1993 Chicago White Sox season

94 wins, the last AL West title before the move to the Central.

The 1993 Chicago White Sox, in the club's 94th season, finished 94–68 and won the American League West on September 27, eight games ahead of the second-place Texas Rangers. They lost the American League Championship Series in six games to the eventual World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays. It was the last year the Sox competed in the AL West; they joined the newly formed AL Central in 1994. Frank Thomas was the unanimous AL Most Valuable Player, becoming the first White Sox player to hit 40 home runs as he led the team to its first division crown in ten years.

Quick Facts

League: American League
Season: 1993
Division: American League West
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
City: Chicago
Record: 94–68 (94, 68)
Divisional place: 1st
Owners: Jerry Reinsdorf

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Background

The Opening Day lineup was Tim Raines, Joey Cora, Frank Thomas, George Bell, Robin Ventura, Ellis Burks, Lance Johnson, Ron Karkovice and Ozzie Guillén, with Jack McDowell pitching. Dave Stieb and Ellis Burks were signed as free agents in the offseason; Carlton Fisk was released on June 28, Tim Belcher arrived from Cincinnati at the July 31 deadline, and Bobby Thigpen was traded to Philadelphia in August.