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1973 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

77-85, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (77-85)
Scored 652 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87

Ballparks: White Sox Park · Attendance: 1,302,527 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103

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1972 / 1974 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Cy Acosta 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 22, 1946 2 48 0 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Dick Allen 31 R R 5' 11" 187 Mar 8, 1942 11 72 68 72 68 0 0 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2.7 $200,000 All-Star
Hank Allen 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 23, 1940 7 28 8 28 23 0 1 8 1 9 0 4 0 1 5 1 6 3 -0.6 $
Luis Alvarado 24 R R 5' 9" 162 Jan 15, 1949 6 80 50 80 71 0 0 0 46 10 18 0 0 0 0 1 8 9 -0.8 $
Mike Andrews 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1943 8 52 41 52 17 0 0 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 10 1 -1.3 $
Stan Bahnsen 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 15, 1944 7 42 42 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 $65,000
Dave Baldwin 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 30, 1938 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $12,000
Buddy Bradford 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 25, 1944 8 53 45 53 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 48 2 51 0 5 2 -0.2 $
Chuck Brinkman 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 16, 1944 5 63 48 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bucky Dent 21 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1951 1st 40 35 40 40 0 0 0 3 1 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 $
Brian Downing 22 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 9, 1950 1st 34 18 34 30 0 11 0 0 8 0 6 0 8 14 1 10 0 -0.8 $
Sam Ewing 24 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1949 1st 11 4 11 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Eddie Fisher 36 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 16, 1936 15 26 16 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Terry Forster 21 L L 6' 3" 200 Jan 14, 1952 3 53 12 2 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5.0 $
Ken Frailing 25 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 19, 1948 2 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $10,200
Jim Geddes 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1949 2 6 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rich Gossage HOF 21 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 2 21 4 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1.1 $
Jerry Hairston 21 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 16, 1952 1st 60 56 60 50 0 0 19 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 9 3 1 1.2 $
Ken Henderson 27 B R 6' 2" 180 Jun 15, 1946 9 73 70 73 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 36 0 44 26 3 0 -0.2 $
Ed Herrmann 26 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 27, 1946 6 119 111 119 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 -0.1 $42,000
Johnny Jeter 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 24, 1944 5 89 64 89 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 27 28 76 7 8 10 -1.3 $18,500
Bart Johnson 23 R R 6' 5" 190 Jan 3, 1950 5 22 9 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jim Kaat 34 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 15 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $60,000
Steve Kealey 26 R R 6' 0" 185 May 13, 1947 6 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Pat Kelly 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 7 144 133 144 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 139 142 1 8 2 -0.7 $ All-Star
Joe Keough 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1946 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.0 $18,000
Eddie Leon 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 11, 1946 6 127 122 127 125 0 0 0 3 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1.3 $25,000
Carlos May 25 L R 5' 11" 200 May 17, 1948 6 149 147 149 72 0 0 2 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 75 2 0 1.0 $70,000
Jim McGlothlin 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 6, 1943 9 5 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $32,000
Bill Melton 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 7, 1945 6 152 152 152 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 $
Rich Morales 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 20, 1943 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.1 $
Tony Muser 25 L L 6' 2" 180 Aug 1, 1947 4 109 78 109 91 0 0 89 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 11 2 0.7 $
Denny O'Toole 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 13, 1949 5 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jorge Orta 22 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 2 128 116 128 122 0 0 0 122 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.2 $
Rick Reichardt 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 16, 1943 10 46 37 46 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 6 1 37 6 6 1 -0.5 $
Bill Sharp 23 L L 5' 10" 178 Jan 18, 1950 1st 77 54 77 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 58 1 72 1 8 3 0.6 $
Steve Stone 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Jul 14, 1947 3 39 22 3 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.6 $22,500
Pete Varney 24 R R 6' 3" 235 Apr 10, 1949 1st 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Wilbur Wood 31 R L 6' 0" 180 Oct 22, 1941 12 49 48 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Luis Alvarado

Mike Andrews
Jerry Hairston

Eddie Leon

Bill Sharp

Jorge Orta

Pete Varney

Sam Ewing

Chuck Brinkman

Ed Herrmann

Bill Melton

Dick Allen

Brian Downing

Carlos May

Pat Kelly

Johnny Jeter

Bart Johnson

Buddy Bradford

Steve Kealey

Ken Henderson

Tony Muser

Dave Baldwin

Johnny Jeter

Wilbur Wood

Joe Keough

Bucky Dent
Rich Morales

Steve Stone

Eddie Fisher

Jim Kaat

Jim McGlothlin

Cy Acosta

Hank Allen

Stan Bahnsen

Joe Keough

Ken Frailing

Rick Reichardt

Terry Forster

Denny O'Toole

Rich Gossage

Jim Geddes

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers