1987 Chicago White Sox season

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1987 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) American League West (Since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (Since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1900)
1987 Information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Manager(s)	Jim Fregosi
Local television	WFLD Sportsvision (Don Drysdale, Frank Messer
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall, Lorn Brown) WTAQ (Frank Diaz, Jose Manuel Flores)

The 1987 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 88th season. They finished with a record 77-85, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 8 games behind of the 1st place Minnesota Twins.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Notable Transactions 2.3 Roster 3 1987 Opening Day Lineup 4 External links

[edit] Offseason

• December 11, 1986 – The Chicago White Sox send Gene Nelson and Bruce Tanner to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Donnie Hill.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

AL West Final Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	--	56-25	29-52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	.512	2	46-35	37-44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	.500	4	42-39	39-42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7	40-41	38-43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	8	38-43	39-42
Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	10	43-38	32-49
California Angels	75	87	.463	10	38-43	37-44

[edit] Notable Transactions

June 2, 1987: Jack McDowell was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 1987. ^[1]

[edit] Roster

1987 Chicago White Sox roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders Outfielders		Manager

[edit] 1987 Opening Day Lineup

Gary Redus, cf

Donnie Hill, 2b

Harold Baines, rf

Carlton Fisk, dh

Greg Walker, 1b

Ivan Calderon, lf

Tim Hulett, 2b

Ozzie Guillen, ss

Ron Karkovice, c

Richard Dotson, p

[edit] External links

• 1987 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdowja01.shtml

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