1989 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1989
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League West
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Comiskey Park
y4 = 1910
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Jerry Reinsdorf
managers = Jeff Torborg
television = WFLD
SportsChannel Chicago
(Gary Thorne, Tom Paciorek
radio =WMAQ (AM)
(John Rooney, Wayne Hagin)
WTAQ
(Frank Diaz, Jose Manuel Flores)|

The 1989 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 90th season. They finished with a record 69-92, good enough for 7th place in the American League West, 29.5 games behind of the 1st place Oakland Athletics.

Offseason

Potential move to Florida

In July 1988, legislators from the State of Illinois narrowly approved a proposal for a new state-financed stadium and a lease deal that would save the team $60 million and should keep the White Sox from moving to St. Petersburg, Florida. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDC153CF931A35754C0A96E948260 White Sox Are Safe at Home - New York Times ] ] St. Petersburg has begun construction on an $80 million domed stadium.

The club's principal owners, Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn, had said the team would move to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the 1989 season if the stadium proposal were not approved.

The State Senate in Springfield passed the stadium bill by a 30-26 vote about 20 minutes before midnight, then sent it on to the General Assembly, where Gov. James Thompson was involved in political maneuvering on the last day the Legislature was in session.

The money for the ball park, would come from a 2 percent city hotel-motel tax, estimated to be worth at least $8 million a year. The city would add $5 million annually in revenue-sharing funds, and the state would contribute $5 million in hotel-motel tax revenues.

Transactions

*December 5, 1988: Rich Amaral was drafted by the White Sox from the Chicago Cubs in the 1988 rule 5 draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amarari01.shtml Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference] ]
*February 10, 1989: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent with the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willaje01.shtml Jerry Willard page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 23, 1989: Kenny Williams was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Eric King. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willike02.shtml Kenny Williams page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

* May 8, 1989: Domingo Jean was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeando01.shtml Domingo Jean page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 5, 1989: Frank Thomas was selected by the White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomafr04.shtml Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference] ]
* July 1, 1989: Richard Dotson was signed as a free agent by the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dotsori01.shtml Richard Dotson page at Baseball Reference] ]
* July 29, 1989 - Harold Baines and Fred Manrique were traded by the White Sox to the Texas Rangers for Sammy Sosa, Wilson Alvarez, and Scott Fletcher. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sosasa01.shtml Sammy Sosa page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1989.shtml 1989 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]