1996 Chicago White Sox season

The 1996 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 97th season. They finished with a record of 85–77, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 14.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

 * December 28, 1995: Tim Raines was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Blaise Kozeniewski (minors) (February 6, 1996) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
 * January 20, 1996: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
 * January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).

Game log
Bold = White Sox team member''
 * ''Legend:      = Win       = Loss
 * ''Legend:      = Win       = Loss

1996 Opening Day lineup

 * Tony Phillips, LF
 * Ray Durham, 2B
 * Frank Thomas, 1B
 * Danny Tartabull, RF
 * Lyle Mouton, DH
 * Robin Ventura, 3B
 * Ron Karkovice, C
 * Darren Lewis, CF
 * Ozzie Guillén, SS
 * Alex Fernandez, P

Transactions

 * August 31, 1996: Marvin Freeman was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Colorado Rockies.

Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts