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1984 Chicago White Sox  (1983)  (1985) 69-93, 5th in AL Western Division Scored 643 runs, Allowed 784 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 70-92   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 74-88 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  Brian Downing        33  146  554   71  139  28   1  22   89   1   0   62   66  .251  .331  .424   78   4.9  3(+1)e0   -67  
 3B  Tim Wallach          26  161  588   66  146  29   6  21   70   0   4   54   90  .248  .321  .425   76   4.5  3e22       39  
 OF *Brett Butler         27  162  602   69  151  19   5   3   47  55  19   80   72  .251  .339  .314   72   4.1  2(0)e4    -63  
 1B *Greg Walker          24  117  441   61  112  16   1  29   75   4   4   44   86  .254  .322  .492   65   5.0  3e8       -64  
 2B  Steve Sax            24  159  578   49  143  27   6   0   43  34  16   34   61  .247  .288  .315   50   2.9  3e25       -1  
 C   Carlton Fisk         36  104  365   55   76  16   0  22   48   0   0   27   58  .208  .276  .433   42   3.8  3(0)e2    -49  
 1B *Al Oliver            37  100  366   41  106  26   2   0   24   1   1   19   33  .290  .325  .372   41   4.1  4e23      -18  
 OF *Rudy Law             27  112  377   47   95   7   4   7   29  30  10   28   32  .252  .304  .347   39   3.5  2(+3)e7    -3  
 SS  Vance Law            27   87  230   32   65  10   1  13   46   2   0   20   34  .283  .337  .504   39   6.2  4e40      129  
 1B  Greg Luzinski        33  103  298   27   63  14   0   5   27   0   0   34   69  .211  .297  .309   29   3.2  5e30      -87  
 SS  Bill Russell         35   79  247   23   64   6   1   0   16   5   4   26   23  .259  .330  .291   24   3.4  4e28      -28  
 OF  Garry Maddox         34   70  162   20   45   3   0   4   16   1   1   16   12  .278  .337  .370   20   4.4  2(0)e6      1  
 C   Jim Essian           33   42  102   18   25   4   0   3    8   0   1   20   16  .245  .371  .373   15   5.3  3(+1)e7    50  
 C   Steve Nicosia        28   35   99    9   19   7   2   4   11   0   0    5   12  .192  .229  .424    9   3.3  3(+2)e1  -145  
 DH #Jerry Hairston       32   20   68   11   16   5   0   0    9   0   0   11    9  .235  .338  .309    8   4.2           -127  
 OF *Terry Whitfield      31   50   85   10   16   3   0   3   12   1   3   11   18  .188  .276  .329    7   2.6  4(+1)e4   -64  
 C  *Milt May             33   18   52    7   11   2   0   3    4   0   0    6   11  .212  .288  .423    6   4.5  4(+2)e2   217  
 OF  Joel Youngblood      32   28  114    8   20   3   0   0    3   1   0    8   23  .175  .242  .202    6   1.7  2(-3)e9  -243  
 DH  Kelvin Chapman       28   15   50    3   12   4   0   0    4   1   1    3    7  .240  .283  .320    4   2.9           -154  
 OF *Al Bumbry            37   25   75    9    9   0   0   0    7   4   0   15   10  .120  .261  .120    3   1.4  4(+2)e6  -274  
 SS  Andre Robertson      26   17   54    3   11   3   0   0    4   0   0    2   11  .204  .228  .259    3   2.1  3e48      -13  
 SS  Chris Speier         34   30   87    1   11   6   0   0    9   0   0    6   12  .126  .181  .195    2   1.0  4e17     -130  
 SS  Domingo Ramos        26   76   26    7    5   1   0   0    0   3   0    4    6  .192  .300  .231    2   3.2  3e23       88  
 OF  Terry Harper         28   14   31    5    4   1   1   0    1   3   0    1    9  .129  .156  .226    1   1.4  2(0)e12   -18  
 1B  Darrell Miller       26    6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200  .200  .200    0   1.4  4e15      -15  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           652                  -33

     * - 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  Alejandro Pena       25  11   8  .579  31  31   2   0   0   0   0  208.2  189   65   58  13   42  133  2.50   73   3.2  -27  
  P  Tom Seaver           39  10  15  .400  34  34  11   0   0   0   1  244.2  250  129  122  30   57  145  4.49  125   4.7   20  
  P  LaMarr Hoyt          29   9  11  .450  24  24   7   0   0   0   0  170.2  176   93   79  20   29   97  4.17   77   4.0  -62  
  P  Dan Spillner         32   6   5  .545  36   0   0  17   2   2   0   68.2   88   45   40   7   22   34  5.24   48   6.3   -7  
  P  Dennis Martinez      30   5  12  .294  23  23   3   0   0   0   1  146.0  137   77   70  19   42   71  4.32   66   4.1 -109  
  P *Carlos Diaz          26   4   2  .667  31   0   0   7   2   0   0   41.2   44   25   24   4   22   30  5.18   21   4.7 -118  
  P *Mike Jones           24   4   6  .400  28   9   1  13   2   0   0   85.2   98   57   49   8   43   50  5.15   58   6.1  -13  
  P  Gene Nelson          23   3   4  .429  11   9   0   2   0   0   0   54.0   52   43   33  14   24   26  5.50   36   6.0   90  
  P *Matt Young           25   3   5  .375  12  12   3   0   0   0   0   76.2   84   44   43  11   34   47  5.05   45   5.3  -60  
  P  Bob James            25   3   5  .375  46   0   0  29  12   6   0   64.2   56   21   20   6   32   53  2.78   27   3.9  -44  
  P  Doug Bair            34   2   1  .667   8   0   0   7   0   0   0   16.0   15   13   11   4    7   14  6.19   10   5.4  138  
  P  Richard Dotson       25   2   3  .400   9   9   1   0   0   0   0   54.1   51   34   29   7   27   27  4.80   32   5.3   45  
  P *Juan Agosto          26   2   4  .333  27   0   0   9   3   1   0   26.1   17    8    7   0   18   15  2.39    7   2.4 -206  
  P  Ron Reed             41   2   5  .286  30   0   0  15   4   4   0   53.2   63   29   27   9   16   57  4.53   33   5.7  108  
  P  Dennis Lamp          31   1   1  .500   4   3   1   1   0   0   1   19.1   17   13    8   1   11    5  3.72    8   3.7 -114  
  P  Bob Stoddard         27   1   3  .250  71   0   0  24   3   6   0   74.2   73   38   38   9   33   35  4.58   37   4.6 -119  
  P *Neal Heaton          24   1   3  .250   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   43.1   56   39   36   8   18   15  7.48   34   7.0   47  
  P *Tom Burgmeier        40   0   0  .000  17   0   0   4   1   2   0   13.1   11    4    4   0    6    6  2.70    4   3.1  -18  
  P *Mike Jeffcoat        24   0   0  .000   8   0   0   5   0   0   0   14.1   18    7    6   0    4   10  3.77    8   5.1    1  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      758        -27

     * - 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 864 92 103 576 43 4 3 .994 59 26 Jim Essian 225 26 32 148 8 0 1 1.000 18 7 Steve Nicosia 221 25 29 145 10 0 0 1.000 18 8 Milt May 146 17 18 87 5 1 0 .989 10 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Walker 997 109 112 1005 90 5 98 .995 9.88 Al Oliver 248 26 34 242 23 4 19 .985 9.62 Greg Luzinski 218 26 31 209 21 7 21 .970 9.50 Darrell Miller 11 1 4 10 0 0 1 1.000 8.18 Domingo Ramos 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Sax 1447 159 159 459 410 29 96 .968 5.41 Andre Robertson 30 3 4 12 11 0 5 1.000 6.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Wallach 1385 159 159 125 267 23 30 .945 2.55 Vance Law 90 3 32 7 16 1 3 .958 2.30 Jim Essian 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Domingo Ramos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 544 65 74 98 184 12 25 .959 4.66 Vance Law 449 55 62 97 165 13 33 .953 5.26 Chris Speier 229 29 29 43 71 4 10 .966 4.49 Domingo Ramos 148 0 67 25 58 2 8 .976 5.05 Andre Robertson 104 13 13 21 40 3 10 .953 5.28 Tim Wallach 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rudy Law 775 85 92 149 3 2 1 .987 1.77 Brian Downing 616 68 73 120 4 0 0 1.000 1.81 Al Oliver 77 9 10 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 Terry Whitfield 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jerry Hairston 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Terry Harper 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brett Butler 1469 162 162 460 20 3 3 .994 2.94 Bill Russell 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 Vance Law 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Garry Maddox 1 0 1 8 2 1 1 .909 90.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian Downing 413 47 48 76 3 0 2 1.000 1.72 Garry Maddox 406 42 58 79 4 0 0 1.000 1.84 Joel Youngblood 253 28 28 57 0 1 0 .983 2.03 Al Bumbry 194 22 23 35 2 0 0 1.000 1.72 Rudy Law 101 12 12 20 0 1 0 .952 1.78 Terry Harper 80 9 12 17 2 0 0 1.000 2.14 Terry Whitfield 21 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 Brett Butler 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1984 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Brett Butler
Round 3 (#62):	Doug Bair
Round 4 (#82):	Kelvin Chapman
Round 5 (#97):	Dennis Lamp
Round 6 (#109):	Carlos Diaz

Transactions

• 1984 preseason: released rookie Al Jones
• 1984-01: traded Daryl Boston to BAA for Dennis Martinez
• 1984-01: acquired Dan Spillner as a free agent
• 1984-02: acquired Darrell Miller as a free agent
• 1984-05: traded Doug Bair, Mike Jeffcoat to TEA for Bob James
• 1984-05: acquired Terry Whitfield as a free agent
• 1984-06: traded Joel Youngblood, Kelvin Chapman, Jerry Hairston to LAN for LAN#2, Al Oliver, Garry Maddox
• 1984-07: acquired Mike Jones as a free agent
• 1984-07: traded Richard Dotson, Tom Burgmeier to TOA for Mark Eichhorn, Jim Essian
• 1984-08: acquired Milt May as a free agent
• 1984-14: traded Ron Reed to SEA for Matt Young
• 1984-18: traded LaMarr Hoyt, CHA#2 to SDN for Neal Heaton, SDN#1
• 1984-18: traded Joel Skinner to BAA for Al Bumbry
• 1984-18: acquired Chris Speier as a free agent
• 1984-18: released Terry Whitfield
• 1984 postseason: released Mike Jones, Garry Maddox

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