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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 / Schedule / Transactions (1977/1979) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 2, 1977

Richie Zisk granted Free Agency.

November 6, 1977

Signed Randy Scarbery as a free agent.

November 14, 1977

Signed Jim Hughes as a free agent.

November 17, 1977

Signed Ron Blomberg as a free agent.

November 22, 1977

Signed Mike Proly as a free agent.

November 24, 1977

Signed Larry Johnson as a free agent.

November 28, 1977

Signed Eddie Bane as a free agent.

Traded players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Clay Carroll. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977), and Silvio Martinez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

Signed Rich Hinton as a free agent.

Signed Junior Moore as a free agent.

Signed Greg Pryor as a free agent.

December 3, 1977

Signed Ron Schueler as a free agent.

December 5, 1977

Traded Brian Downing, Chris Knapp, and Dave Frost to the California Angels. Received Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley, and Richard Dotson.

Drafted Jim Breazeale from the Atlanta Braves in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

Traded Jim Otten to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Stan Butkus (minors).

December 12, 1977

Signed Mike Eden as a free agent.

Traded Jim Spencer, Tommy Cruz, and Bob Polinsky (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Stan Thomas, Ed Ricks (minors), and cash.

January 24, 1978

Signed Steve Luebber as a free agent.

Signed Mike Pazik as a free agent.

February 14, 1978

Signed Tom Spencer as a free agent.

February 15, 1978

Purchased Frank Ortenzio from the Montreal Expos.

March 29, 1978

Released Jim Hughes.

March 30, 1978

Released Clay Carroll.

Traded Steve Renko and Jim Essian to the Oakland Athletics. Received Pablo Torrealba.

Released Stan Thomas.

April 1, 1978 (Standings)

Released Bob Coluccio.

Released Bart Johnson.

Released Royle Stillman.

April 5, 1978 (Standings)

Traded Mike Ondina (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Joe Gates.

Purchased Jim Willoughby from the Boston Red Sox.

April 11, 1978 (Standings)

Sold Don Kirkwood to the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 14, 1978 (Standings)

Returned Frank Ortenzio to the Montreal Expos following previous purchase.

May 16, 1978 (Standings)

Traded Bobby Bonds to the Texas Rangers. Received Claudell Washington and Rusty Torres.

June 6, 1978 (Standings)

Drafted Britt Burns in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

Drafted Gary Gaetti in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bob Meacham in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

July 17, 1978 (Standings)

Signed Guy Hoffman as an amateur free agent.

September 4, 1978 (Standings)

Signed Ron Kittle as a free agent.

October 23, 1978

Traded Jim Willoughby to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received John Scott.

October 27, 1978

Released Steve Luebber.

November 2, 1978

Steve Stone granted Free Agency.

Wilbur Wood granted Free Agency.

1979

Larry Johnson sent to the Miami (Inter-American) in an unknown transaction.

January 9, 1979

Drafted Randy Johnson in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

February 24, 1979

Signed Art Kusnyer as a free agent.

March 30, 1979

Released Ron Blomberg.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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