1978 Chicago White Sox season

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1978 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
1978 Information
Owner(s) Bill Veeck
Manager(s) Bob Lemon and Larry Doby
Local television WSNS-TV
Local radio WMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, Jimmy Piersall)

The 1978 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 79th season. They finished with a record 71-90, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 20.5 games behind of the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 1978 Opening Day Lineup

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
1st Kansas City Royals   92   70 .568    --
2nd Texas Rangers   87   75 .537   5.0
3rd California Angels   87   75 .537   5.0
4th Minnesota Twins   73   89 .451 19.0
5th Chicago White Sox   71   90 .441 20.5
6th Oakland Athletics   69   93 .426 23.0
7th Seattle Mariners   56 104 .350 35.0

[edit] Transactions

  • June 6, 1978: Gary Gaetti was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign. [1]

[edit] Roster

1978 Chicago White Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Bob Lemon, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

[edit] External links

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gaettga01.shtml
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