1994 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1994
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 = Gene Lamont
television = WGN-TV
SportsChannel Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Tom Paciorek)
radio =WMAQ (AM)
(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
WIND (AM)
(Hector Molina, Chico Carrasquel)|

The 1994 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 95th season. They finished with a record 67-46, good enough for 1st place in the American League Central, 1 game ahead of the 2nd place Cleveland Indians.

Michael Jordan

After retiring from the National Basketball Association, Jordan surprised the sports world by signing a minor league baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox. He reported to spring training and was assigned to the team's minor league system on March 31, 1994. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/1999/01/11/jordan_chronology/ Michael Jordan Chronology] , sportsillustrated.cnn.com, January 12, 1999, accessed March 15, 2007. ] Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as a major league baseball player]

Offseason

*October 13, 1993: George Bell was released by the Chicago White Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellge02.shtml]
* December 15, 1993: Julio Franco was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francju01.shtml Julio Franco Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 22, 1993: Tim Raines signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raineti01.shtml Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 8, 1994: Carlos Lee was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leeca01.shtml Carlos Lee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 26, 1994: Dane Johnson was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsda05.shtml]
*March 1, 1994: Scott Sanderson was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandesc01.shtml Scott Sanderson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 21, 1994: Paul Assenmacher was traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Brian Boehringer. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/assenpa01.shtml]
*March 29, 1994: Mike Huff was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Toronto Blue Jays for Domingo Martinez. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huffmi01.shtml Mike Huff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

On July 15, 1994, Albert Belle's bat was confiscated by umpire Dave Phillips. [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html] It was the result of White Sox manager Gene Lamont believing that the bat was corked. During the game, Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley removed a ceiling tile in his manager’s office and clambered on top of an eighteen inch wide cinder block. [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/excerpts/spitters6.stm] He replaced the corked bat with a conventional bat but the bat had Paul Sorrento's name on it. Belle was suspended for seven games. [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html]

Roster

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; SB = Stolen Bases" [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1994.shtml]

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and records

*Lance Johnson, American League record, Led American League in triples for four consecutive seasons (1991-1994) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
* Frank Thomas, Silver Slugger Award

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1994.shtml 1994 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]