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1979 Chicago White Sox  (1978)  (1980) 97-65, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 857 runs, Allowed 727 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 73-87 Manager(s): Ben Lea Lost to Boston Red Sox in Championship Series, 3 games to 0.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C   Brian Downing        28  144  526   96  189  26   3  16   77   0   3  102   56  .359  .462  .511  131   9.9  3(+1)e1    94  
 3B  Larry Parrish        25  149  575   94  179  50   0  25  104   1   0   50  106  .311  .365  .529  108   7.1  2e25      -15  
 OF  Greg Luzinski        28  143  483   74  130  25   0  26   95   1   0   55   96  .269  .360  .482   88   6.5  4(0)e13    72  
 OF *Ruppert Jones        24  162  633   92  146  21  12  20   91  20  12   70   92  .231  .308  .397   73   3.7  2(+1)e5   -95  
 1B  Bob Watson           33   95  329   40  108  15   1  11   48   1   0   28   37  .328  .382  .480   58   6.8  4e21       25  
 1B  Lamar Johnson        28  105  367   49  113  22   2  14   60   4   0   20   37  .308  .344  .493   54   5.3  4e22       26  
 DH  Steve Henderson      26   87  313   60  108  15   3   5   41   3   6   24   45  .345  .391  .460   51   6.1             31  
 SS  Bill Russell         30  148  513   56  131  18   7   5   43   4   4   22   43  .255  .284  .347   46   3.1  3e33      -25  
 1B *Dan Meyer            26  128  381   54  106  17  10   9   54   6   2   15   20  .278  .312  .446   46   4.1  3e16      -19  
 2B #Larry Milbourne      28  114  363   48  107  14   5   0   33   3   5   22   28  .295  .334  .361   42   4.2  4e30       28  
 OF #Derrel Thomas        28   74  285   45   79  17   3   5   29  14   4   35   22  .277  .359  .411   41   4.9  2(0)e2     90  
 2B  Jim Morrison         26   93  238   36   64   7   0  17   49   7   1   14   52  .269  .318  .513   39   6.0  3e15       -2  
 DH *Thad Bosley          22   28   67   19   27   3   1   2   14   5   2   13   11  .403  .500  .567   20  13.4            294  
 OF  Garry Maddox         29   52  201   23   47   8   1   4   24   4   2    4   24  .234  .251  .343   16   2.8  1(-2)e2  -135  
 2B  Greg Pryor           29   40  130   15   33   1   0   2   16   0   0   11   10  .254  .312  .308   11   2.9  3e10      -60  
 UT  Paul Dade            27   56  182   20   39  11   2   0   14   3   7    3   37  .214  .239  .297    9   1.6           -149  
 C   Larry Cox            31   37   99   14   26   4   1   0    9   1   0    3    7  .263  .282  .323    8   3.1  3(+2)e4    25  
 OF  Glenn Burke          26   89   54   15   16   2   2   0    8   0   0    3    9  .296  .333  .407    7   5.4  2(0)e4    235  
 OF *Mike Lum             33   18   42    2   10   2   0   1    4   0   0    7    8  .238  .347  .357    5   4.5  4(0)e6     41  
 C  *Marv Foley           25    9   19    3   10   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .526  .526  .526    4  12.8  4(+2)e4   420  
 SS  Harry Chappas        21    5   11    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .091  .231  .091    0    .9  3e40     -388  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           868                    7

     * - 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 *Bill Lee             32  18   8  .692  33  33  12   0   0   0   2  244.0  234  102   90  24   50   62  3.32  104   3.8  -50  
  P *Ross Baumgarten      24  14   7  .667  32  32   3   0   0   0   0  199.1  189   90   86  15   80   67  3.88   90   4.1  -25  
  P  Silvio Martinez      23  14   9  .609  33  33   5   0   0   0   3  208.1  234   92   85  14   60  105  3.67  107   4.6    6  
  P  Jim Barr             31   9   6  .600  29  26   4   2   1   0   0  165.0  196   94   81  13   57   58  4.42   92   4.9  -13  
  P *Dave Tomlin          30   7   5  .583  45   0   0  27   7   4   0   59.1   54   22   16   3   16   26  2.43   20   3.0 -108  
  P  Randy Scarbery       27   6   3  .667  56   0   0  21   6   4   0  105.1  122   62   53  12   31   55  4.53   64   5.6   16  
  P  Doc Medich           30   6   6  .500  47   0   0  31   4   3   0   99.0  113   63   52  13   33   40  4.73   61   5.5   43  
  P *Doug Capilla         27   5   0 1.000  11   0   0   2   0   0   0   18.1   15    4    3   1   10   11  1.47    6   3.2 -103  
  P  Francisco Barrios    26   5   4  .556  14  14   5   0   0   0   1  101.0  102   54   49   5   31   27  4.37   45   4.0  -64  
  P *Steve Trout          21   5   4  .556  20  18   1   2   1   0   0  130.2  131   68   58  13   48   65  3.99   61   4.2  -34  
  P  Mike Proly           28   3   6  .333  27   0   0  14   2   4   0   47.0   56   23   22   2   14   19  4.21   26   5.2  -12  
  P *Kevin Saucier        22   2   4  .333  66   0   0  12   6   4   0   38.1   38   22   21   3   18   19  4.93   17   4.0 -110  
  P *Doug Rau             30   1   0 1.000   2   1   0   1   1   0   0   10.2    6    2    2   1    5    9  1.69    2   1.8 -289  
  P  Richard Dotson       20   1   0 1.000   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   22.0   28   11    7   1    2   10  2.86   10   4.5   -8  
  P  Tom Hausman          26   1   3  .250  29   0   0  18  12   5   0   40.0   33   13   12   1   10   19  2.70   13   3.0  -85  
  P *John Hiller          36   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    7.0    9    5    5   2    2    4  6.43    5   6.4  -14  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      729        -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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Brian Downing 1219 133 140 593 67 8 5 .988 105 44 Larry Cox 252 26 35 101 12 4 0 .966 30 9 Marv Foley 24 3 4 13 3 0 0 1.000 2 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dan Meyer 848 84 118 876 72 13 94 .986 10.06 Lamar Johnson 447 56 58 416 39 11 39 .976 9.16 Bob Watson 190 22 26 200 18 1 19 .995 10.31 Mike Lum 10 0 4 11 0 0 2 1.000 9.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Pryor* 1053 112 125 343 332 8 76 .988 5.77 Larry Milbourne 630 73 76 209 183 12 49 .970 5.60 Jim Morrison 545 56 87 205 152 3 44 .992 5.90 Derrel Thomas* 265 27 36 104 84 9 12 .954 6.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Parrish 1272 145 146 191 245 16 36 .965 3.08 Paul Dade* 164 16 22 25 31 3 5 .949 3.07 Dan Meyer 40 1 9 6 7 0 4 1.000 2.92 Greg Pryor* 32 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.12 Larry Milbourne 16 0 7 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.56 Jim Morrison 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 1228 129 147 285 457 26 87 .966 5.44 Larry Milbourne 250 31 32 62 85 4 16 .974 5.29 Harry Chappas 17 2 2 6 7 0 0 1.000 6.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Luzinski 1148 143 143 210 10 11 1 .952 1.73 Steve Henderson 155 16 19 35 1 1 0 .973 2.09 Glenn Burke 136 0 60 31 0 1 0 .969 2.05 Paul Dade* 94 7 22 18 2 0 0 1.000 1.91 Mike Lum 30 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Derrel Thomas* 30 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 Garry Maddox* 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 Ruppert Jones 10 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Thad Bosley 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Dan Meyer 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ruppert Jones 1029 111 114 284 11 3 2 .990 2.58 Garry Maddox* 1006 112 113 304 12 0 0 1.000 2.83 Derrel Thomas* 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Derrel Thomas* 692 77 79 164 5 0 2 1.000 2.20 Ruppert Jones 457 51 51 119 9 4 1 .970 2.52 Paul Dade* 395 47 48 103 4 4 1 .964 2.44 Garry Maddox* 247 26 28 77 4 1 0 .988 2.96 Mike Lum 59 6 9 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.22 Glenn Burke 57 0 20 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 Thad Bosley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Bill Lee
Round 2 (#28):	Bob Watson
Round 3 (#47):	Jim Barr

Transactions

• 1979-01: traded Wayne Nordhagen, Frank Tanana, Rich Wortham to SEA for Ruppert Jones, Dan Meyer, Kevin Saucier
• 1979-01: traded Bo Diaz to CIN for Doc Medich
• 1979-01: acquired Larry Cox as a free agent
• 1979-02: acquired Glenn Burke as a free agent
• 1979-07: acquired Mike Lum as a free agent
• 1979-09: traded Garry Maddox, Greg Pryor, Fred Howard, Guy Hoffman to TOA for Tom Hausman, Derrel Thomas, Paul Dade
• 1979-09: acquired Doug Capilla as a free agent
• 1979 postseason: released Francisco Barrios, Jim Barr, Thad Bosley, Doug Capilla, Larry Cox, Paul Dade, Mike Lum, Silvio Martinez, Dave Tomlin

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