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1978 Chicago White Sox  (1977)  (1979) 78-84, 3rd in AL Western Division Scored 737 runs, Allowed 850 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .689 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 75-87   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-90 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  Greg Luzinski        27  159  570   90  154  31   2  36  106   9   5   90  136  .270  .378  .521  118   7.4  4(0)e5    -14  
 3B  Larry Parrish        24  146  561   78  165  46   4  13   75   1   0   23  106  .294  .322  .460   75   4.8  3e27        7  
 1B  Tony Perez           36  107  425   42  136  34   0  10   69   0   0   22   80  .320  .353  .471   70   6.4  4e13       39  
 OF  Garry Maddox         28  154  616   76  165  34   2   7   60  22   6   23   83  .268  .296  .364   66   3.8  1(-2)e9   -82  
 SS  Bill Russell         29  161  620   68  170  36   4   3   51  14   6   14   45  .274  .292  .360   59   3.3  3e33      -33  
 C   Brian Downing        27  124  427   53  103  14   0  12   42   3   1   55   51  .241  .335  .358   55   4.4  3(+2)e2     5  
 1B  Lamar Johnson        27  135  489   51  127  15   1   7   49   5   3   30   58  .260  .311  .337   50   3.6  4e13      -56  
 3B  Eric Soderholm       29  132  398   49   96  15   0  10   39   3   2   38   43  .241  .316  .354   47   4.1  2e19      -78  
 OF  Steve Henderson      25  101  366   59   96  24   3   4   39   6   4   43   68  .262  .338  .377   46   4.3  4(+2)e12  -17  
 OF  Jerry Martin         29   72  166   33   56   9   1  12   35  11   0   18   39  .337  .400  .620   45  11.1  2(-1)e5   230  
 2B #Len Randle           29   79  248   39   61  15   5   1   24  19   8   36   24  .246  .339  .359   32   4.2  4e18       48  
 OF  Wayne Nordhagen      30   68  194   31   64  12   0   7   34   0   0    9   16  .330  .351  .500   32   6.1  4(-1)e21   89  
 OF *Bob Molinaro         28  123  309   27   81   7   2   4   23  24   8   12   11  .262  .289  .337   30   3.4  2(0)e5    -66  
 C   Mike Colbern         23   37  111   11   37   5   1   3   16   0   0    4   35  .333  .362  .477   19   6.8  4(+1)e4   197  
 C   Bo Diaz              25   21   71   12   17   5   0   2    5   0   0    3   12  .239  .270  .394    7   3.3  3(-1)e16   90  
 2B  Greg Pryor           28   77   48    8   13   1   0   2    8   1   1    7    3  .271  .364  .417    6   4.0  2e20      145  
 OF *Dave May             34   18   38    5   12   2   0   0    8   0   0    2    5  .316  .366  .368    5   5.5  3(-1)e18  135  
 C  *Marv Foley           24    7    9    1    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .667  .750  .667    5  45.8  4(+3)e16  643  
 UT *Del Unser            33   19   28    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .143  .273  .179    1   1.9            -98  
 OF *Thad Bosley          21    6    3    0    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    1    0  .333  .500  .333    0  12.0  3(+1)e12  197  
 2B #Larry Milbourne      27    5    3    2    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   1.8  4e44     -299  
 OF  Jim Morrison         25    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .500  .000    0   3.5  4(+3)e25   -4  
 SS #Harry Chappas        20    2    3    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   2    0    0  .667  .667  .667    0    .0  3e26      736  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           775                   -4

     * - 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  Chris Knapp          24  17  11  .607  33  32   1   0   0   0   0  192.1  208  113   95  26   70  141  4.45  114   5.3    8  
  P  Francisco Barrios    25  14   9  .609  33  33   1   0   0   0   0  211.2  192   94   87  14   97   71  3.70   91   3.8  -45  
  P *Doug Rau             29   9  15  .375  33  33   3   0   0   0   1  213.1  234  116  103  22   66  114  4.35  115   4.9  -38  
  P  Silvio Martinez      22   7  12  .368  28  24   2   0   0   0   0  133.1  139  111   94   9   85   31  6.35   89   5.8   84  
  P *John Hiller          35   6   3  .667  42   0   0  23  11   1   0   78.2   61   32   26   6   37   60  2.97   26   3.0   21  
  P *Dave Tomlin          29   5   1  .833  55   0   0  26  11   2   0   64.1   79   31   27   0   16   27  3.78   36   5.2 -145  
  P  Mike Proly           27   5   5  .500  44   0   0  23   5   5   0   70.2   86   29   22   3   15   20  2.80   34   4.3   56  
  P  Tom Dixon            23   5   8  .385  19  19   0   0   0   0   0  115.0  126   59   53  15   25   46  4.15   68   5.4   58  
  P  Steve Burke          23   3   2  .600  41   0   0  24   5   2   0   54.0   48   25   21   3   31   17  3.50   21   3.6  -40  
  P *Frank Tanana         25   3   3  .500   7   7   2   0   0   0   0   48.0   48   22   17   5   13   29  3.19   26   4.9   -6  
  P  Lerrin LaGrow        30   2   2  .500  41   0   0  25   5   2   0   92.2   87   48   44   6   43   40  4.27   45   4.3  -39  
  P *Pablo Torrealba      30   1   5  .167  32   0   0  17   4   4   0   63.0   86   59   58   9   42   31  8.29   62   8.9   51  
  P  Dick Pole            27   1   7  .125  21  13   2   7   0   0   1   81.2  143   95   79  13   38   30  8.71   94  10.3  103  
  P *Ross Baumgarten      23   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    4.1    4    1    1   1    1    4  2.08    2   5.5  -65  
  P *Steve Trout          20   0   0  .000   6   0   0   2   0   0   0    9.1    4    3    0   0    7    4  0.00    1   1.3 -171  
  P *Rich Wortham         24   0   1  .000   5   1   0   2   0   0   0   13.1   19   12   12   0    3    4  8.10   11   7.8  171  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      842          4

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Brian Downing 983 110 120 533 74 5 3 .992 109 53 Mike Colbern 261 32 37 148 15 3 0 .982 22 7 Bo Diaz 174 19 21 87 10 4 1 .960 12 6 Wayne Nordhagen 19 0 6 10 1 1 0 .917 3 0 Marv Foley 8 1 2 7 1 1 0 .889 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Perez* 1223 138 141 1232 103 4 108 .997 9.82 Lamar Johnson 475 53 59 448 38 3 39 .994 9.20 Del Unser* 47 4 10 45 3 1 6 .980 9.13 Wayne Nordhagen 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eric Soderholm 790 93 94 266 247 17 60 .968 5.84 Len Randle 547 66 71 176 165 12 38 .966 5.61 Greg Pryor 100 2 48 29 32 1 8 .984 5.47 Larry Milbourne 8 1 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 7.88 Jerry Martin* 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Parrish 1166 141 142 108 261 20 29 .949 2.85 Eric Soderholm 242 21 57 21 49 6 4 .921 2.61 Greg Pryor 31 0 16 6 7 0 0 1.000 3.77 Len Randle 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 1425 161 161 369 463 40 95 .954 5.25 Greg Pryor 11 0 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 6.35 Harry Chappas 9 1 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 Jerry Martin* 7 0 1 0 3 1 0 .750 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Luzinski 1316 158 158 234 7 5 1 .980 1.65 Bob Molinaro 60 0 36 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.83 Jerry Martin* 47 4 13 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.76 Steve Henderson 34 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 Del Unser* 17 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Wayne Nordhagen 6 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Dave May 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Jim Morrison 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Garry Maddox 1326 149 153 400 19 11 4 .974 2.84 Jerry Martin* 183 19 24 48 1 1 0 .980 2.41 Dave May 80 9 13 23 2 0 1 1.000 2.81 Del Unser* 26 3 4 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08 Bob Molinaro 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Molinaro 739 87 95 181 9 4 3 .979 2.31 Jerry Martin* 369 35 58 89 5 2 3 .979 2.29 Wayne Nordhagen 327 41 43 68 6 5 0 .937 2.04 Del Unser* 30 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Dave May 13 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.77 Steve Henderson 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 1 (#18):	Brian Downing
Round 2 (#36):	Silvio Martinez
Round 3 (#57):	Bo Diaz
Round 4 (#78):	Chris Knapp
Round 5 (#99):	Dave Tomlin

Transactions

• 1978-01: traded Bill Nahorodny to SEA for Larry Milbourne, Steve Burke, Dick Pole
• 1978-01: acquired Mike Jorgensen as a free agent
• 1978-11: released Lerrin LaGrow
• 1978-11: acquired Pablo Torrealba as a free agent
• 1978-16: traded Jerry Martin to CHN for Thad Bosley
• 1978-16: traded Tom Spencer, Mike Jorgensen to NYN for Jim Morrison
• 1978-16: acquired Dave May as a free agent
• 1978-18: traded Tony Perez, Mike Colbern to MON for Frank Tanana, Del Unser
• 1978 postseason: released Tom Dixon, Chris Knapp, Bob Molinaro

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