1978 Chicago White Sox season

1978 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Veeck
General manager(s)	Roland Hemond
Manager(s)	Bob Lemon, Larry Doby
Local television	WSNS-TV
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, Jimmy Piersall)
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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

November 28, 1977: Rich Hinton was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[1]
December 5, 1977: Brian Downing, Chris Knapp, and Dave Frost were traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley and Richard Dotson.^[2]

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	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	92	70	0.568	—	56–25	36–45
Texas Rangers	87	75	0.537	5	52–30	35–45
California Angels	87	75	0.537	5	50–31	37–44
Minnesota Twins	73	89	0.451	19	38–43	35–46
Chicago White Sox	71	90	0.441	20½	38–42	33–48
Oakland Athletics	69	93	0.426	23	38–42	31–51
Seattle Mariners	56	104	0.350	35	32–49	24–55

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–8	4–6	8–1	9–6	7–8	2–8	7–8	5–5	6–9	11–0	9–1	7–4	8–7
Boston	8–7	—	9–2	7–3	7–8	12–3	4–6	10–5	9–2	7–9	5–5	7–3	3–7	11–4
California	6–4	2–9	—	8–7	6–4	4–7	9–6	5–5	12–3	5–5	9–6	9–6	5–10	7–3
Chicago	1–8	3–7	7–8	—	8–2	2–9	8–7	4–7	8–7	1–9	7–8	7–8	11–4	4–6
Cleveland	6–9	8–7	4–6	2–8	—	5–10	5–6	5–10	5–5	6–9	4–6	8–1	1–9	10–4
Detroit	8–7	3–12	7–4	9–2	10–5	—	4–6	7–8	4–6	4–11	6–4	8–2	7–3	9–6
Kansas City	8–2	6–4	6–9	7–8	6–5	6–4	—	6–4	7–8	6–5	10–5	12–3	7–8	5–5
Milwaukee	8–7	5–10	5–5	7–4	10–5	8–7	4–6	—	4–7	10–5	9–1	5–5	6–4	12–3
Minnesota	5–5	2–9	3–12	7–8	5–5	6–4	8–7	7–4	—	3–7	9–6	6–9	6–9	6–4
New York	9–6	9–7	5–5	9–1	9–6	11–4	5–6	5–10	7–3	—	8–2	6–5	6–4	11–4
Oakland	0–11	5–5	6–9	8–7	6–4	4–6	5–10	1–9	6–9	2–8	—	13–2	6–9	7–4
Seattle	1–9	3–7	6–9	8–7	1–8	2–8	3–12	5–5	9–6	5–6	2–13	—	3–12	8–2
Texas	4–7	7–3	10–5	4–11	9–1	3–7	8–7	4–6	9–6	4–6	9–6	12–3	—	4–7
Toronto	7–8	4–11	3–7	6–4	4–10	6–9	5–5	3–12	4–6	4–11	4–7	2–8	7–4	—

Notable transactions

April 1, 1978: Royle Stillman was released by the White Sox.^[3]
April 1, 1978: Bob Coluccio was released by the White Sox.^[4]
July 17, 1978: Guy Hoffman was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[5]

Draft picks

June 6, 1978: 1978 Major League Baseball Draft
- Britt Burns was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round.^[6]
- Gary Gaetti was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round of the secondary phase, but did not sign.^[7]

Roster

1978 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

46 Francisco Barrios

41 Ross Baumgarten

40 Britt Burns

47 Rich Hinton

27 Ken Kravec

55 Jack Kucek

36 Lerrin LaGrow

24 Mike Proly

37 Ron Schueler

32 Steve Stone

35 Pablo Torrealba

33 Steve Trout

34 Jim Willoughby

28 Wilbur Wood

52 Rich Wortham

Catchers

30 Mike Colbern

42 Marv Foley

3 Larry Johnson

15 Bill Nahorodny

Infielders

8 Kevin Bell

10 Ron Blomberg

3 Jim Breazeale

1 Harry Chappas

65 Mike Eden

31 Joe Gates

23 Lamar Johnson

11 Don Kessinger

17 Junior Moore

6 Jorge Orta

16 Greg Pryor

12 Eric Soderholm

19 Mike Squires

Outfielders

7 Alan Bannister

25 Bobby Bonds

22 Thad Bosley

38 Henry Cruz

48 Ralph Garr

44 Chet Lemon

5 Bob Molinaro

15 Wayne Nordhagen

25 Tom Spencer

21 Rusty Torres

18 Claudell Washington

Manager

14 Larry Doby

21 Bob Lemon

Coaches

14 Larry Doby

-- Sam Hairston

29 Bobby Knoop

-- Tony LaRussa

9 Minnie Miñoso

31 Stan Williams

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

Farm system

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

Notes

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

References

1978 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1978 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1978 MLB draft 1978 All-Star Game 1978 World Series

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Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
Vice Chairman: Eddie Einhorn
Executive Vice President: Ken Williams
General Manager: Rick Hahn
Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
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