1979 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 76-86
Finish: 3rd in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 707
Runs Allowed: 776
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,459,089
Manager: Charles D'Onofrio Jr.

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
LF  Richie Zisk 30 162 634 93 189 39 5 31 101 8 7 60 105 .298 .359 .522 .881 108.5 21.1 4.2
CF *Ralph Garr 33 160 653 87 166 20 7 16 60 35 22 43 28 .254 .301 .380 .681 74.7 7.4 8.0
CF  Wayne Nordhagen 30 162 609 73 164 27 3 14 71 7 3 51 36 .269 .324 .392 .716 78.3 11.8 4.1
2B *Jorge Orta 28 162 621 82 156 30 6 14 63 7 8 33 38 .251 .288 .386 .675 65.1 8.1 7.9
RF  Chet Lemon 24 159 560 86 158 45 7 15 79 5 4 59 74 .282 .370 .468 .837 92.7 18.4 0.2
3B  Bill Stein 32 156 582 62 150 25 3 11 71 8 9 21 64 .258 .285 .368 .653 56.5 5.8 4.5
1B *Jim Spencer 31 152 489 76 137 27 2 22 80 2 6 47 43 .280 .344 .479 .822 77.3 13.9 1.8
SS  Alan Bannister 27 139 417 38 95 13 2 0 25 12 18 32 23 .228 .288 .269 .556 27.4 0.0 6.9
C  Bruce Bochy 24 116 360 38 74 17 1 6 40 1 3 9 83 .206 .227 .308 .536 21.1 0.4 5.2
C  Bill Nahorodny 25 70 206 22 52 3 0 1 20 1 2 13 30 .252 .294 .282 .576 16.9 1.3 3.2
SS  Kevin Bell 23 98 184 22 33 7 2 0 9 1 0 10 34 .179 .219 .239 .459 7.8 0.0 2.4
1B  Lamar Johnson 28 79 167 20 37 4 2 5 33 0 2 11 17 .222 .268 .359 .627 14.9 2.5 0.4
2B *Jack Brohamer 29 62 65 7 18 6 0 0 8 0 0 6 2 .277 .333 .369 .703 7.4 0.9 0.6
  Team Totals 28.0 1677 5547 706 1429 263 40 135 660 87 84 395 577 .258 .309 .392 .702 648.7 91.7 49.5
  Rank among 14 AL teams 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 9 11 13 6 8 13 7 10 10  
* - 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 26 12 17 .414 35 35 0 268.7 284 125 33 84 108 4.19 12.2
 Roger Erickson 22 15 16 .484 36 36 0 252.0 290 107 25 61 95 3.82 14.4
 Jim Beattie 24 13 15 .464 37 37 0 237.0 247 102 19 86 90 3.87 14.3
*Ken Kravec 27 13 14 .481 32 32 0 232.7 228 87 11 83 121 3.37 16.1
*Wilbur Wood 37 6 7 .462 20 20 0 124.7 132 67 13 57 25 4.84 4.3
 Jack Kucek 26 2 4 .333 55 0 4 93.3 99 35 14 40 39 3.38 5.8
*Paul Lindblad 37 7 3 .700 39 1 1 76.7 84 46 10 29 16 5.40 2.1
 Lerrin Lagrow 30 5 5 .500 64 0 43 66.7 58 25 3 26 32 3.38 11.5
 Bruce Dalcanton 37 1 2 .333 34 0 1 34.0 30 5 1 17 12 1.32 4.2
*Dave Hamilton 31 1 3 .250 29 0 0 31.7 44 27 2 18 8 7.68 0.0
 Dick Drago 34 0 0 .000 10 0 0 14.7 9 2 2 2 10 1.23 1.6
 Steve Kline 31 0 0 .000 8 0 1 12.3 28 17 3 3 7 12.41 0.0
 Chris Knapp 25 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 6.3 4 3 2 3 6 4.27 0.5
Team Totals 29.8 76 86 .469 400 162 50 1450.6 1537 648 138 509 569 4.02 86.8
Rank among 14 AL teams 8 9 2 8 8 9 8 6 7 11 4  
* - 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 .989 39.6
B.Bochy 848.0 95 108 354 55 6 3 .986 41.7
B.Nahorodny 511.0 56 68 236 31 1 0 .996 36.4
Team Total 1359.0 151 176 590 86 7 3 .990 39.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.41
J.Spencer 1224.3 138 145 1463 120 16 141 .990 11.64
L.Johnson 226.3 24 37 266 13 1 43 .996 11.09
Team Total 1450.7 162 182 1729 133 17 184 .991 11.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.40
J.Orta 1410.0 160 161 364 580 32 145 .967 6.03
J.Brohamer 22.0 0 11 5 15 0 5 1.000 8.18
K.Bell 18.7 2 5 3 9 0 1 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1450.7 162 177 372 604 32 151 .968 6.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.16
B.Stein 1306.0 149 152 101 337 25 42 .946 3.02
J.Brohamer 75.7 7 16 8 22 3 2 .909 3.57
K.Bell 69.0 6 16 10 15 0 3 1.000 3.26
Team Total 1450.7 162 184 119 374 28 47 .946 3.06
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.45
A.Bannister 1059.0 123 133 163 448 38 90 .941 5.19
K.Bell 379.7 39 70 68 147 23 28 .903 5.10
B.Stein 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Johnson 5.0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 7.20
J.Brohamer 2.0 0 1 1 1 1 1 .667 9.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 207 233 600 62 120 .931 5.17
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.03
W.Nordhagen 1445.3 162 162 347 4 27 1 .929 2.19
C.Lemon 5.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 165 347 4 27 1 .929 2.18
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.63
R.Garr 1390.0 158 158 495 14 6 4 .988 3.30
C.Lemon 40.0 4 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
K.Bell 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
A.Bannister 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
L.Johnson 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Nahorodny 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Brohamer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 175 514 14 6 4 .989 3.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.07
R.Zisk 1440.7 162 162 339 8 26 3 .930 2.17
B.Nahorodny 9.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Garr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 164 341 8 26 3 .931 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.05
F.Barrios 268.7 35 35 18 42 4 2 .938 2.01
R.Erickson 252.0 36 36 11 30 3 1 .932 1.46
J.Beattie 237.0 37 37 17 31 4 2 .923 1.82
K.Kravec 232.7 32 32 11 37 1 5 .980 1.86
W.Wood 124.7 20 20 10 25 1 3 .972 2.53
J.Kucek 93.3 0 55 4 25 0 1 1.000 2.80
P.Lindblad 76.7 1 39 8 14 0 0 1.000 2.58
L.Lagrow 66.7 0 64 6 15 1 1 .955 2.84
B.Dalcanton 34.0 0 34 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.38
D.Hamilton 31.7 0 29 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.42
D.Drago 14.7 0 10 1 1 1 0 .667 1.23
S.Kline 12.3 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.46
C.Knapp 6.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.6 162 400 90 232 15 17 .955 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Zisk .298
On-Base Pct Lemon .370
Slugging Pct Zisk .522
OPS Zisk .881
XR Zisk 108.5
Games Nordhagen, Orta, Zisk 162
At-Bats Garr 653
Runs Zisk 93
Hits Zisk 189
Total Bases Zisk 331
Singles Garr 123
Doubles Lemon 45
Triples Garr, Lemon 7
Homeruns Zisk 31
RBIs Zisk 101
Stolen Bases Garr 35
Caught Stealing Garr 22
Walks Zisk 60
Strikeouts Zisk 105
ERA Kravec 3.37
Wins Erickson 15
Losses Barrios 17
Winning Pct Erickson .484
Saves Lagrow 43
Games Pitched Lagrow 64
Games Started Beattie 37
Complete Games Kravec 7
Shutouts Kravec 2
Innings Pitched Barrios 268.7
Hits Allowed Erickson 290
Homeruns Allowed Barrios 33
Strikeouts Kravec 121
Walks Allowed Beattie 86
Walks per 9IP Erickson 2.2
Hits per 9IP Kravec 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Kravec 4.7
WHiP Kravec 1.34
OAVG Kravec .257
OOBP Barrios .317
OSLG Kravec .352
OOPS Kravec .676
Team All-Stars
Richie Zisk
Player Salaries
Ken Kravec $ 5,030,000
Lerrin Lagrow $ 4,905,000
Bruce Dalcanton $ 4,650,000
Richie Zisk $ 4,650,000
Brent Strom $ 4,000,000
Steve Kline $ 3,500,000
Dick Drago $ 3,500,000
Ralph Garr $ 3,190,000
Paul Lindblad $ 3,000,000
Jack Kucek $ 2,870,000
Wilbur Wood $ 2,740,000
Lamar Johnson $ 2,500,000
Jorge Orta $ 2,500,000
Francisco Barrios $ 2,308,750
Bill Stein $ 2,300,000
Jack Brohamer $ 2,000,000
Wayne Nordhagen $ 1,643,000
Jim Spencer $ 1,485,000
Chet Lemon $ 1,437,000
Alan Bannister $ 1,180,000
Ramon Hernandez $ 1,000,000
Dave Hamilton $ 737,500
Chris Knapp $ 618,000
Bill Nahorodny $ 300,000
Bruce Bochy $ 300,000
Kevin Bell $ 300,000
Jim Beattie $ 300,000
Roger Erickson $ 300,000
Bob Coluccio $ 260,000
Bill Laxton $ 247,000
 
Player Transactions
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