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1978 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

71-90, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Lemon (34-40) and Larry Doby (37-50)
Scored 634 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-91

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 1,491,100 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1977 / 1979 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
Alan Bannister 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 3, 1951 5 49 25 49 25 0 0 0 2 0 8 8 7 0 15 19 13 7 -0.1 $
Francisco Barrios 25 R R 5' 11" 155 Jun 10, 1953 4 33 32 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Ross Baumgarten 23 L L 6' 1" 180 May 27, 1955 1st 7 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Kevin Bell 22 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 13, 1955 3 54 16 54 52 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 -0.2 $
Ron Blomberg 29 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1948 8 61 41 61 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 20 0 -0.3 $125,000
Bobby Bonds 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 15, 1946 11 26 25 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 3 1 0 0.3 $
Thad Bosley 21 L L 6' 3" 175 Sep 17, 1956 2 66 55 66 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 39 14 68 0 1 3 0.2 $
Jim Breazeale 28 L R 6' 2" 210 Oct 3, 1949 4 25 22 25 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 -0.3 $
Britt Burns 19 L L 6' 5" 215 Jun 8, 1959 1st 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Harry Chappas 20 B R 5' 7" 150 Oct 26, 1957 1st 20 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Mike Colbern 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 19, 1955 1st 48 40 48 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 $
Henry Cruz 26 L L 6' 0" 175 Feb 27, 1952 4 53 16 53 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 24 6 40 1 17 5 0.1 $
Mike Eden 29 B R 5' 10" 170 May 22, 1949 2 10 4 10 9 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.4 $
Marv Foley 24 L R 6' 0" 195 Aug 29, 1953 1st 11 9 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Ralph Garr 32 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1945 11 118 113 118 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 109 9 3 0 0.6 $
Joe Gates 23 L R 5' 7" 175 Oct 3, 1954 1st 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Rich Hinton 31 L L 6' 2" 185 May 22, 1947 5 29 4 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Lamar Johnson 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 2, 1950 5 148 129 148 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 14 0 1.1 $
Larry Johnson 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 17, 1950 5 3 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 $
Don Kessinger 35 B R 6' 1" 170 Jul 17, 1942 15 131 124 131 130 0 0 0 9 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.6 $
Ken Kravec 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1951 4 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Jack Kucek 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 8, 1953 5 10 5 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Lerrin LaGrow 29 R R 6' 5" 220 Jul 8, 1948 8 52 0 1 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Chet Lemon 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1955 4 105 102 105 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 11 95 10 3 0 4.4 $ All-Star
Bob Molinaro 28 L R 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1950 3 105 73 105 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 50 63 34 15 9 -0.3 $
Junior Moore 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 25, 1953 3 24 17 24 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 5 12 5 0 -0.1 $
Bill Nahorodny 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 31, 1953 3 107 102 107 106 0 104 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.1 $
Wayne Nordhagen 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 4, 1948 3 68 52 68 48 0 12 0 0 0 0 19 0 18 37 15 16 0 0.6 $
Jorge Orta 27 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 7 117 114 117 114 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1.2 $
Mike Proly 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 15, 1950 2 14 6 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Greg Pryor 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1949 2 82 61 82 81 0 0 0 35 21 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1.3 $
Ron Schueler 30 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 14, 1948 7 31 7 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.3 $
Eric Soderholm 29 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 7 143 135 143 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 0 2.5 $
Tom Spencer 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 28, 1951 1st 29 15 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 4 27 2 7 0 -0.5 $
Mike Squires 26 L L 5' 11" 185 Mar 5, 1952 3 46 41 46 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.8 $
Steve Stone 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Jul 14, 1947 8 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $110,000
Pablo Torrealba 30 L L 5' 10" 173 Apr 28, 1948 4 25 3 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Rusty Torres 29 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 30, 1948 7 16 11 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 8 17 1 2 2 0.6 $
Steve Trout 20 L L 6' 4" 195 Jul 30, 1957 1st 4 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Claudell Washington 23 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 31, 1954 5 86 78 86 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 61 86 1 5 0 -0.2 $
Jim Willoughby 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 31, 1949 8 59 0 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Wilbur Wood 36 R L 6' 0" 180 Oct 22, 1941 17 28 27 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $140,000
Rich Wortham 24 R L 6' 0" 185 Oct 22, 1953 1st 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Harry Chappas
Jim Breazeale
Larry Johnson
Bob Molinaro
Jorge Orta
Alan Bannister
Kevin Bell
Ron Blomberg
Don Kessinger

Eric Soderholm
Bill Nahorodny
Greg Pryor
Junior Moore
Claudell Washington
Mike Squires
Wayne Nordhagen
Rusty Torres

Thad Bosley
Lamar Johnson
Mike Proly
Bobby Bonds
Britt Burns
Tom Spencer
Jim Willoughby
Ken Kravec
Wilbur Wood
Mike Colbern
Don Kessinger

Joe Gates
Steve Stone
Steve Trout
Jim Willoughby
Pablo Torrealba
Lerrin LaGrow
Ron Schueler
Henry Cruz
Jim Willoughby

Britt Burns
Ross Baumgarten
Marv Foley
Chet Lemon
Francisco Barrios
Rich Hinton
Ralph Garr
Tom Spencer

Britt Burns
Rich Wortham
Jack Kucek
Mike Eden

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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