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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
79-83, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 617 runs, Allowed 597 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Chuck Tanner (79-83)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 833,891 (9th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104; one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
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1970 / 1972 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 9, 1970
Traded Fred Rath to the California Angels. Received John Purdin.
October 13, 1970
Traded Gail Hopkins and John Matias to the Kansas City Royals. Received Pat Kelly and Don O'Riley.
November 30, 1970
Traded Ossie Blanco and Jose Ortiz to the Chicago Cubs. Received Pat Jacquez, Dave Lemonds and Roe Skidmore.
Traded Ken Berry, Syd O'Brien and Billy Wynne to the California Angels. Received Tom Bradley, Tom Egan and Jay Johnstone.
December 1, 1970
Traded Luis Aparicio to the Boston Red Sox. Received Luis Alvarado and Mike Andrews.
December 3, 1970
Traded Barry Moore to the New York Yankees. Received Bill Robinson.
December 12, 1970
Released Lee Stange.
December 31, 1970
Purchased Chuck Hartenstein from the Boston Red Sox.
1971
Purchased Cy Acosta from Jalisco (Mexican).
Signed Mike Buskey as an amateur free agent.
January 13, 1971
Drafted Sam Ewing in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
January 14, 1971
Traded Bucky Brandon to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received .
February 9, 1971
Traded Jerry Janeski to the Washington Senators. Received Rick Reichardt.
March 15, 1971
Traded Art Kusnyer to the California Angels. Received Dave Adlesh and Steve Kealey.
March 23, 1971
Traded Steve Hamilton to the San Francisco Giants. Received Steve Huntz.
March 24, 1971
Traded Bobby Knoop to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Kansas City Royals sent Luis Alcaraz (March 30, 1971) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
March 29, 1971
Traded Tommy McCraw to the Washington Senators. Received Ed Stroud.
March 31, 1971
Released Don O'Riley.
Traded Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy to the Boston Red Sox. Received Tony Muser and Vicente Romo.
April 1, 1971 (Standings)
Signed Mike Hershberger as a free agent.
April 11, 1971 (Standings)
Signed Vic Correll as a free agent.
June 8, 1971 (Standings)
Drafted Danny Goodwin in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Pete Varney in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).
Drafted Bill Sharp in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Drafted Jack Kucek in the 6th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Warren Cromartie in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Barry Bonnell in the 8th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jeff Holly in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
June 30, 1971 (Standings)
Sold Floyd Weaver to the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 7, 1971 (Standings)
Released Lee Maye.
July 13, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Alfredo Mariscal (minors) to Union Laguna (Mexican). Received a player to be named later. Union Laguna (Mexican) sent Joe Henderson (August 6, 1971) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
October 13, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Rich Hinton to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Lyttle.
October 22, 1971
Purchased Lowell Palmer from the Philadelphia Phillies.
November 29, 1971
Vic Correll selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1971 minor league draft.
Jim Magnuson drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1971 rule 5 draft.
November 30, 1971
Purchased Jorge Orta from Mexicali (Mexican Northern).
December 2, 1971
Traded Steve Huntz and Tommy John to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Dick Allen.
Traded Rich McKinney to the New York Yankees. Received Stan Bahnsen.
December 13, 1971
Traded Bill Robinson to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jerry Rodriguez (minors).
December 14, 1971
Traded Pat Jacquez to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim Qualls.
January 18, 1972
Released Mike Hershberger.
February 5, 1972
Purchased Pete Hamm from the Minnesota Twins.
February 7, 1972
Purchased Rich Robertson from the San Francisco Giants.
March 19, 1972
Returned Rich Robertson to the San Francisco Giants following previous purchase.
March 25, 1972
Purchased Buddy Bradford from the Cincinnati Reds.
