June 16 – The first interleague game between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox took place at Comiskey Park II. The Cubs won the game by a score of 8-3.[4]
September 14 – Chicago White Sox retire catcher Carlton Fisk's No. 72 in a ceremony before the Sept. 14 game against Cleveland Indians.[5]
In the winter of 1996, Belle signed a 5-year, $55 million deal with the Chicago White Sox as a free agent. This contract made him the highest paid player in baseball for a brief period. Belle enjoyed two great seasons in Chicago, including a career-high 27-game hitting streak in May 1997. Belle came close to having another 50/50 season in 1998, with 49 home runs and 48 doubles. Additionally, when Cal Ripken ended his record consecutive game streak in September 1998, it was Belle who took over as the major leagues' active leader in the category. Belle's White Sox contract had an unusual clause allowing him to demand that he would remain one of the three highest paid players in baseball.
The White Flag Trade was a trade made in 1997. On July 31, 1997, the Chicago White Sox traded three major players to the San Francisco Giants for six minor leaguers. At the time, the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans as Jerry Reinsdorf giving up on the team, as they were only 3.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians for the American LeagueCentral Division lead. In 2000, however, the White Sox won the Central Division title, receiving large contributions from two of the players received in this trade.
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
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
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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The 1997 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox s 98th season They finished with a record of 80 81 good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central 6 games behind the 1st place Cleveland Indians 1997 Chicago White SoxMajor League affiliationsAmerican League since 1901 American League Central since 1994 LocationComiskey Park since 1991 Chicago since 1900 Other informationOwner s Jerry ReinsdorfGeneral manager s Ron SchuelerManager s Terry BevingtonLocal televisionWGN TVSportsChannel Chicago Ken Harrelson Tom Paciorek Local radioWMVP John Rooney Ed Farmer Dave Wills WIND AM Hector Molina lt Previous season Next season gt Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Albert Belle 2 2 Season standings 2 3 Record vs opponents 2 4 1997 Opening Day lineup 2 5 Notable Transactions 2 5 1 The White Flag Trade 2 6 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 2 Pitching 4 Farm system 5 References 6 External linksOffseason EditNovember 19 1996 Albert Belle signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox 1 January 14 1997 Doug Drabek was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox 2 February 7 1997 Danny Darwin signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox 3 Regular season Edit Frank Thomas at Comiskey Park August 1997June 16 The first interleague game between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox took place at Comiskey Park II The Cubs won the game by a score of 8 3 4 September 14 Chicago White Sox retire catcher Carlton Fisk s No 72 in a ceremony before the Sept 14 game against Cleveland Indians 5 Carlton Fisk s number 72 was retired by the Chicago White Sox in 1997 Albert Belle Edit In the winter of 1996 Belle signed a 5 year 55 million deal with the Chicago White Sox as a free agent This contract made him the highest paid player in baseball for a brief period Belle enjoyed two great seasons in Chicago including a career high 27 game hitting streak in May 1997 Belle came close to having another 50 50 season in 1998 with 49 home runs and 48 doubles Additionally when Cal Ripken ended his record consecutive game streak in September 1998 it was Belle who took over as the major leagues active leader in the category Belle s White Sox contract had an unusual clause allowing him to demand that he would remain one of the three highest paid players in baseball Season standings Edit vteAL Central W L Pct GB Home RoadCleveland Indians 86 75 0 534 44 37 42 38Chicago White Sox 80 81 0 497 6 45 36 35 45Milwaukee Brewers 78 83 0 484 8 47 33 31 50Minnesota Twins 68 94 0 420 18 35 46 33 48Kansas City Royals 67 94 0 416 19 33 47 34 47Record vs opponents Edit 1997 American League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL Anaheim 4 7 6 5 6 5 7 4 5 6 6 5 7 4 4 7 4 7 11 1 6 6 8 4 6 5 4 12Baltimore 7 4 5 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 4 5 6 10 1 8 4 8 3 7 4 10 1 6 6 8 7Boston 5 6 7 5 3 8 6 5 5 7 3 8 8 3 8 3 4 8 7 4 7 4 3 8 6 6 6 9Chicago 5 6 6 5 8 3 5 7 4 7 11 1 4 7 6 6 2 9 8 3 5 6 3 8 5 6 8 7Cleveland 4 7 5 6 5 6 7 5 6 5 8 3 8 4 8 4 5 6 7 4 3 8 5 6 6 5 9 6Detroit 6 5 6 6 7 5 7 4 5 6 6 5 4 7 4 7 2 10 7 4 4 7 7 4 6 6 8 7Kansas City 5 6 4 7 8 3 1 11 3 8 5 6 6 6 7 5 3 8 3 8 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 9Milwaukee 4 7 6 5 3 8 7 4 4 8 7 4 6 6 5 7 4 7 5 6 5 6 7 4 7 4 8 7Minnesota 7 4 1 10 3 8 6 6 4 8 7 4 5 7 7 5 3 8 7 4 5 6 3 8 3 8 7 8New York 7 4 4 8 8 4 9 2 6 5 10 2 8 3 7 4 8 3 6 5 4 7 7 4 7 5 5 10Oakland 1 11 3 8 4 7 3 8 4 7 4 7 8 3 6 5 4 7 5 6 5 7 5 7 6 5 7 9Seattle 6 6 4 7 4 7 6 5 8 3 7 4 6 5 6 5 6 5 7 4 7 5 8 4 8 3 7 9Texas 4 8 1 10 8 3 8 3 6 5 4 7 5 6 4 7 8 3 4 7 7 5 4 8 4 7 10 6Toronto 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 7 8 3 5 7 5 6 3 8 7 4 4 11 1997 Opening Day lineup Edit Tony Phillips RF Dave Martinez CF Frank Thomas 1B Albert Belle LF Harold Baines DH Chris Snopek 3B Ray Durham 2B Ron Karkovice C Ozzie Guillen SS Jaime Navarro PNotable Transactions Edit May 18 1997 Tony Phillips was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chad Kreuter to the Anaheim Angels for Chuck McElroy and Jorge Fabregas 6 The White Flag Trade Edit Main article White Flag Trade The White Flag Trade was a trade made in 1997 On July 31 1997 the Chicago White Sox traded three major players to the San Francisco Giants for six minor leaguers At the time the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans as Jerry Reinsdorf giving up on the team as they were only 3 5 games behind the Cleveland Indians for the American League Central Division lead In 2000 however the White Sox won the Central Division title receiving large contributions from two of the players received in this trade The Chicago White Sox received Keith Foulke 7 right handed pitcher Bob Howry right handed pitcher Lorenzo Barcelo right handed pitcher Ken Vining left handed pitcher Mike Caruso shortstop Brian Manning The San Francisco Giants received Wilson Alvarez left handed pitcher Danny Darwin right handed pitcher Roberto Hernandez right handed pitcherRoster Edit 1997 Chicago White SoxRosterPitchers 40 Wilson Alvarez 37 James Baldwin 46 Jason Bere 51 Mike Bertotti 61 43 Carlos Castillo 44 49 Tony Castillo 57 Chris Clemons 60 Nelson Cruz 36 44 Danny Darwin 48 Jeff Darwin 15 Doug Drabek 36 Scott Eyre 32 Tom Fordham 44 Keith Foulke 39 Roberto Hernandez 47 Matt Karchner 54 Al Levine 26 Chuck McElroy 38 Jaime Navarro 41 Bill Simas 33 Mike Sirotka 50 Larry Thomas Catchers 12 Jorge Fabregas 20 Ron Karkovice 12 Chad Kreuter 55 Robert Machado 29 Tony PenaInfielders 5 Ray Durham 13 Ozzie Guillen 7 Norberto Martin 31 Greg Norton 27 Chris Snopek 35 Frank Thomas 34 Mario Valdez 23 Robin Ventura Outfielders 45 Jeff Abbott 8 Albert Belle 24 Mike Cameron 22 Chad Fonville 10 Darren Lewis 14 Dave Martinez 28 Lyle Mouton 30 Magglio Ordonez 73 Tony PhillipsOther batters 3 Harold Baines Manager 18 Terry BevingtonCoaches 22 Bill Buckner hitting 52 Ron Jackson first base 53 Art Kusnyer bullpen 21 Joe Nossek bench 25 Mike Pazik pitching 17 Doug Rader third base 58 Mark Salas bullpen catcher Player stats EditBatting Edit 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 SBJeff Abbott OF DH 19 38 8 10 1 0 1 2 0 6 263 0Wilson Alvarez P 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 000 0Harold Baines DH 93 318 40 97 18 0 12 52 41 47 305 0James Baldwin P 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 000 0Albert Belle LF 161 634 90 174 45 1 30 116 53 105 274 4Mike Cameron CF 116 379 63 98 18 3 14 55 55 105 259 23Carlos Castillo P 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 000 0Tony Castillo P 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Danny Darwin P 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 000 0Doug Drabek P 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 000 0Ray Durham 2B 155 634 106 172 27 5 11 53 61 96 271 33Scott Eyre P 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0Jorge Fabregas C 100 322 31 90 10 1 7 48 11 43 280 1Chad Fonville OF SS 2B 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 111 2Ozzie Guillen SS 142 490 59 120 21 6 4 52 22 24 245 5Ron Karkovice C 51 138 10 25 3 0 6 18 11 32 181 0Chad Kreuter C 19 37 6 8 2 1 1 3 8 9 216 0Darren Lewis CF 81 77 15 18 1 0 0 5 11 14 234 11Robert Machado C 10 15 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 6 200 0Norberto Martin SS 3B 2B 71 213 24 64 7 1 2 27 6 31 300 1Dave Martinez OF 1B 145 504 78 144 16 6 12 55 55 69 286 12Chuck McElroy P 49 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Lyle Mouton OF DH 88 242 26 65 9 0 5 23 14 66 269 4Jaime Navarro P 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Greg Norton 3B 18 34 5 9 2 2 0 1 2 8 265 0Magglio Ordonez RF 21 69 12 22 6 0 4 11 2 8 319 1Tony Pena C 31 67 4 11 1 0 0 8 8 13 164 0Tony Phillips RF 3B 36 129 23 40 6 0 2 9 29 29 310 4Mike Sirotka P 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 000 0Chris Snopek 3B SS 86 298 27 65 15 0 5 35 18 51 218 3Frank Thomas 1B DH 146 530 110 184 35 0 35 125 109 69 347 1Mario Valdez 1B 54 115 11 28 7 0 1 13 17 39 243 1Robin Ventura 3B 54 183 27 48 10 1 6 26 34 21 262 0Team Totals 161 5491 779 1498 260 28 158 740 569 901 273 106Pitching Edit 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 KWilson Alvarez 9 8 3 03 22 22 0 145 2 126 61 49 9 56 110James Baldwin 12 15 5 27 32 32 0 200 0 205 128 117 19 86 140Jason Bere 4 2 4 71 6 6 0 28 2 20 15 15 4 17 21Mike Bertotti 0 0 7 36 9 0 0 3 2 9 3 3 0 2 4Carlos Castillo 2 1 4 48 37 2 1 66 1 68 35 33 9 36 43Tony Castillo 4 4 4 91 64 0 4 62 1 74 48 34 6 30 42Chris Clemons 0 2 8 53 5 2 0 12 2 19 13 12 4 11 8Nelson Cruz 0 2 6 49 19 0 0 26 1 29 19 19 6 10 31Danny Darwin 4 8 4 13 21 17 0 113 1 130 60 52 21 32 62Jeff Darwin 0 1 5 27 14 0 0 13 2 17 8 8 1 7 9Doug Drabek 12 11 5 74 31 31 0 169 1 170 109 108 30 74 85Scott Eyre 4 4 5 04 11 11 0 60 2 62 36 34 11 32 36Tom Fordham 0 1 6 23 7 1 0 17 1 17 13 12 2 12 10Keith Foulke 3 0 3 45 16 0 3 28 2 28 11 11 4 6 21Roberto Hernandez 5 1 2 44 46 0 27 48 0 38 15 13 5 28 47Matt Karchner 3 1 2 91 52 0 15 52 2 50 18 17 4 30 30Al Levine 2 2 6 91 25 0 0 27 1 35 22 21 4 17 22Chuck McElroy 1 3 3 94 48 0 1 59 1 56 29 26 3 20 44Jaime Navarro 9 14 5 79 33 33 0 209 2 267 155 135 22 79 142Bill Simas 3 1 4 14 40 0 1 41 1 46 23 19 6 27 38Mike Sirotka 3 0 2 25 7 4 0 32 0 36 9 8 4 6 24Larry Thomas 0 0 8 10 5 0 0 3 1 3 3 3 1 2 0Team Totals 80 81 4 73 161 161 52 1422 1 1505 833 748 175 620 961Farm system EditSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerAAA Nashville Sounds American Association Tom SpencerAA Birmingham Barons Southern League Dave HuppertA Winston Salem Warthogs Carolina League Mike Heath and Mark HaleyA Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Chris CronRookie Bristol White Sox Appalachian League Nick CapraRookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Roly de Armas 8 References Edit Albert Belle Statistics Baseball Reference com Doug Drabek Stats Danny Darwin Statistics Baseball Reference com Box Score of Game played on Monday June 16 1997 at Comiskey Park II Feud Aside Fisk s No 72 to be Retired Chicago Tribune Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball Reference com Keith Foulke Stats Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd edition Durham North Carolina Baseball America 2007External links Edit1997 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Chicago White Sox season amp oldid 1166589859, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
