1989 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
1989 Information
Owner(s) Jerry Reinsdorf
Manager(s) Jeff Torborg
Local television WFLD
SportsChannel Chicago
(Gary Thorne, Tom Paciorek
Local radio WMAQ (AM)
(John Rooney, Wayne Hagin)
WTAQ
(Frank Diaz, Jose Manuel Flores)

The 1989 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 90th season. They finished with a record 69-92, good enough for 7th place in the American League West, 29.5 games behind of the 1st place Oakland Athletics.

Contents

Offseason

Potential move to Florida

In July 1988, legislators from the State of Illinois narrowly approved a proposal for a new state-financed stadium and a lease deal that would save the team $60 million and should keep the White Sox from moving to St. Petersburg, Florida. [1] St. Petersburg has begun construction on an $80 million domed stadium. [1]

The club's principal owners, Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn, had said the team would move to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the 1989 season if the stadium proposal were not approved. [1]

The State Senate in Springfield passed the stadium bill by a 30-26 vote about 20 minutes before midnight, then sent it on to the General Assembly, where Gov. James Thompson was involved in political maneuvering on the last day the Legislature was in session. [1]

The money for the ball park, would come from a 2 percent city hotel-motel tax, estimated to be worth at least $8 million a year. The city would add $5 million annually in revenue-sharing funds, and the state would contribute $5 million in hotel-motel tax revenues. [1]

Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 99 63 .611 --
Kansas City Royals 92 70 .568 7
California Angels 91 71 .562 8
Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 16
Minnesota Twins 80 82 .494 19
Seattle Mariners 73 89 .451 26
Chicago White Sox 69 92 .429 29½

Transactions

Roster

1989 Chicago White Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1989 Opening Day Lineup

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eric King 25 159.1 9 10 3.39 72

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

External links

  1. ^ a b c d e White Sox Are Safe at Home - New York Times
  2. ^ Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jerry Willard page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Kenny Williams page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Domingo Jean page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Richard Dotson page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Sammy Sosa page at Baseball Reference
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1989 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1989 All-Star Game • 1989 World Series
v • d • e
Chicago White Sox
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2 • 3 • 4 • 9 • 11 • 16 • 19 • 42 • 72
Key Personnel
Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn • General Manager: Kenny Williams • Manager: Ozzie Guillén
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1906 • 1917 • 2005
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American League
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