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1977 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978)
90-72, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 844 runs, Allowed 771 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Bob Lemon (90-72)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,657,135 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
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1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Jim Essian 26 114 381 322 50 88 18 2 10 44 1 4 52 35 .273 .374 .435 .809 121 140 9 1 4 2 1
2 1B Jim Spencer* 29 128 515 470 56 116 16 1 18 69 1 2 36 50 .247 .300 .400 .700 90 188 11 2 2 5 11
3 2B Jorge Orta* 26 144 621 564 71 159 27 8 11 84 4 4 46 49 .282 .334 .417 .751 104 235 12 2 2 7 3
4 SS Alan Bannister 25 139 630 560 87 154 20 3 3 57 4 3 54 49 .275 .335 .338 .672 85 189 11 2 3 11 1
5 3B Eric Soderholm 28 130 516 460 77 129 20 3 25 67 2 4 47 47 .280 .350 .500 .850 129 230 15 4 2 3 5
6 LF Ralph Garr* 31 134 574 543 78 163 29 7 10 54 12 7 27 44 .300 .333 .435 .767 108 236 7 0 3 1 4
7 CF Chet Lemon 22 150 627 553 99 151 38 4 19 67 8 7 52 88 .273 .343 .459 .803 117 254 7 11 4 7 1
8 RF Richie Zisk 28 141 599 531 78 154 17 6 30 101 0 4 55 98 .290 .355 .514 .869 134 273 15 3 1 9 7
9 DH Oscar Gamble* 27 137 470 408 75 121 22 2 31 83 1 2 54 54 .297 .386 .588 .974 162 240 3 6 1 1 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Lamar Johnson 26 118 401 374 52 113 12 5 18 65 1 1 24 53 .302 .342 .505 .847 128 189 15 0 0 3 3
11 C Brian Downing 26 69 214 169 28 48 4 2 4 25 1 2 34 21 .284 .402 .402 .804 121 68 3 2 5 4 0
12 3B Jack Brohamer* 27 59 179 152 26 39 10 3 2 20 0 0 21 8 .257 .347 .401 .748 104 61 1 1 3 2 4
13 UT Royle Stillman* 26 56 137 119 18 25 7 1 3 13 2 1 17 21 .210 .307 .361 .668 82 43 1 0 0 1 1
14 MI Don Kessinger# 34 39 134 119 12 28 3 2 0 11 2 1 13 7 .235 .308 .294 .602 66 35 3 0 1 1 2
15 RF Wayne Nordhagen 28 52 128 124 16 39 7 3 4 22 1 0 2 12 .315 .323 .516 .839 125 64 3 0 1 1 0
16 OF Bob Coluccio 25 20 45 37 4 10 0 0 0 7 0 2 6 2 .270 .356 .270 .626 74 10 1 0 0 2 0
17 UT Kevin Bell 21 9 32 28 4 5 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 8 .179 .250 .321 .571 55 9 0 0 0 1 0
18 OF Jerry Hairston# 25 13 31 26 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 7 .308 .419 .385 .804 122 10 2 0 0 0 0
19 UT Tim Nordbrook 27 15 29 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 .250 .429 .250 .679 91 5 0 0 1 1 0
20 C Bill Nahorodny 23 7 26 23 3 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .261 .308 .435 .742 100 10 1 0 0 1 0
21 OF Henry Cruz* 25 16 22 21 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 3 .286 .318 .571 .890 137 12 0 0 0 0 1
22 1B Mike Squires* 25 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 UT John Flannery 20 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 RF Bob Molinaro* 27 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 175 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 LF Tommy Cruz* 26 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Nyls Nyman* 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
27 P Larry Anderson 24 0 0 0 0
28 P Dave Frost 24 0 0 0 0
29 P Randy Wiles* 25 0 0 0 0
30 P Chris Knapp 23 0 0 0 0
31 P Ken Brett* 28 0 0 0 0
32 P Don Kirkwood 27 0 0 0 0
33 P John Verhoeven 23 0 0 0 0
34 P Steve Stone 29 0 0 0 0
35 P Wilbur Wood 35 0 0 0 0
36 P Bruce Dal Canton 35 0 0 0 0
37 P Ken Kravec* 25 0 0 0 0
38 P Steve Renko 32 0 0 0 0
39 P Silvio Martinez 21 0 0 0 0
40 P Bart Johnson 27 0 0 0 0
41 P Clay Carroll 36 0 0 0 0
42 P Lerrin LaGrow 28 0 0 0 0
43 P Dave Hamilton* 29 0 0 0 0
44 P Francisco Barrios 24 0 0 0 0
45 P Jack Kucek 24 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.8 162 6322 5633 844 1568 254 52 192 809 42 44 559 666 .278 .344 .444 .788 114 2502 120 34 33 63 46
Rank in 14 AL teams 2 3 3 7 4 2 14 14 4 14 4 2 2 2 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Francisco Barrios 24 14 7 .667 4.12 33 31 1 9 0 0 231.1 241 117 106 22 58 1 119 5 0 4 982 100 1.293 9.4 0.9 2.3 4.6 2.05
2 SP Steve Stone 29 15 12 .556 4.51 31 31 0 8 0 0 207.1 228 115 104 25 80 3 124 5 1 10 917 91 1.486 9.9 1.1 3.5 5.4 1.55
3 SP Ken Kravec* 25 11 8 .579 4.10 26 25 0 6 1 0 166.2 161 87 76 12 57 0 125 6 1 4 718 100 1.308 8.7 0.6 3.1 6.8 2.19
4 SP Chris Knapp 23 12 7 .632 4.80 27 26 1 4 0 0 146.1 166 90 78 16 61 1 103 7 0 1 664 86 1.551 10.2 1.0 3.8 6.3 1.69
5 SP Wilbur Wood* 35 7 8 .467 4.99 24 18 2 5 1 0 122.2 139 75 68 10 50 0 42 10 0 0 548 82 1.541 10.2 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.84
6 SP Ken Brett* 28 6 4 .600 5.01 13 13 0 2 0 0 82.2 101 47 46 10 15 0 39 1 1 2 352 82 1.403 11.0 1.1 1.6 4.2 2.60
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Lerrin LaGrow 28 7 3 .700 2.46 66 0 49 0 0 25 98.2 81 32 27 10 35 3 63 1 0 6 400 167 1.176 7.4 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.80
8 RP Bart Johnson 27 4 5 .444 4.01 29 4 11 0 0 2 92.0 114 48 41 5 38 3 46 2 0 3 426 103 1.652 11.2 0.5 3.7 4.5 1.21
9 RP Dave Hamilton* 29 4 5 .444 3.61 55 0 21 0 0 9 67.1 71 33 27 6 33 4 45 0 0 2 307 114 1.545 9.5 0.8 4.4 6.0 1.36
10 RP Don Kirkwood 27 1 1 .500 5.18 16 0 13 0 0 0 40.0 49 27 23 3 10 2 24 1 0 5 175 79 1.475 11.0 0.7 2.3 5.4 2.40
11 RP Silvio Martinez 21 0 1 .000 5.57 10 0 3 0 0 1 21.0 28 14 13 4 12 2 10 0 0 0 99 74 1.905 12.0 1.7 5.1 4.3 0.83
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Steve Renko 32 5 0 1.000 3.54 8 8 0 0 0 0 53.1 55 23 21 3 17 0 36 1 0 0 223 116 1.350 9.3 0.5 2.9 6.1 2.12
13 Jack Kucek 24 0 1 .000 3.63 8 3 4 0 0 0 34.2 35 20 14 4 10 0 25 2 0 1 148 113 1.298 9.1 1.0 2.6 6.5 2.50
14 Bruce Dal Canton 35 0 2 .000 3.75 8 0 5 0 0 2 24.0 20 11 10 1 13 0 9 0 0 1 101 110 1.375 7.5 0.4 4.9 3.4 0.69
15 Dave Frost 24 1 1 .500 3.04 4 3 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 9 8 0 3 0 15 1 0 0 101 135 1.394 11.4 0.0 1.1 5.7 5.00
16 Clay Carroll 36 1 3 .250 4.76 8 0 6 0 0 1 11.1 14 7 6 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 49 86 1.588 11.1 2.4 3.2 3.2 1.00
17 John Verhoeven 23 0 0 2.61 6 0 4 0 0 0 10.1 9 3 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 42 157 1.065 7.8 0.0 1.7 5.2 3.00
18 Larry Anderson 24 1 3 .250 9.35 6 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 10 10 9 1 15 4 7 0 0 4 54 44 2.885 10.4 1.0 15.6 7.3 0.47
19 Randy Wiles* 25 1 1 .500 10.12 5 0 4 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 16 41 3.000 16.9 3.4 10.1 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.2 90 72 .556 4.25 162 162 128 34 2 40 1444.2 1557 771 683 136 516 24 842 42 3 43 6322 97 1.435 9.7 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.63
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 9 10 12 11 2 7 14 11 10 4 8 11235
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Larry Anderson 24 6 0 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.17 P
Alan Bannister 25 140 136 1200.0 636 265 331 40 52 .937 -28.8 -28.8 -23.8 -11.2 -12.6 0 -5 4.47 4.26 SS-2B-LF-CF
Francisco Barrios 24 33 31 231.1 51 20 29 2 2 .961 1.91 1.48 P
Kevin Bell 21 10 9 77.1 35 12 21 2 7 .943 -1.2 -18.6 -1.2 0.1 -1.4 0 0 3.84 3.30 SS-3B-LF
Ken Brett 28 13 13 82.2 17 3 13 1 2 .941 1.74 1.23 P
Jack Brohamer 27 57 41 395.0 162 54 100 8 15 .951 -1.8 -5.5 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 3.51 2.70 3B-2B-DH
Clay Carroll 36 8 0 11.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.38 0.38 P
Bob Coluccio 25 20 10 108.1 29 28 1 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -22.2 -3.0 -2.5 -0.5 1 2.41 1.45 LF-CF-RF
Henry Cruz 25 9 3 38.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.6 -18.8 -0.6 -1.3 0.7 0 1.64 0.78 RF-CF-LF
Tommy Cruz 26 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 LF
Bruce Dal Canton 35 8 0 24.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.25 P
Brian Downing 26 66 54 477.1 359 325 28 6 5 .983 -2.8 -7.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 -2 6.66 5.35 1 6 51 22 30% C-LF-RF-DH
Jim Essian 26 113 104 927.1 664 593 62 9 8 .986 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 6.36 5.80 6 40 71 53 43% C-3B
John Flannery 20 6 1 11.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.1 10.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.09 0.83 SS-3B-DH
Dave Frost 24 4 3 23.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.90 1.25 P
Oscar Gamble 27 130 41 359.2 76 74 1 1 0 .987 -7.9 -26.4 -5.9 -2.3 -3.7 -2 1.88 0.58 RF-CF-LF-DH
Ralph Garr 31 128 123 1050.1 237 224 10 3 2 .987 -16.0 -18.3 -15.0 -4.9 -10.2 -1 2.01 1.83 LF-DH
Jerry Hairston 25 12 5 60.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -26.0 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 0 2.55 1.42 LF-CF
Dave Hamilton 29 55 0 67.1 15 4 10 1 1 .933 1.87 0.25 P
Bart Johnson 27 29 4 92.0 21 8 12 1 1 .952 1.96 0.69 P
Lamar Johnson 26 113 38 354.2 382 346 32 4 31 .990 -3.8 -12.9 -4.8 -2.9 -2.0 1 9.59 3.35 1B-DH
Don Kessinger 34 43 35 313.1 152 66 81 5 22 .967 -4.1 -15.7 -6.1 -3.2 -3.0 2 4.22 3.42 SS-2B-3B
Don Kirkwood 27 16 0 40.0 11 3 7 1 0 .909 2.25 0.63 P
Chris Knapp 23 27 26 146.1 29 8 19 2 1 .931 1.66 1.00 P
Ken Kravec 25 26 25 166.2 33 6 26 1 2 .970 1.73 1.23 P
Jack Kucek 24 8 3 34.2 16 7 8 1 0 .938 3.89 1.88 P
Lerrin LaGrow 28 66 0 98.2 23 5 17 1 2 .957 2.01 0.33 P
Chet Lemon 22 149 149 1301.2 533 509 12 12 2 .977 18.2 16.8 17.2 3.7 13.5 1 3.60 3.50 CF
Silvio Martinez 21 10 0 21.0 7 2 4 1 1 .857 2.57 0.60 P
Bob Molinaro 27 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 RF
Bill Nahorodny 23 7 7 63.0 35 29 6 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 0 0 6 2 25% C
Tim Nordbrook 27 14 7 72.1 40 17 17 6 3 .850 -2.8 -46.5 -2.8 -2.6 -0.1 0 4.23 2.43 SS-3B-DH
Wayne Nordhagen 28 54 27 275.1 56 50 1 5 3 .911 -8.7 -37.9 -5.7 -2.4 -3.3 -2 -1 1.67 0.94 0 1 2 0 0% RF-LF-C-CF-DH
Jorge Orta 26 139 136 1202.0 641 287 335 19 64 .970 -23.7 -23.7 -19.7 -10.2 -9.5 -4 4.66 4.47 2B
Steve Renko 32 8 8 53.1 14 7 6 1 0 .929 2.19 1.63 P
Eric Soderholm 28 129 124 1085.0 356 99 249 8 18 .978 1.3 1.4 1.3 -4.2 5.6 0 2.89 2.70 3B-DH
Jim Spencer 29 125 123 1078.0 1077 977 90 10 76 .991 -1.4 -1.6 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 -1 8.91 8.54 1B
Mike Squires 25 1 0 3.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 27.00 9.00 1B
Royle Stillman 26 41 14 164.0 47 46 0 1 0 .979 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 0 2.52 1.12 LF-RF-1B-DH
Steve Stone 29 31 31 207.1 41 5 34 2 2 .951 1.69 1.26 P
John Verhoeven 23 6 0 10.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.35 0.83 P
Randy Wiles 25 5 0 2.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.20 P
Wilbur Wood 35 24 18 122.2 36 3 33 0 1 1.000 2.64 1.50 P
Richie Zisk 28 138 109 931.1 224 211 9 4 3 .982 -8.8 -11.3 -9.8 -3.8 -6.1 1 2.13 1.59 RF-LF-DH
Team Totals 26.9 162 1458 13002.0 6115 4334 1622 159 329 .974 -94.7 -8.7 -83.7 -48.3 -35.8 -2 -7 -2 4.12 2.95 7 47 130 77 37%
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 14 12
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1976 / 1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics