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1977 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978)
90-72, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
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Scored 844 runs, Allowed 771 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Managed by Bob Lemon

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,657,135 (5th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
  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   Jim Essian          26  114  322   50   88  18  2  10   44  52   35  .273  .374  .435   1   4   9   1   4   2   1  121
1B *Jim Spencer         29  128  470   56  116  16  1  18   69  36   50  .247  .300  .400   1   2  11   2   2   5  11   90
2B *Jorge Orta          26  144  564   71  159  27  8  11   84  46   49  .282  .334  .417   4   4  12   2   2   7   3  104
3B  Eric Soderholm      28  130  460   77  129  20  3  25   67  47   47  .280  .350  .500   2   4  15   4   2   3   5  129
SS  Alan Bannister      25  139  560   87  154  20  3   3   57  54   49  .275  .335  .338   4   3  11   2   3  11   1   85
LF *Ralph Garr          31  134  543   78  163  29  7  10   54  27   44  .300  .333  .435  12   7   7   0   3   1   4  108
CF  Chet Lemon          22  150  553   99  151  38  4  19   67  52   88  .273  .343  .459   8   7   7  11   4   7   1  117
RF  Richie Zisk         28  141  531   78  154  17  6  30  101  55   98  .290  .355  .514   0   4  15   3   1   9   7  134
DH *Oscar Gamble        27  137  408   75  121  22  2  31   83  54   54  .297  .386  .588   1   2   3   6   1   1   2  162
    Lamar Johnson       26  118  374   52  113  12  5  18   65  24   53  .302  .342  .505   1   1  15   0   0   3   3  128
    Brian Downing       26   69  169   28   48   4  2   4   25  34   21  .284  .402  .402   1   2   3   2   5   4   0  121
   *Jack Brohamer       27   59  152   26   39  10  3   2   20  21    8  .257  .347  .401   0   0   1   1   3   2   4  104
    Wayne Nordhagen     28   52  124   16   39   7  3   4   22   2   12  .315  .323  .516   1   0   3   0   1   1   0  125
   #Don Kessinger       34   39  119   12   28   3  2   0   11  13    7  .235  .308  .294   2   1   3   0   1   1   2   66
   *Royle Stillman      26   56  119   18   25   7  1   3   13  17   21  .210  .307  .361   2   1   1   0   0   1   1   82
    Bob Coluccio        25   20   37    4   10   0  0   0    7   6    2  .270  .356  .270   0   2   1   0   0   2   0   74
    Kevin Bell          21    9   28    4    5   1  0   1    6   3    8  .179  .250  .321   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   55
   #Jerry Hairston      25   13   26    3    8   2  0   0    4   5    7  .308  .419  .385   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  122
    Bill Nahorodny      23    7   23    3    6   1  0   1    4   2    3  .261  .308  .435   0   0   1   0   0   1   0  100
   *Henry Cruz          25   16   21    3    6   0  0   2    5   1    3  .286  .318  .571   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  137
    Tim Nordbrook       27   15   20    2    5   0  0   0    1   7    4  .250  .429  .250   1   0   0   0   1   1   0   91
   *Mike Squires        25    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Tommy Cruz          26    4    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Flannery       20    7    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    1
   *Bob Molinaro        27    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  175
   *Nyls Nyman          23    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9  162 5633  844 1568 254 52 192  809 559  666  .278  .344  .444  42  44 120  34  33  63  46  114
    Rank among 14 AL teams         2    3    3   7  4   2        4   14     4     2     2  14  14                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Francisco Barrios   24  33   4.12  14   7  0  31   1   9   0  231.3  241  117  106  22   58  119  982   4   5  0   1 100
SP  Steve Stone         29  31   4.51  15  12  0  31   0   8   0  207.3  228  115  104  25   80  124  917  10   5  1   3  91
SP  Chris Knapp         23  27   4.80  12   7  0  26   1   4   0  146.3  166   90   78  16   61  103  664   1   7  0   1  86
SP *Ken Kravec          25  26   4.10  11   8  0  25   0   6   1  166.7  161   87   76  12   57  125  718   4   6  1   0 100
SP *Wilbur Wood         35  24   4.99   7   8  0  18   2   5   1  122.7  139   75   68  10   50   42  548   0  10  0   0  82
SP *Ken Brett           28  13   5.01   6   4  0  13   0   2   0   82.7  101   47   46  10   15   39  352   2   1  1   0  82
SP  Steve Renko         32   8   3.54   5   0  0   8   0   0   0   53.3   55   23   21   3   17   36  223   0   1  0   0 116

CL  Lerrin LaGrow       28  66   2.46   7   3 25   0  49   0   0   98.7   81   32   27  10   35   63  400   6   1  0   3 167
RP *Dave Hamilton       29  55   3.61   4   5  9   0  21   0   0   67.3   71   33   27   6   33   45  307   2   0  0   4 114
RP  Bart Johnson        27  29   4.01   4   5  2   4  11   0   0   92.0  114   48   41   5   38   46  426   3   2  0   3 103
RP  Don Kirkwood        27  16   5.18   1   1  0   0  13   0   0   40.0   49   27   23   3   10   24  175   5   1  0   2  79
RP  Silvio Martinez     21  10   5.57   0   1  1   0   3   0   0   21.0   28   14   13   4   12   10   99   0   0  0   2  74

    Jack Kucek          24   8   3.63   0   1  0   3   4   0   0   34.7   35   20   14   4   10   25  148   1   2  0   0 113
    Bruce Dal Canton    35   8   3.75   0   2  2   0   5   0   0   24.0   20   11   10   1   13    9  101   1   0  0   0 110
    Dave Frost          24   4   3.04   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   23.7   30    9    8   0    3   15  101   0   1  0   0 135
    Clay Carroll        36   8   4.76   1   3  1   0   6   0   0   11.3   14    7    6   3    4    4   49   0   0  0   0  86
    John Verhoeven      23   6   2.61   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   10.3    9    3    3   0    2    6   42   0   0  0   0 157
    Larry Anderson      24   6   9.35   1   3  0   0   4   0   0    8.7   10   10    9   1   15    7   54   4   0  0   4  44
   *Randy Wiles         25   5  10.13   1   1  0   0   4   0   0    2.7    5    3    3   1    3    0   16   0   0  0   1  41
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 162   4.25  90  72 40 162 128  34   3 1444.0 1557  771  682 136  516  842 6322  43  42  3  24  97
    Rank among 14 AL teams         10   6   9  2          12  11      7   14   11        4    8    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JEssian 924 104 111 592 62 9 8 .986 6 40 71 53 BDowning 454 51 61 320 28 6 5 .983 1 6 51 22 BNahorodny 63 7 7 29 6 0 2 1.000 0 0 6 2 WNordhagen 3 0 3 2 0 2 2 .500 0 1 2 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 943 96 17 17 .984 7 47 130 77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *10.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JSpencer 1078 123 125 977 90 10 76 .991 8.91 LJohnson 354 38 45 346 32 4 31 .990 9.59 RStillman 9 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 MSquires 3 0 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 27.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 1336 123 14 107 .990 9.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JOrta 1202 136 139 287 335 19 64 .970 4.66 JBrohamer 123 12 18 29 29 0 6 1.000 4.22 DKessinger 95 11 13 27 27 0 10 1.000 5.12 ABannister 24 3 3 3 5 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 346 396 19 81 .975 4.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESoderholm 1085 124 126 99 249 8 18 .978 2.89 JBrohamer 271 29 38 25 71 8 9 .923 3.18 DKessinger 57 6 9 7 16 2 0 .920 3.61 KBell 26 3 4 4 8 0 2 1.000 4.15 JEssian 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JFlannery 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TNordbrook 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 136 344 18 29 .964 2.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABannister 1158 131 133 259 325 40 51 .936 4.54 DKessinger 161 18 21 32 38 3 12 .959 3.91 TNordbrook 71 7 11 17 17 6 3 .850 4.29 KBell 44 5 5 7 13 2 5 .909 4.06 JFlannery 10 1 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 316 397 51 72 .933 4.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGarr 1050 123 126 224 10 3 2 .987 2.01 RStillman 114 10 19 30 0 1 0 .968 2.37 WNordhagen 70 6 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 RZisk 62 7 8 21 0 1 0 .955 3.05 BColuccio 53 6 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 JHairston 33 3 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.18 OGamble 25 3 5 6 0 1 0 .857 2.16 BDowning 14 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 ABannister 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 KBell 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 TCruz 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 HCruz 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 321 12 6 2 .982 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CLemon 1301 149 149 509 12 12 2 .977 3.60 OGamble 54 6 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 BColuccio 49 4 8 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.39 JHairston 27 2 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 ABannister 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 HCruz 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.19 WNordhagen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 551 13 12 3 .979 3.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RZisk 869 102 102 190 9 3 3 .985 2.06 OGamble 280 32 39 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 WNordhagen 202 21 33 36 1 3 1 .925 1.65 RStillman 41 3 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 HCruz 32 3 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.41 BDowning 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BColuccio 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 BMolinaro 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 297 11 7 4 .978 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CLemon 1301 149 149 512 12 12 2 .978 3.62 RGarr 1050 123 126 225 10 3 2 .987 2.01 RZisk 931 109 109 210 9 4 3 .982 2.12 OGamble 359 41 49 73 1 1 0 .987 1.85 WNordhagen 272 27 46 50 1 3 0 .944 1.69 RStillman 155 13 26 42 0 1 0 .977 2.44 BColuccio 108 10 19 28 1 0 1 1.000 2.41 JHairston 60 5 11 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 HCruz 38 3 9 5 0 1 0 .833 1.17 BDowning 23 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 ABannister 18 2 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 KBell 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 BMolinaro 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 TCruz 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1444 162 162 1171 36 25 8 .980 2.51 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FBarrios 231 31 33 20 29 2 2 .961 1.91 SStone 207 31 31 5 34 2 2 .951 1.69 KKravec 166 25 26 6 26 1 2 .970 1.73 CKnapp 146 26 27 8 19 2 1 .931 1.66 WWood 122 18 24 3 33 0 1 1.000 2.64 LLaGrow 98 0 66 5 17 1 2 .957 2.01 BJohnson 92 4 29 8 12 1 1 .952 1.96 KBrett 82 13 13 3 13 1 2 .941 1.74 DHamilton 67 0 55 4 10 1 1 .933 1.87 SRenko 53 8 8 7 6 1 0 .929 2.20 DKirkwood 40 0 16 3 7 1 0 .909 2.25 JKucek 34 3 8 7 8 1 0 .937 3.89 BDal Canton 24 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 DFrost 23 3 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.90 SMartinez 21 0 10 2 4 1 1 .857 2.57 CCarroll 11 0 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.39 JVerhoeven 10 0 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.37 LAnderson 8 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 RWiles 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1444 162 162 86 230 15 15 .955 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- OGamble 79 LJohnson 68 RZisk 28 RStillman 13 ESoderholm 3 BDowning 2 RGarr 2 TNordbrook 2 WNordhagen 2 JBrohamer 1 JFlannery 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.

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Batting Average Garr .300

On-base % Zisk .355

Slugging % Zisk .514

OPS Zisk .869

Games Lemon 150

At Bats Orta 564

Plate Appearances (approx.) Bannister 630

Runs Lemon 99

Hits Garr 163

Total Bases Zisk 273

Doubles Lemon 38

Triples Orta 8

Home Runs Gamble 31

RBI Zisk 101

Bases on Balls Zisk 55

Strikeouts Zisk 98

Stolen Bases Garr 12

Singles Bannister 128

Adjusted OPS+ Zisk 134

Runs Created Gamble 96

Adjusted Batting Runs Gamble 35

Batting Wins Gamble 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Lemon 61

Times on Base Lemon 214

Offensive Win% Zisk .630

Hit By Pitch Lemon 11

Sac. Hits Downing 5

Sac. Flies Bannister 11

Intentional Walks Spencer 11

Grounded into Double Plays Johnson, Soderholm, and Zisk 15

Caught Stealing Garr and Lemon 7

Power/Speed Number Lemon 11.3

At Bats per Strikeout Garr 12.3

At Bats per Home Run Zisk 17.7

Outs Bannister 434

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Kravec 4.10

Wins Stone 15

Won-Loss % Barrios .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Barrios 1.293

Hits Allowed/9IP Kravec 8.69

Bases on Balls/9IP Barrios 2.26

Strikeouts/9IP Kravec 6.75

Games LaGrow 66

Saves LaGrow 25

Innings Barrios 231.3

Strikeouts Kravec 125

Games Started Barrios and Stone 31

Comp. Games Barrios 9

Shutouts Kravec and Wood 1

Home Runs Allow. Stone 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Stone 80

Hits Allowed Barrios 241

SO to Walk Kravec 2.19

Losses Stone 12

Earned Runs Allow. Barrios 106

Wild Pitches Stone 10

Hit Batsmen Wood 10

Batters Faced Barrios 982

Games Finished LaGrow 49

Adjusted ERA+ Kravec and Barrios 100

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Richie Zisk (Starting LF)

1976/1978

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