1975 Chicago White Sox Statistics and Roster

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1975 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1974/1976)
75-86, Finished 5th in AL Western Division
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Scored 655 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-86
Managed by Chuck Tanner

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 750,802 (11th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 103, 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   Brian Downing       24  138  420   58  101  12  1   7   41  76   75  .240  .356  .324  13   4  12   3  11   6   5   93
1B *Carlos May          27  128  454   55  123  19  2   8   53  67   46  .271  .373  .374  12   7  12   9   0   4  13  111
2B *Jorge Orta          24  140  542   64  165  26 10  11   83  48   67  .304  .363  .450  16   9  17   4   4   4   7  128
3B  Bill Melton         29  149  512   62  123  16  0  15   70  78  106  .240  .346  .359   5   4  13   8   3   6   1   99
SS  Bucky Dent          23  157  602   52  159  29  4   3   58  36   48  .264  .301  .341   2   4  16   0  15   9   3   80
LF #Jerry Hairston      23   69  219   26   62   8  0   0   23  46   23  .283  .407  .320   1   0   4   1   6   2   3  107
CF #Ken Henderson       29  140  513   65  129  20  3   9   53  74   65  .251  .347  .355   5   3  18   4   1   5  14   98
RF *Pat Kelly           30  133  471   73  129  21  7   9   45  58   69  .274  .353  .406  18  10  15   2   3   4   2  113
DH  Deron Johnson       36  148  555   66  129  25  1  18   72  48  117  .232  .292  .378   0   1  19   1   0   5   0   87
   *Nyls Nyman          21  106  327   36   74   6  3   2   28  11   34  .226  .255  .281  10   4   5   2   1   1   0   51
    Bill Stein          28   76  226   23   61   7  1   3   21  18   32  .270  .327  .350   2   2   6   1   2   0   0   90
    Bob Coluccio        23   61  161   22   33   4  2   4   13  13   34  .205  .269  .329   4   0   3   1   0   0   1   67
   *Tony Muser          27   43  111   11   27   3  0   0    6   7    8  .243  .286  .270   2   1   5   0   1   1   1   57
    Pete Varney         26   36  107   12   29   5  1   2    8   6   28  .271  .316  .393   2   0   1   1   0   0   1   98
   *Mike Squires        23   20   65    5   15   0  0   0    4   8    5  .231  .311  .231   3   0   2   0   0   1   2   54
    Buddy Bradford      30   25   58    8    9   3  1   2   15   8   22  .155  .274  .345   3   2   1   3   1   4   0   73
    Lee Richard         26   43   45   11    9   0  1   0    5   4    7  .200  .265  .244   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   44
    Chet Lemon          20    9   35    2    9   2  0   0    1   2    6  .257  .297  .314   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   72
   *Bill Sharp          25   18   35    1    7   0  0   0    4   2    3  .200  .243  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   26
    Lamar Johnson       24    8   30    2    6   3  0   1    1   1    5  .200  .226  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   73
    Jerry Moses         28    2    2    1    1   0  1   0    0   0    0  .500  .500 1.500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  443
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9  161 5490  655 1400 209 38  94  586 611  800  .255  .330  .358 101  54 131  22  32  34  35   94
    Rank among 12 AL teams         4   10    7   8  6  11        2    7     7     4    11   8  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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         33  43   4.11  16  20  0  43   0  14   2  291.3  309  148  133  26   92  140 1245   6   5  2   5  95
SP *Jim Kaat            36  43   3.11  20  14  0  41   1  12   1  303.7  321  121  105  20   77  142 1279   0   9  2   0 125
SP *Claude Osteen       35  37   4.36   7  16  0  37   0   5   0  204.3  237  110   99  16   92   63  919   2   2  0   2  89
SP  Jesse Jefferson     26  22   5.10   5   9  0  21   1   1   0  107.7  100   69   61  10   94   67  505   5   2  2   1  77
SP  Stan Bahnsen        30  12   6.01   4   6  0  12   0   2   0   67.3   78   49   45   9   40   31  313   1   3  0   0  65

CL  Rich Gossage        23  62   1.84   9   8 26   0  49   0   0  141.7   99   32   29   3   70  130  582   3   5  0  15 212
RP *Dave Hamilton       27  30   2.84   6   5  6   1  23   0   0   69.7   63   23   22   4   29   51  292   0   0  0   2 137
RP  Cecil Upshaw        32  29   3.23   1   1  1   0  14   0   0   47.3   49   19   17   5   21   22  208   2   4  0   3 121
RP  Ozzie Osborn        29  24   4.50   3   0  0   0   7   0   0   58.0   57   29   29   2   37   38  258   1   2  0   1  87
RP  Bill Gogolewski     27  19   5.24   0   0  2   0  10   0   0   55.0   61   35   32   5   28   37  245   0   1  0   3  75

   *Rich Hinton         28  15   4.82   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   37.3   41   22   20   3   15   30  170   0   0  0   1  81
   *Terry Forster       23  17   2.19   3   3  4   1  12   0   0   37.0   30   12    9   0   24   32  155   2   0  0   4 178
    Pete Vuckovich      22   4  13.06   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   10.3   17   15   15   0    7    5   52   3   0  0   1  30
    Jim Otten           23   2   6.75   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    4    5    4   1    7    3   26   0   0  0   0  58
    Lloyd Allen         25   3  11.81   0   2  0   2   1   0   0    5.3    8    7    7   2    6    2   31   0   0  0   0  33
   *Ken Kravec          23   2   6.23   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.3    1    3    3   0    8    1   22   0   0  0   0  63
    Jack Kucek          22   2   4.91   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    9    2    2   0    4    2   22   1   0  0   0  80
    Chris Knapp         21   2   4.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    4    3   12   0   0  0   0  87
    Tim Stoddard        22   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   1    0    0    5   0   0  0   0  43
   *Skip Pitlock        27   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    0    0   0    0    0    1   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.8 161   3.93  75  86 39 161 127  34   7 1452.0 1489  703  634 107  655  799 6342  26  33  6  38  99
    Rank among 12 AL teams          8   9   4  2          12  10      4   10    5        3   12    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BDowning 1197 134 137 730 84 8 5 .990 11 17 89 66 PVarney 255 27 34 151 14 2 1 .988 1 9 20 14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 161 161 881 98 10 6 .990 12 26 109 80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMay 527 62 63 508 46 6 54 .989 9.46 DJohnson 443 52 55 456 24 3 38 .994 9.75 TMuser 269 25 41 263 22 2 35 .993 9.54 MSquires 164 17 20 155 12 2 14 .988 9.16 LJohnson 47 5 6 46 2 2 4 .960 9.19 JMoses 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 1429 106 15 145 .990 9.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JOrta 1201 134 135 354 354 16 95 .978 5.30 BStein 230 25 28 71 79 4 16 .974 5.87 LRichard 21 2 5 7 3 2 0 .833 4.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 432 436 22 111 .975 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMelton 1190 138 138 131 313 26 23 .945 3.36 BStein 178 18 24 16 39 5 5 .917 2.77 CLemon 43 5 6 5 7 1 0 .923 2.51 LRichard 40 0 12 5 11 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 157 370 32 28 .943 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDent 1408 157 157 279 543 16 105 .981 5.25 LRichard 44 4 9 8 19 1 3 .964 5.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 287 562 17 108 .980 5.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHairston 487 55 56 107 5 5 0 .957 2.07 NNyman 453 47 62 106 6 4 0 .966 2.23 CMay 384 45 46 71 6 2 1 .975 1.80 BColuccio 89 10 15 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.63 BBradford 19 2 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 BSharp 19 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32 BStein 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 321 19 11 1 .969 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHenderson 1216 136 137 393 7 4 0 .990 2.96 NNyman 206 22 26 53 1 4 1 .931 2.35 BColuccio 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 BSharp 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 CLemon 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 448 8 8 1 .983 2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PKelly 917 111 115 221 4 2 1 .991 2.21 BColuccio 277 23 44 66 3 2 0 .972 2.24 BBradford 99 12 15 22 0 1 0 .957 2.00 NNyman 69 8 8 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 BSharp 60 4 11 8 0 1 0 .889 1.20 JHairston 30 3 6 6 0 1 0 .857 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 343 7 7 1 .980 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.37 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- KHenderson 1216 136 137 394 7 4 0 .990 2.97 PKelly 917 111 115 222 4 2 1 .991 2.22 NNyman 728 77 94 177 6 8 0 .958 2.26 JHairston 517 58 59 111 6 6 1 .951 2.04 CMay 384 45 46 72 6 2 1 .975 1.83 BColuccio 378 34 59 92 4 2 0 .980 2.29 BBradford 118 14 18 27 1 1 0 .966 2.14 BSharp 88 7 14 16 0 1 0 .941 1.64 CLemon 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BStein 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 161 161 1111 34 26 3 .978 2.37 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .940 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKaat 303 41 43 15 39 1 2 .982 1.60 WWood 291 43 43 8 53 1 3 .984 1.88 COsteen 204 37 37 12 41 2 1 .964 2.33 RGossage 141 0 62 3 25 3 3 .903 1.78 JJefferson 107 21 22 5 18 4 1 .852 1.92 DHamilton 69 1 30 2 10 0 2 1.000 1.55 SBahnsen 67 12 12 4 11 2 0 .882 2.01 OOsborn 58 0 24 3 5 1 0 .889 1.24 BGogolewski 55 0 19 4 11 1 2 .937 2.45 CUpshaw 47 0 29 0 8 2 1 .800 1.52 RHinton 37 0 15 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.41 TForster 37 1 17 2 14 1 1 .941 3.89 PVuckovich 10 2 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.62 LAllen 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.70 JOtten 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 KKravec 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 8.37 JKucek 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CKnapp 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TStoddard 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 SPitlock 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 60 253 18 18 .946 1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- DJohnson 93 CMay 19 BStein 18 PKelly 14 BMelton 11 JHairston 8 LRichard 5 BBradford 4 NNyman 4 LJohnson 2 CLemon 2 JOrta 2 PVarney 2 BColuccio 1 BDowning 1 KHenderson 1 JMoses 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 .304

On-base % May .373

Slugging % Orta .450

OPS Orta .813

Games Dent 157

At Bats Dent 602

Plate Appearances (approx.) Dent 662

Runs Kelly 73

Hits Orta 165

Total Bases Orta 244

Doubles Dent 29

Triples Orta 10

Home Runs Johnson 18

RBI Orta 83

Bases on Balls Melton 78

Strikeouts Johnson 117

Stolen Bases Kelly 18

Singles Dent 123

Adjusted OPS+ Orta 128

Runs Created Orta 85

Adjusted Batting Runs Orta 19

Batting Wins Orta 1.9

Extra-Base Hits Orta 47

Times on Base Orta 217

Offensive Win% Orta .614

Hit By Pitch May 9

Sac. Hits Dent 15

Sac. Flies Dent 9

Intentional Walks Henderson 14

Grounded into Double Plays Johnson 19

Caught Stealing Kelly 10

Power/Speed Number Orta 13.0

At Bats per Strikeout Dent 12.5

At Bats per Home Run Johnson 30.8

Outs Dent 487

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ERA Kaat 3.11

Wins Kaat 20

Won-Loss % Kaat .588

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kaat 1.311

Hits Allowed/9IP Kaat 9.51

Bases on Balls/9IP Kaat 2.28

Strikeouts/9IP Wood 4.32

Games Gossage 62

Saves Gossage 26

Innings Kaat 303.7

Strikeouts Kaat 142

Games Started Wood 43

Comp. Games Wood 14

Shutouts Wood 2

Home Runs Allow. Wood 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Jefferson 94

Hits Allowed Kaat 321

SO to Walk Kaat 1.84

Losses Wood 20

Earned Runs Allow. Wood 133

Wild Pitches Wood 6

Hit Batsmen Kaat 9

Batters Faced Kaat 1279

Games Finished Gossage 49

Adjusted ERA+ Kaat 125

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