1977 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1976 Season 1978 Season

Record: 90-72-0, Finished 3rd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bob Lemon (90-72)

General Manager: Roland Hemond

Farm Director: C.V. Davis

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 1,657,135 (5th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 88-74, 844 Runs, 771 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jim Essian	26	114	381	322	50	88	18	2	10	44	1	4	52	35	.273	.374	.435	.809	121	140	9	1	4	2	1
2	1B	Jim Spencer*	29	128	515	470	56	116	16	1	18	69	1	2	36	50	.247	.300	.400	.700	90	188	11	2	2	5	11
3	2B	Jorge Orta*	26	144	621	564	71	159	27	8	11	84	4	4	46	49	.282	.334	.417	.751	104	235	12	2	2	7	3
4	SS	Alan Bannister	25	139	630	560	87	154	20	3	3	57	4	3	54	49	.275	.335	.338	.672	85	189	11	2	3	11	1
5	3B	Eric Soderholm	28	130	516	460	77	129	20	3	25	67	2	4	47	47	.280	.350	.500	.850	129	230	15	4	2	3	5
6	LF	Ralph Garr*	31	134	574	543	78	163	29	7	10	54	12	7	27	44	.300	.333	.435	.767	108	236	7	0	3	1	4
7	CF	Chet Lemon	22	150	627	553	99	151	38	4	19	67	8	7	52	88	.273	.343	.459	.803	117	254	7	11	4	7	1
8	RF	Richie Zisk	28	141	599	531	78	154	17	6	30	101	0	4	55	98	.290	.355	.514	.869	134	273	15	3	1	9	7
9	DH	Oscar Gamble*	27	137	470	408	75	121	22	2	31	83	1	2	54	54	.297	.386	.588	.974	162	240	3	6	1	1	2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	DH	Lamar Johnson	26	118	401	374	52	113	12	5	18	65	1	1	24	53	.302	.342	.505	.847	128	189	15	0	0	3	3
11	C	Brian Downing	26	69	214	169	28	48	4	2	4	25	1	2	34	21	.284	.402	.402	.804	121	68	3	2	5	4	0
12	3B	Jack Brohamer*	27	59	179	152	26	39	10	3	2	20	0	0	21	8	.257	.347	.401	.748	104	61	1	1	3	2	4
13	OF	Royle Stillman*	26	56	137	119	18	25	7	1	3	13	2	1	17	21	.210	.307	.361	.668	82	43	1	0	0	1	1
14	MI	Don Kessinger#	34	39	134	119	12	28	3	2	0	11	2	1	13	7	.235	.308	.294	.602	66	35	3	0	1	1	2
15	RF	Wayne Nordhagen	28	52	128	124	16	39	7	3	4	22	1	0	2	12	.315	.323	.516	.839	125	64	3	0	1	1	0
16	OF	Bob Coluccio	25	20	45	37	4	10	0	0	0	7	0	2	6	2	.270	.356	.270	.626	74	10	1	0	0	2	0
17	UT	Kevin Bell	21	9	32	28	4	5	1	0	1	6	0	0	3	8	.179	.250	.321	.571	55	9	0	0	0	1	0
18	OF	Jerry Hairston#	25	13	31	26	3	8	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	7	.308	.419	.385	.804	122	10	2	0	0	0	0
19	SS	Tim Nordbrook	27	15	29	20	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4	.250	.429	.250	.679	91	5	0	0	1	1	0
20	C	Bill Nahorodny	23	7	26	23	3	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	3	.261	.308	.435	.742	100	10	1	0	0	1	0
21	OF	Henry Cruz*	25	16	22	21	3	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	3	.286	.318	.571	.890	137	12	0	0	0	0	1
22	1B	Mike Squires*	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	IF	John Flannery	20	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	RF	Bob Molinaro*	27	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	175	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DH	Tommy Cruz*	26	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		Nyls Nyman*	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
27	P	Larry Anderson	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Dave Frost	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Randy Wiles*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Chris Knapp	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Ken Brett*	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Don Kirkwood	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	John Verhoeven	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Steve Stone	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Wilbur Wood	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bruce Dal Canton	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Ken Kravec*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Steve Renko	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Silvio Martínez	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bart Johnson	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Clay Carroll	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Lerrin LaGrow	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Dave Hamilton*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Francisco Barrios	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Jack Kucek	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.9	162	6322	5633	844	1568	254	52	192	809	42	44	559	666	.278	.344	.444	.788	114	2502	120	34	33	63	46
		Rank in 14 AL teams				2	3	3	7	4	2		14	1	4	1	4	3	2	2		2		8		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Francisco Barrios	24	14	7	.667	4.12	33	31	1	9	0	0	231.1	241	117	106	22	58	1	119	5	0	4	982	100	3.76	1.293	9.4	0.9	2.3	4.6	2.05
2	SP	Steve Stone	29	15	12	.556	4.51	31	31	0	8	0	0	207.1	228	115	104	25	80	3	124	5	1	10	917	91	4.34	1.486	9.9	1.1	3.5	5.4	1.55
3	SP	Ken Kravec*	25	11	8	.579	4.10	26	25	0	6	1	0	166.2	161	87	76	12	57	0	125	6	1	4	718	100	3.31	1.308	8.7	0.6	3.1	6.8	2.19
4	SP	Chris Knapp	23	12	7	.632	4.80	27	26	1	4	0	0	146.1	166	90	78	16	61	1	103	7	0	1	664	86	4.15	1.551	10.2	1.0	3.8	6.3	1.69
5	SP	Wilbur Wood*	35	7	8	.467	4.99	24	18	2	5	1	0	122.2	139	75	68	10	50	0	42	10	0	0	548	83	4.58	1.541	10.2	0.7	3.7	3.1	0.84
6	SP	Ken Brett*	28	6	4	.600	5.01	13	13	0	2	0	0	82.2	101	47	46	10	15	0	39	1	1	2	352	83	3.95	1.403	11.0	1.1	1.6	4.2	2.60
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Lerrin LaGrow	28	7	3	.700	2.46	66	0	49	0	0	25	98.2	81	32	27	10	35	3	63	1	0	6	400	168	3.87	1.176	7.4	0.9	3.2	5.7	1.80
8	RP	Bart Johnson	27	4	5	.444	4.01	29	4	11	0	0	2	92.0	114	48	41	5	38	3	46	2	0	3	426	103	3.75	1.652	11.2	0.5	3.7	4.5	1.21
9	RP	Dave Hamilton*	29	4	5	.444	3.61	55	0	21	0	0	9	67.1	71	33	27	6	33	4	45	0	0	2	307	115	4.03	1.545	9.5	0.8	4.4	6.0	1.36
10	RP	Don Kirkwood	27	1	1	.500	5.18	16	0	13	0	0	0	40.0	49	27	23	3	10	2	24	1	0	5	175	80	3.34	1.475	11.0	0.7	2.3	5.4	2.40
11	RP	Silvio Martínez	21	0	1	.000	5.57	10	0	3	0	0	1	21.0	28	14	13	4	12	2	10	0	0	0	99	75	5.98	1.905	12.0	1.7	5.1	4.3	0.83
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Steve Renko	32	5	0	1.000	3.54	8	8	0	0	0	0	53.1	55	23	21	3	17	0	36	1	0	0	223	117	3.13	1.350	9.3	0.5	2.9	6.1	2.12
13		Jack Kucek	24	0	1	.000	3.63	8	3	4	0	0	0	34.2	35	20	14	4	10	0	25	2	0	1	148	114	3.84	1.298	9.1	1.0	2.6	6.5	2.50
14		Bruce Dal Canton	36	0	2	.000	3.75	8	0	5	0	0	2	24.0	20	11	10	1	13	0	9	0	0	1	101	111	4.16	1.375	7.5	0.4	4.9	3.4	0.69
15		Dave Frost	24	1	1	.500	3.04	4	3	0	0	0	0	23.2	30	9	8	0	3	0	15	1	0	0	101	137	1.98	1.394	11.4	0.0	1.1	5.7	5.00
16		Clay Carroll	36	1	3	.250	4.76	8	0	6	0	0	1	11.1	14	7	6	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	49	89	6.53	1.588	11.1	2.4	3.2	3.2	1.00
17		John Verhoeven	24	0	0		2.61	6	0	4	0	0	0	10.1	9	3	3	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	42	163	2.16	1.065	7.8	0.0	1.7	5.2	3.00
18		Larry Anderson	24	1	3	.250	9.35	6	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	10	9	1	15	4	7	0	0	4	54	46	7.82	2.885	10.4	1.0	15.6	7.3	0.47
19		Randy Wiles*	25	1	1	.500	10.13	5	0	4	0	0	0	2.2	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	16	46	10.99	3.000	16.9	3.4	10.1	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.2	90	72	.556	4.25	162	162	128	34	2	40	1444.2	1557	771	682	136	516	24	842	42	3	43	6322	97	3.96	1.435	9.7	0.8	3.2	5.2	1.63
		Rank in 14 AL teams		6	9		10				12	11	2	7	14	11	10	4	8		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W