1979 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 73-87
Finished 5th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 1,280,702, Avg. 17,544
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Don Kessinger (46-60)
Manager: Tony LaRussa (27-27)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1979 Chicago White Sox Roster
1979 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 87 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's West Division.

The White Sox scored 730 runs and conceded 748 runs. Chet Lemon led Chicago with 17 home runs and drove in 86 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .318. Ken Kravec topped the team with 15 wins, and Ross Baumgarten registered a 3.54 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Don Kessinger and Tony LaRussa coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Ken Kravec1513.5363.74363511031250.020811510420111313214131041
Rich Wortham1414.5004.9034330500204.01951261112110031193314889
Ross Baumgarten138.6193.5428280430190.717582751883172116818
Steve Trout118.5793.89341812624155.016577671059576501677
Francisco Barrios83.7273.611515020094.7884938933128510406
Ed Farmer37.3002.4342330001481.3663622234848106347
Mike Proly38.2733.873862400988.3894338640732105387
Richard Dotson201.0003.7055011024.328131006013000107
Randy Scarbery28.2004.6245515004101.31025652934345306436
Rich Hinton12.3336.05162800241.757302848127200188
Fred Howard15.1673.572861000068.0733427532236100302
Jack Kucek000.001000000.704003000006
LaMarr Hoyt000.002010003.0200000000010
Pablo Torrealba001.593020005.7511120100124
Gil Rondon003.724000009.71154260300246
Britt Burns005.406000005.01053110200026
Wayne Nordhagen009.002020002.022201020008
Mark Esser0016.202010001.7233040100011
Dewey Robinson01.0006.28110700014.3111210192500061
Ron Schueler01.0007.3281500019.71916163131620190
Lerrin LaGrow03.0009.17112400117.72721182161910295
Guy Hoffman05.0005.34240900230.3301818023518113142
Totals7386.4594.13395159131289371409.0136574864711461843675407506117

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Chet Lemon1486325567917744217867115668.318.391.496.8872761513346
Lamar Johnson133526479601482911274824156.309.363.449.812215232041
Alan Bannister136560506711442882552264340.285.342.383.72519493441
Claudell Washington13150847179132335136619112893.280.322.454.776214103247
Greg Pryor14352547660131233334343541.275.324.355.679169162751
Ralph Garr1023293073486102939241719.280.318.414.73212751220
Jorge Orta11337732549851831146154433.262.348.437.78514261342
Mike Squires1223262954478101222155229.264.318.325.64396102523
Jim Morrison67269240386614014351131548.275.324.508.83312224730
Wayne Nordhagen782071932054150725001322.280.324.466.7909090012
Junior Moore88217201245362123021220.264.300.328.6286680040
Eric Soderholm56231210315382634011919.252.313.395.7088390111
Milt May652212022351130728001427.252.306.421.7278532211
Kevin Bell70219200204981422241543.245.296.355.6517130310
Bill Nahorodny651991792046100629011823.257.322.413.7357450021
Rusty Torres90203170264350824002337.253.349.424.7727242801
Thad Bosley3686771324111841914.312.384.390.7733010000
Marv Foley3411097624302100075.247.292.340.6333340421
Don Kessinger5612411014226017101012.200.264.282.5463150311
Mike Colbern329183520510800425.241.276.325.6012710400
Harry Chappas26655991710141155.288.354.356.7102121000
Rusty Kuntz513110100000026.091.231.091.322110000
Joe Gates1618165101011123.063.167.188.354300000
Dewey Robinson11000000000000000000
Rich Wortham34000000000000000000
Gil Rondon4000000000000000000
Randy Scarbery45000000000000000000
Mike Proly38000000000000000000
Pablo Torrealba3000000000000000000
Steve Trout34000000000000000000
Ron Schueler8000000000000000000
LaMarr Hoyt2000000000000000000
Ross Baumgarten28000000000000000000
Richard Dotson5000000000000000000
Mark Esser2000000000000000000
Ed Farmer42000000000000000000
Rich Hinton16000000000000000000
Guy Hoffman24000000000000000000
Fred Howard28000000000000000000
Ken Kravec36000000000000000000
Jack Kucek1000000000000000000
Britt Burns6000000000000000000
Lerrin LaGrow11000000000000000000
Francisco Barrios15000000000000000000
Totals2205605654637301505290331276809762454668.275.333.410.743224215136584529


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Lamar Johnson1B9490718.0748631162.9871.1668.6280000
Mike Squires1B11069688.074160462.9951.4787.2820000
Alan Bannister1B102.020011.0009.0002.0000000
Don Kessinger1B101.020001.00018.0002.0000000
Alan Bannister2B6563551.01501601232.9635.0644.7690000
Jim Morrison2B4841381.3104120433.9825.2874.6670000
Jorge Orta2B4134279.05775317.9784.2583.2200000
Greg Pryor2B2516147.74248113.9895.4853.6000000
Joe Gates2B8440.0121613.9666.3003.5000000
Don Kessinger2B117.026001.0001.2868.0000000
Junior Moore2B203.002001.0006.0001.0000000
Kevin Bell3B6859528.7511531711.9233.4733.0000000
Eric Soderholm3B5655477.055154312.9863.9433.7320000
Jim Morrison3B2921182.0176555.9434.0552.8280000
Greg Pryor3B2213123.7153742.9293.7842.3640000
Alan Bannister3B121194.7102464.8503.2322.8330000
Joe Gates3B103.001001.0003.0001.0000000
Milt MayC6559507.02772761.9815.3964.67770362237.9
Bill NahorodnyC6043401.72232573.9735.5574.13360481928.4
Marv FoleyC3329252.01281111.9934.9644.21220251028.6
Mike ColbernC3226226.01211244.9715.2964.15610221540.5
Wayne NordhagenC5222.39030.7503.6271.80010400.0
Chet LemonOF1471471281.341110102.9772.9572.8640000
Claudell WashingtonOF122113991.0256773.9742.3882.1560000
Rusty TorresOF8537457.3117430.9762.3811.4240000
Ralph GarrOF6763450.094351.9511.9401.4480000
Alan BannisterOF4745398.788330.9682.0541.9360000
Junior MooreOF6142376.383330.9662.0571.4100000
Thad BosleyOF2816160.357221.9673.3122.1070000
Wayne NordhagenOF121081.0194001.0002.5561.9170000
Rusty KuntzOF5426.0121011.0004.5002.6000000
Mike SquiresOF105.030001.0005.4003.0000000
Ken KravecP3635250.083511.9771.5481.1940000
Rich WorthamP3433204.072750.8721.5001.0000000
Ross BaumgartenP2828190.7142811.9771.9831.5000000
Steve TroutP3418155.063332.9292.2651.1470000
Randy ScarberyP455101.351721.9171.954.4890000
Francisco BarriosP151594.710832.8571.7111.2000000
Mike ProlyP38688.351712.9572.242.5790000
Ed FarmerP42381.3711011.0001.992.4290000
Fred HowardP28668.074001.0001.456.3930000
Rich HintonP16241.74810.9232.592.7500000
Guy HoffmanP24030.315011.0001.780.2500000
Richard DotsonP5524.314001.0001.8491.0000000
Ron SchuelerP8119.703001.0001.373.3750000
Lerrin LaGrowP11217.70310.7501.528.2730000
Dewey RobinsonP11014.301001.000.628.0910000
Gil RondonP409.701001.000.931.2500000
Pablo TorrealbaP305.701001.0001.588.3330000
Britt BurnsP605.00000.000.0000000
LaMarr HoytP203.00000.000.0000000
Wayne NordhagenP202.00000.000.0000000
Mark EsserP201.70000.000.0000000
Jack KucekP100.70000.000.0000000
Greg PryorSS119107925.71613622154.9615.0854.3950000
Don KessingerSS5436324.357103217.9884.4402.9630000
Harry ChappasSS2316155.02863713.9295.2843.9570000
Kevin BellSS204.001001.0002.250.5000000
Totals1947143112681.042271831173369.9724.3003.1111701356632.8




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