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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)
← 1977 Seasons 1979 →

The 1978 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 78th season in Major League Baseball, and its 79th overall. They finished with a record 71-90, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 20.5 games behind the first-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
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Alan Bannister, DH,OF,SS,2B 49 107 16 24 3 2 0 8 11 12 .224 3
Kevin Bell, 3B 54 68 9 13 0 0 2 5 5 19 .191 1
Ron Blomberg, DH,1B 61 156 16 36 7 0 5 22 11 17 .231 0
Bobby Bonds, RF,DH 26 90 8 25 4 0 2 8 10 10 .278 6
Thad Bosley, OF 66 219 25 59 5 1 2 13 13 32 .269 12
Jim Breazeale, 1B,DH 25 72 8 15 3 0 3 13 8 10 .208 0
Harry Chappas, SS 20 75 11 20 1 0 0 6 6 11 .267 1
Mike Colbern, C 48 141 11 38 5 1 2 20 1 36 .270 0
Henry Cruz, OF 53 77 13 17 2 1 2 10 8 11 .221 0
Mike Eden, SS,2B 10 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 .118 0
Marv Foley, C 11 34 3 12 0 0 0 6 4 6 .353 0
Ralph Garr, LF,DH 118 443 67 122 18 9 3 29 24 41 .275 7
Joe Gates, 2B 8 24 6 6 0 0 0 1 4 6 .250 1
Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH 148 498 52 136 23 2 8 72 43 46 .273 6
Larry Johnson, C,DH 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 0
Don Kessinger, SS,2B 131 431 35 110 18 1 1 31 36 34 .255 2
Chet Lemon, CF,RF,DH 105 357 51 107 24 6 13 55 39 46 .300 5
Bob Molinaro, OF,DH 105 286 39 75 5 5 6 27 19 12 .262 22
Junior Moore, DH,3B,LF 24 65 8 19 0 1 0 4 6 7 .292 1
Bill Nahorodny, C,1B,DH 107 347 29 82 11 2 8 35 23 52 .236 1
Wayne Nordhagen, DH,RF,LF,C 68 206 28 62 16 0 5 35 5 18 .301 0
Jorge Orta, 2B 117 420 45 115 19 2 13 53 42 39 .274 1
Greg Pryor, 2B,SS,3B 82 222 27 58 11 0 2 15 11 18 .261 3
Ron Schueler, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Eric Soderholm, 3B,DH 143 457 57 118 17 1 20 67 39 44 .258 2
Tom Spencer, OF 29 65 3 12 1 0 0 4 2 9 .185 0
Mike Squires, 1B 46 150 25 42 9 2 0 19 16 21 .280 4
Rusty Torres, OF 16 44 7 14 3 0 3 6 6 7 .318 0
Claudell Washington, OF 86 314 33 83 16 5 6 31 12 57 .264 5
Team totals
 161 5393 634 1423 221 41 106 595 409 625 .264 83

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Francisco Barrios 9 15 4.05 33 32 0 195.2 180 93 88 13 87 79
Ross Baumgarten 2 2 5.87 7 4 0 23.0 29 15 15 3 9 15
Britt Burns 0 2 12.91 2 2 0 7.2 14 12 11 2 3 3
Rich Hinton 2 6 4.02 29 4 1 80.2 78 38 36 5 30 48
Ken Kravec 11 16 4.08 30 30 0 203.0 188 104 92 22 96 154
Jack Kucek 2 3 3.29 10 5 1 52.0 42 23 19 5 29 30
Lerrin LaGrow 6 5 4.40 52 0 16 88.0 85 47 43 9 38 41
Mike Proly 5 2 2.74 16 6 1 65.2 63 24 20 4 12 19
Ron Schueler 3 5 4.30 30 7 0 81.2 76 50 39 10 41 39
Steve Stone 12 12 4.37 30 30 0 212.0 196 110 103 19 85 118
Pablo Torrealba 2 4 4.71 25 3 1 57.1 69 37 30 6 44 23
Steve Trout 3 0 4.03 4 3 0 22.1 19 10 10 0 11 11
Jim Willoughby 1 6 3.86 59 0 13 93.1 95 41 40 6 21 36
Wilbur Wood 10 10 5.20 28 27 0 168.0 187 103 97 23 75 69
Rich Wortham 3 2 3.05 8 8 0 59.0 59 24 20 1 23 25
Team totals
 71 90 4.21 161 161 33 1409.1 1380 731 660 128 604 710

Awards and honors

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 June 8, 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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