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* April 1, 1978: [[Royle Stillman]] was released by the White Sox.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stillro02.shtml Royle Stillman page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
* April 1, 1978: [[Royle Stillman]] was released by the White Sox.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stillro02.shtml Royle Stillman page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
* April 1, 1978: [[Bob Coluccio]] was released by the White Sox.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colucbo.shtml Bob Coluccio page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
* April 1, 1978: [[Bob Coluccio]] was released by the White Sox.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colucbo.shtml Bob Coluccio page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
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* June 6, 1978: [[Gary Gaetti]] was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round of the [[1978 Major League Baseball Draft]] (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gaettga01.shtml Gary Gaetti page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
* July 17, 1978: [[Guy Hoffman (baseball)|Guy Hoffman]] was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoffmgu01.shtml Guy Hoffman page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
* July 17, 1978: [[Guy Hoffman (baseball)|Guy Hoffman]] was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoffmgu01.shtml Guy Hoffman page at Baseball Reference]</ref>
====Draft picks====
*June 6, 1978: [[Britt Burns]] was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnsbr01.shtml |title= Britt Burns career stats |author= |date= |work= |publisher= Baseball Reference |accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref>
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* June 6, 1978: [[Gary Gaetti]] was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round of the [[1978 Major League Baseball Draft]] (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gaettga01.shtml Gary Gaetti page at Baseball Reference]</ref>


=== Roster ===
=== Roster ===

Revision as of 14:59, 9 June 2010


1978 Chicago White Sox
File:Chicago White Sox Logo.svg
DivisionAmerican League West
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersBill Veeck
ManagersBob Lemon and Larry Doby
TelevisionWSNS-TV
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, Jimmy Piersall)
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The 1978 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 79th season overall, and their 78th in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 71-90, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 20.5 games behind the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

Regular season

  • Larry Doby replaced Bob Lemon as manager of the White Sox in 1978. Doby was the second African-American to lead a major league club.

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 92 70 .568 — 56‍–‍25 36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers 87 75 .537 5 52‍–‍30 35‍–‍45
California Angels 87 75 .537 5 50‍–‍31 37‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 73 89 .451 19 38‍–‍43 35‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox 71 90 .441 20½ 38‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
Oakland Athletics 69 93 .426 23 38‍–‍42 31‍–‍51
Seattle Mariners 56 104 .350 35 32‍–‍49 24‍–‍55

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1978 Chicago White Sox roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1B Lamar Johnson 148 498 136 .273 8 72
2B Jorge Orta 117 420 115 .274 13 53
3B Eric Soderholm 143 457 118 .258 20 67
SS Don Kessinger 131 431 110 .255 1 31
CF Chet Lemon 105 357 107 .300 13 55
RF Ralph Garr 118 443 122 .275 3 29
DH Ron Blomberg 61 156 36 .231 5 22

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Thad Bosley 66 219 59 .269 2 13
Wayne Nordhagen 68 206 62 .301 5 35
Bobby Bonds 26 90 25 .278 2 8
Kevin Bell 54 68 13 .191 2 5
Marv Foley 11 34 12 .353 0 6
Mike Eden 10 17 2 .118 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Stone 30 212 12 12 4.37 118
Ken Kravec 30 203 11 16 4.08 154
Francisco Barrios 33 195.2 9 15 4.05 79
Britt Burns 2 7.2 0 2 12.91 3

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rich Hinton 29 80.2 2 6 4.02 48
Jack Kucek 10 52 2 3 3.29 30
Ross Baumgarten 7 23 2 2 5.87 15

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors

  • Bob Lemon, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Oaks American Association Joe Sparks
AA Knoxville Knox Sox Southern League Tony LaRussa and Joe Jones
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Gordon Lund

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Knoxville, Appleton[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Richard Dotson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Royle Stillman page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Bob Coluccio page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Guy Hoffman page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Britt Burns career stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  7. ^ Gary Gaetti page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

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