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1978 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
71-90, Finished 5th in AL Western Division
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Scored 634 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-91
Managed by Bob Lemon and Larry Doby

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 Stats (1977/1979) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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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   Bill Nahorodny      24  107  347   29   82  11  2   8   35  23   52  .236  .285  .349   1   0   5   2   4   4   0   77
1B  Lamar Johnson       27  148  498   52  136  23  2   8   72  43   46  .273  .329  .376   6   5  17   2   1   7   2   98
2B *Jorge Orta          27  117  420   45  115  19  2  13   53  42   39  .274  .340  .421   1   2   9   4   4   7   3  113
3B  Eric Soderholm      29  143  457   57  118  17  1  20   67  39   44  .258  .318  .431   2   2  13   4   3   7   2  108
SS #Don Kessinger       35  131  431   35  110  18  1   1   31  36   34  .255  .312  .309   2   4  10   0  12   1   1   75
LF *Ralph Garr          32  118  443   67  122  18  9   3   29  24   41  .275  .314  .377   7   5   9   1  10   0   1   93
CF  Chet Lemon          23  105  357   51  107  24  6  13   55  39   46  .300  .377  .510   5   9  11   8   8   4   2  147
RF *Claudell Washington 23   86  314   33   83  16  5   6   31  12   57  .264  .290  .404   5   5   7   1   2   4   2   93
DH *Ron Blomberg        29   61  156   16   36   7  0   5   22  11   17  .231  .280  .372   0   0   1   0   1   1   2   82
   *Bob Molinaro        28  105  286   39   75   5  5   6   27  19   12  .262  .314  .378  22   6   5   3   2   1   2   94
    Greg Pryor          28   82  222   27   58  11  0   2   15  11   18  .261  .298  .338   3   1   4   1   4   1   0   78
   *Thad Bosley         21   66  219   25   59   5  1   2   13  13   32  .269  .308  .329  12  11   4   0   2   2   1   79
    Wayne Nordhagen     29   68  206   28   62  16  0   5   35   5   18  .301  .310  .451   0   1   6   0   0   5   0  112
   *Mike Squires        26   46  150   25   42   9  2   0   19  16   21  .280  .343  .367   4   4   1   0   2   3   0  100
    Mike Colbern        23   48  141   11   38   5  1   2   20   1   36  .270  .281  .362   0   1   1   2   0   2   0   79
    Alan Bannister      26   49  107   16   24   3  2   0    8  11   12  .224  .303  .290   3   3   2   1   0   0   1   67
    Bobby Bonds         32   26   90    8   25   4  0   2    8  10   10  .278  .347  .389   6   2   2   0   1   1   1  106
   *Henry Cruz          26   53   77   13   17   2  1   2   10   8   11  .221  .292  .351   0   1   2   1   0   3   0   80
   #Harry Chappas       20   20   75   11   20   1  0   0    6   6   11  .267  .318  .280   1   2   0   1   3   3   0   69
   *Jim Breazeale       28   25   72    8   15   3  0   3   13   8   10  .208  .284  .375   0   0   2   0   0   1   0   84
    Kevin Bell          22   54   68    9   13   0  0   2    5   5   19  .191  .257  .279   1   0   3   1   2   0   0   51
    Junior Moore        25   24   65    8   19   0  1   0    4   6    7  .292  .352  .323   1   1   4   0   0   0   0   91
    Tom Spencer         27   29   65    3   12   1  0   0    4   2    9  .185  .209  .200   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   16
   #Rusty Torres        29   16   44    7   14   3  0   3    6   6    7  .318  .400  .591   0   1   0   0   1   0   0  175
   *Marv Foley          24   11   34    3   12   0  0   0    6   4    6  .353  .421  .353   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  120
   *Joe Gates           23    8   24    6    6   0  0   0    1   4    6  .250  .379  .250   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   80
   #Mike Eden           29   10   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   4    0  .118  .286  .118   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   18
    Larry Johnson       27    3    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0

    Ron Schueler        30   31    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3  161 5393  634 1423 221 41 106  595 409  625  .264  .316  .379  83  68 122  33  63  57  20   95
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10   11    7  10  5   8       14   14     7    11     8  10   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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   25  33   4.05   9  15  0  32   1   9   2  195.7  180   93   88  13   85   79  843   3   7  1   2  95
SP *Ken Kravec          26  30   4.08  11  16  0  30   0   7   2  203.0  188  104   92  22   95  154  890   7  10  1   1  94
SP  Steve Stone         30  30   4.37  12  12  0  30   0   6   1  212.0  196  110  103  19   84  118  898   2   3  0   1  88
SP *Wilbur Wood         36  28   5.20  10  10  0  27   1   4   0  168.0  187  103   97  23   74   69  753   9   3  0   1  74
SP *Rich Wortham        24   8   3.05   3   2  0   8   0   2   0   59.0   59   24   20   1   23   25  248   8   0  0   0 126

CL  Lerrin LaGrow       29  52   4.40   6   5 16   0  41   0   0   88.0   85   47   43   9   38   41  374   1   3  0   0  88
RP  Jim Willoughby      29  59   3.86   1   6 13   0  47   0   0   93.3   95   41   40   6   19   36  376   1   4  0   2 100
RP *Rich Hinton         31  29   4.02   2   6  1   4  12   2   0   80.7   78   38   36   5   28   48  336   1   2  0   2  96
RP  Ron Schueler        30  30   4.30   3   5  0   7   6   0   0   81.7   76   50   39  10   39   39  361   4   7  0   2  90
RP *Pablo Torrealba     30  25   4.71   2   4  1   3   7   1   1   57.3   69   37   30   6   39   23  275   0   3  0   5  82

    Mike Proly          27  14   2.74   5   2  1   6   3   2   0   65.7   63   24   20   4   12   19  266   0   0  0   0 141
    Jack Kucek          25  10   3.29   2   3  1   5   2   3   0   52.0   42   23   19   5   27   30  223   1   0  0   2 117
   *Ross Baumgarten     23   7   5.87   2   2  0   4   2   1   1   23.0   29   15   15   3    9   15  106   1   1  0   0  66
   *Steve Trout         20   4   4.03   3   0  0   3   1   1   0   22.3   19   10   10   0   11   11   97   0   0  0   0  96
   *Britt Burns         19   2  12.91   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    7.7   14   12   11   2    3    3   41   0   0  0   0  30
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5 161   4.21  71  90 33 161 123  38   9 1409.0 1380  731  659 128  586  710 6087  38  43  2  18  91
    Rank among 14 AL teams         12  10   4  2          10  10     13    4   12       10   12    8

    * - 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
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
BNahorodny   865 100 104  486   53  11   6  .980   5  21  79  31
MColbern     350  39  47  203   19   7   1  .969   1  11  27  16
WNordhagen   104  12  12   41   10   3   1  .944   7   4   7   8
MFoley        79   9  10   41    4   3   0  .937   0   4  13   3
LJohnson      11   1   2    5    1   1   0  .857   0   0   3   2
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1409 161 161  776   87  25   8  .972  13  40 129  60
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *10.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LJohnson     838  93 108  887   71   8  74  .992 10.29
MSquires     360  41  45  361   20   1  29  .997  9.52
JBreazeale   138  19  19  124    3   1  10  .992  8.28
RBlomberg     59   7   7   70    3   1   2  .986 11.14
BNahorodny    14   1   4   23    2   0   0 1.000 16.07
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161 1465   99  11 115  .993  9.99
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *5.47
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JOrta        974 114 114  275  290   9  62  .984  5.22
GPryor       277  30  35   54   90   5  16  .966  4.68
JGates        70   8   8    9   26   1   4  .972  4.50
DKessinger    63   7   9   12   14   0   2 1.000  3.71
MEden         16   1   4    5    3   0   2 1.000  4.50
ABannister     9   1   2    3    2   1   0  .833  5.00
ESoderholm     0   0   1    0    4   0   0 1.000  4.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161  358  429  16  86  .980  5.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ESoderholm  1022 127 128  128  245  14  17  .964  3.28
KBell        212  16  52   23   64   5   6  .946  3.69
GPryor       138  13  20   12   48   2   6  .968  3.91
JMoore        37   5   6    4    8   2   0  .857  2.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161  167  365  23  29  .959  3.40
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .964 *4.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DKessinger   996 117 123  171  321  13  60  .974  4.44
GPryor       171  18  28   34   64   4   9  .961  5.16
HChappas     170  19  20   28   64   0   8 1.000  4.87
ABannister    41   4   8    9   14   1   3  .958  5.05
MEden         31   3   5    9   10   2   3  .905  5.52
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161  251  473  20  83  .973  4.62
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .974 *2.21
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RGarr        881 106 109  205    6   9   2  .959  2.16
WNordhagen   116  13  19   26    1   2   1  .931  2.09
CWashington  115  13  16   30    0   2   0  .937  2.34
BMolinaro     95  11  12   23    1   0   0 1.000  2.27
TBosley       85   8  15   29    0   2   0  .935  3.07
ABannister    31   3   8    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.74
JMoore        28   3   5    8    1   0   0 1.000  2.89
RTorres       23   3   4    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.96
HCruz         22   1  10    7    0   0   0 1.000  2.86
TSpencer      12   0   6    4    0   0   0 1.000  2.83
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161  343    9  15   3  .959  2.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *2.97
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CLemon       690  83  84  245    6   3   2  .988  3.27
TBosley      301  34  39  107    3   2   0  .982  3.29
HCruz        145  13  24   41    1   0   0 1.000  2.61
TSpencer     119  13  17   41    2   0   0 1.000  3.25
CWashington   73   9   9   28    1   0   0 1.000  3.58
ABannister    46   6   7   15    0   0   0 1.000  2.93
RTorres       33   3   5   11    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
BMolinaro      2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161  488   13   5   2  .990  3.20
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CWashington  494  55  61  106    5   5   0  .957  2.02
BMolinaro    318  35  50   67    1   0   0 1.000  1.92
BBonds       185  22  22   40    3   2   1  .956  2.08
WNordhagen   131  16  18   20    1   1   0  .955  1.44
TBosley       92  13  14   18    0   0   0 1.000  1.76
CLemon        88  11  11   37    1   2   0  .950  3.87
RTorres       49   5   8   11    0   1   0  .917  2.02
HCruz         29   2   6    7    2   0   2 1.000  2.79
TSpencer      21   2   4    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.29
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161  309   13  11   3  .967  2.06
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.47  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
RGarr        881 106 109  205    5   9   2  .959  2.15
CLemon       778  94  95  284    8   5   2  .983  3.37
CWashington  683  77  82  159    6   7   0  .959  2.17
TBosley      478  55  64  155    3   4   0  .975  2.97
BMolinaro    415  46  62   88    2   0   0 1.000  1.95
WNordhagen   247  29  36   46    2   3   1  .941  1.75
HCruz        196  16  40   55    4   0   2 1.000  2.71
BBonds       185  22  22   40    3   2   1  .956  2.08
TSpencer     152  15  27   52    2   0   0 1.000  3.18
RTorres      105  11  14   27    0   1   0  .964  2.31
ABannister    77   9  15   22    0   0   0 1.000  2.57
JMoore        28   3   5    8    1   0   0 1.000  2.89
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1409 161 161 1141   36  31   8  .974  2.51 161 161 161
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *1.90
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
SStone       212  30  30   12   28   4   1  .909  1.70
KKravec      203  30  30    7   25   3   1  .914  1.42
FBarrios     195  32  33   19   38   0   0 1.000  2.62
WWood        168  27  28    2   40   0   1 1.000  2.25
JWilloughby   93   0  59   11   19   1   3  .968  2.89
LLaGrow       88   0  52    4   20   1   3  .960  2.45
RSchueler     81   7  30    5   13   1   1  .947  1.98
RHinton       80   4  29    3    8   1   0  .917  1.23
MProly        65   6  14    1   10   1   0  .917  1.51
RWortham      59   8   8    0    9   0   0 1.000  1.37
PTorrealba    57   3  25    2    4   1   0  .857  0.94
JKucek        52   5  10    4    5   0   0 1.000  1.56
RBaumgarten   23   4   7    0    2   0   0 1.000  0.78
STrout        22   3   4    0    3   0   1 1.000  1.21
BBurns         7   2   2    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.34
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1409 161 161   70  226  13  11  .958  1.89
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
RBlomberg     36
LJohnson      36
BMolinaro     32
ABannister    19
WNordhagen    16
JMoore        12
ESoderholm    11
CLemon        10
RGarr          9
JBreazeale     4
BBonds         3
JOrta          2
TSpencer       2
KBell          1
MColbern       1
HCruz          1
LJohnson       1
BNahorodny     1
RSchueler      1
CWashington    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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageJohnson.273
On-base %Johnson.329
Slugging %Soderholm.431
OPSSoderholm.749
GamesJohnson148
At BatsJohnson498
Plate Appearances (approx.)Johnson551
RunsGarr67
HitsJohnson136
Total BasesSoderholm197
DoublesLemon24
TriplesGarr9
Home RunsSoderholm20
RBIJohnson72
Bases on BallsJohnson43
StrikeoutsWashington57
Stolen BasesMolinaro22
SinglesJohnson103
Adjusted OPS+Soderholm108
Runs CreatedLemon65
Adjusted Batting RunsLemon23
Batting WinsLemon2.3
Extra-Base HitsLemon43
Times on BaseJohnson181
Offensive Win%Soderholm.517
Hit By PitchLemon8
Sac. HitsKessinger12
Sac. FliesJohnson, Orta, and Soderholm7
Intentional WalksOrta3
Grounded into Double PlaysJohnson17
Caught StealingBosley11
Power/Speed NumberMolinaro9.4
At Bats per StrikeoutJohnson10.8
At Bats per Home RunSoderholm22.9
OutsJohnson392

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERABarrios4.05
WinsStone12
Won-Loss %Stone and Wood.500
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Stone1.321
Hits Allowed/9IPBarrios8.28
Bases on Balls/9IPStone3.57
Strikeouts/9IPKravec6.83
GamesWilloughby59
SavesLaGrow16
InningsStone212.0
StrikeoutsKravec154
Games StartedBarrios32
Comp. GamesBarrios9
ShutoutsBarrios and Kravec2
Home Runs Allow.Wood23
Bases On Balls Allow.Kravec95
Hits AllowedStone196
SO to WalkKravec1.62
LossesKravec16
Earned Runs Allow.Stone103
Wild PitchesWood9
Hit BatsmenKravec10
Batters FacedStone898
Games FinishedWilloughby47
Adjusted ERA+Barrios95

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