton Fisk, C 137 452 65 129 21 0 18 65 61 73 .285 7
Scott Fletcher, 2B 151 509 54 123 18 3 4 56 45 63 .242 1
Dave Gallagher, OF 45 75 5 21 3 1 0 5 3 9 .280 0
Craig Grebeck, 3B,SS,2B 59 119 7 20 3 1 1 9 8 24 .168 0
Ozzie Guillén, SS 160 516 61 144 21 4 1 58 26 37 .279 13
Lance Johnson, CF 151 541 76 154 18 9 1 51 33 45 .285 36
Ron Karkovice, C 68 183 30 45 10 0 6 20 16 52 .246 2
Ron Kittle, DH,1B 83 277 29 68 14 0 16 43 24 77 .245 0
Steve Lyons, 1B,2B,OF 94 146 22 28 6 1 1 11 10 41 .192 1
Carlos Martinez, 1B 92 272 18 61 6 5 4 24 10 40 .224 0
Rodney McCray, OF 32 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 6
Dan Pasqua, DH,OF 112 325 43 89 27 3 13 58 37 66 .274 1
Sammy Sosa, RF 153 532 72 124 26 10 15 70 33 150 .233 32
Matt Stark, DH 8 16 0 4 1 0 0 3 1 6 .250 0
Frank Thomas, 1B,DH 60 191 39 63 11 3 7 31 44 54 .330 1
Robin Ventura, 3B 150 493 48 123 17 1 5 54 55 53 .249 1
Greg Walker, 1B,DH 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 0
Jerry Willard, C 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Team Totals
 162 5402 682 1393 251 44 106 637 478 903 .258 140

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
Wayne Edwards 5 3 3.22 42 5 2 95.0 81 39 34 6 43 63
Alex Fernandez 5 5 3.80 13 13 0 87.2 89 40 37 6 34 61
Greg Hibbard 14 9 3.16 33 33 0 211.0 202 80 74 11 57 92
Shawn Hillegas 0 0 0.79 7 0 0 11.1 4 1 1 0 6 5
Barry Jones 11 4 2.31 65 0 1 74.0 62 20 19 2 40 45
Eric King 12 4 3.28 25 25 0 151.0 135 59 55 10 40 70
Jerry Kutzler 2 1 6.03 7 7 0 31.1 38 23 21 2 15 21
Bill Long 0 1 6.35 4 0 0 5.2 6 5 4 2 2 2
Steve Lyons 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 1
Jack McDowell 14 9 3.82 33 33 0 205.0 189 93 87 20 77 165
Donn Pall 3 5 3.32 56 0 2 76.0 63 33 28 7 30 39
Ken Patterson 2 1 3.39 43 0 2 66.1 58 27 25 6 35 40
Mélido Pérez 13 14 4.61 35 35 0 197.0 177 111 101 14 87 161
Adam Peterson 2 5 4.55 20 11 0 85.0 90 46 43 12 26 29
Scott Radinsky 6 1 4.82 62 0 4 52.1 47 29 28 1 37 46
Steve Rosenberg 1 0 5.40 6 0 0 10.0 10 6 6 2 5 4
Bobby Thigpen 4 6 1.83 77 0 57 88.2 60 20 18 5 35 70
Team Totals
 94 68 3.61 162 162 68 1449.1 1313 633 581 106 575 914

Awards and honors

  • Bobby Thigpen, Major League Record, 57 saves in one season
  • Bobby Thigpen, MLB All-Star Game, reserve
  • Jeff Torborg, Associated Press Manager of the Year

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Marv Foley
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Ken Berry
A Sarasota White Sox Florida State League Tony Franklin
A South Bend White Sox Midwest League Rick Patterson
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Tommy Thompson
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Mike Gellinger

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References

  1. ↑ 20th Century Chicago: 100 Years, 100 Voices By Chicago Sun-Times, p.119, Chicago sun-times, Adrienne Drell, Published 2000, Sports Publishing LLC, ISBN 1-58261-239-0
  2. ↑ 1991 Upper Deck #SP1 – Michael Jordan Archived March 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine CheckOutMyCards.com
  3. ↑ Muskat, Carrie. "The game between the Chicago White Sox and Texas...," United Press International (UPI), Sunday, August 12, 1990. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ Murphy, Robert J. "White Sox unveil new look," United Press International (UPI), Monday, July 2, 1990. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ "White Sox to unveil '91 uniform," United Press International (UPI), Wednesday, September 5, 1990. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ Bob Wickman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "Ray Durham Stats".
  9. ↑ "Jason Bere Stats".
  10. ↑ Phil Bradley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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