1971 Chicago White Sox

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 3rd in AL W

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
3rd Rank
617 R 597 RA
Diff +20

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617 Runs Scored
597 Runs Allowed
+20 Run Diff
832K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 AL Average

Batting Avg .250 1% above the 1971 league average (.246)
OBP .320 2% above the 1971 league average (.315)
SLG .327 4% above the 1971 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.12 10% better than the 1971 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 617 1% below the 1971 league average (623 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 832,388
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Avg per Game 10,276

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Carlos May 0.294 2 Walt Williams 0.294 3 Pat Kelly 0.291 4 Mike Andrews 0.282 5 Rick Reichardt 0.278

Home Runs

1 Bill Melton 33 2 Rick Reichardt 19 3 Jay Johnstone 16 4 Mike Andrews 12 5 Ed Herrmann 11

RBI

1 Bill Melton 86 2 Carlos May 70 3 Rick Reichardt 62 4 Mike Andrews 47 5 Rich McKinney 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Melton 150 543 72 146 0 0 33 86 61 87 3 0.269
Carlos May 141 500 64 147 0 0 7 70 62 61 16 0.294
Rick Reichardt 138 496 53 138 0 0 19 62 37 90 5 0.278
Jay Johnstone 124 388 53 101 0 0 16 40 38 50 10 0.260
Rich McKinney 114 369 35 100 0 0 8 46 35 37 0 0.271
Walt Williams 114 361 43 106 0 0 8 35 24 27 5 0.294
Mike Andrews 109 330 45 93 0 0 12 47 67 36 3 0.282
Ed Herrmann 101 294 32 63 0 0 11 35 44 48 2 0.214
Luis Alvarado 99 264 22 57 0 0 0 8 11 34 1 0.216
Lee Richard 87 260 38 60 0 0 2 17 20 46 8 0.231
Tom Egan 85 251 29 60 0 0 10 34 26 94 1 0.239
Pat Kelly 67 213 32 62 0 0 3 22 36 29 14 0.291
Rich Morales 84 185 19 45 0 0 2 14 22 26 2 0.243
Mike Hershberger 74 177 22 46 0 0 2 15 30 23 6 0.260
Ed Stroud 53 141 19 25 0 0 0 2 11 20 4 0.177
Tom Bradley 48 96 6 15 0 0 1 6 1 32 0 0.156
Wilbur Wood 44 96 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 57 1 0.052
Steve Huntz 35 86 10 18 0 0 2 6 7 9 1 0.209
Tommy John 38 69 3 10 0 0 0 2 3 14 0 0.145
Bart Johnson 53 57 3 11 0 0 0 8 0 12 0 0.193
Lee Maye 32 44 6 9 0 0 1 7 5 7 0 0.205
Joe Horlen 36 40 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.100
Bob Spence 14 27 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 6 0 0.148
Chuck Brinkman 15 20 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.200
Ken Hottman 6 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.125
Tony Muser 11 16 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.312
Vicente Romo 45 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.364
Steve Kealey 54 10 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0.200
Ron Lolich 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Terry Forster 45 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.400
Jim Magnuson 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Stan Perzanowski 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Don Eddy 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Rich Hinton 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
Pat Jacquez 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Denny O'Toole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Wilbur Wood 1.91 2 Bart Johnson 2.93 3 Tom Bradley 2.96 4 Vicente Romo 3.38 5 Tommy John 3.61

Wins

1 Wilbur Wood 22 2 Tom Bradley 15 3 Tommy John 13 4 Bart Johnson 12 5 Joe Horlen 8

Strikeouts

1 Wilbur Wood 210 2 Tom Bradley 206 3 Bart Johnson 153 4 Tommy John 131 5 Joe Horlen 82
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Wilbur Wood 22 13 1.91 44 42 1 334.0 62 210
Tom Bradley 15 15 2.96 45 39 2 285.2 74 206
Tommy John 13 16 3.61 38 35 0 229.1 58 131
Bart Johnson 12 10 2.93 53 16 14 178.0 111 153
Joe Horlen 8 9 4.26 34 18 2 137.1 30 82
Steve Kealey 2 2 3.84 54 1 6 77.1 26 50
Vicente Romo 1 7 3.38 45 2 5 72.0 37 48
Terry Forster 2 3 3.99 45 3 1 49.2 23 48
Jim Magnuson 1 1 4.50 15 4 0 30.0 16 11
Rich Hinton 3 4 4.44 18 2 0 24.1 6 15
Don Eddy 0 2 2.38 22 0 0 22.2 19 14
Stan Perzanowski 0 1 12.00 5 0 1 6.0 3 5
Pat Jacquez 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 2 1
Denny O'Toole 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 2

👥 Roster (36)

Luis Alvarado Mike Andrews Tom Bradley Chuck Brinkman Don Eddy Tom Egan Terry Forster Ed Herrmann Mike Hershberger Rich Hinton Joe Horlen Ken Hottman +24 more

36 players

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