1974 Chicago White Sox Statistics and Roster

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1974 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973/1975)
80-80, Finished 4th in AL Western Division
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Scored 684 runs, Allowed 721 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-84
Managed by Chuck Tanner

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,149,596 (6th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  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         27  107  367   32   95  13  1  10   39  16   49  .259  .288  .381   1   0  13   0   2   3   6   89
1B  Dick Allen          32  128  462   84  139  23  1  32   88  57   89  .301  .375  .563   7   1  16   1   0   5   9  164
2B *Jorge Orta          23  139  525   73  166  31  2  10   67  40   88  .316  .365  .440   9   5   8   3   6   4   1  129
3B  Bill Melton         28  136  495   63  120  17  0  21   63  59   60  .242  .326  .404   3   2  16   5   5   6   3  107
SS  Bucky Dent          22  154  496   55  136  15  3   5   45  28   48  .274  .316  .347   3   4   9   3  23   2   0   89
LF *Carlos May          26  149  551   66  137  19  2   8   58  46   76  .249  .306  .334   8   9   9   1   2   4   3   82
CF #Ken Henderson       28  162  602   76  176  35  5  20   95  66  112  .292  .360  .467  12   7  16   2   2   8   9  134
RF *Bill Sharp          24  100  320   45   81  13  2   4   24  25   37  .253  .309  .344   0   3   9   2   8   3   2   86
DH *Pat Kelly           29  122  424   60  119  16  3   4   21  46   58  .281  .354  .361  18  11  10   2   4   0   0  104
    Ron Santo           34  117  375   29   83  12  1   5   41  37   72  .221  .293  .299   0   2  16   2   0   3   1   69
    Brian Downing       23  108  293   41   66  12  1  10   39  51   72  .225  .344  .375   0   1  11   2   4   0   3  105
   *Tony Muser          26  103  206   16   60   5  1   1   18   6   22  .291  .313  .340   1   4   6   1   4   1   0   86
   #Jerry Hairston      22   45  109    8   25   7  0   0    8  13   18  .229  .311  .294   0   2   2   0   3   0   0   73
    Buddy Bradford      29   39   96   16   32   2  0   5   10  13   11  .333  .414  .510   1   2   3   1   1   1   0  162
    Lee Richard         25   32   67    5   11   1  0   0    1   5    8  .164  .222  .179   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   16
    Eddie Leon          27   31   46    1    5   1  0   0    3   2   12  .109  .143  .130   0   0   4   0   4   1   0  -22
    Bill Stein          27   13   43    5   12   1  0   0    5   7    8  .279  .380  .302   0   0   3   0   1   0   2   97
    Lamar Johnson       23   10   29    1   10   0  0   0    2   0    3  .345  .333  .345   0   0   3   0   0   1   0   94
    Pete Varney         25    9   28    1    7   0  0   0    2   1    8  .250  .267  .250   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   48
    Chuck Brinkman      29    9   14    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    3  .143  .200  .143   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   -1
   *Nyls Nyman          20    5   14    5    9   2  1   0    4   0    1  .643  .667  .929   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  351
    Luis Alvarado       25    8   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -43
    Hugh Yancy          24    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     

    Cy Acosta           27   27    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Joe Henderson       27    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jim Kaat            35   42    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ken Tatum           30   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7  163 5577  684 1492 225 23 135  623 519  858  .268  .330  .389  64  53 146  16  60  33  30  105
    Rank among 12 AL teams         3    4    2   5 11   1        5    3     3     4     1  11   9                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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         32  42   3.60  20  19  0  42   0  22   1  320.3  305  143  128  27   80  169 1316   5   9  0   8 105
SP *Jim Kaat            35  42   2.92  21  13  0  39   0  15   3  277.3  263  106   90  18   63  142 1137   4   6  0   3 129
SP  Stan Bahnsen        29  38   4.70  12  15  0  35   2  10   1  216.3  230  128  113  17  110  102  958   8   4  1   6  80
SP  Bart Johnson        24  18   2.74  10   4  0  18   0   8   2  121.7  105   42   37   6   32   76  493   1   1  0   2 138
SP  Jack Kucek          21   9   5.26   1   4  0   7   2   0   0   37.7   48   25   22   3   21   25  175   0   1  0   0  72

CL *Terry Forster       22  59   3.62   7   8 24   1  49   0   0  134.3  120   57   54   6   48  105  560   9   8  0   3 104
RP  Rich Gossage        22  39   4.13   4   6  1   3  19   0   0   89.3   92   45   41   4   47   64  397   2   2  1   7  91
RP *Skip Pitlock        26  40   4.43   3   3  1   5  10   0   0  105.7  103   58   52   7   55   68  472   5   7  2   4  85
RP  Cy Acosta           27  27   3.74   0   3  3   0  14   0   0   45.7   43   22   19   3   18   19  198   1   5  0   2 101
RP  Bill Moran          23  15   4.66   1   3  0   5   1   0   0   46.3   57   27   24   5   23   17  221   0   6  0   2  81

    Ken Tatum           30  10   4.79   0   0  0   1   3   0   0   20.7   23   12   11   3    9    5   94   2   0  0   0  79
    Jim Otten           22   5   5.51   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   16.3   22   11   10   0   12   11   81   3   1  0   2  68
    Joe Henderson       27   5   8.40   1   0  0   3   0   0   0   15.0   21   15   14   2   11   12   76   0   0  0   0  45
    Wayne Granger       30   5   8.22   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.7   16    8    7   1    3    4   40   0   0  0   0  46
    Lloyd Allen         24   6  10.29   0   1  0   2   2   0   0    7.0    7    9    8   0   12    3   40   1   1  0   1  37
    Stan Perzanowski    23   2  19.29   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    2.3    8    7    5   1    2    2   17   0   0  0   0  20
    Francisco Barrios   21   2  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    7    6    6   0    2    2   15   0   0  0   0  14
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2 163   3.94  80  80 29 163 108  55  11 1465.0 1470  721  641 103  548  826 6290  41  51  4  40  96
    Rank among 12 AL teams         11   7   6  1           5   8      3   10   11        5   10    6

    * - 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 906 107 107 561 55 8 8 .987 13 26 63 42 BDowning 452 46 63 278 28 2 3 .994 4 14 42 21 PVarney 67 7 9 47 5 1 0 .981 1 2 2 5 CBrinkman 40 3 8 19 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 4 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1465 163 163 905 89 11 11 .989 19 42 111 69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DAllen 1003 121 125 998 49 15 112 .986 9.39 TMuser 404 34 80 419 13 1 46 .998 9.61 LJohnson 48 6 7 40 2 0 8 1.000 7.88 RSanto 10 2 3 13 0 0 3 1.000 11.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 1470 64 16 169 .990 9.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JOrta 1058 116 123 297 313 18 93 .971 5.19 RSanto 331 37 39 97 99 6 40 .970 5.32 ELeon 41 6 7 20 14 1 10 .971 7.41 LRichard 25 3 3 2 6 0 2 1.000 2.88 LAlvarado 9 1 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00 DAllen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 417 437 26 146 .970 5.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMelton 1079 123 123 100 272 24 29 .939 3.10 RSanto 209 22 28 25 49 2 6 .974 3.18 BStein 92 10 11 7 20 4 0 .871 2.64 LRichard 74 8 12 4 19 5 2 .821 2.80 ELeon 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 LAlvarado 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 136 362 35 37 .934 3.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDent 1325 153 154 251 499 22 108 .972 5.09 ELeon 86 6 21 17 33 2 8 .962 5.19 LRichard 38 4 6 7 15 0 7 1.000 5.21 LAlvarado 8 0 4 2 2 2 0 .667 4.50 JOrta 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RSanto 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 277 549 26 123 .969 5.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMay 1116 126 129 246 11 3 1 .988 2.07 JHairston 143 15 19 24 1 2 0 .926 1.57 BSharp 92 9 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 BBradford 68 8 10 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 BDowning 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 NNyman 21 3 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 PKelly 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 317 14 5 2 .985 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHenderson 1428 159 162 462 7 6 3 .987 2.95 BSharp 37 4 7 24 0 0 0 1.000 5.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 486 7 6 3 .988 3.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSharp 677 74 85 165 3 3 0 .982 2.23 PKelly 405 46 52 76 2 2 2 .975 1.73 BDowning 242 28 34 54 2 0 2 1.000 2.08 BBradford 128 15 24 35 1 1 0 .973 2.52 JHairston 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 LRichard 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 333 8 6 4 .983 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.41 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- KHenderson 1428 159 162 462 7 6 3 .987 2.95 CMay 1116 126 129 245 11 3 1 .988 2.06 BSharp 806 87 99 210 3 3 0 .986 2.38 PKelly 407 46 53 79 2 2 2 .976 1.79 BDowning 264 30 39 59 2 0 2 1.000 2.08 BBradford 197 23 32 47 2 1 0 .980 2.24 JHairston 152 15 22 24 1 2 0 .926 1.48 NNyman 21 3 3 6 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 LRichard 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1465 163 163 1133 29 17 9 .986 2.38 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 *1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WWood 320 42 42 8 67 3 1 .962 2.11 JKaat 277 39 42 14 33 2 3 .959 1.53 SBahnsen 216 35 38 5 39 2 1 .957 1.83 TForster 134 1 59 6 33 1 4 .975 2.61 BJohnson 121 18 18 6 7 0 0 1.000 0.96 SPitlock 105 5 40 5 10 4 2 .789 1.28 RGossage 89 3 39 3 14 2 1 .895 1.71 BMoran 46 5 15 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.97 CAcosta 45 0 27 2 8 1 1 .909 1.97 JKucek 37 7 9 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.86 KTatum 20 1 10 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.04 JOtten 16 1 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.10 JHenderson 15 3 5 0 3 1 0 .750 1.80 WGranger 7 0 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.51 LAllen 7 2 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 SPerzanowsk 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 FBarrios 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 59 235 16 16 .948 1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- PKelly 67 RSanto 47 CMay 13 TMuser 13 BMelton 11 JHairston 10 JOrta 10 BDowning 9 LRichard 5 LJohnson 3 BStein 2 DAllen 1 BBradford 1 ELeon 1 HYancy 1 ------------+---

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Orta .316

On-base % Allen .375

Slugging % Allen .563

OPS Allen .938

Games Henderson 162

At Bats Henderson 602

Plate Appearances (approx.) Henderson 680

Runs Allen 84

Hits Henderson 176

Total Bases Henderson 281

Doubles Henderson 35

Triples Henderson 5

Home Runs Allen 32

RBI Henderson 95

Bases on Balls Henderson 66

Strikeouts Henderson 112

Stolen Bases Kelly 18

Singles Orta 123

Adjusted OPS+ Allen 164

Runs Created Henderson 100

Adjusted Batting Runs Allen 38

Batting Wins Allen 3.9

Extra-Base Hits Henderson 60

Times on Base Henderson 244

Offensive Win% Allen .748

Hit By Pitch Melton 5

Sac. Hits Dent 23

Sac. Flies Henderson 8

Intentional Walks Allen and Henderson 9

Grounded into Double Plays Allen, Henderson, Melton, and Santo 16

Caught Stealing Kelly 11

Power/Speed Number Henderson 15.0

At Bats per Strikeout Dent 10.3

At Bats per Home Run Allen 14.4

Outs Henderson 459

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ERA Kaat 2.92

Wins Kaat 21

Won-Loss % Johnson .714

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kaat 1.175

Hits Allowed/9IP Kaat 8.53

Bases on Balls/9IP Kaat 2.04

Strikeouts/9IP Wood 4.75

Games Forster 59

Saves Forster 24

Innings Wood 320.3

Strikeouts Wood 169

Games Started Wood 42

Comp. Games Wood 22

Shutouts Kaat 3

Home Runs Allow. Wood 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Bahnsen 110

Hits Allowed Wood 305

SO to Walk Kaat 2.25

Losses Wood 19

Earned Runs Allow. Wood 128

Wild Pitches Forster 9

Hit Batsmen Wood 9

Batters Faced Wood 1316

Games Finished Forster 49

Adjusted ERA+ Kaat 129

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Dick Allen (Starting 1B)
Ed Herrmann
Wilbur Wood

1973/1975

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