1996 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1996 American League Central Comiskey Park Chicago Jerry Reinsdorf Ron Schueler Terry Bevington WGN-TVSportsChannel Chicago(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek) WMVP(John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM)(Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel) The 1996 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 97th season. They finished with a record of 85–77, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 14.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians. Offseason December 28, 1995: Tim Raines was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Blaise Kozeniewski (minors) (February 6, 1996) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 20, 1996: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).Danny Tartabull Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Game log Chicago White Sox 1996 Game Log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40) y Chicago White Sox March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || March 31 || @ Mariners || 2–3 (12) || Hurtado || Simas (0–1) || — || 57,467 || 0–1 |- y Chicago White Sox April: 15–9 (Home: 7–3; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 2 || @ Mariners || 2–3 || Hitchcock || Alvarez (0–1) || Charlton || 38,570 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 3 || April 3 || @ Mariners || 4–2 || Magrane (1–0) || Wolcott || Hernandez (1) || 22,783 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 5 || @ Angels || 6–7 (11) || James || McCaskill (0–1) || — || 22,812 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 5 || April 6 || @ Angels || 8–4 || Fernandez (1–0) || Abbott || — || 26,447 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 7 || @ Angels || 5–6 || Finley || Alvarez (0–2) || Percival || 16,970 || 2–4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 9 || Rangers || 2–3 || Gross || Thomas (0–1) || Henneman || 34,750 || 2–5 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 8 || April 11 || Rangers || 8–5 (11) || Thomas (1–1) || Henneman || — || 16,685 || 3–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 12 || Athletics || 2–7 || Reyes || Fernandez (1–1) || — || 13,623 || 3–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 10 || April 13 || Athletics || 6–5 (12) || Karchner (1–0) || Wengert || — || 15,812 || 4–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 14 || Athletics || 5–10 || Groom || Simas (0–2) || — || 15,236 || 4–7 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 12 || April 15 || @ Royals || 11–10 || Karchner (2–0) || Pichardo || Hernandez (2) || 12,653 || 5–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ Royals || 5–6 || Belcher || Bere (0–1) || Montgomery || 12,399 || 5–8 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 14 || April 17 || @ Royals || 3–1 || Fernandez (2–1) || Appier || Hernandez (3) || 13,350 || 6–8 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 15 || April 19 || @ Athletics || 4–3 || Karchner (3–0) || Briscoe || Hernandez (4) || 31,320 || 7–8 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 16 || April 20 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Tapani (1–0) || Van Poppel || — || 16,480 || 8–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 21 || @ Athletics || 5–6 || Corsi || Simas (0–3) || Mohler || 16,125 || 8–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 18 || April 22 || @ Rangers || 12–4 || Fernandez (3–1) || Witt || Karchner (1) || 22,348 || 9–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 19 || April 23 || @ Rangers || 6–5 || Baldwin (1–0) || Hill || Hernandez (5) || 29,123 || 10–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 20 || April 24 || Mariners || 2–1 || Alvarez (1–2) || Bosio || Hernandez (6) || 15,882 || 11–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 21 || April 25 || Mariners || 4–3 || Tapani (2–0) || Wolcott || Hernandez (7) || 14,679 || 12–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || April 26 || Angels || colspan=5 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 24 || 12–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 22 || April 27 || Angels || 2–1 || Fernandez (4–1) || Abbott || Hernandez (8) || 18,139 || 13–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 23 || April 28 || Angels || 10–1 || Baldwin (2–0) || Finley || — || 15,574 || 14–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 24 || April 29 || Angels || 4–3 || Alvarez (2–2) || Grimsley || Hernandez (9) || 12,549 || 15–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 30 || @ Indians || 3–5 || Martinez || Tapani (2–1) || Mesa || 40,268 || 15–10 |- y Chicago White Sox May: 17–10 (Home: 11–2; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || May 1 || @ Indians || 5–9 || McDowell || McCaskill (0–2) || Plunk || 40,447 || 15–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 2 || @ Yankees || 1–5 || Cone || Fernandez (4–2) || — || 19,773 || 15–12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 3 || @ Yankees || 0–2 || Rivera || Thomas (1–2) || Wetteland || 15,599 || 15–13 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 29 || May 4 || @ Yankees || 11–5 || Karchner (4–0) || Nelson || — || 20,661 || 16–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 5 || @ Yankees || 1–7 || Pettitte || Tapani (2–2) || — || 26,525 || 16–14 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 31 || May 7 || Orioles || 3–2 || Fernandez (5–2) || Wells || Hernandez (10) || 16,130 || 17–14 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 32 || May 8 || Orioles || 11–2 || Baldwin (3–0) || Erickson || — || 14,974 || 18–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 9 || Orioles || 4–6 || Mussina || Alvarez (2–3) || Myers || 14,507 || 18–15 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 34 || May 10 || Yankees || 5–2 || Tapani (3–2) || Pettitte || Hernandez (11) || 15,784 || 19–15 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 35 || May 11 || Yankees || 7–5 || McCaskill (1–2) || Wetteland || — || 25,722 || 20–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 12 || Yankees || 8–9 || Wickman || Thomas (1–3) || Wetteland || 17,405 || 20–16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 13 || @ Brewers || 2–6 || Sparks || Baldwin (3–1) || Boze || 9,544 || 20–17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || May 14 || @ Brewers || colspan=5 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 16 || 20–17 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 38 || May 15 || @ Brewers || 20–8 || Alvarez (3–3) || Bones || Keyser (1) || 8,733 || 21–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 16 || @ Brewers || 2–3 || Lloyd || Tapani (3–3) || Fetters || 13,849 || 21–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 40 || May 17 || @ Tigers || 11–6 (10) || Hernandez (1–0) || Lewis || — || 12,094 || 22–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 41 || May 18 || @ Tigers || 16–4 || McCaskill (2–2) || Farrell || Simas (1) || 21,673 || 23–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 42 || May 19 || @ Tigers || 14–3 || Alvarez (4–3) || Gohr || — || 9,709 || 24–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 43 || May 21 || Blue Jays || 2–1 || Tapani (4–3) || Ware || Hernandez (12) || 17,483 || 25–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 44 || May 22 || Blue Jays || 2–1 (11) || McCaskill (3–2) || Timlin || — || 17,882 || 26–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 45 || May 24 || Brewers || 4–3 || Thomas (2–3) || Sparks || Hernandez (13) || 18,346 || 27–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 46 || May 25 || Brewers || 9–7 || Alvarez (5–3) || Bones || Hernandez (14) || 20,585 || 28–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 47 || May 26 || Brewers || 12–1 || Tapani (5–3) || McDonald || — || 21,151 || 29–18 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 27 || @ Blue Jays || 4–5 || Janzen || Fernandez (5–3) || Timlin || 30,013 || 29–19 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 49 || May 28 || @ Blue Jays || 8–5 || Baldwin (4–1) || Viola || Hernandez (15) || 30,104 || 30–19 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 29 || @ Blue Jays || 5–6 || Hanson || Magrane (1–1) || Timlin || 31,074 || 30–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 51 || May 30 || Tigers || 8–2 || Alvarez (6–3) || Olivares || — || 17,339 || 31–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 52 || May 31 || Tigers || 9–0 || Tapani (6–3) || Lira || — || 16,983 || 32–20 |- y Chicago White Sox June: 14–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || June 1 || Tigers || colspan=5 |Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 2 || 32–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 53 || June 2 || Tigers || 4–2 || Baldwin (5–1) || Thompson || Hernandez (16) || — || 33–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 54 || June 2 || Tigers || 13–5 || McCaskill (4–2) || Keagle || — || 26,125 || 34–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 55 || June 4 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Alvarez (7–3) || Gunderson || Hernandez (17) || 23,715 || 35–20 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 56 || June 5 || @ Red Sox || 8–6 (12) || Keyser (1–0) || Slocumb || — || 24,246 || 36–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 6 || @ Red Sox || 4–7 || Eshelman || Magrane (1–2) || Stanton || 24,382 || 36–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 58 || June 7 || @ Orioles || 8–2 || Fernandez (6–3) || Erickson || — || 47,209 || 37–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 59 || June 8 || @ Orioles || 2–1 || Baldwin (6–1) || Mercker || Hernandez (18) || 47,634 || 38–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 60 || June 9 || @ Orioles || 12–9 || Karchner (5–0) || Mussina || Hernandez (19) || 47,352 || 39–21 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 61 || June 10 || Red Sox || 8–2 || Tapani (7–3) || Wakefield || — || 21,799 || 40–21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 11 || Red Sox || 2–9 || Eshelman || Magrane (1–3) || — || 20,792 || 40–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 12 || Red Sox || 2–3 (12) || Hudson || Karchner (5–1) || — || 21,139 || 40–23 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 64 || June 14 || @ Mariners || 4–1 || Alvarez (8–3) || Hitchcock || Hernandez (20) || 30,163 || 41–23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 15 || @ Mariners || 6–8 (12) || Carmona || McCaskill (4–3) || — || 47,042 || 41–24 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 16 || @ Mariners || 6–7 || Wells || Magrane (1–4) || Jackson || 34,588 || 41–25 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 17 || @ Angels || 8–9 (13) || Hancock || McCaskill (4–4) || — || 17,836 || 41–26 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 18 || @ Angels || 4–5 || Finley || Simas (0–4) || Percival || 19,213 || 41–27 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 19 || @ Angels || 2–14 || McElroy || Alvarez (8–4) || — || 22,960 || 41–28 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 20 || Mariners || 5–8 || Hitchcock || Tapani (7–4) || Charlton || 23,017 || 41–29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 21 || Mariners || 2–12 || Wagner || Magrane (1–5) || — || 23,253 || 41–30 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 22 || Mariners || 2–4 || Wells || Fernandez (6–4) || Charlton || 27,036 || 41–31 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 73 || June 23 || Mariners || 7–6 (10) || McCaskill (5–4) || Guetterman || — || 26,768 || 42–31 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 74 || June 24 || Angels || 4–2 || Alvarez (9–4) || James || Hernandez (21) || — || 43–31 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 24 || Angels || 4–6 || Hancock || Sirotka (0–1) || Percival || 24,469 || 43–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 76 || June 25 || Angels || 3–2 || Tapani (8–4) || Langston || Hernandez (22) || 23,270 || 44–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 77 || June 27 || Indians || 15–10 || Fernandez (7–4) || Swindell || — || 27,782 || 45–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 78 || June 28 || Indians || 4–2 || Baldwin (7–1) || Tavarez || Hernandez (23) || 33,136 || 46–32 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || June 29 || Indians || 2–3 (10) || Shuey || Karchner (5–2) || — || 43,601 || 46–33 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || June 30 || Indians || 2–4 || Hershiser || Tapani (8–5) || Mesa || 30,351 || 46–34 |- y Chicago White Sox July: 12–15 (Home: 4–10; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 81 || July 1 || Twins || 7–10 || Aguilera || Sirotka (0–2) || — || 19,211 || 46–35 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 82 || July 2 || Twins || 7–4 || Fernandez (8–4) || Aldred || Hernandez (24) || 18,357 || 47–35 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || July 3 || Twins || 5–6 || Radke || Andujar (0–1) || Stevens || 26,113 || 47–36 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 84 || July 4 || @ Indians || 6–5 (10) || Karchner (6–2) || Mesa || Hernandez (25) || 42,355 || 48–36 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 85 || July 5 || @ Indians || 7–0 || Alvarez (10–4) || Hershiser || — || 42,536 || 49–36 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 86 || July 6 || @ Indians || 3–2 || Karchner (7–2) || Shuey || Hernandez (26) || 42,454 || 50–36 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 7 || @ Indians || 1–6 || Ogea || Fernandez (8–5) || Assenmacher || 42,343 || 50–37 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 11 || @ Royals || 2–3 || Haney || Alvarez (10–5) || — || 22,928 || 50–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 89 || July 12 || @ Royals || 7–6 || Tapani (9–5) || Belcher || Hernandez (27) || 18,458 || 51–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 90 || July 13 || @ Royals || 3–1 || Fernandez (9–5) || Rosado || — || 25,363 || 52–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 91 || July 14 || @ Royals || 3–2 || Baldwin (8–1) || Linton || Hernandez (28) || 17,024 || 53–38 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 15 || @ Twins || 5–16 || Aldred || McCaskill (5–5) || — || 13,636 || 53–39 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 93 || July 16 || @ Twins || 11–2 || Alvarez (11–5) || Radke || — || 18,502 || 54–39 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 17 || @ Twins || 3–4 || Trombley || Simas (0–5) || — || 20,755 || 54–40 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 18 || Royals || 1–7 || Appier || Fernandez (9–6) || Pichardo || 17,657 || 54–41 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 19 || Royals || 4–7 (10) || Montgomery || Hernandez (1–1) || — || 19,604 || 54–42 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 20 || Royals || 5–7 || Linton || Keyser (1–1) || Montgomery || 32,282 || 54–43 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 98 || July 21 || Royals || 6–3 || Alvarez (12–5) || Haney || Hernandez (29) || 21,253 || 55–43 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 22 || Athletics || 5–6 || Taylor || Karchner (7–3) || — || 23,572 || 55–44 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 23 || Athletics || 4–8 || Wengert || Fernandez (9–7) || Corsi || 18,527 || 55–45 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 24 || Athletics || 5–6 || Corsi || Simas (0–6) || Taylor || 23,350 || 55–46 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 25 || Rangers || 3–4 (12) || Russell || Keyser (1–2) || Henneman || 19,524 || 55–47 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 103 || July 26 || Rangers || 6–2 || Alvarez (13–5) || Oliver || — || 21,398 || 56–47 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || July 27 || Rangers || 4–6 (10) || Heredia || Simas (0–7) || Vosberg || 22,629 || 56–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 105 || July 28 || Rangers || 5–1 || Fernandez (10–7) || Pavlik || — || 20,902 || 57–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 106 || July 30 || @ Athletics || 2–1 || Baldwin (9–1) || Telgheder || Hernandez (30) || 14,210 || 58–48 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || July 31 || @ Athletics || 4–5 || Witasick || Karchner (7–4) || Taylor || 13,127 || 58–49 |- y Chicago White Sox August: 15–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 108 || August 1 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Tapani (10–5) || Wasdin || Hernandez (31) || 10,514 || 59–49 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 109 || August 2 || @ Rangers || 9–0 || Fernandez (11–7) || Pavlik || — || 36,299 || 60–49 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 110 || August 3 || @ Rangers || 11–9 || Hernandez (2–1) || Russell || — || 46,481 || 61–49 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 4 || @ Rangers || 5–9 || Witt || Baldwin (9–2) || — || 32,854 || 61–50 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 112 || August 5 || @ Rangers || 15–5 || Alvarez (14–5) || Oliver || — || 29,973 || 62–50 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 6 || @ Yankees || 2–9 || Rogers || Tapani (10–6) || — || 33,025 || 62–51 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 114 || August 7 || @ Yankees || 8–4 (10) || Hernandez (3–1) || Nelson || — || 31,098 || 63–51 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 8 || @ Yankees || 4–8 || Wickman || Andujar (0–2) || Rivera || 35,898 || 63–52 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 116 || August 9 || Orioles || 4–3 (10) || Simas (1–7) || Myers || — || 23,995 || 64–52 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 10 || Orioles || 4–13 || Mussina || Alvarez (14–6) || McDowell || 26,772 || 64–53 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 118 || August 11 || Orioles || 8–5 || Tapani (11–6) || Mills || Hernandez (32) || 27,088 || 65–53 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 119 || August 12 || Yankees || 3–2 (10) || Hernandez (4–1) || Wetteland || — || 32,492 || 66–53 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 120 || August 13 || Yankees || 8–4 || Bertotti (1–0) || Weathers || — || 26,455 || 67–53 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 14 || Yankees || 1–3 || Pettitte || Baldwin (9–3) || Rivera || 23,350 || 67–54 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 16 || @ Brewers || 7–9 || Miranda || Levine (0–1) || Villone || — || 67–55 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 16 || @ Brewers || 2–3 || Van Egmond || Tapani (11–7) || Fetters || 25,529 || 67–56 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 124 || August 17 || @ Brewers || 6–2 || Fernandez (12–7) || McDonald || Hernandez (33) || 31,551 || 68–56 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 18 || @ Brewers || 7–8 || Miranda || Darwin (0–1) || Fetters || 33,094 || 68–57 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 126 || August 19 || @ Tigers || 12–7 || Simas (2–7) || Lima || — || 14,690 || 69–57 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 20 || @ Tigers || 11–16 || Lewis || Tapani (11–8) || — || 12,119 || 69–58 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || August 21 || @ Tigers || 4–7 || Lima || Simas (2–8) || Olson || 13,424 || 69–59 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 22 || Blue Jays || 0–1 (6) || Hanson || Fernandez (12–8) || — || 22,394 || 69–60 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 23 || Blue Jays || 2–4 || Hentgen || Ruffcorn (0–1) || — || 19,132 || 69–61 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 24 || Blue Jays || 2–9 || Williams || Baldwin (9–4) || — || 29,413 || 69–62 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 132 || August 25 || Blue Jays || 10–9 (10) || Hernandez (5–1) || Timlin || — || 19,647 || 70–62 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || August 26 || Brewers || 2–3 || Eldred || Alvarez (14–7) || Jones || 19,637 || 70–63 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || August 27 || Brewers || 2–4 || Van Egmond || Fernandez (12–9) || Fetters || 15,443 || 70–64 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 135 || August 28 || Brewers || 2–0 || Baldwin (10–4) || McDonald || Hernandez (34) || 17,269 || 71–64 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 136 || August 30 || @ Blue Jays || 11–2 || Tapani (12–8) || Williams || — || 30,072 || 72–64 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 137 || August 31 || @ Blue Jays || 5–1 || Alvarez (15–7) || Flener || — || 32,141 || 73–64 |- y Chicago White Sox September: 12–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 138 || September 1 || @ Blue Jays || 4–2 (11) || Hernandez (6–1) || Spoljaric || — || 30,156 || 74–64 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 2 || Tigers || 6–8 || Myers || Hernandez (6–2) || Lima || 19,599 || 74–65 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 140 || September 3 || Tigers || 6–4 || Bertotti (2–0) || Olivares || Hernandez (35) || 13,857 || 75–65 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 141 || September 4 || Tigers || 11–6 || Castillo (1–0) || Miller || — || 15,120 || 76–65 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 6 || Red Sox || 3–10 || Wakefield || Alvarez (15–8) || — || 18,417 || 76–66 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 143 || September 7 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Fernandez (13–9) || Clemens || Hernandez (36) || 28,219 || 77–66 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 144 || September 8 || Red Sox || 7–4 || Baldwin (11–4) || Sele || Hernandez (37) || 19,983 || 78–66 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 10 || @ Orioles || 1–5 || Wells || Tapani (12–9) || — || 43,320 || 78–67 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 11 || @ Orioles || 6–7 (10) || Mills || Hernandez (6–3) || — || 43,320 || 78–68 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 147 || September 12 || @ Orioles || 11–3 || Fernandez (14–9) || Mussina || — || 47,342 || 79–68 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 13 || @ Red Sox || 5–9 || Clemens || Baldwin (11–5) || Slocumb || 28,907 || 79–69 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 149 || September 14 || @ Red Sox || 13–5 || Castillo (2–0) || Gordon || Simas (2) || 31,841 || 80–69 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 15 || @ Red Sox || 8–9 || Slocumb || Hernandez (6–4) || — || 32,452 || 80–70 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 16 || Indians || 3–4 || McDowell || Alvarez (15–9) || — || 25,392 || 80–71 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 17 || Indians || 4–9 || Anderson || Fernandez (14–10) || Plunk || 18,763 || 80–72 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 18 || Indians || 3–4 || Lopez || Baldwin (11–6) || Mesa || 20,289 || 80–73 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 154 || September 19 || Twins || 8–3 || Sirotka (1–2) || Rodriguez || Castillo (1) || 14,253 || 81–73 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 155 || September 20 || Twins || 7–3 || Tapani (13–9) || Robertson || — || 15,673 || 82–73 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 21 || Twins || 3–4 || Radke || Alvarez (15–10) || Trombley || 18,866 || 82–74 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 157 || September 22 || Twins || 5–1 || Fernandez (15–10) || Aldred || — || 20,111 || 83–74 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 158 || September 24 || Royals || 3–2 || Castillo (3–0) || Belcher || — || 14,348 || 84–74 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 25 || Royals || 2–8 || Appier || Tapani (13–10) || — || 15,911 || 84–75 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 160 || September 27 || @ Twins || 4–2 || Fernandez (16–10) || Radke || Hernandez (38) || 13,058 || 85–75 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || September 28 || @ Twins || 6–7 || Trombley || Castillo (3–1) || — || 34,008 || 85–76 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 162 || September 29 || @ Twins || 4–5 (10) || Guardado || Hernandez (6–5) || — || 13,306 || 85–77 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc = Win      #fbb = LossBold = White Sox team member Detailed records American League Opponent W L WP RS Runs scored RA Runs against AL East Baltimore Orioles 8 4 8 4 y 74 58 Boston Red Sox 6 6 6 6 y 70 71 Detroit Tigers 10 3 10 3 y 125 70 New York Yankees 6 7 6 7 y 59 65 Toronto Blue Jays 7 5 7 5 y 55 46 Total 37 25 37 25 y 383 310 AL Central Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians 5 8 5 8 y 58 63 Kansas City Royals 7 6 7 6 y 55 63 Milwaukee Brewers 6 7 6 7 y 77 57 Minnesota Twins 6 7 6 7 y 75 67 Total 24 28 24 28 y 265 250 AL West California Angels 6 6 6 6 y 60 60 Oakland Athletics 5 7 5 7 y 58 63 Seattle Mariners 5 7 5 7 y 46 58 Texas Rangers 8 4 8 4 y 86 53 Total 24 24 24 24 y 250 234 Season Total 85 77 85 77 y 898 794 Month Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against March 1 0 1 0 1 y 2 3 April 24 15 9 15 9 y 127 104 May 27 17 10 17 10 y 184 115 June 28 14 14 14 14 y 149 153 July 27 12 15 12 15 y 124 130 August 30 15 15 15 15 y 175 162 September 25 12 13 12 13 y 137 127 Total 162 85 77 85 77 y 898 794 Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against Home 81 44 37 44 37 y 398 370 Away 81 41 40 41 40 y 500 424 Total 162 85 77 85 77 y 898 794 1996 Opening Day lineup Tony Phillips, LF Ray Durham, 2B Frank Thomas, 1B Danny Tartabull, RF Lyle Mouton, DH Robin Ventura, 3B Ron Karkovice, C Darren Lewis, CF Ozzie Guillén, SS Alex Fernandez, P Transactions August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml Marvin Freeman Stats Roster 1996 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 40 Wilson Álvarez 49 Luis Andújar 37 James Baldwin 46 Jason Bere 51 Mike Bertotti 44 Tony Castillo 48 Jeff Darwin 32 Alex Fernandez 33 Marvin Freeman 39 Roberto Hernández 49 Stacy Jones 47 Matt Karchner 26 Brian Keyser 54 Al Levine 34 Joe Magrane 15 Kirk McCaskill 42 Scott Ruffcorn 70 Rich Sauveur 41 Bill Simas 38 Mike Sirotka 36 Kevin Tapani 50 Larry Thomas Catchers 15 Pat Borders 20 Ron Karkovice 12 Chad Kreuter 55 Robert Machado 29 Don Slaught Infielders 34 Domingo Cedeño  5 Ray Durham 13 Ozzie Guillén  7 Norberto Martin 71 Jose Munoz 31 Greg Norton 43 Mike Robertson 27 Chris Snopek 35 Frank Thomas 23 Robin Ventura Outfielders 24 Mike Cameron 10 Darren Lewis 14 Dave Martinez 28 Lyle Mouton  8 Tony Phillips 45 Danny Tartabull Other batters  3 Harold Baines Manager 18 Terry Bevington Coaches 22 Bill Buckner 56 Roly de Armas 52 Ron Jackson 17 Doug Mansolino 21 Joe Nossek 25 Mike Pazik 55 Mark Salas 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 Harold Baines, DH 143 495 80 154 29 0 22 95 73 62 .311 3 Pat Borders, C 31 94 6 26 1 0 3 6 5 18 .277 0 Mike Cameron, OF 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 0 Domingo Cedeño, SS, 2B 12 19 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 4 .158 1 Ray Durham, 2B 156 557 79 153 33 5 10 53 58 95 .275 30 Ozzie Guillén, SS 150 499 62 131 24 8 4 45 10 27 .263 6 Ron Karkovice, C 111 355 44 78 22 0 10 38 24 93 .220 0 Chad Kreuter, C 46 114 14 25 8 0 3 18 13 29 .219 0 Darren Lewis, CF 141 337 55 77 12 2 4 53 45 40 .228 21 Robert Machado, C 4 6 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .667 0 Norberto Martin, SS, 2B, DH 70 140 30 49 7 0 1 14 6 17 .350 10 Dave Martinez, OF, 1B 146 440 85 140 20 8 10 53 52 52 .318 15 Lyle Mouton, OF, DH 87 214 25 63 8 1 7 39 22 50 .294 3 Jose Munoz, 2B, SS, 3B, LF 17 27 7 7 0 0 0 1 4 1 .259 0 Greg Norton, SS, 3B 11 23 4 5 0 0 2 3 4 6 .217 0 Tony Phillips, LF, 2B 153 581 119 161 29 3 12 63 125 132 .277 13 Mike Robertson, 1B 6 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 Don Slaught, C 14 36 2 9 1 0 0 4 2 2 .250 0 Chris Snopek, 3B, SS 46 104 18 27 6 1 6 18 6 16 .260 0 Danny Tartabull, RF, DH 132 472 58 120 23 3 27 101 64 128 .254 1 Frank Thomas, 1B 141 527 110 184 26 0 40 134 109 70 .349 1 Robin Ventura, 3B, 1B 158 586 96 168 31 2 34 105 78 81 .287 1 Team totals 162 5644 898 1586 284 33 195 860 701 927 .281 105 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 10 4.22 35 35 0 217.1 216 106 102 21 100 181 Luis Andújar 0 2 8.22 5 5 0 23.0 32 22 21 4 15 6 James Baldwin 11 6 4.42 28 28 0 169.0 168 88 83 24 60 127 Jason Bere 0 1 10.26 5 5 0 16.2 26 19 19 3 19 19 Mike Bertotti 2 0 5.14 15 2 0 28.0 28 18 16 5 23 19 Tony Castillo 3 1 1.59 15 0 1 22.2 23 7 4 1 5 9 Jeff Darwin 0 1 2.93 22 0 0 30.2 26 10 10 5 10 15 Alex Fernandez 16 10 3.45 35 35 0 258.0 248 110 99 34 76 200 Marvin Freeman 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 1 1 Roberto Hernández 6 5 1.91 72 0 38 84.0 65 21 18 2 43 85 Stacy Jones 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Matt Karchner 7 4 5.76 50 0 1 59.1 61 42 38 10 49 46 Brian Keyser 1 2 4.98 28 0 1 59.2 78 35 33 3 36 19 Al Levine 0 1 5.40 16 0 0 18.1 22 14 11 1 8 12 Joe Magrane 1 5 6.88 19 8 0 53.2 70 45 41 10 26 21 Kirk McCaskill 5 5 6.97 29 4 0 51.2 72 41 40 6 39 28 Scott Ruffcorn 0 1 11.37 3 1 0 6.1 10 8 8 1 6 3 Rich Sauveur 0 0 15.00 3 0 0 3.0 3 5 5 1 5 1 Bill Simas 2 8 4.58 64 0 2 72.2 75 39 37 5 45 95 Mike Sirotka 1 2 7.18 15 4 0 26.1 34 27 21 3 12 11 Kevin Tapani 13 10 4.59 34 34 0 225.1 236 123 115 34 81 150 Larry Thomas 2 3 3.23 57 0 0 30.2 32 11 11 1 16 20 Team totals 85 77 4.52 162 162 43 1461.0 1529 794 733 174 676 1039 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Rick Renick AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Mike Heath A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Dave Huppert A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Dave Keller A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Chris Cron Rookie Bristol White Sox Appalachian League Nick Capra Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Hector RinconesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References External links 1996 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference 53em Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season White Category:1996 in Chicago