1978 Chicago White Sox Statistics and Roster

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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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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.

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Batting Average Johnson .273

On-base % Johnson .329

Slugging % Soderholm .431

OPS Soderholm .749

Games Johnson 148

At Bats Johnson 498

Plate Appearances (approx.) Johnson 551

Runs Garr 67

Hits Johnson 136

Total Bases Soderholm 197

Doubles Lemon 24

Triples Garr 9

Home Runs Soderholm 20

RBI Johnson 72

Bases on Balls Johnson 43

Strikeouts Washington 57

Stolen Bases Molinaro 22

Singles Johnson 103

Adjusted OPS+ Soderholm 108

Runs Created Lemon 65

Adjusted Batting Runs Lemon 23

Batting Wins Lemon 2.3

Extra-Base Hits Lemon 43

Times on Base Johnson 181

Offensive Win% Soderholm .517

Hit By Pitch Lemon 8

Sac. Hits Kessinger 12

Sac. Flies Johnson, Orta, and Soderholm 7

Intentional Walks Orta 3

Grounded into Double Plays Johnson 17

Caught Stealing Bosley 11

Power/Speed Number Molinaro 9.4

At Bats per Strikeout Johnson 10.8

At Bats per Home Run Soderholm 22.9

Outs Johnson 392

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ERA Barrios 4.05

Wins Stone 12

Won-Loss % Stone and Wood .500

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Stone 1.321

Hits Allowed/9IP Barrios 8.28

Bases on Balls/9IP Stone 3.57

Strikeouts/9IP Kravec 6.83

Games Willoughby 59

Saves LaGrow 16

Innings Stone 212.0

Strikeouts Kravec 154

Games Started Barrios 32

Comp. Games Barrios 9

Shutouts Barrios and Kravec 2

Home Runs Allow. Wood 23

Bases On Balls Allow. Kravec 95

Hits Allowed Stone 196

SO to Walk Kravec 1.62

Losses Kravec 16

Earned Runs Allow. Stone 103

Wild Pitches Wood 9

Hit Batsmen Kravec 10

Batters Faced Stone 898

Games Finished Willoughby 47

Adjusted ERA+ Barrios 95

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