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1979 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
73-87, Finished 5th in AL Western Division
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Scored 730 runs, Allowed 748 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-82
Managed by Don Kessinger and Tony LaRussa

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Milt May            28   65  202   23   51  13  0   7   28  14   27  .252  .306  .421   0   0   3   2   2   1   1   95
1B  Lamar Johnson       28  133  479   60  148  29  1  12   74  41   56  .309  .363  .449   8   2  23   2   0   4   1  119
2B  Alan Bannister      27  136  506   71  144  28  8   2   55  43   40  .285  .342  .383  22   6   9   3   4   4   1   96
3B  Kevin Bell          23   70  200   20   49   8  1   4   22  15   43  .245  .296  .355   2   4   3   0   3   1   0   76
SS  Greg Pryor          29  143  476   60  131  23  3   3   34  35   41  .275  .324  .355   3   4  16   2   7   5   1   84
LF *Ralph Garr          33  102  307   34   86  10  2   9   39  17   19  .280  .318  .414   2   4   5   1   2   2   0   96
CF  Chet Lemon          24  148  556   79  177  44  2  17   86  56   68  .318  .391  .496   7  11  15  13   3   4   6  139
RF *Claudell Washington 24  131  471   79  132  33  5  13   66  28   93  .280  .322  .454  19  11  10   3   2   4   7  108
DH *Jorge Orta          28  113  325   49   85  18  3  11   46  44   33  .262  .348  .437   1   5   6   1   3   4   2  111
   *Mike Squires        27  122  295   44   78  10  1   2   22  22    9  .264  .318  .325  15   5  10   2   5   2   3   75
    Jim Morrison        26   67  240   38   66  14  0  14   35  15   48  .275  .324  .508  11   3   2   4   7   3   0  122
    Eric Soderholm      30   56  210   31   53   8  2   6   34  19   19  .252  .313  .395   0   1   9   0   1   1   1   90
    Junior Moore        26   88  201   24   53   6  2   1   23  12   20  .264  .300  .328   0   2   8   0   0   4   0   70
    Wayne Nordhagen     30   78  193   20   54  15  0   7   25  13   22  .280  .324  .466   0   0   9   0   0   1   2  111
    Bill Nahorodny      25   65  179   20   46  10  0   6   29  18   23  .257  .322  .413   0   1   5   0   0   2   1   97
   #Rusty Torres        30   90  170   26   43   5  0   8   24  23   37  .253  .349  .424   0   0   4   2   8   0   1  108
   #Don Kessinger       36   56  110   14   22   6  0   1    7  10   12  .200  .264  .282   1   0   5   0   3   1   1   48
   *Marv Foley          25   34   97    6   24   3  0   2   10   7    5  .247  .292  .340   0   0   4   0   4   2   1   71
    Mike Colbern        24   32   83    5   20   5  1   0    8   4   25  .241  .276  .325   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   62
   *Thad Bosley         22   36   77   13   24   1  1   1    8   9   14  .312  .384  .390   4   1   1   0   0   0   0  110
   #Harry Chappas       21   26   59    9   17   1  0   1    4   5    5  .288  .354  .356   1   1   2   1   0   0   0   93
   *Joe Gates           24   16   16    5    1   0  1   0    1   2    3  .063  .167  .188   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   -4
    Rusty Kuntz         24    5   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    6  .091  .231  .091   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   -9
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  160 5463  730 1505 290 33 127  680 454  668  .275  .331  .410  97  62 151  36  58  45  29  100
    Rank among 14 AL teams         8   11    7   3 10  10       13   11     7    10     7   9   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Ken Kravec          27  36   3.74  15  13  1  35   1  10   3  250.0  208  115  104  20  111  132 1041   3  14  1   3 114
SP *Rich Wortham        25  34   4.90  14  14  0  33   0   5   0  204.0  195  126  111  21  100  119  889  14   3  3   3  87
SP *Ross Baumgarten     24  28   3.54  13   8  0  28   0   4   3  190.7  175   82   75  18   83   72  818   6   1  1   1 121
SP *Steve Trout         21  34   3.89  11   8  4  18  12   6   2  155.0  165   77   67  10   59   76  677   1   5  0   5 110
SP  Francisco Barrios   26  15   3.61   8   3  0  15   0   2   0   94.7   88   49   38   9   33   28  406   0   5  1   1 118
SP  Richard Dotson      20   5   3.70   2   0  0   5   0   1   1   24.3   28   13   10   0    6   13  107   0   0  0   0 116

CL  Ed Farmer           29  42   2.43   3   7 14   3  30   0   0   81.3   66   36   22   2   34   48  347   6   1  0   8 176
RP  Randy Scarbery      27  45   4.62   2   8  4   5  15   0   0  101.3  102   56   52   9   34   45  436   6   3  0   3  93
RP  Mike Proly          28  38   3.87   3   8  9   6  24   0   0   88.3   89   43   38   6   40   32  387   5   1  0   7 110
RP *Guy Hoffman         22  24   5.34   0   5  2   0   9   0   0   30.3   30   18   18   0   23   18  142   3   1  1   5  80
RP  Fred Howard         22  28   3.57   1   5  0   6  10   0   0   68.0   73   34   27   5   32   36  302   0   1  0   2 120

   *Rich Hinton         32  16   6.05   1   2  2   2   8   0   0   41.7   57   30   28   4    8   27  188   0   2  0   1  71
    Ron Schueler        31   8   7.32   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   19.7   19   16   16   3   13    6   90   1   2  0   1  58
    Lerrin LaGrow       30  11   9.17   0   3  1   2   4   0   0   17.7   27   21   18   2   16    9   95   2   1  0   1  47
    Dewey Robinson      24  11   6.28   0   1  0   0   7   0   0   14.3   11   12   10   1    9    5   61   0   0  0   2  68
    Gilberto Rondon     25   4   3.72   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    9.7   11    5    4   2    6    3   46   2   0  0   0 115
   *Pablo Torrealba     31   3   1.59   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.7    5    1    1   1    2    1   24   1   0  0   0 269
   *Britt Burns         20   6   5.40   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.0   10    5    3   1    1    2   26   0   0  0   0  79
    La Marr Hoyt        24   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    2    0    0   0    0    0   10   0   0  0   0    
    Wayne Nordhagen     30   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.0    2    2    2   0    1    2    8   0   0  0   0  48
   *Mark Esser          23   2  16.20   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    2    3    3   0    4    1   11   0   0  0   0  26
    Jack Kucek          26   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    0    4    0   0    3    0    6   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.5 160   4.10  73  87 37 160 132  28   9 1409.0 1365  748  642 114  618  675 6117  50  40  7  43 103
    Rank among 14 AL teams          6  11   4  2          11   6     14    2    8        1   13   11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MMay 507 59 65 277 27 6 1 .981 7 17 36 22 BNahorodny 401 43 60 223 25 7 3 .973 6 17 48 19 MFoley 252 29 33 128 11 1 1 .993 2 6 25 10 MColbern 226 26 32 121 12 4 4 .971 1 10 22 15 WNordhagen 22 2 5 9 0 3 0 .750 1 0 4 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1409 160 160 758 75 21 9 .975 17 50 135 66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LJohnson 718 90 94 748 63 11 62 .987 10.17 MSquires 688 69 110 741 60 4 62 .995 10.48 ABannister 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 DKessinger 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 1493 123 15 125 .991 10.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABannister 551 63 65 150 160 12 32 .963 5.06 JMorrison 381 41 48 104 120 4 33 .982 5.29 JOrta 279 34 41 57 75 3 17 .978 4.26 GPryor 147 16 25 42 48 1 13 .989 5.48 JGates 40 4 8 12 16 1 3 .966 6.30 DKessinger 7 1 1 2 6 0 0 1.000 10.29 JMoore 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 367 427 21 98 .974 5.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBell 528 59 68 51 153 17 11 .923 3.47 ESoderholm 477 55 56 55 154 3 12 .986 3.94 JMorrison 182 21 29 17 65 5 5 .943 4.05 GPryor 123 13 22 15 37 4 2 .929 3.78 ABannister 94 11 12 10 24 6 4 .850 3.23 JGates 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 148 434 35 34 .943 3.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GPryor 925 107 119 161 362 21 54 .961 5.08 DKessinger 324 36 54 57 103 2 17 .988 4.44 HChappas 155 16 23 28 63 7 13 .929 5.28 KBell 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 246 529 30 84 .963 4.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGarr 450 63 67 96 3 5 1 .952 1.98 ABannister 397 45 47 89 2 3 0 .968 2.06 JMoore 290 32 51 63 2 3 0 .956 2.02 RTorres 111 3 37 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 TBosley 105 10 20 44 2 2 1 .958 3.93 WNordhagen 41 5 6 9 3 0 0 1.000 2.63 RKuntz 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MSquires 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 CWashington 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 338 12 13 2 .964 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CLemon 1281 147 147 411 11 10 2 .977 2.96 RTorres 118 11 18 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.58 TBosley 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 RKuntz 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 447 13 10 2 .979 2.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CWashington 987 113 121 253 7 7 3 .974 2.37 RTorres 227 23 34 50 2 3 0 .945 2.06 JMoore 84 10 12 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.23 TBosley 49 5 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 WNordhagen 40 5 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.48 RKuntz 18 3 3 8 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 ABannister 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 355 12 10 4 .973 2.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CLemon 1281 147 147 411 10 10 2 .977 2.96 CWashington 991 113 122 256 7 7 3 .974 2.39 RTorres 457 37 85 117 4 3 0 .976 2.38 RGarr 450 63 67 94 3 5 1 .951 1.94 ABannister 400 45 47 88 3 3 0 .968 2.05 JMoore 374 42 61 83 3 3 0 .966 2.07 TBosley 160 16 28 57 2 2 1 .967 3.31 WNordhagen 81 10 12 19 4 0 0 1.000 2.56 RKuntz 26 4 5 12 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 MSquires 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1409 160 160 1140 37 33 8 .973 2.51 160 160 160 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KKravec 250 35 36 8 35 1 1 .977 1.55 RWortham 204 33 34 7 27 5 0 .872 1.50 RBaumgarten 190 28 28 14 28 1 1 .977 1.98 STrout 155 18 34 6 33 3 2 .929 2.26 RScarbery 101 5 45 5 17 2 1 .917 1.95 FBarrios 94 15 15 10 8 3 2 .857 1.71 MProly 88 6 38 5 17 1 2 .957 2.24 EFarmer 81 3 42 7 11 0 1 1.000 1.99 FHoward 68 6 28 7 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 RHinton 41 2 16 4 8 1 0 .923 2.59 GHoffman 30 0 24 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.78 RDotson 24 5 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.85 RSchueler 19 1 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.37 LLaGrow 17 2 11 0 3 1 0 .750 1.53 DRobinson 14 0 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.63 GRondon 9 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 PTorrealba 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.58 BBurns 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LHoyt 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WNordhagen 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MEsser 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JKucek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1409 160 160 75 206 18 11 .940 1.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JOrta 62 WNordhagen 47 LJohnson 37 RGarr 17 JMoore 10 ABannister 9 BNahorodny 3 CWashington 3 TBosley 1 JGates 1 CLemon 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Lemon .318

On-base % Lemon .391

Slugging % Lemon .496

OPS Lemon .887

Games Lemon 148

At Bats Lemon 556

Plate Appearances (approx.) Lemon 632

Runs Lemon and Washington 79

Hits Lemon 177

Total Bases Lemon 276

Doubles Lemon 44

Triples Bannister 8

Home Runs Lemon 17

RBI Lemon 86

Bases on Balls Lemon 56

Strikeouts Washington 93

Stolen Bases Bannister 22

Singles Lemon 114

Adjusted OPS+ Lemon 139

Runs Created Lemon 104

Adjusted Batting Runs Lemon 33

Batting Wins Lemon 3.1

Extra-Base Hits Lemon 63

Times on Base Lemon 246

Offensive Win% Lemon .658

Hit By Pitch Lemon 13

Sac. Hits Torres 8

Sac. Flies Pryor 5

Intentional Walks Washington 7

Grounded into Double Plays Johnson 23

Caught Stealing Lemon and Washington 11

Power/Speed Number Washington 15.4

At Bats per Strikeout Bannister 12.7

At Bats per Home Run Lemon 32.7

Outs Lemon 412

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Baumgarten 3.54

Wins Kravec 15

Won-Loss % Baumgarten .619

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kravec 1.276

Hits Allowed/9IP Kravec 7.49

Bases on Balls/9IP Baumgarten 3.92

Strikeouts/9IP Wortham 5.25

Games Scarbery 45

Saves Farmer 14

Innings Kravec 250.0

Strikeouts Kravec 132

Games Started Kravec 35

Comp. Games Kravec 10

Shutouts Baumgarten and Kravec 3

Home Runs Allow. Wortham 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Kravec 111

Hits Allowed Kravec 208

SO to Walk Kravec and Wortham 1.19

Losses Wortham 14

Earned Runs Allow. Wortham 111

Wild Pitches Wortham 14

Hit Batsmen Kravec 14

Batters Faced Kravec 1041

Games Finished Farmer 30

Adjusted ERA+ Baumgarten 121

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