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1977 Chicago White Sox  (1976)  (1978) 102-60, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 1079 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 111-51 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .699 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 101-61   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-72 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 DH  Greg Luzinski        26  154  608  122  197  20   9  53  154   0   0   76  148  .324  .397  .648  161  10.2             57  
 OF  Bobby Bonds          31  161  634  134  174  24  14  46  125   4   4   71  158  .274  .347  .574  121   6.7  2(-4)e5    59  
 3B #Len Randle           28  141  524  117  174  23  16   7   58  13   1   89   77  .332  .430  .477  115   8.4  3e20      120  
 OF *Oscar Gamble         27  128  429  101  132  19   0  37  114   0   0   70   56  .308  .413  .611  110   9.6  4(0)e4     50  
 1B  Tony Perez           35  130  480   73  143  30   3  20   83   0   0   45  103  .298  .360  .498   84   6.4  4e13       42  
 OF  Garry Maddox         27  160  611   90  161  29   3  12   91  15   6   23   69  .264  .291  .380   66   3.8  1(-2)e11 -101  
 SS  Bill Russell         28  162  607   77  172  22   7   6   78  11   1   20   50  .283  .306  .372   66   3.7  2e32       15  
 3B  Eric Soderholm       28  101  316   68   92  11   4  23   62   2   0   26   34  .291  .356  .570   62   7.2  2e11       76  
 C   Jim Essian           26  119  323   58   82  18   1   9   53   0   0   48   25  .254  .353  .399   48   5.0  2(0)e1    -57  
 2B *Jerry Remy           24  105  259   61   73   7   6   2   32   9   5   32   27  .282  .364  .378   37   5.1  2e21       80  
 2B *Jorge Orta           26   81  271   44   73  16   5   5   47   0   0   21   27  .269  .323  .421   36   4.7  4e23       -7  
 1B  Lamar Johnson        26   69  194   33   57   5   1  10   39   0   0   15   26  .294  .344  .485   29   5.3  4e16      -18  
 C   Brian Downing        26   82  169   34   45   3   0   6   27   0   1   35   26  .266  .400  .391   28   5.8  3(+2)e4   -14  
 OF  Mike Vail            25   36   77   14   25   5   0   3   15   0   0   10   12  .325  .400  .506   16   8.1  4(0)e14   198  
 OF  Steve Henderson      24   24   52    8   12   6   2   1   12   0   0   13   15  .231  .373  .481   10   6.6  4(+4)e7     2  
 C   Larry Cox            29   29   60   10   18   6   0   1    9   0   0    6    5  .300  .373  .450    9   5.6  3(0)e12   126  
 OF  Wayne Nordhagen      29   33   79   11   20   2   1   5   13   0   0    1    8  .253  .262  .494    8   3.8  3(-1)e16  -83  
 OF  Jerry Martin         28   73   68   13   14   2   1   0   10   0   0    7   14  .206  .286  .265    5   2.7  2(-1)e6  -224  
 UT  Luis Gomez           25   36   19    4    5   1   1   0    3   0   0    2    2  .263  .333  .421    2   5.2             95  
 3B  Larry Parrish        23   12   21    3    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    2  .143  .357  .238    2   3.5  3e32     -104  
 PH *Royle Stillman       26   10   11    2    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .273  .385  .455    2   7.2            171  
 UT #Pepe Frias           28    4    4    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .500  .600  .500    1  18.3            571  
 1B  Lee May              34    3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e8      -722  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                          1028                   26

     * - 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  Wayne Garland        26  25  12  .676  40  40  11   0   0   0   1  308.2  324  149  138  28   97  140  4.02  158   4.6    5  
  P *Doug Rau             28  19   6  .760  31  31   7   0   0   0   1  207.1  223  108   94  23   60  133  4.08  108   4.6    0  
  P  Francisco Barrios    24  14  10  .583  30  30   9   0   0   0   0  223.0  238  113  102  22   61  121  4.12  114   4.6   -8  
  P  Jim Bibby            32  11  12  .478  30  30   4   0   0   0   0  184.0  202  112   99  20   76  111  4.84  108   5.3   68  
  P  Joe Coleman          30   9   3  .750  31  12   3   9   4   0   1  113.2   96   41   35  11   50   54  2.77   47   3.7  -21  
  P  Lerrin LaGrow        29   7   7  .500  39   0   0  30  15  10   0   60.0   46   24   22   7   22   37  3.30   22   3.3  -25  
  P  Pedro Borbon         30   5   1  .833  50   0   0  35   9   3   0  110.0  101   43   38   8   19   42  3.11   40   3.3  -81  
  P  Bob Apodaca          27   5   1  .833  18   0   0  15   5   0   0   36.0   20    6    6   1    5   18  1.50    6   1.6 -244  
  P *Jon Matlack          27   5   4  .556  18  18   2   0   0   0   1  102.0  119   70   59  20   35   79  5.21   69   6.2   87  
  P *John Hiller          34   1   2  .333  31   0   0  19   6   1   0   56.1   50   27   23   5   30   53  3.67   24   3.9  -79  
  P  Rick Wise            31   1   2  .333  18   1   0  12   1   0   0   44.0   62   28   24   4   10   31  4.91   33   6.7   18  
  P  Dave Frost           24   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   1   0   0    8.1    9    2    2   0    1    3  2.16    2   2.4 -127  
  P  Silvio Martinez      21   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   1   0   0    7.1   10    9    8   2    4    6  9.82    6   7.6  -19  
  P  Tom Dixon            22   0   0  .000   2   0   0   2   1   0   0    5.0    9    2    2   0    0    0  3.60    2   4.7   80  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      746         -1

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jim Essian 805 92 118 518 29 4 5 .993 20 12 Brian Downing 493 54 81 306 23 2 3 .994 30 10 Larry Cox 153 16 29 85 7 4 1 .958 11 3 Wayne Nordhagen 15 0 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Perez 1062 119 125 1016 83 9 110 .992 9.31 Lamar Johnson 397 43 56 413 35 5 50 .989 10.16 Lee May 5 0 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 14.40 Jerry Martin 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 22.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jorge Orta* 899 108 113 298 242 10 68 .982 5.41 Jerry Remy* 586 58 96 177 172 11 47 .969 5.36 Len Randle 359 45 47 89 120 3 36 .986 5.23 Luis Gomez 38 1 16 9 12 0 4 1.000 4.97 Pepe Frias 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Len Randle 733 87 90 74 123 11 16 .947 2.42 Eric Soderholm 693 72 98 66 132 2 10 .990 2.57 Larry Parrish 40 3 9 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.92 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 1429 162 162 274 519 39 122 .953 4.99 Luis Gomez 34 0 18 4 14 2 1 .900 4.81 Pepe Frias 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Oscar Gamble 920 110 117 169 12 1 1 .995 1.77 Wayne Nordhagen 156 21 21 32 1 1 1 .971 1.90 Jerry Martin 154 4 63 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 Mike Vail 149 18 19 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.63 Greg Luzinski 64 8 9 16 1 1 0 .944 2.39 Steve Henderson 16 1 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 Royle Stillman 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Garry Maddox 1436 160 160 447 17 10 3 .979 2.91 Jerry Martin 30 2 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Bonds 1422 158 161 354 10 7 3 .981 2.30 Oscar Gamble 27 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Mike Vail 8 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jerry Martin 6 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Wayne Nordhagen 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1977 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Wayne Garland
Round 2 (#25):	Tony Perez
Round 3 (#44):	Len Randle
Round 4 (#66):	Joe Coleman

Transactions

• 1977-01: traded Chris Knapp to SEA for Larry Cox
• 1977-01: acquired Tom Dixon as a free agent
• 1977-02: traded Lee May to SEA for Jerry Martin
• 1977-02: traded Ken Kravec to NYN for Jon Matlack, Jerry Remy
• 1977-16: traded Jorge Orta to NYN for Steve Henderson, Bob Apodaca
• 1977 postseason: released Pedro Borbon, Wayne Garland

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