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1979 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

73-87, Finished 5th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Kessinger (46-60) and Tony LaRussa (27-27)
Scored 730 runs, Allowed 748 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 1,280,702 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Alan Bannister 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 3, 1951 6 136 128 136 123 0 0 1 65 12 0 47 0 2 49 9 1 7 1.1 $
Francisco Barrios 26 R R 5' 11" 155 Jun 10, 1953 5 15 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Ross Baumgarten 24 L L 6' 1" 180 May 27, 1955 2 28 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Kevin Bell 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 13, 1955 4 70 59 70 70 0 0 0 0 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.3 $
Thad Bosley 22 L L 6' 3" 175 Sep 17, 1956 3 36 16 36 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 6 27 2 7 6 1.0 $
Britt Burns 20 L L 6' 5" 215 Jun 8, 1959 2 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Harry Chappas 21 B R 5' 7" 150 Oct 26, 1957 2 26 16 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.1 $
Mike Colbern 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 19, 1955 2 32 26 32 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Richard Dotson 20 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 10, 1959 1st 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mark Esser 23 R L 6' 1" 190 Apr 1, 1956 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ed Farmer 29 R R 6' 5" 200 Oct 18, 1949 7 42 3 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Marv Foley 25 L R 6' 0" 195 Aug 29, 1953 2 34 29 34 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Ralph Garr 33 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1945 12 102 75 102 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 67 17 27 0 -0.3 $
Joe Gates 24 L R 5' 7" 175 Oct 3, 1954 2 16 4 16 9 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 -0.3 $
Rich Hinton 32 L L 6' 2" 185 May 22, 1947 6 16 2 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Guy Hoffman 22 L L 5' 9" 175 Jul 9, 1956 1st 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Fred Howard 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 2, 1956 1st 28 6 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
LaMarr Hoyt 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 1, 1955 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lamar Johnson 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 2, 1950 6 133 126 133 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 6 0 1.6 $
Don Kessinger 36 B R 6' 1" 170 Jul 17, 1942 16 56 37 56 55 0 0 1 1 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.8 $
Ken Kravec 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1951 5 36 35 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $
Jack Kucek 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 8, 1953 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rusty Kuntz 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 4, 1955 1st 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lerrin LaGrow 30 R R 6' 5" 220 Jul 8, 1948 9 11 2 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Chet Lemon 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1955 5 148 148 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 1 0 0 5.3 $ All-Star
Milt May 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 1, 1950 10 65 59 65 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.5 $
Junior Moore 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 25, 1953 4 88 48 88 61 0 0 0 2 0 0 51 0 12 63 10 27 0 -0.5 $
Jim Morrison 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 23, 1952 3 67 62 67 67 0 0 0 48 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.2 $
Bill Nahorodny 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 31, 1953 4 65 46 65 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 0.1 $
Wayne Nordhagen 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 4, 1948 4 78 50 76 19 2 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 13 47 23 0 -0.1 $
Jorge Orta 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 8 113 87 113 41 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 25 1 0.5 $
Mike Proly 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 15, 1950 3 38 6 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Greg Pryor 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1949 3 143 136 143 142 0 0 0 25 22 119 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 $
Dewey Robinson 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 28, 1955 1st 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Gil Rondon 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 18, 1953 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Randy Scarbery 27 B R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1952 1st 45 5 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ron Schueler 31 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 14, 1948 8 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Eric Soderholm 30 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 8 56 55 56 56 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.7 $
Mike Squires 27 L L 5' 11" 185 Mar 5, 1952 4 122 69 122 111 0 0 110 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 18 0.2 $
Pablo Torrealba 31 L L 5' 10" 173 Apr 28, 1948 5 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rusty Torres 30 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 30, 1948 8 90 37 90 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 18 34 89 0 16 2 0.3 $
Steve Trout 21 L L 6' 4" 195 Jul 30, 1957 2 34 18 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $24,000
Claudell Washington 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 31, 1954 6 131 114 131 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 121 122 3 13 2 1.2 $
Rich Wortham 25 R L 6' 0" 185 Oct 22, 1953 2 34 33 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Milt May
Jorge Orta
Alan Bannister
Kevin Bell
Joe Gates
Don Kessinger
Jim Morrison
Eric Soderholm
Harry Chappas

Bill Nahorodny
Greg Pryor
Marv Foley
Claudell Washington
Mike Colbern
Wayne Nordhagen
Rusty Torres
Thad Bosley
Ed Farmer

Lamar Johnson
Mike Proly
Mike Squires
Randy Scarbery
Ken Kravec
Rich Wortham
Ross Baumgarten
Dewey Robinson

Steve Trout
Joe Gates
Junior Moore
Pablo Torrealba
Guy Hoffman
Lerrin LaGrow
Ron Schueler
Britt Burns
Fred Howard
Mark Esser

Chet Lemon
Francisco Barrios
Rich Hinton
Rusty Kuntz
Ralph Garr
Richard Dotson
LaMarr Hoyt
Jack Kucek
Gil Rondon

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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