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1983 Chicago White Sox  (1982)  (1984) 91-71, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 864 runs, Allowed 693 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .708 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 96-66   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 99-63 Manager(s): Ben Lea Lost to Milwaukee Brewers in Championship Series, 3 games to 1.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
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 C   Carlton Fisk         35  136  506   79  138  27   5  28  105   7   4   44   99  .273  .333  .512   86   6.0  2(0)e5    -29  
 1B  Greg Luzinski        32  135  472   74  109  17   1  34   93   0   1   66  117  .231  .345  .487   82   6.0  4e25      -22  
 OF  Brian Downing        32  109  392   70  102  13   0  20   60   2   0   64   53  .260  .371  .446   70   6.4  3(+2)e2    36  
 3B  Tim Wallach          25  146  534   77  128  29   1  21   73   0   1   42   91  .240  .302  .416   64   4.1  4e20      -51  
 OF *John Lowenstein      36   93  323   60   86  16   2  20   69   1   1   49   74  .266  .359  .514   61   6.6  3(+1)e6    18  
 1B *Greg Walker          23   88  310   41   93  15   5  11   51   0   1   28   66  .300  .357  .487   55   6.6  4e25       72  
 OF  Joel Youngblood      31  105  305   56   89  13   2  12   36   6   1   37   56  .292  .368  .466   52   6.2  2(-3)e10  -21  
 2B #Bill Doran           25  120  442   64  112  14   4   5   43   5  13   59   59  .253  .337  .337   51   3.9  2e19      -62  
 OF *Rudy Law             26  128  394   56  108  10  15   1   43  48  13   27   38  .274  .319  .383   50   4.4  2(+3)e3    -7  
 OF *Ken Landreaux        28   90  283   45   77  12   2  11   39   8   6   29   27  .272  .343  .445   40   5.0  3(0)e4      9  
 OF *Greg Gross           30   70  247   38   69  15   7   0   25   1   0   30   19  .279  .357  .397   34   4.8  3(+1)e3    -7  
 3B  Vance Law            26  104  285   46   71   7   0   4   23   1   0   46   26  .249  .357  .316   33   4.0  3e18        0  
 SS  Andre Robertson      25   98  279   30   83  18   4   3   37   0   3    2   34  .297  .304  .423   32   4.1  2e36      130  
 SS  Bill Russell         34  114  339   37   85   8   3   0   22  11   4   19   34  .251  .296  .292   30   3.1  4e31        0  
 OF #Jerry Hairston       31   39  133   22   41   8   0   7   27   0   0   10   19  .308  .352  .526   24   7.0  4(0)e11   -19  
 2B  Steve Sax            23   39  147   16   42   7   0   3   24  12   3    7   12  .286  .314  .395   19   4.7  3e32       17  
 1B *Mike Jorgensen       34   22   58   11   18   4   0   3    7   0   0    6    6  .310  .375  .534   12   8.2  2e8       175  
 DH  Terry Harper         27   24   78   14   21   2   1   2   11   3   2   11   16  .269  .356  .397   10   4.6             38  
 OF *Ruppert Jones        28   14   37    8   10   0   0   4   10   2   0    8    3  .270  .400  .595    9   9.2  2(0)e10   295  
 C  *Biff Pocoroba        29   39   92   10   14   2   0   2   12   0   0   15    6  .152  .271  .239    6   2.0  4(+2)e3  -187  
 1B  Chris Nyman          28    6   18    5    7   1   0   1    4   0   0    3    3  .389  .476  .611    5  11.4  4e25      193  
 C   Steve Nicosia        27   12   33    4    8   2   0   1    4   0   0    1    2  .242  .265  .394    2   2.7  2(+1)e5   127  
 2B  Domingo Ramos        25    6   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100  .100  .100    0    .0  4e23     -488  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           837                    0

     * - 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  Richard Dotson       24  19   8  .704  30  30   9   0   0   0   0  223.1  181   90   83  19  105  130  3.34   84   3.4  -41  
  P  LaMarr Hoyt          28  18  12  .600  36  36  15   0   0   0   5  274.0  231  116  103  34   33  161  3.38   92   3.0  -48  
  P *Floyd Bannister      28  10   4  .714  23  23   1   0   0   0   0  144.2  122   54   48   6   42  135  2.99   49   3.0  -84  
  P  Bob Stoddard         26   9   6  .600  27  20   1   3   0   1   0  130.0  126   68   63  18   39   79  4.36   59   4.1 -109  
  P *Britt Burns          24   6   5  .545  16  16   0   0   0   0   0   88.1  103   62   58  12   30   67  5.91   58   6.0  100  
  P  Tom Seaver           38   5   3  .625   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   50.1   59   30   25   4   21   42  4.47   28   5.0   71  
  P  Fred Breining        27   4   4  .500  14  14   0   0   0   0   0   86.1   88   40   38   5   19   44  3.96   36   3.8  -45  
  P  Dennis Lamp          30   4   5  .444  35   1   1  24   6   4   0   90.1  104   49   43   5   18   31  4.28   42   4.2  -18  
  P *Juan Agosto          25   3   0 1.000  15   0   0   6   3   0   0   19.1   23    9    5   1    3   18  2.33    8   4.0   74  
  P  Alejandro Pena       24   3   2  .600   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   49.1   59   22   21   4    9   35  3.83   27   5.1  136  
  P  Rick Steirer         26   2   0 1.000  13   0   0  10   0   0   0   24.2   24    6    6   3    4    8  2.19   10   4.1  -82  
  P  Salome Barojas       26   2   5  .286  48   0   0  35  23   4   0   62.1   56   22   19   1   16   28  2.74   21   3.0  -20  
  P *Tom Burgmeier        39   2   5  .286  65   0   0  21   7   3   0   65.0   66   36   29   2   15   26  4.02   29   4.0   26  
  P  Ron Reed             40   1   0 1.000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    2.1    1    0    0   0    0    3  0.00    0    .4 -387  
  P *Mike Jeffcoat        23   1   0 1.000   3   2   0   1   0   0   0   16.2   13    4    3   0    8    8  1.62    5   3.0 -107  
  P  Dave Stewart         26   1   1  .500  19   1   1   9   5   0   1   43.2   21    4    3   0   13   31  0.62    5   1.1 -274  
  P  Luis Sanchez         29   1   5  .167  33   0   0  14   1   1   0   53.2   63   35   33   7   29   27  5.53   36   6.1  108  
  P  Gene Nelson          22   0   1  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0    7.2   15   14   13   3   10    4 15.26   14  17.4  339  
  P *Willie Hernandez     28   0   5  .000  31   0   0   9   1   2   0   47.2   58   32   31   6   20   28  5.85   33   6.3  100  
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             Average age: 27                                                                                      647        -20

     * - 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 1163 129 135 789 51 9 7 .989 51 25 Biff Pocoroba 237 24 36 152 14 0 0 1.000 12 8 Steve Nicosia 80 9 12 55 3 3 0 .951 14 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Walker 741 80 87 774 51 10 65 .988 10.02 Greg Luzinski 545 63 65 537 44 5 65 .991 9.59 Mike Jorgensen 136 14 20 121 15 1 10 .993 9.00 Chris Nyman 44 5 5 50 3 0 6 1.000 10.84 Greg Gross 13 0 6 8 1 1 0 .900 6.07 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Doran 1030 117 120 307 314 15 77 .976 5.43 Steve Sax 361 38 39 107 99 6 26 .972 5.14 Andre Robertson 66 5 12 18 21 0 11 1.000 5.32 Domingo Ramos 13 1 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 5.54 Vance Law 10 1 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Wallach 819 96 97 98 169 8 16 .971 2.94 Vance Law 659 66 95 40 130 7 19 .960 2.32 Greg Gross 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 John Lowenstein 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Russell 856 99 111 140 307 13 53 .972 4.70 Andre Robertson 604 63 91 117 230 21 48 .943 5.17 Domingo Ramos 11 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.82 Vance Law 8 0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Lowenstein 752 85 87 141 8 7 1 .955 1.78 Brian Downing 687 77 82 132 3 1 1 .993 1.77 Ken Landreaux 16 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 Greg Gross 10 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 Ruppert Jones 8 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Joel Youngblood 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jerry Hairston 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Rudy Law 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Vance Law 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rudy Law 875 90 111 267 6 0 1 1.000 2.81 Ken Landreaux 598 72 72 183 4 2 1 .989 2.81 Terry Harper 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Greg Gross 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joel Youngblood 670 68 94 139 2 10 1 .934 1.89 Greg Gross 498 61 61 87 3 0 0 1.000 1.63 Jerry Hairston 188 23 23 37 1 1 0 .974 1.82 Ruppert Jones 78 9 9 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 Ken Landreaux 36 1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Terry Harper 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1983 Draft

Round 1 (#17):	Joel Youngblood
Round 2 (#39):	Tom Burgmeier
Round 3 (#59):	Steve Nicosia
Round 4 (#76):	Jerry Dybzinski
Round 5 (#88):	Steve Kemp
Round 6 (#100):	Dave Rucker

Transactions

• 1983-01: traded Lorenzo Gray, Jerry Dybzinski, CHA#2 to SEA for Domingo Ramos, Greg Gross
• 1983-01: acquired Mike Jorgensen as a free agent
• 1983-02: acquired Mike Jeffcoat as a free agent
• 1983-05: acquired Gene Nelson as a free agent
• 1983-13: acquired Rick Steirer as a free agent
• 1983-13: released Mike Jeffcoat
• 1983-13: traded Britt Burns, Luis Sanchez to SFN for Fred Breining, Willie Hernandez
• 1983-18: traded Floyd Bannister to MLA for Tom Seaver
• 1983-18: traded Bill Doran, Steve Kemp, Dave Rucker to LAN for Alejandro Pena, Steve Sax, Dave Stewart
• 1983-18: acquired Mike Jeffcoat as a free agent
• 1983-18: released Rick Steirer
• 1983-18: traded Greg Gross, CHA#1 to CHN for CHN#1
• 1983 postseason: released John Lowenstein

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