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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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| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |