1978 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 71-90-0, Finished 5th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bob Lemon (34-40) and Larry Doby (37-50)

General Manager: Roland Hemond

Ballpark: 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 - 101
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 70-91, 634 Runs, 731 Runs Allowed

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161. Oct 1, CHW (71-90) lost to CAL, 4-5

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	511	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	Name	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	RF	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	C	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	Name	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jim Willoughby	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Britt Burns*	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Trout*	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Steve Stone	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Wilbur Wood	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Ken Kravec*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Rich Wortham	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Pablo Torrealba*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Mike Proly	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Jack Kucek	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.3	161	5956	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	10	14	1	7	11	8	11		8		3		3
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	87	3.87	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	4.03	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	94	4.05	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	4.92	1.554	10.0	1.2	4.0	3.7	0.93
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	87	4.38	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	99	3.39	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	89	4.91	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	95	3.32	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	5.34	1.884	10.8	0.9	6.1	3.6	0.59
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	140	3.35	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	3.13	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	4.24	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	4.28	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	3.08	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	31	6.37	2.217	16.4	2.3	3.5	3.5	1.00
		Team Totals	28.5	71	90	.441	4.21	161	161	123	38	7	33	1409.1	1380	731	660	128	586	18	710	43	2	38	6087	91	4.10	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		8
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W