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1979 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 Milt May* 28 65 221 202 23 51 13 0 7 28 0 0 14 27 .252 .306 .421 .727 95 85 3 2 2 1 1
2 1B Lamar Johnson 28 133 526 479 60 148 29 1 12 74 8 2 41 56 .309 .363 .449 .812 119 215 23 2 0 4 1
3 2B Alan Bannister 27 136 560 506 71 144 28 8 2 55 22 6 43 40 .285 .342 .383 .725 96 194 9 3 4 4 1
4 SS Greg Pryor 29 143 525 476 60 131 23 3 3 34 3 4 35 41 .275 .324 .355 .679 84 169 16 2 7 5 1
5 3B Kevin Bell 23 70 219 200 20 49 8 1 4 22 2 4 15 43 .245 .296 .355 .651 76 71 3 0 3 1 0
6 LF Ralph Garr* 33 102 329 307 34 86 10 2 9 39 2 4 17 19 .280 .318 .414 .732 96 127 5 1 2 2 0
7 CF Chet Lemon 24 148 632 556 79 177 44 2 17 86 7 11 56 68 .318 .391 .496 .887 139 276 15 13 3 4 6
8 RF Claudell Washington* 24 131 508 471 79 132 33 5 13 66 19 11 28 93 .280 .322 .454 .776 108 214 10 3 2 4 7
9 DH Jorge Orta* 28 113 377 325 49 85 18 3 11 46 1 5 44 33 .262 .348 .437 .785 111 142 6 1 3 4 2
Rk Pos 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 1B Mike Squires* 27 122 326 295 44 78 10 1 2 22 15 5 22 9 .264 .318 .325 .643 75 96 10 2 5 2 3
11 IF Jim Morrison 26 67 269 240 38 66 14 0 14 35 11 3 15 48 .275 .324 .508 .833 122 122 2 4 7 3 0
12 3B Eric Soderholm 30 56 231 210 31 53 8 2 6 34 0 1 19 19 .252 .313 .395 .708 90 83 9 0 1 1 1
13 LF Junior Moore 26 88 217 201 24 53 6 2 1 23 0 2 12 20 .264 .300 .328 .628 70 66 8 0 0 4 0
14 DH Wayne Nordhagen 30 76 207 193 20 54 15 0 7 25 0 0 13 22 .280 .324 .466 .790 111 90 9 0 0 1 2
15 RF Rusty Torres# 30 90 203 170 26 43 5 0 8 24 0 0 23 37 .253 .349 .424 .772 108 72 4 2 8 0 1
16 C Bill Nahorodny 25 65 199 179 20 46 10 0 6 29 0 1 18 23 .257 .322 .413 .735 97 74 5 0 0 2 1
17 SS Don Kessinger# 36 56 124 110 14 22 6 0 1 7 1 0 10 12 .200 .264 .282 .546 48 31 5 0 3 1 1
18 C Marv Foley* 25 34 110 97 6 24 3 0 2 10 0 0 7 5 .247 .292 .340 .633 71 33 4 0 4 2 1
19 C Mike Colbern 24 32 91 83 5 20 5 1 0 8 0 0 4 25 .241 .276 .325 .601 62 27 1 0 4 0 0
20 OF Thad Bosley* 22 36 86 77 13 24 1 1 1 8 4 1 9 14 .312 .384 .390 .773 110 30 1 0 0 0 0
21 SS Harry Chappas# 21 26 65 59 9 17 1 0 1 4 1 1 5 5 .288 .354 .356 .710 93 21 2 1 0 0 0
22 UT Joe Gates* 24 16 18 16 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 .063 .167 .188 .354 -4 3 0 0 0 0 0
23 OF Rusty Kuntz 24 5 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .091 .231 .091 .322 -9 1 1 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.1 160 6056 5463 730 1505 290 33 127 680 97 62 454 668 .275 .333 .410 .743 100 2242 151 36 58 45 29
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 11 7 3 10 10 9 5 13 11 7 10 7 9 7
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Ken Kravec* 27 15 13 .536 3.74 36 35 1 10 3 1 250.0 208 115 104 20 111 3 132 14 1 3 1041 114 1.276 7.5 0.7 4.0 4.8 1.19
2 SP Rich Wortham* 25 14 14 .500 4.90 34 33 0 5 0 0 204.0 195 126 111 21 100 3 119 3 3 14 889 87 1.446 8.6 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.19
3 SP Ross Baumgarten* 24 13 8 .619 3.54 28 28 0 4 3 0 190.2 175 82 75 18 83 1 72 1 1 6 818 121 1.353 8.3 0.8 3.9 3.4 0.87
4 SP Steve Trout* 21 11 8 .579 3.89 34 18 12 6 2 4 155.0 165 77 67 10 59 5 76 5 0 1 677 110 1.445 9.6 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.29
5 SP Francisco Barrios 26 8 3 .727 3.61 15 15 0 2 0 0 94.2 88 49 38 9 33 1 28 5 1 0 406 118 1.278 8.4 0.9 3.1 2.7 0.85
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Ed Farmer 29 3 7 .300 2.43 42 3 30 0 0 14 81.1 66 36 22 2 34 8 48 1 0 6 347 176 1.230 7.3 0.2 3.8 5.3 1.41
7 RP Randy Scarbery 27 2 8 .200 4.62 45 5 15 0 0 4 101.1 102 56 52 9 34 3 45 3 0 6 436 93 1.342 9.1 0.8 3.0 4.0 1.32
8 RP Mike Proly 28 3 8 .273 3.87 38 6 24 0 0 9 88.1 89 43 38 6 40 7 32 1 0 5 387 110 1.460 9.1 0.6 4.1 3.3 0.80
9 RP Fred Howard 22 1 5 .167 3.57 28 6 10 0 0 0 68.0 73 34 27 5 32 2 36 1 0 0 302 120 1.544 9.7 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.13
10 RP Guy Hoffman* 22 0 5 .000 5.34 24 0 9 0 0 2 30.1 30 18 18 0 23 5 18 1 1 3 142 80 1.747 8.9 0.0 6.8 5.3 0.78
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Rich Hinton* 32 1 2 .333 6.05 16 2 8 0 0 2 41.2 57 30 28 4 8 1 27 2 0 0 188 71 1.560 12.3 0.9 1.7 5.8 3.38
12 Richard Dotson 20 2 0 1.000 3.70 5 5 0 1 1 0 24.1 28 13 10 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 107 116 1.397 10.4 0.0 2.2 4.8 2.17
13 Ron Schueler 31 0 1 .000 7.32 8 1 5 0 0 0 19.2 19 16 16 3 13 1 6 2 0 1 90 58 1.627 8.7 1.4 5.9 2.7 0.46
14 Lerrin LaGrow 30 0 3 .000 9.17 11 2 4 0 0 1 17.2 27 21 18 2 16 1 9 1 0 2 95 47 2.434 13.8 1.0 8.2 4.6 0.56
15 Dewey Robinson 24 0 1 .000 6.28 11 0 7 0 0 0 14.1 11 12 10 1 9 2 5 0 0 0 61 68 1.395 6.9 0.6 5.7 3.1 0.56
16 Gilberto Rondon 25 0 0 3.72 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 11 5 4 2 6 0 3 0 0 2 46 115 1.759 10.2 1.9 5.6 2.8 0.50
17 Pablo Torrealba* 31 0 0 1.59 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 5 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 24 269 1.235 7.9 1.6 3.2 1.6 0.50
18 Britt Burns* 20 0 0 5.40 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 26 79 2.200 18.0 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00
19 La Marr Hoyt 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Wayne Nordhagen 30 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 48 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
21 Mark Esser* 23 0 0 16.20 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 11 26 3.600 10.8 0.0 21.6 5.4 0.25
22 Jack Kucek 26 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.500 0.0 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 25.5 73 86 .459 4.13 160 159 131 28 9 37 1409.0 1365 748 647 114 618 43 675 40 7 50 6117 103 1.407 8.7 0.7 3.9 4.3 1.09
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 4 11 6 2 14 2 8 5 1 13 11
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Alan Bannister 27 136 119 1048.0 458 251 186 21 37 .954 -6.4 -7.3 -1.4 0.2 -1.4 -2 -3 3.75 3.21 2B-LF-3B-RF-1B-DH
Francisco Barrios 26 15 15 94.2 21 10 8 3 2 .857 0.0 0.0 1.71 1.20 P
Ross Baumgarten 24 28 28 190.2 43 14 28 1 1 .977 0.0 0.0 1.98 1.50 P
Kevin Bell 23 70 59 532.2 222 51 154 17 11 .923 1.7 3.8 1.7 -1.7 3.4 0 3.46 2.93 3B-SS
Thad Bosley 22 28 16 160.1 63 59 2 2 1 .968 6.7 50.1 6.7 0.8 5.8 0 3.42 2.18 LF-RF-CF-DH
Britt Burns 20 6 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Harry Chappas 21 23 16 155.0 98 28 63 7 13 .929 -0.7 -5.4 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 5.28 3.96 SS
Mike Colbern 24 32 26 226.0 137 121 12 4 4 .971 0.0 0.0 0 5.30 4.16 1 10 22 15 41% C
Richard Dotson 20 5 5 24.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.85 1.00 P
Mark Esser 23 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Ed Farmer 29 42 3 81.1 18 7 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.99 0.43 P
Marv Foley 25 33 29 252.0 140 128 11 1 1 .993 0.0 0.0 0 4.96 4.21 2 6 25 10 29% C
Ralph Garr 33 84 63 450.0 104 96 3 5 1 .952 -7.2 -19.2 -4.2 0.3 -4.5 -3 1.98 1.18 LF-DH
Joe Gates 24 10 4 43.0 30 12 17 1 3 .967 -0.8 -22.3 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 6.07 2.90 2B-3B-DH
Rich Hinton 32 16 2 41.2 13 4 8 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 2.59 0.75 P
Guy Hoffman 22 24 0 30.1 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.78 0.25 P
Fred Howard 22 28 6 68.0 11 7 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.39 P
La Marr Hoyt 24 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Lamar Johnson 28 131 90 718.0 822 748 63 11 62 .987 -2.4 -4.0 -2.4 -2.5 0.2 0 10.17 6.19 1B-DH
Don Kessinger 36 56 37 332.1 172 61 109 2 17 .988 -4.1 -14.8 -3.1 -2.8 -0.3 -1 4.60 3.04 SS-2B-1B
Ken Kravec 27 36 35 250.0 44 8 35 1 1 .977 0.0 0.0 1.55 1.19 P
Jack Kucek 26 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Rusty Kuntz 24 5 4 26.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.0 92.3 2.0 0.8 1.2 0 4.15 2.40 RF-LF-CF
Lerrin LaGrow 30 11 2 17.2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 1.53 0.27 P
Chet Lemon 24 148 147 1281.1 432 411 11 10 2 .977 10.1 9.5 11.1 6.6 4.6 -1 2.96 2.85 CF-DH
Milt May 28 65 59 507.0 310 277 27 6 1 .981 -2.0 -4.7 -2 5.40 4.68 7 17 36 22 38% C
Junior Moore 26 75 42 377.2 91 83 5 3 0 .967 1.3 4.1 1.3 0.0 1.3 0 0 2.10 1.17 LF-RF-2B-DH
Jim Morrison 26 77 62 563.1 315 121 185 9 38 .971 4.2 8.9 5.2 1.0 4.3 -1 4.89 3.97 2B-3B
Bill Nahorodny 25 63 43 401.2 255 223 25 7 3 .973 -6.0 -17.9 -6 5.56 3.94 6 17 48 19 28% C-DH
Wayne Nordhagen 30 67 12 105.1 35 28 4 3 0 .914 -0.5 -5.7 0.5 -1.3 1.6 1 -2 2.73 0.48 1 0 4 0 0% LF-RF-C-P-DH
Jorge Orta 28 103 34 279.0 135 57 75 3 17 .978 -5.9 -25.4 -4.9 -1.8 -3.1 -1 4.26 1.28 2B-DH
Mike Proly 28 38 6 88.1 23 5 17 1 2 .957 0.0 0.0 2.24 0.58 P
Greg Pryor 29 166 136 1197.0 691 218 447 26 69 .962 5.6 5.6 10.6 9.6 0.9 -5 5.00 4.01 SS-2B-3B
Dewey Robinson 24 11 0 14.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.63 0.09 P
Gilberto Rondon 25 4 0 9.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.93 0.25 P
Randy Scarbery 27 45 5 101.1 24 5 17 2 1 .917 0.0 0.0 1.95 0.49 P
Ron Schueler 31 8 1 19.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.37 0.38 P
Eric Soderholm 30 56 55 477.0 212 55 154 3 12 .986 12.8 32.2 12.8 7.6 5.2 0 3.94 3.73 3B
Mike Squires 27 111 69 693.0 808 744 60 4 62 .995 5.9 10.2 5.9 1.5 4.4 0 0 10.44 7.24 1B-LF
Pablo Torrealba 31 3 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.33 P
Rusty Torres 30 89 37 457.1 123 116 4 3 0 .976 -3.5 -9.2 0.5 0.5 -0.0 -4 2.36 1.35 RF-CF-LF
Steve Trout 21 34 18 155.0 42 6 33 3 2 .929 0.0 0.0 2.26 1.15 P
Claudell Washington 24 125 113 991.0 267 253 7 7 3 .974 1.0 1.2 2.0 2.6 -0.7 -1 2.36 2.08 RF-LF-DH
Rich Wortham 25 34 33 204.0 39 7 27 5 0 .872 0.0 0.0 1.50 1.00 P
Team Totals 27.0 160 1431 12681.0 6231 4227 1831 173 369 .972 11.8 1.1 42.8 21.1 21.7 -10 -11 -10 4.30 2.83 17 50 135 66 33%
Rank in 14 AL teams 2 13 13
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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