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1972 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

87-67, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (87-67)
Scored 566 runs, Allowed 538 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73

Ballparks: White Sox Park · Attendance: 1,177,318 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 108

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1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Cy Acosta 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 22, 1946 1st 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Dick Allen 30 R R 5' 11" 187 Mar 8, 1942 10 148 141 148 144 0 0 142 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 9.3 $140,000 All-Star
Hank Allen 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 23, 1940 6 9 6 9 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.4 $13,500
Luis Alvarado 23 R R 5' 9" 162 Jan 15, 1949 5 103 66 103 95 0 0 0 15 1 82 0 0 0 0 7 9 -0.7 $
Mike Andrews 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1943 7 148 146 148 147 0 0 5 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Stan Bahnsen 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 15, 1944 6 44 41 44 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.7 $38,000
Buddy Bradford 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 25, 1944 7 35 7 35 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 2 28 10 6 0.2 $15,000
Tom Bradley 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 16, 1947 4 43 40 43 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.2 $
Chuck Brinkman 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 16, 1944 4 35 13 35 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.7 $
Moe Drabowsky 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 17 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Tom Egan 26 R R 6' 4" 218 Jun 9, 1946 8 50 33 50 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 -1.0 $
Eddie Fisher 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 16, 1936 14 6 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $50,000
Terry Forster 20 L L 6' 3" 200 Jan 14, 1952 2 63 0 63 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 $
Ken Frailing 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 19, 1948 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Geddes 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1949 1st 6 1 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.4 $
Rich Gossage HOF 20 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 1st 36 1 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Rudy Hernandez 20 R R 5' 9" 150 Oct 18, 1951 1st 8 6 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5 $
Ed Herrmann 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 27, 1946 5 116 108 116 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2.2 $
Bart Johnson 22 R R 6' 5" 190 Jan 3, 1950 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8 $
Jay Johnstone 26 L R 6' 1" 175 Nov 20, 1945 7 114 56 114 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 83 7 98 26 5 -0.7 $
Steve Kealey 25 R R 6' 0" 185 May 13, 1947 5 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $12,750
Pat Kelly 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 6 119 96 119 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 109 20 0 1.8 $
Dave Lemonds 23 L L 6' 1" 180 Jul 5, 1948 2 34 18 34 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.1 $
Jim Lyttle 26 L R 6' 0" 180 May 20, 1946 4 44 15 44 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 21 24 1 -0.4 $18,000
Carlos May 24 L R 5' 11" 200 May 17, 1948 5 148 146 148 147 0 0 5 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 2 0 5.1 $ All-Star
Bill Melton 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 7, 1945 5 57 56 57 56 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.9 $
Rich Morales 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 20, 1943 6 110 79 110 105 0 0 0 16 14 86 0 0 0 0 6 3 -0.6 $
Tony Muser 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Aug 1, 1947 3 44 10 44 28 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 4 0.2 $14,000
Dan Neumeier 24 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 9, 1948 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Denny O'Toole 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 13, 1949 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jorge Orta 21 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 1st 51 28 51 40 0 0 0 14 9 19 0 0 0 0 11 4 -0.4 $
Jim Qualls 25 B R 5' 10" 158 Oct 9, 1946 3 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 3 -0.2 $
Phil Regan 35 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1937 13 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $45,000
Rick Reichardt 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 16, 1943 9 101 87 101 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 83 1 90 12 0 0.4 $50,000
Lee Richard 23 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 18, 1948 2 11 6 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 6 2 3 -0.1 $
Vicente Romo 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1943 5 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $27,000
Ed Spiezio 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 31, 1941 9 74 74 74 74 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $21,500
Walt Williams 28 R R 5' 6" 165 Dec 19, 1943 7 77 50 77 58 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 53 57 25 0 0.0 $24,000
Wilbur Wood 30 R L 6' 0" 180 Oct 22, 1941 11 49 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 $ All-Star
Hugh Yancy 21 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 16, 1950 1st 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Luis Alvarado

Mike Andrews

Walt Williams

Tony Muser
Ed Spiezio

Jorge Orta

Tom Egan

Lee Richard

Jay Johnstone

Chuck Brinkman

Ed Herrmann

Bill Melton

Dick Allen

Carlos May

Pat Kelly

Rudy Hernandez
Jim Qualls

Bart Johnson

Buddy Bradford

Steve Kealey

Tom Bradley

Jim Lyttle

Vicente Romo

Wilbur Wood

Rich Morales

Eddie Fisher
Hugh Yancy

Dan Neumeier
Phil Regan

Dan Neumeier

Cy Acosta

Hank Allen

Dave Lemonds

Moe Drabowsky

Stan Bahnsen

Ken Frailing

Rick Reichardt

Terry Forster

Denny O'Toole

Rich Gossage

Jim Geddes

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers