1996 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1996
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League Central
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = U.S. Cellular Field
y4 = 1991
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Jerry Reinsdorf
managers = Terry Bevington
television = WGN-TV
SportsChannel Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
radio =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 85-77, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 14.5 games behind the 1st 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raineti01.shtml Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* January 20, 1996: Tony Phillips was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillto02.shtml 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). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

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. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml]

Roster

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1996.shtml 1996 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]