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1981 Chicago White Sox Lineups and Defense
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 31-22, Finished 3rd
Second Half: 23-30, Finished 6th
Overall: 54-52, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 476 runs, Allowed 423 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-47
Manager: Tony LaRussa (54-52)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 946,651 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
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Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1. Fri,4/10 at BOS W (5-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
2. Sun,4/12 at BOS L (4-5)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Dotson Luzinski
3. Tue,4/14 vs MIL W (9-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
4. Wed,4/15 vs MIL W (5-4) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
5. Fri,4/17 vs BOS L (5-8) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
6. Sat,4/18 vs BOS W (2-1)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon Kuntz Lemon Nordhagen Trout Luzinski
7. Sun,4/19 vs BOS L (4-9) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
8. Tue,4/21 vs BAL W (2-1) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
9. Thu,4/23 vs BAL W (18-5)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Kuntz Dotson Luzinski
10. Thu,4/23 vs BAL W (5-3) Essian Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Barrios Johnson
11. Fri,4/24 at DET W (3-2) Essian Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
12. Sat,4/25 at DET W (4-0) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
13. Sun,4/26 at DET W (5-4) Essian Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
14. Mon,4/27 at BAL L (2-5)# Essian Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Fisk Lemon Kuntz Barrios Luzinski
15. Tue,4/28 at BAL W (8-6) Essian Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
16. Wed,4/29 at BAL L (0-3) Essian Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
17. Thu,4/30 at CLE L (2-3)# Essian Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Kuntz Lemon Nordhagen Baumgarten Luzinski
18. Fri,5/1 at CLE L (2-10) Essian Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
19. Sat,5/2 at CLE L (1-3) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Barrios Luzinski
20. Sun,5/3 at CLE W (6-0) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
21. Tue,5/5 at TEX L (1-6) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
22. Wed,5/6 at TEX L (2-4)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
23. Thu,5/7 at TEX L (4-9)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Trout Luzinski
24. Fri,5/8 vs KCR W (9-5)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Barrios Luzinski
25. Sat,5/9 vs KCR W (3-0) Essian Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen LeFlore Baines Dotson Luzinski
26. Mon,5/11 vs CLE L (1-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen LeFlore Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
27. Tue,5/12 vs CLE W (7-4)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen LeFlore Baines Trout Luzinski
28. Wed,5/13 vs CLE L (3-4) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Molinaro LeFlore Baines Barrios Luzinski
29. Fri,5/15 vs TEX L (1-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Kuntz Baines Dotson Luzinski
30. Sat,5/16 vs TEX W (9-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
31. Sun,5/17 vs TEX W (9-0)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Baumgarten Luzinski
32. Mon,5/18 at TOR W (7-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
33. Tue,5/19 at TOR L (5-9) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Barrios Luzinski
34. Wed,5/20 at TOR W (6-5) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
35. Fri,5/22 at CAL W (9-5) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
36. Sat,5/23 at CAL W (15-4) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
37. Sun,5/24 at CAL W (10-2)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Trout Luzinski
38. Mon,5/25 at OAK L (2-5) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
39. Tue,5/26 at OAK W (4-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
40. Wed,5/27 at OAK W (3-0) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
41. Sat,5/30 vs CAL W (9-0)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Dotson Luzinski
42. Sun,5/31 vs CAL L (4-7) Essian Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
43. Sun,5/31 vs CAL W (2-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen LeFlore Baines Burns Luzinski
44. Tue,6/2 vs OAK L (2-6) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Pryor LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
45. Wed,6/3 vs OAK L (3-8) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Barrios Luzinski
46. Thu,6/4 vs OAK W (4-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
47. Fri,6/5 at NYY L (5-6)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
48. Sat,6/6 at NYY L (0-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
49. Sun,6/7 at NYY L (1-3)# Essian Johnson Pryor Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Baumgarten Luzinski
50. Mon,6/8 vs TOR W (6-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Lamp Luzinski
51. Tue,6/9 vs TOR W (3-0) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
52. Wed,6/10 vs NYY W (6-5)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
53. Thu,6/11 vs NYY W (3-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
54. Mon,8/10 at BOS W (7-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
55. Tue,8/11 at BOS W (4-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
56. Wed,8/12 at BOS L (1-8)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
57. Thu,8/13 at BOS L (6-9) Essian Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Patterson Luzinski
58. Fri,8/14 at BAL W (5-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
59. Sat,8/15 at BAL L (0-4) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Hoyt Luzinski
60. Sun,8/16 at BAL W (8-7) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
61. Mon,8/17 at NYY W (4-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
62. Tue,8/18 at NYY L (0-4)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Trout Luzinski
63. Wed,8/19 at NYY W (6-5)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Dotson Luzinski
64. Fri,8/21 at TOR L (4-5) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Pryor LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
65. Sat,8/22 at TOR W (8-0) Fisk Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
66. Sun,8/23 at TOR W (13-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
67. Mon,8/24 at MIL L (4-5) Fisk Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
68. Tue,8/25 at MIL W (5-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon Nordhagen LeFlore Baines Lamp Luzinski
69. Thu,8/27 vs NYY W (3-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
70. Fri,8/28 vs NYY L (1-6)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Trout Luzinski
71. Sat,8/29 vs NYY L (2-12)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Kuntz Nordhagen Dotson Luzinski
72. Sun,8/30 vs NYY L (1-5)# Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Kuntz Nordhagen Lamp Luzinski
73. Mon,8/31 vs DET L (1-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Pryor Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
74. Tue,9/1 vs DET L (1-2) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
75. Wed,9/2 vs DET L (4-5) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
76. Thu,9/3 vs TOR W (4-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
77. Fri,9/4 vs TOR L (2-6) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Lamp Molinaro
78. Sat,9/5 vs TOR L (1-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Baumgarten Johnson
79. Sun,9/6 vs TOR L (2-3) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
80. Mon,9/7 vs SEA L (5-9) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Dotson Luzinski
81. Tue,9/8 vs SEA W (5-3)# Fisk Johnson Loviglio Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Trout Luzinski
82. Wed,9/9 vs SEA L (1-3) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Lamp Luzinski
83. Thu,9/10 at MIL W (12-6) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Baumgarten Luzinski
84. Fri,9/11 at MIN L (3-4) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
85. Sat,9/12 at MIN L (1-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Turner Dotson Luzinski
86. Sun,9/13 at MIN L (6-7) Essian Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Trout Luzinski
87. Mon,9/14 at SEA W (5-2)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Lamp Luzinski
88. Tue,9/15 at SEA L (4-8) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Koosman Luzinski
89. Wed,9/16 at SEA W (3-1) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
90. Fri,9/18 vs OAK L (5-10) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
91. Sat,9/19 vs OAK L (1-2) Essian Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Lamp Luzinski
92. Sun,9/20 vs OAK W (11-3) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Hairston Baines Dotson Luzinski
93. Mon,9/21 at CAL L (3-6) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Hairston Baines Burns Luzinski
94. Tue,9/22 at CAL L (0-1)# Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Baumgarten Luzinski
95. Wed,9/23 at CAL L (3-7) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Trout Luzinski
96. Thu,9/24 at CAL W (4-1) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Baines Lamp Luzinski
97. Fri,9/25 at OAK W (6-2) Fisk Johnson Bernazard Morrison Almon Hairston Lemon Baines Dotson Luzinski
98. Sat,9/26 at OAK L (1-5) Essian Johnson Bernazard Morrison Pryor Hairston Lemon Baines Burns Luzinski
99. Sun,9/27 at OAK W (9-5) Essian Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Baumgarten Luzinski
100. Sun,9/27 at OAK W (10-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Nordhagen Lemon Baines Koosman Luzinski
101. Mon,9/28 vs CAL L (0-6) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon Hairston Lemon Nordhagen Lamp Luzinski
102. Tue,9/29 vs CAL L (1-5) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Dotson Luzinski
103. Wed,9/30 vs CAL W (10-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Loviglio Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Burns Luzinski
104. Fri,10/2 vs MIN L (2-3) Fisk Squires Bernazard Morrison Almon LeFlore Lemon Nordhagen Koosman Luzinski
105. Sat,10/3 vs MIN W (5-4)# Essian Fisk Bernazard Loviglio Almon Nordhagen Lemon Kuntz Lamp Luzinski
106. Sun,10/4 vs MIN W (13-12) Fisk Squires Bernazard Loviglio Pryor Nordhagen Sutherland Hairston Dotson Luzinski
106 games 2 players 3 players 3 players 3 players 2 players 6 players 5 players 5 players 9 players 3 players
Most Common-games Fisk-89
Essian-17
-
Squires-73
Johnson-32
Fisk-1
Bernazard-104
Pryor-1
Loviglio-1
Morrison-84
Pryor-19
Loviglio-3
Almon-102
Pryor-4
-
LeFlore-76
Nordhagen-23
Hairston-3
Lemon-94
LeFlore-6
Kuntz-3
Baines-67
Nordhagen-34
Kuntz-3
Dotson-24
Burns-23
Baumgarten-19
Luzinski-103
Johnson-2
Molinaro-1

Most Common Lineups

29 Games
C. Fisk
1B. Squires
2B. Bernazard
3B. Morrison
SS. Almon
LF. LeFlore
CF. Lemon
RF. Baines
P. Pitcher
DH. Luzinski

12 Games
C. Fisk
1B. Squires
2B. Bernazard
3B. Morrison
SS. Almon
LF. LeFlore
CF. Lemon
RF. Nordhagen
P. Pitcher
DH. Luzinski

10 Games
C. Fisk
1B. Johnson
2B. Bernazard
3B. Morrison
SS. Almon
LF. LeFlore
CF. Lemon
RF. Nordhagen
P. Pitcher
DH. Luzinski

4 Games
C. Fisk
1B. Squires
2B. Bernazard
3B. Pryor
SS. Almon
LF. LeFlore
CF. Lemon
RF. Baines
P. Pitcher
DH. Luzinski

4 Games
C. Fisk
1B. Squires
2B. Bernazard
3B. Morrison
SS. Almon
LF. Nordhagen
CF. Lemon
RF. Baines
P. Pitcher
DH. Luzinski

4 Games
C. Essian
1B. Johnson
2B. Bernazard
3B. Pryor
SS. Almon
LF. Nordhagen
CF. Lemon
RF. Baines
P. Pitcher
DH. Luzinski

40 total lineups (71 when including pitchers)


1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense