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1981 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 31-22, Finished 3rd
Second Half: 23-30, Finished 6th
Overall: 54-52, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
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Scored 476 runs, Allowed 423 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-47
Managed by Tony LaRussa

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 946,651 (7th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   54-52 , Final Rank: 3, GB:    8.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          13 (last on August 27)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on September 23)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:        9.5 (last on September 23)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (April 21 to April 26 and June 8 to August 11)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (August 28 to September 2)

Most Runs Allowed:              12 (August 29 and October 4)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (April 23)

Longest Game:                   16 innings (May 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       6
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        54  52     476     423    .509

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           25  24     215     198    .510
Road           29  28     261     225    .509

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          11   6      83      65    .647
May            15  11     134      92    .577
June            5   5      33      36    .500
August         10  10      83      84    .500
September      11  19     123     127    .367
October         2   1      20      19    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     31  22     250     193    .585
Second Half    23  30     226     230    .434

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     3   3      25      25    .500
Full Games     50  49     448     397    .505
Shortened       1   0       3       1   1.000
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        14  15     112     113    .483

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        16  10     186     119    .615

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL             6   3      48      37    .667
BOS             4   5      38      46    .444
CAL             7   6      70      48    .538
CLE             2   5      22      27    .286
DET             3   3      18      16    .500
KCR             2   0      12       5   1.000
MIL             4   1      35      19    .800
MIN             2   4      30      33    .333
NYY             5   7      32      52    .417
OAK             7   6      61      52    .538
SEA             3   3      23      26    .500
TEX             2   4      26      22    .333
TOR             7   5      61      40    .583

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Fri, Apr 10 box CHW @BOS  W   5-3        1-0     2     0.5  3:05 L Hoyt       B Stanley     35,154 +
  2 Sun, Apr 12 box CHW @BOS  L   4-5        1-1     3     2.0  2:24 M Clear      E Farmer      21,439 -
  3 Tue, Apr 14 box CHW  MIL  W   9-3        2-1     2     2.5  2:45 R Baumgarten P Vuckovich   51,560 +
  4 Wed, Apr 15 box CHW  MIL  W   5-4        3-1     2     2.5  2:30 L Hoyt       R Fingers     13,212 ++
  5 Fri, Apr 17 box CHW  BOS  L   5-8        3-2     2     4.0  3:04 D Eckersley  R Dotson      30,458 -
  6 Sat, Apr 18 box CHW  BOS  W   2-1        4-2     2     4.0  2:27 S Trout      F Tanana      36,782 +
  7 Sun, Apr 19 box CHW  BOS  L   4-9        4-3     2     4.5  3:08 B Stanley    R Baumgarten   9,528 -
  8 Tue, Apr 21 box CHW  BAL  W   2-1        5-3     2     5.0  3:02 B Burns      S Stewart     10,715 +
  9 Thu, Apr 23 box CHW  BAL  W  18-5        6-3     2     4.5  3:07 R Dotson     S McGregor         0 ++
 10             box CHW  BAL  W   5-3        7-3     2     4.5  2:33 F Barrios    S Stone        6,839 +++
 11 Fri, Apr 24 box CHW @DET  W   3-2 (10)   8-3     2     4.5  2:59 L Hoyt       J Morris      13,483 ++++
 12 Sat, Apr 25 box CHW @DET  W   4-0        9-3     2     4.5  2:45 R Baumgarten D Rozema      14,862 +++++
 13 Sun, Apr 26 box CHW @DET  W   5-4       10-3     2     4.5  2:45 B Burns      M Wilcox      13,410 ++++++
 14 Mon, Apr 27 box CHW @BAL  L   2-5       10-4     2     4.5  3:09 S McGregor   F Barrios     11,774 -
 15 Tue, Apr 28 box CHW @BAL  W   8-6       11-4     2     3.5  3:21 R Dotson     S Stone        9,883 +
 16 Wed, Apr 29 box CHW @BAL  L   0-3       11-5     2     4.5  2:04 D Martinez   S Trout        9,957 -
 17 Thu, Apr 30 box CHW @CLE  L   2-3       11-6     2     5.0  2:18 R Waits      R Baumgarten   6,639 --
 18 Fri, May  1 box CHW @CLE  L   2-10      11-7     2     6.0  2:36 J Denny      B Burns        9,142 ---
 19 Sat, May  2 box CHW @CLE  L   1-3       11-8     2     7.0  2:28 L Barker     F Barrios     11,618 ----
 20 Sun, May  3 box CHW @CLE  W   6-0       12-8     2     5.5  2:41 R Dotson     W Garland     31,287 +
 21 Tue, May  5 box CHW @TEX  L   1-6       12-9     2     6.5  2:45 D Darwin     R Baumgarten  10,399 -
 22 Wed, May  6 box CHW @TEX  L   2-4       12-10    3     6.5  2:56 J Johnson    B Burns       12,104 --
 23 Thu, May  7 box CHW @TEX  L   4-9       12-11    3     7.5  2:56 B Babcock    E Farmer      11,710 ---
 24 Fri, May  8 box CHW  KCR  W   9-5       13-11    3     7.5  3:00 D Lamp       P Splittorff  42,312 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May  9 box CHW  KCR  W   3-0       14-11    2     7.5  2:23 R Dotson     R Gale        23,706 ++
 26 Mon, May 11 box CHW  CLE  L   1-3       14-12    3     7.5  2:58 B Blyleven   R Baumgarten  16,806 -
 27 Tue, May 12 box CHW  CLE  W   7-4       15-12    3     6.5  2:45 S Trout      R Waits       13,263 +
 28 Wed, May 13 box CHW  CLE  L   3-4 (16)  15-13    3     7.5  5:31 M Stanton    D Lamp        10,463 -
 29 Fri, May 15 box CHW  TEX  L   1-2       15-14    3     7.0  2:40 F Jenkins    R Dotson      29,829 --
 30 Sat, May 16 box CHW  TEX  W   9-1       16-14    3     6.0  2:43 B Burns      D Darwin      20,206 +
 31 Sun, May 17 box CHW  TEX  W   9-0       17-14    3     5.0  2:35 R Baumgarten R Honeycutt   30,990 ++
 32 Mon, May 18 box CHW @TOR  W   7-2       18-14    3     4.0  2:42 S Trout      M Bomback     18,652 +++
 33 Tue, May 19 box CHW @TOR  L   5-9       18-15    3     4.0  3:26 J Clancy     L Hoyt        11,604 -
 34 Wed, May 20 box CHW @TOR  W   6-5       19-15    2     3.0  3:25 E Farmer     J McLaughlin  12,536 +
 35 Fri, May 22 box CHW @CAL  W   9-5       20-15    2     2.5  3:32 B Burns      K Forsch      27,919 ++
 36 Sat, May 23 box CHW @CAL  W  15-4       21-15    2     2.5  3:52 R Baumgarten S Renko       42,558 +++
 37 Sun, May 24 box CHW @CAL  W  10-2       22-15    2     3.0  2:42 S Trout      G Zahn        27,405 ++++
 38 Mon, May 25 box CHW @OAK  L   2-5       22-16    3     4.0  2:56 S McCatty    R Dotson      40,689 -
 39 Tue, May 26 box CHW @OAK  W   4-1       23-16    3     3.0  3:35 B Burns      B Kingman     26,371 +
 40 Wed, May 27 box CHW @OAK  W   3-0       24-16    2     2.0  2:50 R Baumgarten R Langford    17,621 ++
 41 Sat, May 30 box CHW  CAL  W   9-0       25-16    2     0.5  2:38 R Dotson     G Zahn        16,773 +++
 42 Sun, May 31 box CHW  CAL  L   4-7       25-17    2     1.0  2:53 M Witt       S Trout            0 -
 43             box CHW  CAL  W   2-1 (10)  26-17    2     1.0  3:17 L Hoyt       D Aase        40,248 +
 44 Tue, Jun  2 box CHW  OAK  L   2-6       26-18    2     2.0  3:25 S McCatty    R Baumgarten  40,045 -
 45 Wed, Jun  3 box CHW  OAK  L   3-8       26-19    3     3.0  3:07 B Kingman    F Barrios     42,358 --
 46 Thu, Jun  4 box CHW  OAK  W   4-2       27-19    2     2.0  2:50 R Dotson     R Langford    37,706 +
 47 Fri, Jun  5 box CHW @NYY  L   5-6 (12)  27-20    3     2.0  4:08 D LaRoche    K Hickey      35,707 -
 48 Sat, Jun  6 box CHW @NYY  L   0-2       27-21    3     3.0  2:22 D Bird       S Trout       36,255 --
 49 Sun, Jun  7 box CHW @NYY  L   1-3       27-22    3     4.0  2:38 R Guidry     R Baumgarten  52,367 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun  8 box CHW  TOR  W   6-2       28-22    3     3.5  2:39 D Lamp       J Clancy       8,301 +
 51 Tue, Jun  9 box CHW  TOR  W   3-0       29-22    3     4.0  2:29 R Dotson     L Leal         8,534 ++
 52 Wed, Jun 10 box CHW  NYY  W   6-5       30-22    3     3.0  3:20 B Burns      R May         33,647 +++
 53 Thu, Jun 11 box CHW  NYY  W   3-2       31-22    3     2.5  2:44 S Trout      D Bird        33,777 ++++
 54 Mon, Aug 10 box CHW @BOS  W   7-1       32-22    2     1.5  2:52 D Lamp       D Eckersley   20,227 +++++
 55 Tue, Aug 11 box CHW @BOS  W   4-2       33-22    2     1.5  2:37 S Trout      B Stanley     17,889 ++++++
 56 Wed, Aug 12 box CHW @BOS  L   1-8       33-23    2     1.5  2:47 B Ojeda      L Hoyt        20,257 -
 57 Thu, Aug 13 box CHW @BOS  L   6-9       33-24    3     2.0  3:03 M Clear      R Patterson   18,683 --
 58 Fri, Aug 14 box CHW @BAL  W   5-3       34-24    3     2.0  3:24 R Dotson     S Stewart     15,401 +
 59 Sat, Aug 15 box CHW @BAL  L   0-4       34-25    3     3.0  2:36 D Martinez   L Hoyt        15,323 -
 60 Sun, Aug 16 box CHW @BAL  W   8-7 (10)  35-25    3     3.0  3:52 E Farmer     D Ford        16,684 +
 61 Mon, Aug 17 box CHW @NYY  W   4-1       36-25    2     2.5  2:42 B Burns      R Reuschel    24,651 ++
 62 Tue, Aug 18 box CHW @NYY  L   0-4       36-26    3     3.5  2:35 R Guidry     S Trout       30,157 -
 63 Wed, Aug 19 box CHW @NYY  W   6-5       37-26    3     3.5  3:05 D Lamp       R May         30,421 +
 64 Fri, Aug 21 box CHW @TOR  L   4-5       37-27    3     3.0  2:36 D Stieb      E Farmer      14,161 -
 65 Sat, Aug 22 box CHW @TOR  W   8-0       38-27    2     3.0  2:30 B Burns      J Clancy      19,080 +
 66 Sun, Aug 23 box CHW @TOR  W  13-2       39-27    2     2.0  2:27 S Trout      L Leal        16,486 ++
 67 Mon, Aug 24 box CHW @MIL  L   4-5       39-28    2     3.0  2:41 P Vuckovich  R Dotson      16,809 -
 68 Tue, Aug 25 box CHW @MIL  W   5-1       40-28    2     2.0  2:29 D Lamp       J Slaton      16,331 +
 69 Thu, Aug 27 box CHW  NYY  W   3-1  (8)  41-28    2     1.0  2:22 L Hoyt       R Davis       30,787 ++
 70 Fri, Aug 28 box CHW  NYY  L   1-6       41-29    2     1.0  2:48 R Guidry     S Trout       33,390 -
 71 Sat, Aug 29 box CHW  NYY  L   2-12      41-30    3     1.0  3:00 T John       R Dotson      32,507 --
 72 Sun, Aug 30 box CHW  NYY  L   1-5       41-31    3     2.0  2:49 R May        D Lamp        33,213 ---
 73 Mon, Aug 31 box CHW  DET  L   1-3       41-32    3     3.0  2:46 M Wilcox     R Baumgarten  13,057 ----
 74 Tue, Sep  1 box CHW  DET  L   1-2       41-33    3     3.5  3:01 D Petry      J Koosman      9,775 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Sep  2 box CHW  DET  L   4-5 (10)  41-34    3     3.0  3:33 K Saucier    J Koosman     10,272 ------
 76 Thu, Sep  3 box CHW  TOR  W   4-3       42-34    3     3.0  3:09 L Hoyt       J Berenguer    6,669 +
 77 Fri, Sep  4 box CHW  TOR  L   2-6       42-35    3     4.0  2:55 D Stieb      D Lamp        18,317 -
 78 Sat, Sep  5 box CHW  TOR  L   1-3       42-36    3     4.0  2:56 J Clancy     R Baumgarten  14,628 --
 79 Sun, Sep  6 box CHW  TOR  L   2-3       42-37    3     4.0  3:04 L Leal       B Burns       11,250 ---
 80 Mon, Sep  7 box CHW  SEA  L   5-9       42-38    3     5.0  3:10 J Beattie    R Dotson      16,392 ----
 81 Tue, Sep  8 box CHW  SEA  W   5-3       43-38    3     5.0  2:26 S Trout      F Bannister   11,561 +
 82 Wed, Sep  9 box CHW  SEA  L   1-3       43-39    3     5.0  2:49 B Stoddard   D Lamp         8,238 -
 83 Thu, Sep 10 box CHW @MIL  W  12-6       44-39    3     4.5  3:12 L Hoyt       R Cleveland    9,268 +
 84 Fri, Sep 11 box CHW @MIN  L   3-4       44-40    3     5.5  2:34 A Williams   B Burns        6,954 -
 85 Sat, Sep 12 box CHW @MIN  L   1-3       44-41    3     5.5  2:28 P Redfern    R Dotson       7,967 --
 86 Sun, Sep 13 box CHW @MIN  L   6-7       44-42    3     5.5  3:17 B Veselic    K Hickey      16,308 ---
 87 Mon, Sep 14 box CHW @SEA  W   5-2       45-42    3     5.5  2:33 D Lamp       F Bannister    4,778 +
 88 Tue, Sep 15 box CHW @SEA  L   4-8       45-43    3     5.5  3:30 L Andersen   J Koosman      5,024 -
 89 Wed, Sep 16 box CHW @SEA  W   3-1       46-43    3     5.5  3:14 B Burns      D Drago        5,178 +
 90 Fri, Sep 18 box CHW  OAK  L   5-10      46-44    3     6.5  3:12 S McCatty    S Trout       21,266 -
 91 Sat, Sep 19 box CHW  OAK  L   1-2       46-45    3     7.5  2:43 R Langford   D Lamp        13,213 --
 92 Sun, Sep 20 box CHW  OAK  W  11-3       47-45    3     6.5  3:09 R Dotson     M Norris      17,819 +
 93 Mon, Sep 21 box CHW @CAL  L   3-6       47-46    3     7.0  2:48 S Renko      B Burns       21,049 -
 94 Tue, Sep 22 box CHW @CAL  L   0-1       47-47    3     8.5  2:30 A Moreno     R Baumgarten  19,826 --
 95 Wed, Sep 23 box CHW @CAL  L   3-7       47-48    3     9.5  2:28 M Witt       S Trout       19,639 ---
 96 Thu, Sep 24 box CHW @CAL  W   4-1       48-48    3     9.0  2:47 D Lamp       B Kison       19,156 +
 97 Fri, Sep 25 box CHW @OAK  W   6-2       49-48    3     8.0  2:54 E Farmer     M Norris      21,468 ++
 98 Sat, Sep 26 box CHW @OAK  L   1-5       49-49    3     9.0  2:53 S McCatty    B Burns       21,171 -
 99 Sun, Sep 27 box CHW @OAK  W   9-5       50-49    3     7.0  2:34 L Hoyt       R Langford         0 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100             box CHW @OAK  W  10-3       51-49    3     7.0  2:37 J Koosman    M Keough      25,377 ++
101 Mon, Sep 28 box CHW  CAL  L   0-6       51-50    3     7.5  2:14 M Witt       D Lamp         3,129 -
102 Tue, Sep 29 box CHW  CAL  L   1-5       51-51    3     8.5  2:48 B Kison      R Dotson       5,630 --
103 Wed, Sep 30 box CHW  CAL  W  10-3       52-51    3     8.5  3:04 B Burns      D Frost        5,674 +
104 Fri, Oct  2 box CHW  MIN  L   2-3       52-52    3     8.5  2:48 P Redfern    J Koosman      7,175 -
105 Sat, Oct  3 box CHW  MIN  W   5-4       53-52    3     8.5  2:28 L Hoyt       B Veselic      4,716 +
106 Sun, Oct  4 box CHW  MIN  W  13-12      54-52    3     8.5  3:48 D Robinson   D Corbett      7,965 ++

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