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1978 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Bill Nahorodny 24 107 380 347 29 82 11 2 8 35 1 0 23 52 .236 .285 .349 .633 77 121 5 2 4 4 0
2 1B Lamar Johnson 27 148 551 498 52 136 23 2 8 72 6 5 43 46 .273 .329 .376 .705 98 187 17 2 1 7 2
3 2B Jorge Orta* 27 117 477 420 45 115 19 2 13 53 1 2 42 39 .274 .340 .421 .762 113 177 9 4 4 7 3
4 SS Don Kessinger# 35 131 480 431 35 110 18 1 1 31 2 4 36 34 .255 .312 .309 .621 75 133 10 0 12 1 1
5 3B Eric Soderholm 29 143 510 457 57 118 17 1 20 67 2 2 39 44 .258 .318 .431 .749 108 197 13 4 3 7 2
6 LF Ralph Garr* 32 118 478 443 67 122 18 9 3 29 7 5 24 41 .275 .314 .377 .691 93 167 9 1 10 0 1
7 CF Chet Lemon 23 105 416 357 51 107 24 6 13 55 5 9 39 46 .300 .377 .510 .887 147 182 11 8 8 4 2
8 RF Claudell Washington* 23 86 333 314 33 83 16 5 6 31 5 5 12 57 .264 .290 .404 .694 93 127 7 1 2 4 2
9 DH Ron Blomberg* 29 61 169 156 16 36 7 0 5 22 0 0 11 17 .231 .280 .372 .652 82 58 1 0 1 1 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Bob Molinaro* 28 105 311 286 39 75 5 5 6 27 22 6 19 12 .262 .314 .378 .692 94 108 5 3 2 1 2
11 IF Greg Pryor 28 82 239 222 27 58 11 0 2 15 3 1 11 18 .261 .298 .338 .636 78 75 4 1 4 1 0
12 CF Thad Bosley* 21 66 236 219 25 59 5 1 2 13 12 11 13 32 .269 .308 .329 .636 79 72 4 0 2 2 1
13 UT Wayne Nordhagen 29 68 216 206 28 62 16 0 5 35 0 1 5 18 .301 .310 .451 .762 112 93 6 0 0 5 0
14 1B Mike Squires* 26 46 171 150 25 42 9 2 0 19 4 4 16 21 .280 .343 .367 .710 100 55 1 0 2 3 0
15 C Mike Colbern 23 48 146 141 11 38 5 1 2 20 0 1 1 36 .270 .281 .362 .643 79 51 1 2 0 2 0
16 DH Alan Bannister 26 49 119 107 16 24 3 2 0 8 3 3 11 12 .224 .303 .290 .592 67 31 2 1 0 0 1
17 RF Bobby Bonds 32 26 102 90 8 25 4 0 2 8 6 2 10 10 .278 .347 .389 .735 106 35 2 0 1 1 1
18 CF Henry Cruz* 26 53 89 77 13 17 2 1 2 10 0 1 8 11 .221 .292 .351 .643 80 27 2 1 0 3 0
19 SS Harry Chappas# 20 20 88 75 11 20 1 0 0 6 1 2 6 11 .267 .318 .280 .598 69 21 0 1 3 3 0
20 1B Jim Breazeale* 28 25 81 72 8 15 3 0 3 13 0 0 8 10 .208 .284 .375 .659 84 27 2 0 0 1 0
21 3B Kevin Bell 22 54 76 68 9 13 0 0 2 5 1 0 5 19 .191 .257 .279 .536 51 19 3 1 2 0 0
22 UT Junior Moore 25 24 71 65 8 19 0 1 0 4 1 1 6 7 .292 .352 .323 .675 91 21 4 0 0 0 0
23 CF Tom Spencer 27 29 67 65 3 12 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 9 .185 .209 .200 .409 16 13 1 0 0 0 0
24 OF Rusty Torres# 29 16 51 44 7 14 3 0 3 6 0 1 6 7 .318 .400 .591 .991 175 26 0 0 1 0 0
25 C Marv Foley* 24 11 38 34 3 12 0 0 0 6 0 1 4 6 .353 .421 .353 .774 120 12 1 0 0 0 0
26 2B Joe Gates* 23 8 30 24 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 .250 .379 .250 .629 80 6 1 1 1 0 0
27 MI Mike Eden# 29 10 21 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .118 .286 .118 .403 18 2 1 0 0 0 0
28 UT Larry Johnson 27 3 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
29 P Ross Baumgarten* 23 0 0 0 0
30 P Jim Willoughby 29 0 0 0 0
31 P Britt Burns* 19 0 0 0 0
32 P Steve Trout* 20 0 0 0 0
33 P Steve Stone 30 0 0 0 0
34 P Ron Schueler 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Rich Hinton* 31 0 0 0 0
36 P Wilbur Wood 36 0 0 0 0
37 P Ken Kravec* 26 0 0 0 0
38 P Rich Wortham 24 0 0 0 0
39 P Lerrin LaGrow 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Francisco Barrios 25 0 0 0 0
41 P Pablo Torrealba* 30 0 0 0 0
42 P Mike Proly 27 0 0 0 0
43 P Jack Kucek 25 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.2 161 5955 5393 634 1423 221 41 106 595 83 68 409 625 .264 .317 .379 .696 95 2044 122 33 63 57 20
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 11 7 10 5 8 10 5 14 14 7 11 8 10 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Steve Stone 30 12 12 .500 4.37 30 30 0 6 1 0 212.0 196 110 103 19 84 1 118 3 0 2 898 88 1.321 8.3 0.8 3.6 5.0 1.40
2 SP Ken Kravec* 26 11 16 .407 4.08 30 30 0 7 2 0 203.0 188 104 92 22 95 1 154 10 1 7 890 94 1.394 8.3 1.0 4.2 6.8 1.62
3 SP Francisco Barrios 25 9 15 .375 4.05 33 32 1 9 2 0 195.2 180 93 88 13 85 2 79 7 1 3 843 95 1.354 8.3 0.6 3.9 3.6 0.93
4 SP Wilbur Wood* 36 10 10 .500 5.20 28 27 1 4 0 0 168.0 187 103 97 23 74 1 69 3 0 9 753 74 1.554 10.0 1.2 4.0 3.7 0.93
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Lerrin LaGrow 29 6 5 .545 4.40 52 0 41 0 0 16 88.0 85 47 43 9 38 0 41 3 0 1 374 88 1.398 8.7 0.9 3.9 4.2 1.08
6 RP Jim Willoughby 29 1 6 .143 3.86 59 0 47 0 0 13 93.1 95 41 40 6 19 2 36 4 0 1 376 100 1.221 9.2 0.6 1.8 3.5 1.89
7 RP Ron Schueler 30 3 5 .375 4.30 30 7 6 0 0 0 81.2 76 50 39 10 39 2 39 7 0 4 361 90 1.408 8.4 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00
8 RP Rich Hinton* 31 2 6 .250 4.02 29 4 12 2 0 1 80.2 78 38 36 5 28 2 48 2 0 1 336 96 1.314 8.7 0.6 3.1 5.4 1.71
9 RP Pablo Torrealba* 30 2 4 .333 4.71 25 3 7 1 1 1 57.1 69 37 30 6 39 5 23 3 0 0 275 82 1.884 10.8 0.9 6.1 3.6 0.59
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Mike Proly 27 5 2 .714 2.74 14 6 3 2 0 1 65.2 63 24 20 4 12 0 19 0 0 0 266 141 1.142 8.6 0.5 1.6 2.6 1.58
11 Rich Wortham* 24 3 2 .600 3.05 8 8 0 2 0 0 59.0 59 24 20 1 23 0 25 0 0 8 248 126 1.390 9.0 0.2 3.5 3.8 1.09
12 Jack Kucek 25 2 3 .400 3.29 10 5 2 3 0 1 52.0 42 23 19 5 27 2 30 0 0 1 223 117 1.327 7.3 0.9 4.7 5.2 1.11
13 Ross Baumgarten* 23 2 2 .500 5.87 7 4 2 1 1 0 23.0 29 15 15 3 9 0 15 1 0 1 106 66 1.652 11.3 1.2 3.5 5.9 1.67
14 Steve Trout* 20 3 0 1.000 4.03 4 3 1 1 0 0 22.1 19 10 10 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 97 96 1.343 7.7 0.0 4.4 4.4 1.00
15 Britt Burns* 19 0 2 .000 12.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 14 12 11 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 41 30 2.217 16.4 2.3 3.5 3.5 1.00
Team Totals 28.5 71 90 .441 4.23 161 161 123 38 7 33 1409.1 1380 731 663 128 586 18 710 43 2 38 6087 91 1.395 8.8 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.21
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 4 12 10 10 2 13 4 12 12 10 12 10154
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Alan Bannister 26 44 14 127.0 51 33 16 2 3 .961 0.7 6.6 0.7 -0.6 1.4 0 0 3.47 1.11 CF-SS-LF-2B-DH
Francisco Barrios 25 33 32 195.2 57 19 38 0 0 1.000 2.62 1.73 P
Ross Baumgarten 23 7 4 23.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.78 0.29 P
Kevin Bell 22 53 16 212.0 92 23 64 5 6 .946 1.5 8.5 1.5 1.1 0.3 0 3.69 1.64 3B-DH
Ron Blomberg 29 43 7 59.0 74 70 3 1 2 .986 0.5 10.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 11.14 1.70 1B-DH
Bobby Bonds 32 25 22 185.2 45 40 3 2 1 .956 1.3 8.4 -1.7 -0.8 -1.0 3 2.08 1.72 RF-DH
Thad Bosley 21 68 55 478.0 161 154 3 4 0 .975 4.4 11.0 5.4 1.8 3.7 -1 2.96 2.31 CF-RF-LF
Jim Breazeale 28 23 19 138.0 128 124 3 1 10 .992 -1.3 -11.3 -1.3 -0.7 -0.6 0 8.28 5.52 1B-DH
Britt Burns 19 2 2 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 1.00 P
Harry Chappas 20 20 19 170.0 92 28 64 0 8 1.000 2.3 16.2 3.3 2.1 1.2 -1 4.87 4.60 SS
Mike Colbern 23 48 39 350.0 229 203 19 7 1 .969 -2.0 -6.9 -2 5.71 4.63 1 11 27 16 37% C-DH
Henry Cruz 26 41 16 196.0 58 55 3 0 2 1.000 1.0 6.1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 1 2.66 1.41 CF-RF-LF-DH
Mike Eden 29 9 4 47.0 29 14 13 2 5 .931 -1.8 -46.0 -1.8 -1.1 -0.7 0 5.17 3.00 SS-2B
Marv Foley 24 10 9 79.0 48 41 4 3 0 .938 -3.0 -45.6 -3 5.13 4.50 0 4 13 3 19% C
Ralph Garr 32 118 106 881.0 220 205 6 9 2 .959 -3.7 -5.0 -2.7 -5.1 2.5 -1 2.16 1.79 LF-DH
Joe Gates 23 8 8 70.0 36 9 26 1 4 .972 1.8 30.9 1.8 2.0 -0.2 0 4.50 4.38 2B
Rich Hinton 31 29 4 80.2 12 3 8 1 0 .917 1.23 0.38 P
Larry Johnson 27 3 1 11.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 0.0 0.0 0 4.91 2.00 0 0 3 2 40% C-DH
Lamar Johnson 27 144 93 838.0 966 887 71 8 74 .992 3.7 5.3 2.7 -1.1 3.8 1 10.29 6.65 1B-DH
Don Kessinger 35 132 124 1059.1 531 183 335 13 62 .976 -7.8 -8.8 -3.8 -2.3 -1.5 -4 4.40 3.92 SS-2B
Ken Kravec 26 30 30 203.0 35 7 25 3 1 .914 1.42 1.07 P
Jack Kucek 25 10 5 52.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.90 P
Lerrin LaGrow 29 52 0 88.0 25 4 20 1 3 .960 2.45 0.46 P
Chet Lemon 23 105 94 778.2 294 282 7 5 2 .983 12.9 19.9 11.9 6.4 5.5 1 3.34 2.75 CF-RF-DH
Bob Molinaro 28 95 46 415.2 92 90 2 0 0 1.000 -4.9 -14.1 -2.9 -2.5 -0.4 -2 1.99 0.97 RF-LF-CF-DH
Junior Moore 25 23 8 65.0 23 12 9 2 0 .913 -0.6 -11.1 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 0 0 2.91 0.91 3B-LF-DH
Bill Nahorodny 24 109 101 879.1 575 509 55 11 6 .981 -3.9 -5.3 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 -5 5.77 5.17 5 21 79 31 28% C-1B-DH
Wayne Nordhagen 29 65 41 351.1 105 87 12 6 2 .943 -6.0 -20.5 -4.0 -2.1 -1.8 -1 -1 2.54 1.52 7 4 7 8 53% RF-LF-C-DH
Jorge Orta 27 116 114 974.1 574 275 290 9 62 .984 -14.0 -17.2 -10.0 -6.6 -3.4 -4 5.22 4.87 2B-DH
Mike Proly 27 14 6 65.2 12 1 10 1 0 .917 1.51 0.79 P
Greg Pryor 28 83 61 586.0 313 100 202 11 31 .965 6.2 12.7 7.2 0.2 6.9 -1 4.64 3.64 2B-SS-3B
Ron Schueler 30 31 7 81.2 19 5 13 1 1 .947 1.98 0.58 P-DH
Eric Soderholm 29 140 127 1022.1 391 128 249 14 17 .964 1.6 1.9 1.6 4.7 -3.1 0 3.32 2.69 3B-DH-2B
Tom Spencer 27 29 15 152.2 50 48 2 0 0 1.000 1.1 8.6 0.1 -0.3 0.5 1 2.95 1.72 CF-RF-LF-DH
Mike Squires 26 45 41 360.1 382 361 20 1 29 .997 1.9 6.3 1.9 -0.5 2.4 0 9.52 8.47 1B
Steve Stone 30 30 30 212.0 44 12 28 4 1 .909 1.70 1.33 P
Pablo Torrealba 30 25 3 57.1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.94 0.24 P
Rusty Torres 29 17 11 105.0 28 27 0 1 0 .964 0.7 8.0 1.7 2.0 -0.3 -1 2.31 1.59 RF-CF-LF
Steve Trout 20 4 3 22.1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.21 0.75 P
Claudell Washington 23 87 77 683.0 177 164 6 7 0 .960 -2.3 -4.0 -1.3 1.5 -2.8 -1 2.24 1.95 RF-LF-CF-DH
Jim Willoughby 29 59 0 93.1 31 11 19 1 3 .968 2.89 0.51 P
Wilbur Wood 36 28 27 168.0 42 2 40 0 1 1.000 2.25 1.50 P
Rich Wortham 24 8 8 59.0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.37 1.13 P
Team Totals 27.4 161 1449 12684.0 6082 4228 1715 139 340 .977 -9.7 -0.9 11.3 -1.1 12.6 -1 -9 -11 4.22 2.90 13 40 129 60 32%
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 14 8
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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