1978 CHICAGO WHITE SOX

| Level: MLB

Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 71-90 .441
Result: 5th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Larry Doby, Bob Lemon
General Manager: Roland Hemond
Stadium: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,491,100
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago White Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Wilbur Wood (36)
Youngest Player: Britt Burns (19)
Longest Tenure: Wilbur Wood (12)
Top Hitter: Bobby Bonds (9)
Top Pitcher: Ken Kravec (18)
Top Draft Pick: David White (#31)

Roster Continuity: 54.98%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
KC Royals	92	70	.568	--
Texas	87	75	.537	5.0
California	87	75	.537	5.0
Minnesota	73	89	.451	19.0
Chi White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
Oakland	69	93	.426	23.0
Seattle	56	104	.350	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
23	Lamar Johnson	1b	86	27	1968-3-54	MLB	148	498	52	136	23	2	8	72	6	5	43	46	2	2	1	7	17	.273	.329	.376	705	187	551	392	66	4.6	.284
12	Eric Soderholm	3b	83	29	1968-1-1	MLB	143	457	57	118	17	1	20	67	2	2	39	44	4	2	3	7	13	.258	.318	.431	749	197	510	364	69	5.1	.245
48	Ralph Garr	of	63	32	1967-3-52	MLB	118	443	67	122	18	9	3	29	7	5	24	41	1	1	10	0	9	.275	.314	.377	691	167	478	345	58	4.5	.298
11	Don Kessinger	ss	87	35	UDFA: 1964	MLB	131	431	35	110	18	1	1	31	2	4	36	34	0	1	12	1	10	.255	.312	.309	621	133	480	348	45	3.5	.275
6	Jorge Orta	2b-of	-	27	UDFA: 1972	MLB	117	420	45	115	19	2	13	53	1	2	42	39	4	3	4	7	9	.274	.340	.421	762	177	477	327	68	5.6	.272
44	Chet Lemon	of-rf	70	23	1972-1-22	MLB	105	357	51	107	24	6	13	55	5	9	39	46	8	2	8	4	11	.300	.377	.510	887	182	416	282	73	7.0	.311
15	Bill Nahorodny	c	-	24	1972-6-123	MLB	107	347	29	82	11	2	8	35	1	0	23	52	2	0	4	4	5	.236	.285	.349	633	121	380	278	37	3.6	.254
18	Claudell Washington	of	-	23	UDFA: 1972	MLB	86	314	33	83	16	5	6	31	5	5	12	57	1	2	2	4	7	.264	.290	.404	694	127	333	249	37	4.0	.302
5	Bob Molinaro	of	-	28	1968-2-38	MLB	105	286	39	75	5	5	6	27	22	6	19	12	3	2	2	1	5	.262	.314	.378	692	108	311	225	40	4.8	.257
16	Greg Pryor	3b-ss	-	28	1971-6-125	MLB	82	222	27	58	11	0	2	15	3	1	11	18	1	0	4	1	4	.261	.298	.338	636	75	239	174	25	3.9	.276
22	Thad Bosley	of	-	21	1974-4-82	MLB	66	219	25	59	5	1	2	13	12	11	13	32	0	1	2	2	4	.269	.308	.329	636	72	236	179	20	3.0	.305
15	Wayne Nordhagen	of	-	29	1968-7-136	MLB	68	206	28	62	16	0	5	35	0	1	5	18	0	0	0	5	6	.301	.310	.451	762	93	216	156	32	5.5	.303
10	Ron Blomberg	1b-of	-	29	1967-1-1	MLB	61	156	16	36	7	0	5	22	0	0	11	17	0	2	1	1	1	.231	.280	.372	652	58	169	123	19	4.1	.230
19	Mike Squires	1b	-	26	1973-18-429	MLB	46	150	25	42	9	2	0	19	4	4	16	21	0	0	2	3	1	.280	.343	.367	710	55	171	118	21	4.9	.318
30	Mike Colbern	c	-	23	1976-2-32	MLB	48	141	11	38	5	1	2	20	0	1	1	36	2	0	0	2	1	.270	.281	.362	643	51	146	107	13	3.3	.343
7	Alan Bannister	of-2b	-	26	1973-1-1	MLB	49	107	16	24	3	2	0	8	3	3	11	12	1	1	0	0	2	.224	.303	.290	592	31	119	88	10	3.0	.253
25	Bobby Bonds	of	9	32	UDFA: 1965	MLB	26	90	8	25	4	0	2	8	6	2	10	10	0	1	1	1	2	.278	.347	.389	735	35	102	71	14	5.2	.291
38	Henry Cruz	of	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	53	77	13	17	2	1	2	10	0	1	8	11	1	0	0	3	2	.221	.292	.351	643	27	89	66	8	3.4	.224
1	Harry Chappas	ss	-	20	1976-6-94	MLB	20	75	11	20	1	0	0	6	1	2	6	11	1	0	3	3	0	.267	.318	.280	598	21	88	63	7	3.0	.299
3	Jim Breazeale	1b	-	28	1968-1-8	MLB	25	72	8	15	3	0	3	13	0	0	8	10	0	0	0	1	2	.208	.284	.375	659	27	81	60	8	3.8	.200
8	Kevin Bell	3b	-	22	1974-1-7	MLB	54	68	9	13	0	0	2	5	1	0	5	19	1	0	2	0	3	.191	.257	.279	536	19	76	60	3	1.3	.234
17	Junior Moore	3b-of	-	25	1971-11-248	MLB	24	65	8	19	0	1	0	4	1	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	4	.292	.352	.323	675	21	71	51	7	3.5	.328
25	Tom Spencer	of	-	27	1969-20-468	MLB	29	65	3	12	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	9	0	0	0	0	1	.185	.209	.200	409	13	67	55	1	0.4	.214
21	Rusty Torres	of	-	29	1966-54-811	MLB	16	44	7	14	3	0	3	6	0	1	6	7	0	0	1	0	0	.318	.400	.591	991	26	51	32	11	9.2	.324
42	Marv Foley	c	-	24	1975-17-395	MLB	11	34	3	12	0	0	0	6	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	.353	.421	.353	774	12	38	24	5	5.2	.429
31	Joe Gates	2b	-	23	UDFA: 1978	MLB	8	24	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	1	0	1	0	1	.250	.379	.250	629	6	30	20	2	3.2	.333
65	Mike Eden	2b-ss	-	29	1971-27-611	MLB	10	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.118	.286	.118	403	2	21	16	1	1.0	.118
3	Larry Johnson	c	-	27	1968-9-186	MLB	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	347	1	9	7	0	-1.1	.250
37	Ron Schueler	p	-	30	1967-3-43	MLB	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (29 players)							161	5393	634	1423	221	41	106	595	83	68	409	625	33	20	63	57	122	.264	.317	.379	696	2044	5955	4280	697	4.4	.279

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
32	Steve Stone	56	30	1969-4-89	MLB	12	12	4.37	30	30	6	1	0	0	212.0	196	110	103	19	84	118	2	0	1.32	8.32	0.81	3.57	5.01	0.71	.269	0.62
27	Ken Kravec	18	26	1973-3-69	MLB	11	16	4.08	30	30	7	2	0	0	203.0	188	104	92	22	95	154	7	1	1.39	8.33	0.98	4.21	6.83	0.62	.281	0.90
46	Francisco Barrios	42	24	UDFA: 1973	MLB	9	15	4.05	33	32	9	2	1	0	195.2	180	93	88	13	85	79	3	1	1.35	8.28	0.60	3.91	3.63	1.08	.262	0.95
28	Wilbur Wood	59	36	UDFA: 1960	MLB	10	10	5.20	28	27	4	0	1	0	168.0	187	103	97	23	74	69	9	0	1.55	10.02	1.23	3.96	3.70	1.07	.291	1.16
34	Jim Willoughby	36	29	1967-11-217	MLB	1	6	3.86	59	0	0	0	47	13	93.1	95	41	40	6	19	36	1	0	1.22	9.16	0.58	1.83	3.47	0.53	.293	1.67
36	Lerrin LaGrow	46	29	1969-6-137	MLB	6	5	4.40	52	0	0	0	41	16	88.0	85	47	43	9	38	41	1	0	1.40	8.69	0.92	3.89	4.19	0.93	.274	1.24
37	Ron Schueler	-	30	1967-3-43	MLB	3	5	4.30	30	7	0	0	6	0	81.2	76	50	39	10	39	39	4	0	1.41	8.38	1.10	4.30	4.30	1.00	.260	1.03
47	Rich Hinton	-	31	1969-4-76	MLB	2	6	4.02	29	4	2	0	12	1	80.2	78	38	36	5	28	48	1	0	1.31	8.70	0.56	3.12	5.36	0.58	.297	0.87
24	Mike Proly	-	27	1972-9-213	MLB	5	2	2.74	14	6	2	0	3	1	65.2	63	24	20	4	12	19	0	0	1.14	8.63	0.55	1.64	2.60	0.63	.258	1.60
52	Rich Wortham	-	24	1976-2-27	MLB	3	2	3.05	8	8	2	0	0	0	59.0	59	24	20	1	23	25	8	0	1.39	9.00	0.15	3.51	3.81	0.92	.297	1.03
35	Pablo Torrealba	-	30	UDFA: 1979	MLB	2	4	4.71	25	3	1	1	7	1	57.1	69	37	30	6	39	23	0	0	1.88	10.83	0.94	6.12	3.61	1.70	.315	1.17
55	Jack Kucek	-	25	1974-2-32	MLB	2	3	3.29	10	5	3	0	2	1	52.0	42	23	19	5	27	30	1	0	1.33	7.27	0.87	4.67	5.19	0.90	.239	0.86
41	Ross Baumgarten	-	23	1977-20-491	MLB	2	2	5.87	7	4	1	1	2	0	23.0	29	15	15	3	9	15	1	0	1.65	11.35	1.17	3.52	5.87	0.60	.351	0.96
33	Steve Trout	-	20	1976-1-8	MLB	3	0	4.03	4	3	1	0	1	0	22.1	19	10	10	0	11	11	0	0	1.34	7.66	0.00	4.43	4.43	1.00	.264	1.15
40	Britt Burns	-	19	1978-3-70	MLB	0	2	12.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	14	12	11	2	3	3	0	0	2.22	16.43	2.35	3.52	3.52	1.00	.375	1.63
Totals: (29 players)						71	90	4.23	161	161	38	7	123	33	1,409	1380	731	663	106	586	710	38	2	1.30	8.81	0.82	3.74	4.53	0.83	.282

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Nahorodny	C	104		486	53	11	6	.980	0.00
Mike Colbern	C	47		203	19	7	1	.969	0.00
Wayne Nordhagen	C	12		41	10	3	1	.944	0.00
Marv Foley	C	10		41	4	3	0	.937	0.00
Larry Johnson	C	2		5	1	1	0	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lamar Johnson	1B	108		887	71	8	74	.992	0.00
Mike Squires	1B	45		361	20	1	29	.997	0.00
Jim Breazeale	1B	19		124	3	1	10	.992	0.00
Ron Blomberg	1B	7		70	3	1	2	.986	0.00
Bill Nahorodny	1B	4		23	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jorge Orta	2B	114		275	290	9	62	.984	0.00
Greg Pryor	2B	35		54	90	5	16	.966	0.00
Don Kessinger	2B	9		12	14	0	2	1.000	0.00
Joe Gates	2B	8		9	26	1	4	.972	0.00
Mike Eden	2B	4		5	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Alan Bannister	2B	2		3	2	1	0	.833	0.00
Eric Soderholm	2B	1		0	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eric Soderholm	3B	128		128	245	14	17	.964	0.00
Kevin Bell	3B	52		23	64	5	6	.946	0.00
Greg Pryor	3B	20		12	48	2	6	.968	0.00
Junior Moore	3B	6		4	8	2	0	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Kessinger	SS	123		171	321	13	60	.974	0.00
Greg Pryor	SS	28		34	64	4	9	.961	0.00
Harry Chappas	SS	20		28	64	0	8	1.000	0.00
Alan Bannister	SS	8		9	14	1	3	.958	0.00
Mike Eden	SS	5		9	10	2	3	.905	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ralph Garr	OF	109		205	5	9	2	.959	0.00
Chet Lemon	OF	95		284	8	5	2	.983	0.00
Claudell Washington	OF	82		159	6	7	0	.959	0.00
Thad Bosley	OF	64		155	3	4	0	.975	0.00
Bob Molinaro	OF	62		88	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Henry Cruz	OF	40		55	4	0	2	1.000	0.00
Wayne Nordhagen	OF	36		46	2	3	1	.941	0.00
Tom Spencer	OF	27		52	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bobby Bonds	OF	22		40	3	2	1	.956	0.00
Alan Bannister	OF	15		22	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rusty Torres	OF	14		27	0	1	0	.964	0.00
Junior Moore	OF	5		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Willoughby	P	59	93	11	19	1	3	.968	2.90
Lerrin LaGrow	P	52	88	4	20	1	3	.960	2.45
Francisco Barrios	P	33	195	19	38	0	0	1.000	2.63
Ken Kravec	P	30	203	7	25	3	1	.914	1.42
Ron Schueler	P	30	81	5	13	1	1	.947	2.00
Steve Stone	P	30	212	12	28	4	1	.909	1.70
Rich Hinton	P	29	80	3	8	1	0	.917	1.23
Wilbur Wood	P	28	168	2	40	0	1	1.000	2.25
Pablo Torrealba	P	25	57	2	4	1	0	.857	0.95
Mike Proly	P	14	65	1	10	1	0	.917	1.52
Jack Kucek	P	10	52	4	5	0	0	1.000	1.56
Rich Wortham	P	8	59	0	9	0	0	1.000	1.37
Ross Baumgarten	P	7	23	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.78
Steve Trout	P	4	22	0	3	0	1	1.000	1.22
Britt Burns	P	2	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.50
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Blomberg	DH	36						.000	0.00
Lamar Johnson	DH	36						.000	0.00
Bob Molinaro	DH	32						.000	0.00
Alan Bannister	DH	19						.000	0.00
Wayne Nordhagen	DH	16						.000	0.00
Junior Moore	DH	12						.000	0.00
Eric Soderholm	DH	11						.000	0.00
Chet Lemon	DH	10						.000	0.00
Ralph Garr	DH	9						.000	0.00
Jim Breazeale	DH	4						.000	0.00
Bobby Bonds	DH	3						.000	0.00
Jorge Orta	DH	2						.000	0.00
Tom Spencer	DH	2						.000	0.00
Kevin Bell	DH	1						.000	0.00
Mike Colbern	DH	1						.000	0.00
Henry Cruz	DH	1						.000	0.00
Larry Johnson	DH	1						.000	0.00
Bill Nahorodny	DH	1						.000	0.00
Ron Schueler	DH	1						.000	0.00
Claudell Washington	DH	1						.000	0.00

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