1978 Chicago White Sox

71-90 • 0.441 Win% • 5th in AL W

📊 Season Record

71 Wins
90 Losses
0.441 Win %
5th Rank
634 R 731 RA
Diff -97

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634 Runs Scored
731 Runs Allowed
-97 Run Diff
1,491K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .315 3% below the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .322 1% below the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 4.21 12% worse than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 634 7% below the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,491,100
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Avg per Game 18,638

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Wayne Nordhagen 0.301 2 Chet Lemon 0.300 3 Junior Moore 0.292 4 Mike Squires 0.280 5 Bobby Bonds 0.278

Home Runs

1 Eric Soderholm 20 2 Chet Lemon 13 3 Jorge Orta 13 4 Lamar Johnson 8 5 Bill Nahorodny 8

RBI

1 Lamar Johnson 72 2 Eric Soderholm 67 3 Chet Lemon 55 4 Jorge Orta 53 5 Bill Nahorodny 35
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lamar Johnson 148 498 52 136 0 0 8 72 43 46 6 0.273
Eric Soderholm 143 457 57 118 0 0 20 67 39 44 2 0.258
Ralph Garr 118 443 67 122 0 0 3 29 24 41 7 0.275
Don Kessinger 131 431 35 110 0 0 1 31 36 34 2 0.255
Jorge Orta 117 420 45 115 0 0 13 53 42 39 1 0.274
Chet Lemon 105 357 51 107 0 0 13 55 39 46 5 0.300
Bill Nahorodny 107 347 29 82 0 0 8 35 23 52 1 0.236
Claudell Washington 86 314 33 83 0 0 6 31 12 57 5 0.264
Bob Molinaro 105 286 39 75 0 0 6 27 19 12 22 0.262
Greg Pryor 82 222 27 58 0 0 2 15 11 18 3 0.261
Thad Bosley 66 219 25 59 0 0 2 13 13 32 12 0.269
Wayne Nordhagen 68 206 28 62 0 0 5 35 5 18 0 0.301
Ron Blomberg 61 156 16 36 0 0 5 22 11 17 0 0.231
Mike Squires 46 150 25 42 0 0 0 19 16 21 4 0.280
Mike Colbern 48 141 11 38 0 0 2 20 1 36 0 0.270
Alan Bannister 49 107 16 24 0 0 0 8 11 12 3 0.224
Bobby Bonds 26 90 8 25 0 0 2 8 10 10 6 0.278
Henry Cruz 53 77 13 17 0 0 2 10 8 11 0 0.221
Harry Chappas 20 75 11 20 0 0 0 6 6 11 1 0.267
Jim Breazeale 25 72 8 15 0 0 3 13 8 10 0 0.208
Kevin Bell 54 68 9 13 0 0 2 5 5 19 1 0.191
Junior Moore 24 65 8 19 0 0 0 4 6 7 1 0.292
Tom Spencer 29 65 3 12 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0.185
Rusty Torres 16 44 7 14 0 0 3 6 6 7 0 0.318
Marv Foley 11 34 3 12 0 0 0 6 4 6 0 0.353
Joe Gates 8 24 6 6 0 0 0 1 4 6 1 0.250
Mike Eden 10 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.118
Larry Johnson 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.125
Francisco Barrios 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ross Baumgarten 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Britt Burns 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Hinton 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Kravec 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Kucek 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lerrin LaGrow 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Proly 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Schueler 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Stone 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pablo Torrealba 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Trout 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Willoughby 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wilbur Wood 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Wortham 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Proly 2.74 2 Rich Wortham 3.05 3 Jack Kucek 3.29 4 Jim Willoughby 3.86 5 Rich Hinton 4.02

Wins

1 Steve Stone 12 2 Ken Kravec 11 3 Wilbur Wood 10 4 Francisco Barrios 9 5 Lerrin LaGrow 6

Strikeouts

1 Ken Kravec 154 2 Steve Stone 118 3 Francisco Barrios 79 4 Wilbur Wood 69 5 Rich Hinton 48
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Stone 12 12 4.37 30 30 0 212.0 84 118
Ken Kravec 11 16 4.08 30 30 0 203.0 95 154
Francisco Barrios 9 15 4.05 33 32 0 195.2 85 79
Wilbur Wood 10 10 5.20 28 27 0 168.0 74 69
Jim Willoughby 1 6 3.86 59 0 13 93.1 19 36
Lerrin LaGrow 6 5 4.40 52 0 16 88.0 38 41
Ron Schueler 3 5 4.30 30 7 0 81.2 39 39
Rich Hinton 2 6 4.02 29 4 1 80.2 28 48
Mike Proly 5 2 2.74 14 6 1 65.2 12 19
Rich Wortham 3 2 3.05 8 8 0 59.0 23 25
Pablo Torrealba 2 4 4.71 25 3 1 57.1 39 23
Jack Kucek 2 3 3.29 10 5 1 52.0 27 30
Ross Baumgarten 2 2 5.87 7 4 0 23.0 9 15
Steve Trout 3 0 4.03 4 3 0 22.1 11 11
Britt Burns 0 2 12.91 2 2 0 7.2 3 3

👥 Roster (43)

Alan Bannister Francisco Barrios Ross Baumgarten Kevin Bell Ron Blomberg Bobby Bonds Thad Bosley Jim Breazeale Britt Burns Harry Chappas Mike Colbern Henry Cruz +31 more

43 players

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