1978 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 71-90-0, Finished 5th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bob Lemon (34-40) and Larry Doby (37-50)

General Manager: Roland Hemond

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 1,491,100 (8th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 70-91, 634 Runs, 731 Runs Allowed

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Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 2, 1977

Richie Zisk granted Free Agency.
November 6, 1977

Signed Randy Scarbery as a free agent.
November 14, 1977

Signed Jim Hughes as a free agent.
November 17, 1977

Signed Ron Blomberg as a free agent.
November 22, 1977

Signed Mike Proly as a free agent.
November 24, 1977

Signed Larry Johnson as a free agent.
November 28, 1977

Signed Eddie Bane as a free agent.

Signed Rich Hinton as a free agent.

Signed Junior Moore as a free agent.

Signed Greg Pryor as a free agent.

Traded players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Clay Carroll. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977) and Silvio Martínez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
December 3, 1977

Signed Ron Schueler as a free agent.
December 5, 1977

Drafted Jim Breazeale from the Atlanta Braves in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

Traded Brian Downing, Dave Frost and Chris Knapp to the California Angels. Received Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley and Richard Dotson.

Traded Jim Otten to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Stan Butkus (minors).
December 12, 1977

Signed Mike Eden as a free agent.

Traded Bob Polinsky (minors), Tommy Cruz and Jim Spencer to the New York Yankees. Received Ed Ricks (minors), Stan Thomas and cash.
January 24, 1978

Signed Steve Luebber as a free agent.

Signed Mike Pazik as a free agent.
February 14, 1978

Signed Tom Spencer as a free agent.
February 15, 1978

Purchased Frank Ortenzio from the Montreal Expos.
March 29, 1978

Released Jim Hughes.
March 30, 1978

Released Clay Carroll.

Released Stan Thomas.

Traded Jim Essian and Steve Renko to the Oakland Athletics. Received Pablo Torrealba.
April 1, 1978

Released Bob Coluccio.

Released Bart Johnson.

Released Royle Stillman.
April 5, 1978

Purchased Jim Willoughby from the Boston Red Sox.

Traded Mike Ondina (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Joe Gates.
April 11, 1978

Don Kirkwood player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.
April 14, 1978

Returned Frank Ortenzio to the Montreal Expos following previous purchase.
May 16, 1978

Traded Bobby Bonds to the Texas Rangers. Received Rusty Torres and Claudell Washington.
June 6, 1978

Drafted Britt Burns in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

Drafted Gary Gaetti in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bob Meacham in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
July 17, 1978

Signed Guy Hoffman as an amateur free agent.
September 4, 1978

Signed Ron Kittle as a free agent.
October 23, 1978

Traded Jim Willoughby to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received John Scott.
October 27, 1978

Released Steve Luebber.
November 2, 1978

Steve Stone granted Free Agency.

Wilbur Wood granted Free Agency.
Before 1979 Season

Larry Johnson sent to Miami (Inter-American) in an unknown transaction.
January 9, 1979

Drafted Randy Johnson in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January).
February 24, 1979

Signed Art Kusnyer as a free agent.
March 30, 1979

Released Ron Blomberg.