# 1995 Chicago White Sox season

The 1995 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 96th season. They finished with a record of 68–76, good enough for third place in the American League Central, 32 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.

## Offseason

* December 14, 1994: Jack McDowell was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Keith Heberling (minors). The New York Yankees sent Lyle Mouton (April 22, 1995) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

## Regular season
### Notable Transactions

* April 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* April 12, 1995: Dave Righetti signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* May 18, 1995: John Kruk signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* June 5, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the Chicago White Sox.
* July 27, 1995: Jim Abbott was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Andrew Lorraine, and Bill Simas.
* August 18, 1995: Atlee Hammaker was released by the Chicago White Sox.

### 1995 Opening Day lineup

* Ray Durham, 2B
* Tim Raines, LF
* Frank Thomas, 1B
* Chris Sabo, DH
* Robin Ventura, 3B
* Mike Devereaux, RF
* Lance Johnson, CF
* Ron Karkovice, C
* Ozzie Guillén, SS
* Alex Fernandez, P

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 100 | 44 | .694 | — | 54‍–‍18 | 46‍–‍26 |
| Kansas City Royals | 70 | 74 | .486 | 30 | 35‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | 76 | .472 | 32 | 38‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍42 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 79 | .451 | 35 | 33‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍40 |
| Minnesota Twins | 56 | 88 | .389 | 44 | 29‍–‍43 | 27‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1995 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–1 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 11–3 | 5–3 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 8–5 |
| California | 4–9 | 3–11 | — | 10–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–2 |
| Chicago | 1–6 | 3–5 | 2–10 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 3–2–1 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–5 |
| Cleveland | 10–2 | 7–6 | 2–3 | 8–5 | — | 10–3 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–0 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 10–3 |
| Detroit | 5–8 | 5–8 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 3–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 2–3 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
| Kansas City | 5–4 | 2–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 1–11 | 4–3 | — | 10–2 | 6–7 | 3–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 |
| Milwaukee | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 2–10 | — | 9–4 | 5–6 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 7–5 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 3–10 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 1–4 |
| New York | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–3–1 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–3 | 6–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–9 | 4–9 | 6–3 | 12–1 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 0–7 | 3–2 | 8–5 | 2–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | — | 7–6 | 5–8 | 3–7 |
| Seattle | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | — | 10–3 | 3–4 |
| Texas | 1–4 | 4–3 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 8–4 | 6–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 8–5 | 3–10 | — | 9–3 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 5–8 | 2–8 | 5–6 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–1 | 1–12 | 7–3 | 4–3 | 3–9 | — |

### Roster
## 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 |
| Doug Brady, 2B | 12 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .190 | 0 |
| Mike Cameron, OF | 28 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .184 | 0 |
| Mike Devereaux, OF | 92 | 333 | 48 | 102 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 25 | 51 | .306 | 6 |
| Ray Durham, 2B | 125 | 471 | 68 | 121 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 83 | .257 | 18 |
| Craig Grebeck, SS, 3B, 2B | 53 | 154 | 19 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 23 | .260 | 0 |
| Ozzie Guillén, SS | 122 | 415 | 50 | 103 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 25 | .248 | 6 |
| Lance Johnson, CF | 142 | 607 | 98 | 186 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 32 | 31 | .306 | 40 |
| Ron Karkovice, C | 113 | 323 | 44 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 51 | 39 | 84 | .217 | 2 |
| John Kruk, DH, 1B | 45 | 159 | 13 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 26 | 33 | .308 | 0 |
| Mike LaValliere, C | 46 | 98 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 15 | .245 | 0 |
| Barry Lyons, C, 1B, DH | 27 | 64 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 14 | .266 | 0 |
| Norberto Martin, 2B, OF, 3B, SS, DH | 72 | 160 | 17 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 25 | .269 | 5 |
| Dave Martinez, OF, 1B | 119 | 303 | 49 | 93 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 32 | 41 | .307 | 8 |
| Lyle Mouton, OF, DH | 58 | 179 | 23 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 46 | .302 | 1 |
| Warren Newson, RF, LF, DH | 51 | 85 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | .235 | 1 |
| Tim Raines, LF | 133 | 502 | 81 | 143 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 67 | 70 | 52 | .285 | 13 |
| Chris Sabo, DH, 3B, 1B | 20 | 71 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .254 | 2 |
| Chris Snopek, 3B, SS | 22 | 68 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | .324 | 1 |
| Frank Thomas, 1B, DH | 145 | 493 | 102 | 152 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 111 | 136 | 74 | .308 | 3 |
| Chris Tremie, C | 10 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | 0 |
| Robin Ventura, 3B, 1B | 135 | 492 | 79 | 145 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 93 | 75 | 98 | .295 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 145 | 5060 | 755 | 1417 | 252 | 37 | 146 | 712 | 576 | 767 | .280 | 110 |

### 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 |
| Jim Abbott | 6 | 4 | 3.36 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 112.1 | 116 | 50 | 42 | 10 | 36 | 45 |
| Wilson Álvarez | 8 | 11 | 4.32 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 175.0 | 171 | 96 | 84 | 21 | 97 | 118 |
| Luis Andújar | 2 | 1 | 3.26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 30.1 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 9 |
| James Baldwin | 0 | 1 | 12.89 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14.2 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Jason Bere | 8 | 15 | 7.19 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 137.2 | 151 | 120 | 110 | 21 | 112 | 110 |
| Mike Bertotti | 1 | 1 | 12.56 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14.1 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| Rod Bolton | 0 | 2 | 8.18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 10 |
| José DeLeón | 5 | 3 | 5.19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 | 60 | 41 | 39 | 10 | 30 | 53 |
| Rob Dibble | 0 | 1 | 6.28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 14.1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 16 |
| Alex Fernandez | 12 | 8 | 3.80 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 203.2 | 200 | 98 | 86 | 19 | 72 | 159 |
| Tim Fortugno | 1 | 3 | 5.59 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 24 |
| Atlee Hammaker | 0 | 0 | 12.79 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| Roberto Hernández | 3 | 7 | 3.92 | 60 | 0 | 32 | 59.2 | 63 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 32 | 84 |
| Matt Karchner | 4 | 2 | 1.69 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| Brian Keyser | 5 | 6 | 4.97 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 92.1 | 114 | 53 | 51 | 10 | 28 | 48 |
| Andrew Lorraine | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Isidro Márquez | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Dave Martinez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kirk McCaskill | 6 | 4 | 4.89 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 81.0 | 97 | 50 | 44 | 10 | 37 | 50 |
| Scott Radinsky | 2 | 1 | 5.45 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 21 | 14 |
| Dave Righetti | 3 | 2 | 4.20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 49.1 | 65 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 29 |
| Scott Ruffcorn | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Jeff Shaw | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Bill Simas | 1 | 1 | 2.57 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 16 |
| Mike Sirotka | 1 | 2 | 4.19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 34.1 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| Larry Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 76 | 4.85 | 145 | 145 | 36 | 1284.2 | 1374 | 758 | 693 | 164 | 664 | 892 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Nashville Sounds | American Association | Rick Renick |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Terry Francona |
| A | Prince William Cannons | Carolina League | Dave Huppert |
| A | South Bend Silver Hawks | Midwest League | Fred Kendall |
| A | Hickory Crawdads | South Atlantic League | Mike Rojas |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Mike Gellinger |