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1978 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
71-90, Finished 5th in AL West
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Scored 634 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-91
Manager: Bob Lemon (34-40) and Larry Doby (37-50)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Alan Bannister 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 3, 1951 5 49 25 49 25 0 0 0 2 0 8 8 7 0 15 11 13 7
Francisco Barrios 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 10, 1953 4 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Baumgarten 23 L L 6' 1" 180 May 27, 1955 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 2 13
Ron Blomberg 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Aug 23, 1948 8 61 41 61 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 20 0
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
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 64 0 1 3
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 3 3 0
Britt Burns 19 L L 6' 5" 218 Jun 8, 1959 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Chappas 20 B R 5' 3" 150 Oct 26, 1957 1st 20 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 0 17 5
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
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
Ralph Garr 32 L R 5' 11" 197 Dec 12, 1945 11 118 113 118 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 109 7 3 0
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
Rich Hinton 31 L L 6' 2" 185 May 22, 1947 5 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamar Johnson 27 R R 6' 2" 225 Sep 2, 1950 5 148 129 148 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 14 0
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
Don Kessinger 35 B R 6' 1" 175 Jul 17, 1942 15 131 124 131 130 0 0 0 9 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ken Kravec 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1951 4 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Kucek 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 8, 1953 5 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Chet Lemon 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 12, 1955 4 105 102 105 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 11 95 8 3 0 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 62 27 15 9
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 9 5 0
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
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 36 11 16 0
Jorge Orta 27 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 26, 1950 7 117 114 117 114 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Mike Proly 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 15, 1950 2 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Pryor 28 R R 6' 0" 186 Oct 2, 1949 2 82 61 82 81 0 0 0 35 21 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Ron Schueler 30 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 18, 1948 7 31 0 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 8 7 0
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 0 7 0
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
Steve Stone 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Jul 14, 1947 8 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pablo Torrealba 30 L L 5' 9" 175 Apr 28, 1948 4 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rusty Torres 29 B R 5' 10" 180 Sep 30, 1948 7 16 11 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 8 14 0 2 2
Steve Trout 20 L L 6' 4" 195 Jul 30, 1957 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 82 1 5 0
Jim Willoughby 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 31, 1949 8 59 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilbur Wood 36 R L 6' 0" 180 Oct 22, 1941 17 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Wortham 24 R L 6' 0" 185 Oct 22, 1953 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

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