1979 Chicago White Sox Roster (40-man)

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 73-87-0, Finished 5th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Don Kessinger (46-60) and Tony La Russa (27-27)

General Manager: Roland Hemond

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 1,280,702 (10th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 78-82, 730 Runs, 748 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Alan Bannister	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Sep 3, 1951	6	136	128	136	123	0	0	1	65	12	0	47	0	2	47	9	1	7	1.7
Francisco Barrios	26	mx MX	R	R	5' 11"	155	Jun 10, 1953	5	15	15	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1
Ross Baumgarten	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	180	May 27, 1955	2	28	28	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.9
Kevin Bell	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Jul 13, 1955	4	70	59	70	70	0	0	0	0	68	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.4
Thad Bosley	22	us US	L	L	6' 3"	175	Sep 17, 1956	3	36	16	36	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	1	6	27	2	7	6	1.1
Britt Burns	20	us US	L	L	6' 5"	215	Jun 8, 1959	2	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Harry Chappas	21	us US	B	R	5' 7"	150	Oct 26, 1957	2	26	16	26	23	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.2
Mike Colbern	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Apr 19, 1955	2	32	26	32	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Richard Dotson	20	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jan 10, 1959	1st	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Mark Esser	23	us US	R	L	6' 1"	190	Apr 1, 1956	1st	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Ed Farmer	29	us US	R	R	6' 5"	200	Oct 18, 1949	7	42	3	1	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Marv Foley	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 29, 1953	2	34	29	34	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Ralph Garr	33	us US	L	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 12, 1945	12	102	75	102	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	0	0	67	17	27	0	0.2
Joe Gates	24	us US	L	R	5' 7"	175	Oct 3, 1954	2	16	4	16	9	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	-0.3
Rich Hinton	32	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	May 22, 1947	6	16	2	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Guy Hoffman	22	us US	L	L	5' 9"	175	Jul 9, 1956	1st	24	0	0	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Fred Howard	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 2, 1956	1st	28	6	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
LaMarr Hoyt	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Jan 1, 1955	1st	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Lamar Johnson	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Sep 2, 1950	6	133	126	133	94	0	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	6	0	1.8
Don Kessinger	36	us US	B	R	6' 1"	170	Jul 17, 1942	16	56	37	56	55	0	0	1	1	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.7
Ken Kravec	27	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Jul 29, 1951	5	36	35	0	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.2
Jack Kucek	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jun 8, 1953	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Rusty Kuntz	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Feb 4, 1955	1st	5	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	0	0.0
Lerrin LaGrow	30	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Jul 8, 1948	9	11	2	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3
Chet Lemon	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 12, 1955	5	148	148	148	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	147	0	147	1	0	0	5.8		All-Star
Milt May	28	us US	L	R	6' 0"	190	Aug 1, 1950	10	65	59	65	65	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.6
Junior Moore	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Jan 25, 1953	4	88	48	88	62	0	0	0	2	0	0	52	0	12	61	10	27	0	-0.5
Jim Morrison	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Sep 23, 1952	3	67	62	67	67	0	0	0	48	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5
Bill Nahorodny	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Aug 31, 1953	4	65	46	65	60	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	0.1
Wayne Nordhagen	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Jul 4, 1948	4	78	50	76	19	2	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	7	12	47	23	0	0.2
Jorge Orta	28	mx MX	L	R	5' 10"	170	Nov 26, 1950	8	113	87	113	41	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	25	1	0.6
Mike Proly	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Dec 15, 1950	3	38	6	0	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Greg Pryor	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Oct 2, 1949	3	143	136	143	142	0	0	0	25	22	119	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.8
Dewey Robinson	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 28, 1955	1st	11	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Gil Rondón	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Nov 18, 1953	2	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Randy Scarbery	27	us US	B	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 22, 1952	1st	45	5	0	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Ron Schueler	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Apr 14, 1948	8	8	1	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Eric Soderholm	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	187	Sep 24, 1948	8	56	55	56	56	0	0	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.1
Mike Squires	27	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Mar 5, 1952	4	122	69	122	111	0	0	110	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	9	18	0.5
Pablo Torrealba	31	ve VE	L	L	5' 10"	173	Apr 28, 1948	5	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Rusty Torres	30	pr PR	B	R	5' 10"	175	Sep 30, 1948	8	90	37	90	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	17	35	85	0	16	2	0.3
Steve Trout	21	us US	L	L	6' 4"	195	Jul 30, 1957	2	34	18	0	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$24,000
Claudell Washington	24	us US	L	L	6' 0"	190	Aug 31, 1954	6	131	114	131	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	120	122	3	13	2	1.6
Rich Wortham	25	us US	R	L	6' 0"	185	Oct 22, 1953	2	34	33	0	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Don Kessinger	36	us US	Jul 17, 1942	Manager	Apr 6	Aug 1
Tony La Russa HOF	34	us US	Oct 4, 1944	Manager	Aug 3	Sep 30
Loren Babe	51	us US	Jan 11, 1928	Bench	Apr 6	Sep 30
Fred Martin	64	us US	Jun 27, 1915	Coach	Apr 6	Sep 30
Joe Sparks	41	us US	Mar 15, 1938	Coach	Apr 6	Sep 30
Bobby Winkles	49	us US	Mar 11, 1930	Coach	Apr 6	Sep 30
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date