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1979 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
73-87, Finished 5th in AL West
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Scored 730 runs, Allowed 748 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82
Manager: Don Kessinger (46-60) and Tony LaRussa (27-27)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Alan Bannister 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 3, 1951 6 136 128 136 123 0 0 1 65 12 0 47 0 2 47 9 1 7
Francisco Barrios 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 10, 1953 5 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Baumgarten 24 L L 6' 1" 180 May 27, 1955 2 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 0 7 6
Britt Burns 20 L L 6' 5" 218 Jun 8, 1959 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Chappas 21 B R 5' 3" 150 Oct 26, 1957 2 26 16 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
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
Richard Dotson 20 R R 6' 0" 204 Jan 10, 1959 1st 5 0 5 5 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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Farmer 29 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 18, 1949 7 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Ralph Garr 33 L R 5' 11" 197 Dec 12, 1945 12 102 75 102 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 67 12 27 0
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 0 3 7
Rich Hinton 32 L L 6' 2" 185 May 22, 1947 6 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Hoffman 22 L L 5' 9" 185 Jul 9, 1956 1st 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Howard 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 2, 1956 1st 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
La Marr Hoyt 24 R R 6' 1" 222 Jan 1, 1955 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamar Johnson 28 R R 6' 2" 225 Sep 2, 1950 6 133 126 133 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6 0
Don Kessinger 36 B R 6' 1" 175 Jul 17, 1942 16 56 37 56 55 0 0 1 1 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Kravec 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1951 5 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Kucek 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 8, 1953 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Lerrin LaGrow 30 R R 6' 5" 220 Jul 8, 1948 9 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chet Lemon 24 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 12, 1955 5 148 148 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 1 0 0 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
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 60 6 27 0
Jim Morrison 26 R R 5' 11" 182 Sep 23, 1952 3 67 62 67 67 0 0 0 48 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
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
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 12 38 23 0
Jorge Orta 28 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 26, 1950 8 113 87 113 41 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 25 1
Mike Proly 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 15, 1950 3 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Pryor 29 R R 6' 0" 186 Oct 2, 1949 3 143 136 143 142 0 0 0 25 22 119 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dewey Robinson 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 28, 1955 1st 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilberto Rondon 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 18, 1953 2 4 0 4 4 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 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Schueler 31 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 18, 1948 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Pablo Torrealba 31 L L 5' 9" 175 Apr 28, 1948 5 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rusty Torres 30 B R 5' 10" 180 Sep 30, 1948 8 90 37 90 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 18 34 85 0 16 2
Steve Trout 21 L L 6' 4" 195 Jul 30, 1957 2 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 13 2
Rich Wortham 25 R L 6' 0" 185 Oct 22, 1953 2 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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