1986 Chicago White Sox season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 1986 Chicago White Sox |
|
| Major league affiliations | |
|
|
| Location | |
|
|
| 1986 Information | |
| Owner(s) | Jerry Reinsdorf |
| Manager(s) | Tony LaRussa, Doug Rader, and Jim Fregosi |
| Local television | WFLD Sportsvision (Don Drysdale, Frank Messer |
| Local radio | WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall, Lorn Brown) WTAQ (Armando Perez Martinez, Frank Diaz) |
The 1986 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 87th season. They finished with a record 72-90, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 20 games behind of the 1st place California Angels.
Contents |
[edit] Offseason
- December 10, 1985: Bobby Bonilla was drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1985 rule 5 draft. [1]
- December 12, 1985: Ron Hassey was traded by the New York Yankees with Joe Cowley to the Chicago White Sox for Britt Burns, Glen Braxton (minors), and Mike Soper (minors). [2]
- February 13, 1986: Ron Hassey was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chris Alvarez (minors), Eric Schmidt (minors), and Matt Winters to the New York Yankees for Neil Allen, Scott Bradley, Glen Braxton (minors), and cash. [3]
[edit] Regular season
[edit] Season standings
| American League West | |||||
| Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| 1st | California Angels | 92 | 70 | .568 | -- |
| 2nd | Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5.0 |
| 3rd | Kansas City Royals | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16.0 |
| 3rd | Oakland Athletics | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16.0 |
| 5th | Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20.0 |
| 6th | Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 21.0 |
| 7th | Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 25.0 |
[edit] Notable transactions
- June 29, 1986: Steve Lyons was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Seaver. [4]
- July 23, 1986: Bobby Bonilla was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jose DeLeon. [5]
- July 30, 1986: Ron Hassey was traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later and Carlos Martinez to the Chicago White Sox for Ron Kittle, Wayne Tolleson, and Joel Skinner. The New York Yankees sent Bill Lindsey (December 24, 1986) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. [6]
- August 12, 1986: Steve Carlton signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [7]
[edit] Roster
|
1986 Chicago White Sox roster
|
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders Outfielders |
Manager |
|||||||
[edit] 1986 Opening Day Lineup
- John Cangelosi, cf
- Wayne Tolleson, 3b
- Harold Baines, rf
- Carlton Fisk, lf
- Ron Kittle, dh
- Greg Walker, 1b
- Tim Hulett, 2b
- Joel Skinner, c
- Ozzie Guillen, ss
- Tom Seaver, p
[edit] External links
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bonilbo01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hassero01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hassero01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lyonsst01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bonilbo01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hassero01.shtml
- ^ Steve Carlton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
|
|||||||||||||||||
