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1973 Chicago White Sox  (1972)  (1974) 89-74, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 805 runs, Allowed 793 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .680 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 77-85 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 *Dave May             29  163  640   99  194  20   4  28  103   4   5   62   79  .303  .366  .478  110   6.3  2(-2)e10   20  
 OF *Mike Lum             27  147  527   85  144  32   9  18   75   0   2   55   85  .273  .349  .471   88   6.0  2(-1)e5     7  
 OF  Greg Luzinski        22  159  602   75  162  27   1  24  104   1   0   48  140  .269  .333  .437   86   5.0  3(0)e2    -60  
 1B  Dick Allen           31   93  276   51   91  23   6  20   61   5   2   35   52  .330  .406  .674   70   9.4  3e10       74  
 3B  Bill Robinson        30  136  497   63  130  34   3  30   84   4   5   26  117  .262  .295  .523   68   4.7  4e65      -37  
 2B *Jorge Orta           22  124  381   55  108  15  12   7   40   7   6   34   63  .283  .344  .441   55   5.1  3e27       86  
 SS #Roger Metzger        25  163  589   68  137  14  15   2   52   0   1   32   67  .233  .272  .317   51   2.9  1e14      -32  
 1B *Tony Muser           25  100  337   54   99  22   2   4   38   6   2   35   33  .294  .358  .407   50   5.5  2e12       25  
 C  *Ed Herrmann          26  114  345   39   81  22   0  12   47   1   1   27   44  .235  .313  .403   42   4.1  3(+2)e7    72  
 OF #Ken Henderson        27   71  267   30   81  14   0   5   26   4   5   30   43  .303  .370  .412   38   5.0  2(-2)e11   74  
 2B  Ted Sizemore         28   95  285   44   76  15   0   0   21   0   0   35   14  .267  .348  .319   34   4.2  3e18      -32  
 C   Ken Suarez           30   71  218   25   72  10   0   0   20   0   1   22   19  .330  .398  .376   32   5.7  2(+1)e6   142  
 DH #Jerry Hairston       21   67  223   30   66  13   1   0   19   0   1   34   29  .296  .392  .363   32   5.2             50  
 3B  Eric Soderholm       24   97  122   22   39   9   4   2   19   0   1   23   17  .320  .428  .508   25   7.3  3e39       99  
 OF *Bill Sharp           23   99  173   29   41   9   1   3   20   1   1   20   24  .237  .322  .353   21   4.2  2(0)e7    -79  
 DH  Andy Kosco           31   40  129   17   31   7   0  10   21   0   0    5   33  .240  .265  .527   17   4.5           -122  
 DH  Gene Clines          26   34   59   13   20   2   0   0    7   6   3    6    7  .339  .394  .373    8   5.2            111  
 C   Chuck Brinkman       28   71   27    2   10   3   0   0    6   0   0    1    3  .370  .400  .481    5   8.4  2(-1)e5   378  
 UT  Bill Stein           26    5    7    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .429  .500  .571    2  14.4            510  
 3B  Chris Arnold         25    4    7    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .286  .444  .429    1   8.4  4e25      103  
 UT  Brian Downing        22    4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -551  
 C   Phil Roof            32    4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2(0)e4   -550  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           842                   15

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

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     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  Nelson Briles        29  16   6  .727  26  26   1   0   0   0   0  151.0  153   72   61  15   39   59  3.64   72   4.3   41  
  P *Jim Kaat             34  16  11  .593  40  40   2   0   0   0   0  246.1  313  144  132  28   70  122  4.82  153   5.6   -4  
  P *Wilbur Wood          31  14  22  .389  45  44  20   0   0   0   2  351.0  419  187  160  24   97  153  4.10  200   5.2   20  
  P  Juan Marichal        35  13  14  .481  39  38   0   1   0   0   0  229.0  285  143  127  32   60   75  4.99  151   5.9   46  
  P *John Hiller          30  10   9  .526  68   0   0  55  26   6   0  130.2   99   35   30   7   36  139  2.07   36   2.5   -9  
  P  Cy Acosta            26   8   2  .800  68   0   0  29  12   4   0  101.1   59   28   23   9   37   71  2.04   23   2.1  -67  
  P  Jim Perry            37   5   2  .714  11  11   0   0   0   0   0   63.1   77   40   35   9   24   25  4.97   42   5.9   31  
  P  Bart Johnson         23   3   3  .500  42   1   0  28   3   3   0   82.0   91   48   46  10   55   62  5.05   60   6.6  101  
  P  Bill Stoneman        29   2   2  .500  21   3   1  11   1   0   1   66.1   90   61   48   6   32   36  6.51   52   7.1  -16  
  P *Charlie Hudson       23   1   0 1.000  18   0   0   4   2   1   0   19.2   21    8    8   2   12    8  3.66   12   5.8  108  
  P  Rich Gossage         22   1   1  .500   4   0   0   2   0   0   0    8.0    9   11   10   2   11    6 11.25    9  10.7  142  
  P  George Culver        30   0   1  .000   3   0   0   2   0   1   0    5.0    6    2    2   0    4    2  3.60    3   6.5    6  
  P *Terry Forster        21   0   1  .000  14   0   0   7   1   0   0   22.1   22   14   14   3   13   16  5.64   11   4.4   29  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      830         19

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ed Herrmann 848 107 113 458 50 9 1 .983 82 31 Ken Suarez 479 56 69 307 28 5 1 .985 34 17 Chuck Brinkman 138 0 71 113 3 0 0 1.000 4 1 Phil Roof 8 0 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 Brian Downing 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Muser 768 87 97 788 59 8 94 .991 9.93 Dick Allen 560 62 71 561 57 3 64 .995 9.93 Mike Lum 79 7 12 89 7 0 11 1.000 10.94 Jerry Hairston 62 7 8 64 6 0 6 1.000 10.16 Bill Stein 4 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 Andy Kosco 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jorge Orta 906 105 112 307 259 14 89 .976 5.62 Ted Sizemore 559 58 81 183 159 4 49 .988 5.51 Dick Allen 11 0 8 5 2 0 0 1.000 5.73 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Robinson 1041 130 131 135 194 51 23 .866 2.85 Eric Soderholm 362 26 92 29 62 2 11 .978 2.26 Ted Sizemore 53 5 9 5 10 1 0 .938 2.55 Chris Arnold 18 2 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.00 Bill Stein 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Metzger 1475 163 163 264 645 8 125 .991 5.55 Jorge Orta 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Luzinski 749 90 92 147 3 2 0 .987 1.80 Ken Henderson 543 63 63 111 2 10 0 .919 1.87 Bill Sharp 159 8 55 30 2 0 1 1.000 1.82 Gene Clines 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Mike Lum 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 Tony Muser 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bill Robinson 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave May 1476 163 163 422 15 11 1 .975 2.66 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Lum 1184 131 137 250 12 4 3 .985 1.99 Bill Sharp 253 28 31 41 8 0 0 1.000 1.74 Ken Henderson 16 2 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bill Stein 16 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 Bill Robinson 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gene Clines 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Brian Downing 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1973 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Jim Kaat
Round 2 (#34):	Jim Perry
Round 3 (#51):	Andy Kosco

Transactions

• 1973-01: traded Bucky Dent to MNA for Eric Soderholm
• 1973-01: acquired George Culver as a free agent
• 1973-02: traded Paul Casanova to SLN for Bill Stein
• 1973-08: traded Terry Forster, Jim Perry to TEA for Nelson Briles, Charlie Hudson
• 1973 postseason: released George Culver, Andy Kosco

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