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1968 Chicago White Sox  (1967)  (1969) 77-85, 5th in American League Scored 544 runs, Allowed 583 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .721 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 67-95 Manager(s): Ben Lea

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Jim Wynn             26  160  595   81  155  30   5  23   82  12  15   91  149  .261  .361  .444   96   5.5  3(-1)e5   -45  
 1B *Tommy McCraw         27  154  553   76  153  17  18   9   50  15   5   30   79  .277  .316  .421   74   4.7  2e25       69  
 3B *Pete Ward            30  145  432   48  105  13   0  19   70   1   2   71   78  .243  .363  .405   69   5.6  4e27       48  
 SS  Luis Aparicio        34  161  679   62  172  26   7   5   51  10  17   25   52  .253  .282  .334   59   2.9  2e20      -20  
 2B #Sandy Alomar         24  127  419   56  120   9   2   0   20  28  15   27   46  .286  .333  .317   44   3.7  3e39       72  
 C   Duane Josephson      26  134  458   34  114  15   3   9   45   7   7   12   59  .249  .274  .354   41   3.1  4(+1)e5    -9  
 OF  Tommy Davis          29  140  490   27  121  10   4  10   42   0   2    8   54  .247  .257  .345   39   2.8  4(+4)e25  -31  
 OF  Ken Berry            27  149  479   47  115  21   0  12   45   6   4   13   64  .240  .259  .359   39   2.8  2(0)e8    -13  
 OF *Leon Wagner          34  118  244   18   52   8   0   2   15   1   0   15   53  .213  .258  .270   17   2.4  4(0)e16  -148  
 3B  Bill Melton          23   39   63   12   22   3   0   1    9   0   2    8   16  .349  .423  .444   11   7.4  4e16      150  
 C   Jerry McNertney      31   63  147   14   29   4   0   2    6   0   2   12   30  .197  .280  .265   11   2.5  3(+1)e8   -62  
 2B  Ron Hansen           30   97  188   10   32   7   0   2   16   0   1   18   39  .170  .245  .239   10   1.7  3e29     -117  
 OF  Buddy Bradford       23  103   98   16   20   4   0   3   13   4   2    8   19  .204  .259  .337    8   2.7  2(-2)e13    9  
 OF  Walt Williams        24   45   70    4   19   2   0   2   11   0   0    2   10  .271  .292  .386    6   3.4  4(+1)e4    98  
 3B  Don Wert             29   49   95    6   16   2   0   1   10   0   0   10   13  .168  .269  .221    6   2.0  1e17      -67  
 2B  Jose Herrera         26   33   66    5   14   3   0   0    3   0   0    4    6  .212  .257  .258    4   2.2  4e41      -45  
 OF *Jay Johnstone        22   71   86    8   16   1   0   0    9   0   1    5   15  .186  .231  .198    4   1.5  4(-1)e8  -188  
 3B  Dick Kenworthy       27   19   30    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .233  .233  .267    1   1.8  3e31       10  
 PH *Bill Voss            24   17   15    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -453  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           547                  -11

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Chris Short          30  13  13  .500  33  33   5   0   0   0   0  244.0  203   88   71  21   71  181  2.62   88   3.2   -7  
  P *Tommy John           25  12   4  .750  23  23   3   0   0   0   2  166.2  148   50   43   7   51  122  2.32   61   3.2   35  
  P *Gary Peters          31  11  11  .500  33  23   4   3   0   0   1  170.0  148   60   52  13   50  110  2.75   65   3.5  -32  
  P *Wilbur Wood          26   9   9  .500  69   1   1  55  28   8   0  117.1   85   28   23   5   21   54  1.76   25   1.9  -83  
  P  Jack Fisher          29   9  12  .429  31  26   0   1   0   0   0  156.0  180  103   96  25   43   56  5.54   96   5.5  101  
  P  Joel Horlen          30   8  11  .421  32  32   4   0   0   0   2  224.2  180   71   59  19   63  100  2.36   78   3.1  -66  
  P  Bob Priddy           28   5   6  .455  15  13   2   1   0   0   1   57.2   46   22   20   5   20   38  3.12   22   3.4  -65  
  P  Jerry Johnson        24   3   2  .600  34   1   0  12   0   1   0   54.0   69   31   26   5   20   30  4.33   38   6.7  103  
  P  Bob Locker           30   3   4  .429  65   0   0  25   9   3   0   89.1   66   18   16   5   11   64  1.61   23   2.4 -104  
  P *Wade Blasingame      24   2   1  .667   7   2   0   2   0   0   0   13.2   15    4    4   1    5   10  2.63    7   4.9  -24  
  P *John Hiller          25   2   2  .500  24   1   0  10   0   1   0   42.2   34   17   12   2   13   17  2.53   14   3.1   -5  
  P  Jim Ray              23   2   3  .400  32   1   0  16   1   1   0   51.1   50   27   25   6   12   46  4.38   25   4.4   68  
  P  Cisco Carlos         27   1   7  .125  18  11   0   4   0   0   0   71.1   93   58   50   8   29   37  6.31   54   6.8  101  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         45   0   1  .000  20   0   0  27   4  13   0   24.2   17    6    6   2    2   24  2.19    4   1.6  -32  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      607         -2

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Duane Josephson 1121 124 130 794 63 4 3 .995 88 43 Jerry McNertney 362 38 52 212 28 4 4 .984 28 13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy McCraw 1262 137 149 1154 69 19 83 .985 8.72 Tommy Davis 163 21 24 159 15 3 17 .983 9.63 Pete Ward 51 3 14 49 7 0 5 1.000 9.88 Jerry McNertney 8 1 1 7 2 0 1 1.000 10.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sandy Alomar 873 101 104 264 213 17 49 .966 4.92 Ron Hansen 461 45 81 152 119 12 29 .958 5.29 Jose Herrera 149 16 25 55 38 3 13 .969 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Ward 916 112 115 103 166 10 20 .964 2.64 Don Wert* 773 79 105 90 144 6 16 .975 2.72 Bill Melton* 190 20 30 18 38 2 3 .966 2.65 Sandy Alomar 77 5 22 5 14 0 1 1.000 2.22 Dick Kenworthy 55 5 10 4 11 1 3 .938 2.47 Ron Hansen 53 4 15 8 12 1 2 .952 3.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Aparicio 1467 161 161 301 569 27 69 .970 5.34 Sandy Alomar 13 1 3 2 5 0 2 1.000 4.85 Ron Hansen 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Davis 911 109 114 203 6 4 0 .981 2.07 Buddy Bradford 139 5 52 25 2 1 0 .964 1.74 Pete Ward 105 13 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Walt Williams 105 13 19 21 0 1 0 .955 1.80 Jim Wynn 78 8 17 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.49 Leon Wagner 66 8 13 15 0 2 0 .882 2.05 Jay Johnstone 48 4 11 11 1 1 0 .923 2.25 Ken Berry 23 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Bill Voss 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Sandy Alomar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jose Herrera 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Berry 736 81 86 228 9 6 1 .975 2.90 Jim Wynn 711 78 80 220 7 4 0 .983 2.87 Jay Johnstone 16 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 Buddy Bradford 15 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Bill Voss 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Wynn 655 72 74 136 6 2 0 .986 1.95 Leon Wagner 383 49 53 65 3 1 1 .986 1.60 Ken Berry 272 26 42 55 2 1 1 .983 1.89 Buddy Bradford 108 8 26 33 1 1 0 .971 2.83 Tommy Davis 25 4 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.07 Jay Johnstone 23 3 3 7 1 1 0 .889 3.13 Bill Voss 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Walt Williams 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Pete Ward 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1968 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Jim Wynn
Round 2 (#18):	Chris Short
Round 3 (#34):	Jay Johnstone
Round 4 (#50):	Jim Ray
Round 5 (#66):	Jerry Johnson
Round 6 (#82):	Jose Herrera

Transactions

• 1968-15: traded Bill Melton, Hoyt Wilhelm, Bob Priddy to DEA for John Hiller, Don Wert, Wade Blasingame
• 1968 postseason: released Wade Blasingame, Jerry Johnson

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