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 Comiskey Park the next season.
1990 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Jerry Reinsdorf | |
General managers | Larry Himes | |
Managers | Jeff Torborg | |
Television | WGN-TV SportsChannel Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek, Jim Durham) | |
Radio | WMAQ (AM) (John Rooney, Wayne Hagin) WTAQ (Frank Diaz, Chico Carrasquel) | |
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Regular season
editIn 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
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 51–30 | 52–29 |
Chicago White Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 9 | 49–31 | 45–37 |
Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 20 | 47–35 | 36–44 |
California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 23 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
Seattle Mariners | 77 | 85 | .475 | 26 | 38–43 | 39–42 |
Kansas City Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 27½ | 45–36 | 30–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 74 | 88 | .457 | 29 | 41–40 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 5–8 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–3 |
California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Detroit | 7–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
Kansas City | 3–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 4–9 | 10–3 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
Minnesota | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
New York | 7–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 0–12 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–8 |
Oakland | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 12–0 | — | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Seattle | 9–3 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 4–9 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 |
Texas | 4–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–7 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 8–5 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
1990 Opening Day lineup
edit- Lance Johnson, CF
- Scott Fletcher, 2B
- Iván Calderón, LF
- Greg Walker, DH
- Carlton Fisk, C
- Carlos Martínez, 1B
- Robin Ventura, 3B
- Sammy Sosa, RF
- Ozzie Guillén, SS
- Mélido Pérez, P
Notable transactions
edit- 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
edit- 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
editJuly 1, Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | x | 4 | 0 | 2 |
W: Barry Jones (10-1) L: Andy Hawkins (1-5) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 30,642 Time: 2:34 |
Batting
editNew York Yankees | AB | R | H | RBI | Chicago White Sox | AB | R | H | RBI |
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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
editNew York Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Hawkins, L (1-5) | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Chicago White Sox | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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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
editOn 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
editJuly 11, Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E |
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Milwaukee | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 |
Chicago | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
W: Dan Plesac (1-3) L: Donn Pall (0-3) | ||||||||||||||||
Home Runs: Yount (8) Attendance: 40,666 Time: 4:44 |
Batting
editMilwaukee Brewers | AB | R | H | RBI | Chicago White Sox | AB | R | H | RBI |
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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
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Game log
editRegular season
edit1990 regular season game log: 94–68 (Home: 49–31; Away: 45–37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 10–6 (Home: 8–2; Away: 2–4)
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May: 18–10 (Home: 10–5; Away: 8–5)
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June: 17–10 (Home: 6–9; Away: 11–1)
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July: 13–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–7)
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August: 17–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 10–9)
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September: 18–11 (Home: 11–2; Away: 7–9)
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October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = White Sox team member |
Detailed records
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Opponent | Total | Home | Away | RS | RA | |
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American League East | ||||||
Opponent | Total | Home | Away | RS | RA | |
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Boston Red Sox | ||||||
Cleveland Indians | ||||||
Detroit Tigers | ||||||
Milwaukee Brewers | ||||||
New York Yankees | ||||||
Toronto Blue Jays | ||||||
American League West | ||||||
Opponent | Total | Home | Away | RS | RA | |
California Angels | ||||||
Chicago White Sox | – | – | – | – | – | |
Kansas City Royals | ||||||
Minnesota Twins | ||||||
Oakland Athletics | ||||||
Seattle Mariners | ||||||
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Month-by-Month
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Month | Total | RS | RA | Home | RS | RA | Away | RS | RA |
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Player stats
editBatting
editNote: 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 |
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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
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162 | 5402 | 682 | 1393 | 251 | 44 | 106 | 637 | 478 | 903 | .258 | 140 |
Pitching
editNote: 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 |
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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
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94 | 68 | 3.61 | 162 | 162 | 68 | 1449.1 | 1313 | 633 | 581 | 106 | 575 | 914 |
Awards and honors
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 1991 Upper Deck #SP1 – Michael Jordan Archived March 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine CheckOutMyCards.com
- ^ Muskat, Carrie. "The game between the Chicago White Sox and Texas...," United Press International (UPI), Sunday, August 12, 1990. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Robert J. "White Sox unveil new look," United Press International (UPI), Monday, July 2, 1990. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ "White Sox to unveil '91 uniform," United Press International (UPI), Wednesday, September 5, 1990. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Bob Wickman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Ray Durham Stats".
- ^ "Jason Bere Stats".
- ^ Phil Bradley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
External links
edit- 1990 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
- 1990 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac
- Last Comiskey, a 2023 documentary about the 1990 Chicago White Sox, on YouTube