1978 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 83-79
Finish: 4th in AL West Division Division
Runs Scored: 798
Runs Allowed: 754
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,581,293
Manager: Walt Arnold

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Wayne Nordhagen 29 160 617 85 185 42 3 12 94 4 0 46 32 .300 .346 .436 .782 87.0 16.5 3.6
LF  Richie Zisk 29 160 604 94 182 30 6 28 110 1 2 52 95 .301 .357 .510 .867 99.1 20.5 3.9
SS  Alan Bannister 26 154 602 91 161 14 7 2 37 11 13 38 33 .267 .313 .324 .637 52.7 1.1 9.9
2B *Jorge Orta 27 159 578 71 147 25 3 8 59 5 5 44 22 .254 .308 .349 .657 56.3 3.2 7.2
1B  Lamar Johnson 27 148 550 78 156 18 4 20 93 3 1 49 58 .284 .338 .440 .778 80.1 15.0 0.0
1B *Jim Spencer 30 154 534 78 145 22 2 23 79 3 1 60 37 .272 .344 .449 .794 78.8 13.9 1.3
CF *Ralph Garr 32 156 579 84 187 29 7 14 69 26 13 20 23 .323 .346 .470 .815 81.6 16.2 6.1
C  Brian Downing 27 151 484 66 128 16 3 16 71 2 2 64 30 .264 .351 .409 .760 70.3 12.4 7.5
2B *Jack Brohamer 28 155 512 63 137 31 3 5 67 1 0 48 11 .268 .330 .369 .699 57.6 11.3 4.0
RF  Chet Lemon 23 113 281 45 72 17 1 11 49 1 0 30 44 .256 .342 .441 .783 40.9 7.4 1.5
SS  Kevin Bell 22 88 141 12 26 3 1 0 10 0 1 7 32 .184 .221 .220 .441 5.0 0.0 1.8
1B *Mike Squires 26 59 78 20 20 1 0 1 13 1 1 7 7 .256 .314 .308 .622 8.1 1.6 0.2
C  Bill Nahorodny 24 23 64 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 .219 .265 .234 .499 3.3 0.0 0.9
RF  Bob Coluccio 26 36 38 8 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 5 4 .342 .419 .447 .866 7.1 1.4 0.4
  Team Totals 26.9 1716 5662 798 1573 250 40 141 761 58 39 474 433 .278 .334 .411 .745 727.9 120.4 48.1
  Rank among 14 AL teams 9 5 5 12 6 5 5 8 8 12 1 3 6 5 5 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Francisco Barrios 25 15 14 .517 35 35 0 267.3 289 109 40 44 102 3.67 15.6
*Ken Kravec 26 17 13 .567 35 35 0 241.7 242 112 21 79 138 4.17 13.1
 Jim Beattie 23 8 12 .400 33 33 0 208.3 208 95 11 64 84 4.10 9.2
*Wilbur Wood 36 11 13 .458 34 34 0 202.0 218 97 22 68 42 4.32 8.6
 Roger Erickson 21 9 9 .500 23 23 0 161.3 167 60 8 54 57 3.35 10.3
 Bruce Dalcanton 36 7 8 .467 65 0 3 112.0 117 50 10 53 30 4.02 6.5
 Jack Kucek 25 4 2 .667 34 1 0 83.3 78 34 11 23 31 3.67 4.7
 Lerrin Lagrow 29 4 5 .444 48 0 30 50.0 47 22 5 22 27 3.96 7.1
*Dave Hamilton 30 5 2 .714 43 0 0 48.3 56 35 7 22 22 6.52 0.7
*Ramon Hernandez 37 2 0 1.000 21 0 2 27.3 26 7 2 13 16 2.31 3.1
 Dave Giusti 38 0 0 .000 10 0 0 18.3 17 7 1 7 3 3.44 1.1
 Chris Knapp 24 1 0 1.000 3 1 1 9.0 8 6 1 8 4 6.00 0.3
*Bill Laxton 30 0 1 .000 4 0 0 8.0 6 8 3 5 3 9.00 0.0
 Larry Anderson 25 0 0 .000 4 0 0 5.0 10 5 0 3 2 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 83 79 .512 392 162 36 1442.0 1489 647 142 465 561 4.04 80.4
Rank among 14 AL teams 7 9 11 6 9 6 12 6 4 9 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 39.2
B.Downing 1285.7 145 147 547 64 8 6 .987 45.1
B.Nahorodny 150.3 17 20 63 4 0 1 1.000 25.0
W.Nordhagen 4.0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Garr 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1442.0 162 169 615 69 8 7 .988 43.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.24
J.Spencer 1289.3 149 153 1607 129 12 177 .993 12.12
M.Squires 147.7 13 29 154 20 1 18 .994 10.61
L.Johnson 5.0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80
Team Total 1442.0 162 184 1767 149 13 196 .993 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.44
J.Orta 1391.7 156 158 387 572 28 163 .972 6.20
K.Bell 48.3 6 6 16 7 0 5 1.000 4.28
J.Brohamer 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1442.0 162 165 404 579 28 168 .972 6.14
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 3.18
J.Brohamer 1314.7 152 154 95 389 34 39 .934 3.31
K.Bell 125.3 10 33 5 32 1 3 .974 2.66
M.Squires 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1442.0 162 188 100 422 35 42 .937 3.26
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.65
A.Bannister 1247.3 148 154 216 593 33 117 .961 5.84
K.Bell 183.7 14 46 34 79 8 20 .934 5.54
C.Lemon 8.0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63
M.Squires 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Garr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 203 254 675 41 137 .958 5.80
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 1.98
W.Nordhagen 1302.3 154 154 266 12 18 3 .939 1.92
C.Lemon 102.7 7 26 29 1 3 0 .909 2.63
R.Garr 15.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
B.Coluccio 15.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
R.Zisk 7.0 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.57
Team Total 1442.0 162 193 302 13 22 3 .935 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.66
R.Garr 1130.3 139 139 382 10 4 3 .990 3.12
C.Lemon 254.7 23 48 77 0 7 0 .917 2.72
W.Nordhagen 30.0 0 14 11 0 1 0 .917 3.30
B.Coluccio 14.0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Zisk 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Downing 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
K.Bell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 213 479 10 12 3 .976 3.05
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.08
R.Zisk 1321.0 152 153 300 12 21 4 .937 2.13
B.Coluccio 48.0 4 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
C.Lemon 43.7 4 7 10 0 1 0 .909 2.06
R.Garr 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
W.Nordhagen 9.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.Squires 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 175 332 12 22 4 .940 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.06
F.Barrios 267.3 35 35 14 34 1 4 .980 1.62
K.Kravec 241.7 35 35 19 39 3 0 .951 2.16
J.Beattie 208.3 33 33 13 26 4 3 .907 1.68
W.Wood 202.0 34 34 14 38 1 7 .981 2.32
R.Erickson 161.3 23 23 6 33 1 4 .975 2.18
B.Dalcanton 112.0 0 65 12 21 1 4 .971 2.65
J.Kucek 83.3 1 34 6 14 1 1 .952 2.16
L.Lagrow 50.0 0 48 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Hamilton 48.3 0 43 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.61
R.Hernandez 27.3 0 21 4 4 0 1 1.000 2.63
D.Giusti 18.3 0 10 2 5 0 2 1.000 3.44
C.Knapp 9.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Laxton 8.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
L.Anderson 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1442.0 162 392 99 236 12 27 .965 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Garr .323
On-Base Pct Zisk .357
Slugging Pct Zisk .510
OPS Zisk .867
XR Zisk 99.1
Games Nordhagen, Zisk 160
At-Bats Nordhagen 617
Runs Zisk 94
Hits Garr 187
Total Bases Zisk 308
Singles Bannister 138
Doubles Nordhagen 42
Triples Bannister, Garr 7
Homeruns Zisk 28
RBIs Zisk 110
Stolen Bases Garr 26
Caught Stealing Bannister, Garr 13
Walks Downing 64
Strikeouts Zisk 95
ERA Barrios 3.67
Wins Kravec 17
Losses Barrios 14
Winning Pct Kravec .567
Saves Lagrow 30
Games Pitched Dalcanton 65
Games Started Barrios, Kravec 35
Complete Games Barrios 15
Shutouts Erickson, Kravec 2
Innings Pitched Barrios 267.3
Hits Allowed Barrios 289
Homeruns Allowed Barrios 40
Strikeouts Kravec 138
Walks Allowed Kravec 79
Walks per 9IP Barrios 1.5
Hits per 9IP Beattie 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Kravec 5.1
WHiP Barrios 1.25
OAVG Kravec .255
OOBP Barrios .302
OSLG Beattie .349
OOPS Beattie .664
Team All-Stars
Ken Kravec
Jim Spencer
Player Salaries
Ken Kravec $ 7,185,000
Lerrin Lagrow $ 4,905,000
Richie Zisk $ 3,650,000
Ralph Garr $ 3,190,000
Wilbur Wood $ 2,740,000
Bruce Dalcanton $ 2,740,000
Jorge Orta $ 2,500,000
Francisco Barrios $ 2,308,750
Wayne Nordhagen $ 1,643,000
Jim Spencer $ 1,485,000
Lamar Johnson $ 1,437,000
Chet Lemon $ 1,437,000
Jack Brohamer $ 1,025,000
Brian Downing $ 900,000
Dave Hamilton $ 737,500
Dave Giusti $ 640,000
Chris Knapp $ 618,000
Ramon Hernandez $ 532,000
Alan Bannister $ 512,500
Larry Anderson $ 300,000
Roger Erickson $ 300,000
Jack Kucek $ 300,000
Bob Coluccio $ 300,000
Bill Nahorodny $ 300,000
Kevin Bell $ 300,000
Jim Beattie $ 300,000
Mike Squires $ 300,000
Bill Laxton $ 247,000
 
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