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Record: 71-90 .441.... 5th in American League West
Stadium: Comiskey Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,491,100

Top Draft Pick: David White (#31) A
Manager - Larry Doby, Bob Lemon

Affiliates - AAA Iowa Oaks AA Knoxville Sox A Appleton Foxes

Team Leaders

HR: Soderholm [20]
RBI: Johnson [72]
2B: Lemon [24]
SB: Molinaro [22]
W: Stone [12]
SV: LaGrow [16]
SO: Kravec [154]

Oldest Player: Wilbur Wood [36]
Youngest Player: Britt Burns [19]
Longest Tenure: Wilbur Wood [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Harry Chappas (Sep 7) Mike Colbern (Jul 18) Marv Foley (Sep 11) Joe Gates (Sep 12) Tom Spencer (Jul 17)
Pitchers: Ross Baumgarten (Aug 16) Britt Burns (Aug 5) Steve Trout (Jul 1) Rich Wortham (May 3)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Rod Allen	OF	18	Appleton	A
Ed Bahns	1B		Appleton	A
Harold Baines	OF	19	Knoxville	AA
Alan Bannister	OF-2B	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Francisco Barrios	P	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Phillip Bauer	SS		Appleton	A
Ross Baumgarten	P	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	P		Knoxville	AA
Kevin Bell	3B	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	3B		Iowa	AAA
Ron Blomberg	1B-OF	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Bobby Bonds	OF	32	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Thad Bosley	OF	22	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	OF		Iowa	AAA
Steve Bowling	OF	26	Iowa	AAA
	OF		Knoxville	AA
Jim Breazeale	1B	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	1B		Iowa	AAA
Britt Burns	P	19	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Harry Chappas	SS	20	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	SS		Appleton	A
Mike Colbern	C	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	C		Iowa	AAA
Roy Coulter			Appleton	A
Henry Cruz	OF	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	OF		Iowa	AAA
David Daniels	OF	20	Appleton	A
Mike Eden	2B-SS	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	2B-SS		Iowa	AAA
Curtis Etchandy	SS		Appleton	A
John Flannery	SS-3B	21	Iowa	AAA
Marv Foley	C	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	C		Knoxville	AA
Ken Frailing	P	30	Knoxville	AA
Fred Frazier	2B		Iowa	AAA
	2B		Knoxville	AA
Ralph Garr	OF	32	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Joe Gates	2B	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	2B		Knoxville	AA
Lorenzo Gray	3B	20	Appleton	A
John Hanley	C		Appleton	A
A.J. Hill	SS		Iowa	AAA
	SS		Knoxville	AA
Quency Hill			Knoxville	AA
Rich Hinton	P	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Art James	OF	26	Iowa	AAA
Alfonso Jimenez			Iowa	AAA
Lamar Johnson	1B	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Larry Johnson	C	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	C		Iowa	AAA
Mike Johnson	OF		Knoxville	AA
	OF		Appleton	A
Don Kessinger	SS	36	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Cleo Kilpatrick	OF		Appleton	A
Ken Kravec	P	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Jack Kucek	P	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Rusty Kuntz	OF	23	Knoxville	AA
Lerrin LaGrow	P	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Chet Lemon	OF-RF	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Mitch Lukevics	P		Knoxville	AA
Bob Molinaro	OF	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Alvin Moore	OF		Iowa	AAA
Junior Moore	3B-OF	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Mark Naehring	1B		Knoxville	AA
Bill Nahorodny	C	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Wayne Nordhagen	OF	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Chris Nyman	1B	23	Knoxville	AA
	1B		Appleton	A
Bob Oliver	1B-OF	35	Iowa	AAA
Jorge Orta	2B-OF	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Andy Pasillas	C		Knoxville	AA
Mike Pazik	P	28	Iowa	AAA
Mike Proly	P	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Greg Pryor	3B-SS	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Lee Richard	SS-3B	30	Iowa	AAA
Scott Richartz	SS		Iowa	AAA
	SS		Knoxville	AA
Reggie Sanders	1B	29	Iowa	AAA
Ron Schueler	P	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Donn Seidholz	3B		Knoxville	AA
Cleo Smith	1B-OF		Iowa	AAA
	1B-OF		Knoxville	AA
Eric Soderholm	3B	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Tom Spencer	OF	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	OF		Knoxville	AA
Mike Squires	1B	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	1B		Iowa	AAA
Steve Stone	P	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Leo Sutherland	OF	20	Appleton	A
Lloyd Thompson	3B		Appleton	A
Thomas Toman	OF		Knoxville	AA
	OF		Appleton	A
Pablo Torrealba	P	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Rusty Torres	OF	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	OF		Iowa	AAA
Steve Trout	P	21	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Phil Trucks	C		Iowa	AAA
	C		Knoxville	AA
	C		Appleton	A
Jeff Vuksan	C		Appleton	A
Vic Walters	P		Appleton	A
Claudell Washington	OF	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
David White	3B	17	Appleton	A
Jim Willoughby	P	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Michael Wolf	SS		Knoxville	AA
Wilbur Wood	P	36	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Rich Wortham	P	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Lloyd Allen	28	Iowa	AAA
Eddie Bane	26	Iowa	AAA
Rich Barnes	19	Knoxville	AA
Francisco Barrios	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Ross Baumgarten	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	23	Iowa	AAA
	23	Knoxville	AA
	23	Appleton	A
Britt Burns	19	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	19	Knoxville	AA
	19	Appleton	A
Stan Butkus		Iowa	AAA
Bruce Dalcanton	36	Iowa	AAA
Richard Dotson	19	Knoxville	AA
Mark Esser	22	Appleton	A
Ken Frailing	30	Knoxville	AA
Joe Gates	23	Knoxville	AA
Clay Hicks		Appleton	A
Quency Hill		Iowa	AAA
		Knoxville	AA
Rich Hinton	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	31	Iowa	AAA
Guy Hoffman	22	Appleton	A
Fred Howard	22	Knoxville	AA
LaMarr Hoyt	23	Appleton	A
Kent Hunziker		Knoxville	AA
Ken Kravec	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	27	Iowa	AAA
Jack Kucek	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	25	Iowa	AAA
Lerrin LaGrow	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Steve Luebber	29	Iowa	AAA
Mitch Lukevics		Iowa	AAA
		Knoxville	AA
Mike Maitland		Appleton	A
John Martin		Appleton	A
Larry Monroe	22	Knoxville	AA
Bill Moran	28	Knoxville	AA
Ramon Murillo		Knoxville	AA
Mike Pazik	28	Iowa	AAA
	28	Knoxville	AA
Mike Proly	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	27	Iowa	AAA
Scott Richartz		Knoxville	AA
Dewey Robinson	23	Appleton	A
Randy Scarbery	26	Iowa	AAA
Ron Schueler	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Duane Shaffer		Knoxville	AA
Michael Sivik		Appleton	A
Jackie Smith		Knoxville	AA
		Appleton	A
Paul Soth		Appleton	A
Steve Stone	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Richard Thoren		Appleton	A
Pablo Torrealba	30	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Steve Trout	21	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	21	Iowa	AAA
	21	Knoxville	AA
Mike Tulacz		Appleton	A
John Verhoeven	25	Iowa	AAA
Vic Walters		Appleton	A
Jim Willoughby	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Wilbur Wood	36	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Rich Wortham	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	24	Iowa	AAA