1986 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1986
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 = Tony LaRussa, Doug Rader, and Jim Fregosi
television = WFLD
Sportsvision
(Don Drysdale, Frank Messer
radio =WMAQ (AM)
(Del Crandall, Lorn Brown)
WTAQ
(Armando Perez Martinez, Frank Diaz)|

The 1986 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 87th season. They finished with a record 72-90, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 20 games behind of the 1st place California Angels.

Offseason

*November 25, 1985: Wayne Tolleson was traded by the Texas Rangers with Dave Schmidt to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Ed Correa, and Scott Fletcher. The Chicago White Sox sent Jose Mota (December 11, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tollewa01.shtml]
*December 10, 1985: Bobby Bonilla was drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1985 rule 5 draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bonilbo01.shtml Bobby Bonilla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 12, 1985: Ron Hassey was traded by the New York Yankees with Joe Cowley to the Chicago White Sox for Britt Burns, Glen Braxton (minors), and Mike Soper (minors). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hassero01.shtml Ron Hassey Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 13, 1986: Ron Hassey was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chris Alvarez (minors), Eric Schmidt (minors), and Matt Winters to the New York Yankees for Neil Allen, Scott Bradley, Glen Braxton (minors), and cash.

Regular season

In a game against the Minnesota Twins held on October 4, Greg Gagne of the Twins hit two inside the park home runs in one game. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.262, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

Notable transactions

* June 29, 1986: Steve Lyons was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Seaver. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lyonsst01.shtml Steve Lyons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 23, 1986: Bobby Bonilla was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jose DeLeon.
* July 30, 1986: Ron Hassey was traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later and Carlos Martinez to the Chicago White Sox for Ron Kittle, Wayne Tolleson, and Joel Skinner. The New York Yankees sent Bill Lindsey (December 24, 1986) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
* August 12, 1986: Steve Carlton signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carltst01.shtml Steve Carlton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 15, 1986: George Foster was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fostege01.shtml George Foster Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 13, 1986: Craig Grebeck was signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grebecr01.shtml]
*September 7, 1986: George Foster was released by the Chicago White Sox.

Roster

1986 Opening Day Lineup

* John Cangelosi, cf
* Wayne Tolleson, 3b
* Harold Baines, rf
* Carlton Fisk, lf
* Ron Kittle, dh
* Greg Walker, 1b
* Tim Hulett, 2b
* Joel Skinner, c
* Ozzie Guillén, ss
* Tom Seaver, p

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1986.shtml 1986 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]