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1981 Chicago White Sox  (1980)  (1982) 70-92, 5th in AL Western Division Scored 693 runs, Allowed 791 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .697 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-89   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 54-52 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Greg Luzinski        30  150  529   80  135  23   2  27   80   0   0   89   98  .255  .363  .459   91   6.0  5e30      -19  
 2B #Tony Bernazard       24  148  548   78  157  21   5  13   60   4   5   69  105  .286  .366  .414   85   5.5  3e11       33  
 OF  Brian Downing        30  133  440   55  120  15   0  20   69   1   1   65   42  .273  .374  .443   72   5.8  4(+3)e3    87  
 1B *Bruce Bochte         30  138  451   51  127  15   0  11   56   0   2   53   66  .282  .360  .388   64   5.2  3e9        32  
 3B  Larry Parrish        27  146  496   66  124  28   7  11   64   1   1   42  107  .250  .305  .401   56   3.8  2e28       25  
 C   Carlton Fisk         33  133  444   59  115   8   0  10   49   3   1   45   44  .259  .352  .345   56   4.4  1(0)e3    -18  
 OF *Ken Landreaux        26  158  551   63  118  20   8  13   62  19   7   36   68  .214  .263  .350   50   3.0  3(0)e0    -51  
 OF  Leon Roberts         30   86  239   20   61  23   1   5   28   1   4   33   41  .255  .350  .423   33   4.7  4(0)e3      7  
 UT *Dan Meyer            28   79  257   32   74  15   4   6   26   3   2    8   21  .288  .309  .447   29   4.0            121  
 SS  Bill Russell         32  108  350   28   83   8   0   0   29   2   2   20   13  .237  .280  .260   24   2.3  3e31      -27  
 OF  Tim Wallach          23   57  163   22   50   9   1   1   20   0   0   10   21  .307  .356  .393   22   5.2  4(-1)e5   106  
 OF *John Lowenstein      34   74  180   25   44   2   0   8   25   4   2   22   27  .244  .335  .389   22   4.1  2(0)e3     14  
 OF *Harold Baines        22   38  124   18   36   6   1   5   17   4   0    4   19  .290  .318  .476   19   5.8  2(-2)e4    -6  
 SS  Bill Almon           28   42  161   16   38   7   0   0    5  10   2   13   34  .236  .297  .280   13   2.9  3e27     -140  
 OF  Terry Harper         25   20   38    6   12   2   0   3    9   0   0    3    8  .316  .366  .605    8   8.9  2(0)e10   262  
 OF  Rusty Kuntz          26   31   78   10   20   4   0   0    7   1   0    8    8  .256  .341  .308    8   3.6  2(0)e5     19  
 OF #Jerry White          28   47   80   16   17   2   0   3    7   5   1    7   12  .212  .276  .350    8   3.4  2(+2)e16  -20  
 C  *Biff Pocoroba        27   41  139    8   26   2   0   0   10   0   0   12   12  .187  .257  .201    7   1.8  4(+2)e16  -20  
 SS #Billy Smith          27   35   72    9   14   2   0   0    4   0   0   14   12  .194  .326  .222    5   2.7  4e28       37  
 1B *Larry Biittner       34   15   57    8   14   6   0   0    6   0   0    3    7  .246  .283  .351    5   3.7  4e5        98  
 OF *Danny Goodwin        27   10   33    4   11   3   0   2    6   0   0    1    3  .333  .353  .606    5   5.8  4(+3)e16  344  
 UT  Ted Cox              26   12   37    4   10   1   0   1    4   0   0    2   12  .270  .300  .378    4   3.9           -185  
 UT  Vance Law            24   52   54    6   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    1    9  .204  .214  .241    2   1.3            134  
 OF *Del Unser            36   10   18    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    8    1  .111  .385  .167    1   3.3  4(0)e16    47  
 PH *Terry Crowley        34   20   15    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    7    0  .200  .455  .200    1   3.4           -102  
 C   Luis Pujols          25    9   18    0    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .278  .278  .278    1   2.9  3(-1)e1   -49  
 2B #Jose Moreno          23   14   38    4    4   0   0   0    4   3   0    2    7  .105  .143  .105    0    .6  4e41     -268  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           706                   12

     * - 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 *Britt Burns          22  12  11  .522  33  32   8   0   0   0   1  222.0  203  101   84  25   66  139  3.41   98   4.0   -3  
  P  Dennis Lamp          28  11   4  .733  29  15   5  12   2   1   1  151.0  144   60   55   8   58   89  3.28   63   3.8   64  
  P  Richard Dotson       22   8   7  .533  31  31   1   0   0   0   0  186.1  210   99   97  16   81  110  4.69  109   5.3    3  
  P *Jerry Don Gleaton    23   6   7  .462  23  19   2   2   0   2   0  121.2  105   58   56  11   60   48  4.14   53   3.9 -123  
  P *Floyd Bannister      26   6  12  .333  24  24   0   0   0   0   0  134.1  161   94   89  13   46   91  5.96   88   6.0    2  
  P  LaMarr Hoyt          26   6  12  .333  56   0   0  41  14  12   0  139.0  135   67   61  16   42  105  3.95   69   4.6    9  
  P  Tom Hausman          28   5   4  .556  27   0   0  20   2   1   0   36.2   37   17   15   5   10   22  3.68   17   4.3   87  
  P  Doc Medich           32   4   3  .571   9   9   3   0   0   0   0   69.1   55   19   18   2   11   37  2.34   16   2.1 -127  
  P *Howard Bailey        23   3   3  .500  41   0   0  13   3   2   0   57.1   78   43   43   6   12   31  6.75   43   6.9   58  
  P  John Urrea           26   3   5  .375  36   0   0  27   4   1   0   77.2   67   40   38   4   46   30  4.40   36   4.2   -9  
  P  Ed Whitson           26   3  10  .231  21  21   6   0   0   0   0  132.1  132   91   74  18   67   82  5.03   78   5.2   12  
  P *Steve Trout          23   2   4  .333  11  11   0   0   0   0   0   60.0   68   35   32   4   20   32  4.80   30   4.4   35  
  P  Gene Nelson          20   1   3  .250  21   0   0   8   1   1   0   39.2   46   30   29   3   30   12  6.58   30   6.8  -54  
  P  Bob Stoddard         24   0   1  .000   4   0   0   2   0   1   0    6.1    8    5    5   2    3    4  7.11    6   9.1  257  
  P  Luis Sanchez         27   0   1  .000  11   0   0   6   5   1   0   13.1   26   15   12   4    4    4  8.10   16   9.8  236  
  P *Kevin Hickey         25   0   1  .000   9   0   0   1   0   2   0    7.0    3    2    2   1    0    3  2.57    0    .7 -285  
  P  Mike Marshall        38   0   4  .000   9   0   0   5   0   1   0   10.0   19   15   15   2    1    1 13.50   13  12.0  430  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 24                                                                                      772          3

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Carlton Fisk 1048 115 126 676 65 10 6 .987 105 48 Biff Pocoroba 305 37 38 201 22 7 3 .970 46 15 Brian Downing 79 8 11 48 5 1 0 .981 14 5 Luis Pujols 32 2 7 23 3 0 0 1.000 2 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bruce Bochte 1041 114 126 1009 80 3 101 .997 9.41 Greg Luzinski 172 21 23 171 9 5 13 .973 9.42 Larry Biittner 104 12 13 106 7 0 12 1.000 9.81 Dan Meyer 69 7 11 79 5 0 5 1.000 10.96 Ted Cox 34 4 4 31 1 1 4 .970 8.47 Tim Wallach 26 3 5 29 1 1 2 .968 10.38 Danny Goodwin 9 1 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.64 Terry Crowley 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Del Unser 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Bernazard 1276 141 147 404 353 10 92 .987 5.34 Jose Moreno 93 10 14 25 24 4 5 .925 4.74 Vance Law 65 9 12 23 22 0 8 1.000 6.20 Billy Smith 30 2 10 10 4 0 1 1.000 4.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Parrish 1238 137 145 136 265 24 30 .944 2.92 Dan Meyer 175 20 21 18 29 3 3 .940 2.42 Ted Cox 44 5 5 6 5 0 1 1.000 2.25 Tim Wallach 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 850 103 107 172 348 14 61 .974 5.51 Bill Almon 375 42 42 77 139 3 21 .986 5.18 Billy Smith 150 15 22 32 64 1 10 .990 5.75 Vance Law 89 2 39 19 33 2 5 .963 5.28 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian Downing 613 74 74 110 3 1 1 .991 1.66 Leon Roberts 335 41 47 44 3 0 0 1.000 1.26 Dan Meyer 298 37 40 57 3 2 1 .968 1.81 John Lowenstein 79 1 32 16 2 1 1 .947 2.05 Danny Goodwin 59 7 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 Jerry White 29 0 15 14 0 0 0 1.000 4.30 Bruce Bochte 21 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 Rusty Kuntz 13 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 Terry Harper 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Tim Wallach 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Greg Luzinski 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Del Unser 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Landreaux 1392 154 157 441 20 0 2 1.000 2.98 Del Unser 63 8 8 18 0 1 0 .947 2.57 Jerry White 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Leon Roberts 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Lowenstein 348 42 45 66 1 1 0 .985 1.73 Tim Wallach 281 31 38 53 0 1 0 .981 1.70 Harold Baines 266 30 35 59 3 1 0 .984 2.10 Rusty Kuntz 175 20 23 36 1 4 1 .902 1.90 Leon Roberts 173 15 31 37 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 Jerry White 128 14 21 17 1 1 0 .947 1.26 Terry Harper 69 7 14 12 0 1 0 .923 1.57 Bruce Bochte 18 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 Larry Biittner 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Carlton Fisk
Round 2 (#23):	Ken Landreaux
Round 3 (#42):	Leon Roberts
Round 4 (#63):	Mike Marshall
Round 5 (#84):	John Urrea
Round 6 (#103):	Aurelio Rodriguez
Round 7 (#118):	Larry Biittner

Transactions

• 1981-01: traded Bill Lee to SEA for Bruce Bochte
• 1981-01: traded Dave Rosello to PIN for Vance Law
• 1981-01: acquired Billy Smith as a free agent
• 1981-02: traded Ross Baumgarten, Derrel Thomas to TOA for Jim Bibby, Ted Cox
• 1981-02: acquired Mike Vail as a free agent
• 1981-06: traded Jim Bibby, Kevin Hickey to SEA for Floyd Bannister, Denny Walling, Jerry Don Gleaton
• 1981-07: traded Harold Baines, Denny Walling to MON for Tim Wallach, Jerry White
• 1981-07: traded Bill Almon, Luis Pujols to ATN for Biff Pocoroba, Terry Harper, ATN#2
• 1981-08: released Mike Vail
• 1981-08: traded Doc Medich to DEA for John Lowenstein, Howard Bailey
• 1981-09: traded Steve Trout, Mike Marshall to NYA for Luis Sanchez, Gene Nelson
• 1981-09: traded Terry Crowley to MON for Ed Whitson
• 1981-16: acquired Jose Moreno as a free agent
• 1981-16: released John Urrea
• 1981-17: acquired Del Unser as a free agent
• 1981-17: traded Aurelio Rodriguez, Rusty Kuntz to SEA for Bob Stoddard
• 1981 postseason: released Howard Bailey, Jerry Don Gleaton, Jerry White

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