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1972 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
87-67, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division
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Scored 566 runs, Allowed 538 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73
Managed by Chuck Tanner

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,177,318 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Ed Herrmann         25  116  354   23   88   9  0  10   40  43   37  .249  .333  .359   0   0  13   4   0   4  19  104
1B  Dick Allen          30  148  506   90  156  28  5  37  113  99  126  .308  .420  .603  19   8  13   1   0   3  16  199
2B  Mike Andrews        28  148  505   58  111  18  0   7   50  70   78  .220  .313  .297   2   2   4   2  18   7   3   81
3B  Ed Spiezio          30   74  277   20   66  10  1   2   22  13   43  .238  .276  .303   0   1   8   2   2   1   3   71
SS  Rich Morales        28  110  287   24   59   7  1   2   20  19   49  .206  .261  .258   2   3  11   3   0   1   2   53
LF *Carlos May          24  148  523   83  161  26  3  12   68  79   70  .308  .405  .438  23  14  10   9   0   4  14  148
CF  Rick Reichardt      29  101  291   31   73  14  4   8   43  28   63  .251  .321  .409   2   2   5   3   4   2   1  114
RF *Pat Kelly           27  119  402   57  105  14  7   5   24  55   69  .261  .355  .368  32   9   5   4   2   1   1  113
   *Jay Johnstone       26  113  261   27   49   9  0   4   17  25   42  .188  .259  .268   2   1   2   0   4   0   2   55
    Luis Alvarado       23  103  254   30   54   4  1   4   29  13   36  .213  .254  .283   2   2  12   1   1   0   5   58
    Walt Williams       28   77  221   22   55   7  1   2   11  13   20  .249  .289  .317   6   1   3   0   1   1   1   79
    Bill Melton         26   57  208   22   51   5  0   7   30  23   31  .245  .319  .370   1   1   2   0   0   1   2  103
    Tom Egan            26   50  141    8   27   3  0   2    9   4   48  .191  .224  .255   0   0   5   2   0   0   0   41
   *Jorge Orta          21   51  124   20   25   3  1   3   11   6   37  .202  .244  .315   3   3   2   1   2   0   0   64
   *Jim Lyttle          26   44   82    8   19   5  2   0    5   1   28  .232  .241  .341   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   70
   *Tony Muser          24   44   61    6   17   2  2   1    9   2    6  .279  .302  .426   1   1   1   0   0   0   0  113
    Chuck Brinkman      27   35   52    1    7   0  0   0    0   4    7  .135  .196  .135   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   -1
    Buddy Bradford      27   35   48   13   13   2  0   2    8   4   13  .271  .340  .438   3   2   3   1   1   0   0  128
    Lee Richard         23   11   29    5    7   0  0   0    1   0    7  .241  .241  .241   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   43
    Hank Allen          31    9   21    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -16
    Rudy Hernandez      20    8   21    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    3  .190  .190  .190   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13
   #Jim Qualls          25   11   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Hugh Yancy          22    3    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .111  .111  .111   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  -34

    Wilbur Wood         30   49  125    8   17   0  0   0    7   6   65  .136  .176  .136   0   0   4   0  13   0   0   -7
    Stan Bahnsen        27   44   92    5   14   2  0   0    2   1   38  .152  .170  .174   0   0   1   1   3   0   0    2
    Tom Bradley         25   43   91    1   12   2  0   0    3   1   34  .132  .141  .154   0   0   0   0   9   0   0  -13
   *Dave Lemonds        23   34   25    1    3   0  0   0    2   1   16  .120  .154  .120   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -18
   *Terry Forster       20   63   19    1   10   0  0   0    3   1    2  .526  .550  .526   1   0   0   0   2   0   0  218
    Rich Gossage        20   36   16    0    0   0  0   0    0   0   11  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   1   0   0 -100
    Vicente Romo        29   28    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Eddie Fisher        35    6    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Cy Acosta           25   26    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Steve Kealey        25   40    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Moe Drabowsky       36    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Geddes          23    6    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Bart Johnson        22    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dan Neumeier        24    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Phil Regan          35   10    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  490
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6  154 5083  566 1208 170 28 108  528 511  991  .238  .307  .346 100  52 113  34  68  25  69  101
    Rank among 12 AL teams        10    4    8  10  6   4        3    1     7     4     6   2   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Wilbur Wood         30  49   2.51  24  17  0  49   0  20   8  376.7  325  119  105  28   74  193 1490  11   7  0   5 126
SP  Stan Bahnsen        27  43   3.60  21  16  0  41   1   5   1  252.3  263  107  101  22   73  157 1075   8   6  0   1  88
SP  Tom Bradley         25  40   2.98  15  14  0  40   0  11   2  260.0  225   94   86  19   65  209 1056   7   2  1   4 106
SP *Dave Lemonds        23  31   2.95   4   7  0  18   2   0   0   94.7   87   39   31   6   38   69  400   3   1  1   3 107

CL *Terry Forster       20  62   2.25   6   5 29   0  45   0   0  100.0   75   31   25   0   44  104  419   5   3  0   3 141
RP  Steve Kealey        25  40   3.30   3   2  4   0  22   0   0   57.3   50   21   21   4   12   37  232   0   0  0   1  96
RP  Rich Gossage        20  36   4.28   7   1  2   1   7   0   0   80.0   72   44   38   2   44   57  352   7   4  0   3  74
RP  Vicente Romo        29  28   3.31   3   0  1   0   8   0   0   51.7   47   19   19   5   18   46  216   0   1  0   2  96
RP  Cy Acosta           25  26   1.56   3   0  5   0  17   0   0   34.7   25    6    6   2   17   28  138   1   0  0   3 203

    Eddie Fisher        35   6   4.43   0   1  0   4   0   0   0   22.3   31   13   11   1    9   10  102   1   0  0   0  71
    Bart Johnson        22   9   9.22   0   3  1   0   5   0   0   13.7   18   20   14   2   13    9   71   2   1  0   2  34
    Phil Regan          35  10   4.05   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   13.3   18    7    6   1    6    4   61   0   1  0   2  78
    Jim Geddes          23   5   6.97   0   0  0   1   3   0   0   10.3   12    9    8   1   10    3   52   0   1  0   0  45
    Moe Drabowsky       36   7   2.45   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.3    6    2    2   0    2    4   27   1   0  0   0 129
    Dennis O'Toole      23   3   5.40   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.0   10    3    3   0    2    5   26   0   0  0   0  59
    Dan Neumeier        24   3   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    3    3   0    3    0   13   0   0  0   0  35
   *Ken Frailing        24   4   3.00   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    1    1   1    1    1   13   1   0  0   0 105
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.0 154   3.12  87  67 42 154 118  36  14 1385.0 1269  538  480  94  431  936 5743  47  27  2  29 101
    Rank among 12 AL teams          8   2  11  2          10   8      6    8    8        6    5    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EHerrmann 923 108 112 641 69 8 10 .989 18 25 42 42 TEgan 315 33 46 257 19 4 2 .986 3 15 24 11 CBrinkman 146 13 33 118 11 2 3 .985 2 6 9 7 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1385 154 154 1016 99 14 15 .988 23 46 75 60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DAllen 1201 139 143 1234 67 7 94 .995 9.75 TMuser 131 10 29 135 7 2 12 .986 9.76 MAndrews 28 3 5 33 2 0 7 1.000 11.25 CMay 25 2 5 32 2 1 0 .971 12.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 1434 78 10 113 .993 9.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MAndrews 1204 143 145 354 325 19 69 .973 5.07 JOrta 85 8 14 20 26 2 8 .958 4.87 RMorales 48 0 16 10 14 0 4 1.000 4.50 LAlvarado 47 3 16 8 17 1 1 .962 4.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 392 382 22 82 .972 5.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESpiezio 661 74 74 67 172 12 11 .952 3.25 BMelton 491 56 56 47 125 12 12 .935 3.15 RMorales 87 8 14 3 21 0 2 1.000 2.48 JOrta 56 6 9 2 18 3 2 .870 3.21 HAllen 51 6 6 4 15 2 5 .905 3.35 HYancy 20 2 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.60 DAllen 16 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 LAlvarado 2 0 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 22.50 WWilliams 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 127 363 29 33 .944 3.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMorales 617 71 86 120 213 11 32 .968 4.86 LAlvarado 589 63 81 98 213 14 28 .957 4.75 JOrta 130 14 18 28 41 3 13 .958 4.78 RHernandez 48 6 6 10 16 0 3 1.000 4.88 LRichard 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 256 484 28 76 .964 4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMay 1254 144 145 210 13 4 2 .982 1.60 RReichardt 59 5 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 JJohnstone 41 2 14 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 BBradford 18 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 WWilliams 13 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 230 13 4 2 .984 1.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RReichardt 590 82 83 149 2 3 1 .981 2.30 JJohnstone 534 50 83 144 5 2 1 .987 2.51 JLyttle 101 10 16 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 BBradford 99 5 23 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.36 LRichard 51 6 6 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.59 JQualls 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 350 9 5 3 .986 2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PKelly 890 96 109 175 8 6 3 .968 1.85 WWilliams 409 49 53 92 6 1 2 .990 2.16 JLyttle 41 5 5 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.63 JJohnstone 38 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 BBradford 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.86 RReichardt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TMuser 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 290 15 7 6 .978 1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CMay 1254 144 145 215 13 4 2 .983 1.64 PKelly 890 96 109 173 8 6 3 .968 1.83 RReichardt 651 87 90 157 2 3 1 .981 2.20 JJohnstone 613 56 97 154 5 2 1 .988 2.33 WWilliams 422 50 57 93 6 1 2 .990 2.11 JLyttle 142 15 21 32 1 0 1 1.000 2.09 BBradford 121 7 28 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 LRichard 51 6 6 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.59 JQualls 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 TMuser 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1385 154 154 867 37 16 11 .983 1.96 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WWood 376 49 49 9 82 4 8 .958 2.17 TBradley 260 40 40 13 35 2 2 .960 1.66 SBahnsen 252 41 43 11 50 2 6 .968 2.18 TForster 100 0 62 1 21 2 0 .917 1.98 DLemonds 94 18 31 7 11 0 2 1.000 1.71 RGossage 80 1 36 3 10 1 1 .929 1.46 SKealey 57 0 40 3 6 2 0 .818 1.41 VRomo 51 0 28 3 11 1 1 .933 2.44 CAcosta 34 0 26 2 3 1 0 .833 1.30 EFisher 22 4 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.42 BJohnson 13 0 9 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.97 PRegan 13 0 10 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.71 JGeddes 10 1 5 0 1 1 1 .500 0.87 MDrabowsky 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DO'Toole 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 KFrailing 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 DNeumeier 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 154 154 54 243 16 22 .949 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Allen and May .308

On-base % Allen .420

Slugging % Allen .603

OPS Allen 1.023

Games Allen, Andrews, and May 148

At Bats May 523

Plate Appearances (approx.) May 615

Runs Allen 90

Hits May 161

Total Bases Allen 305

Doubles Allen 28

Triples Kelly 7

Home Runs Allen 37

RBI Allen 113

Bases on Balls Allen 99

Strikeouts Allen 126

Stolen Bases Kelly 32

Singles May 120

Adjusted OPS+ Allen 199

Runs Created Allen 131

Adjusted Batting Runs Allen 66

Batting Wins Allen 7.1

Extra-Base Hits Allen 70

Times on Base Allen 256

Offensive Win% Allen .851

Hit By Pitch May 9

Sac. Hits Andrews 18

Sac. Flies Andrews 7

Intentional Walks Herrmann 19

Grounded into Double Plays Allen and Herrmann 13

Caught Stealing May 14

Power/Speed Number Allen 25.1

At Bats per Strikeout May 7.5

At Bats per Home Run Allen 13.7

Outs Andrews 425

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ERA Wood 2.51

Wins Wood 24

Won-Loss % Wood .585

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wood 1.059

Hits Allowed/9IP Wood 7.77

Bases on Balls/9IP Wood 1.77

Strikeouts/9IP Bradley 7.23

Games Forster 62

Saves Forster 29

Innings Wood 376.7

Strikeouts Bradley 209

Games Started Wood 49

Comp. Games Wood 20

Shutouts Wood 8

Home Runs Allow. Wood 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Wood 74

Hits Allowed Wood 325

SO to Walk Bradley 3.22

Losses Wood 17

Earned Runs Allow. Wood 105

Wild Pitches Wood 11

Hit Batsmen Wood 7

Batters Faced Wood 1490

Games Finished Forster 45

Adjusted ERA+ Wood 126

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Dick Allen (Starting 1B)
Carlos May
Wilbur Wood

1971/1973

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