SOX

2nd
80-81
6

1997

Where they wound up
how many games they won
how far back they finished

CUBS

5th
68-94
16

 ROBIN VENTURA
All-time Sox Third baseman

* Sox years 1989-1998
* 100 RBI's in second full season
* 6 seasons, 90 or more RBI's
* Sox record for most games at third
* 10 grand slams for Sox
* Five gold gloves during Sox career
* Spring training injury, misses most of '97
* Critical of White Flag trade
* Sox don't try to re-sign him

Reinsdorf shocks baseball world, signs Albert
Belle, makes him baseball's highest paid player
Cubs pay big $$ for reliever Mel Rojas-- disaster!
The White Flag trade: Sox deal starters Darwin
and Alvarez and closer Hernandez on August 1 		Go to previous year or next year Results
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