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Record: 73-87 .456.... 5th in American League West
Stadium: Comiskey Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,280,702

Top Draft Pick: Steve Buechele (#9) MLB
Manager - Don Kessinger, Tony LaRussa

Affiliates - AAA Iowa Oaks AA Knoxville Sox A Appleton Foxes

Team Leaders

HR: Lemon [17]
RBI: Lemon [86]
2B: Lemon [44]
SB: Bannister [22]
W: Kravec [15]
SV: Farmer [14]
SO: Kravec [132]

Oldest Player: Don Kessinger [36]
Youngest Player: Britt Burns [20]
Longest Tenure: Jorge Orta [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Rusty Kuntz (Sep 1)
Pitchers: Richard Dotson (Sep 4) Mark Esser (Apr 22) Guy Hoffman (Jul 4) Fred Howard (May 26) LaMarr Hoyt (Sep 14) Dewey Robinson (Apr 6) Randy Scarbery (Apr 16)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Felix Agapay	1B-OF		Appleton	A
Rod Allen	OF	19	Knoxville	AA
Ed Bahns	1B		Appleton	A
Harold Baines	OF	20	Iowa	AAA
Alan Bannister	OF-2B	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Rich Barnes	P	20	Knoxville	AA
Francisco Barrios	P	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Phillip Bauer	SS		Appleton	A
Ross Baumgarten	P	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Kevin Bell	3B	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	3B		Iowa	AAA
Juan Bernhardt	3B-1B	26	Iowa	AAA
Vincent Bienek			Appleton	A
Thad Bosley	OF	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	OF		Iowa	AAA
Jim Breazeale	1B	29	Appleton	A
Britt Burns	P	20	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Harry Chappas	SS	21	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	SS		Iowa	AAA
Mike Colbern	C	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	C		Iowa	AAA
Henry Cruz	OF	27	Iowa	AAA
David Daniels	OF	21	Appleton	A
Richard Dotson	P	20	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Jim English	2B-1B		Appleton	A
Mark Esser	P	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Curtis Etchandy	SS		Iowa	AAA
	SS		Knoxville	AA
Ed Farmer	P	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
John Flannery	SS-3B	22	Knoxville	AA
Marv Foley	C	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	C		Iowa	AAA
Fred Frazier	2B		Iowa	AAA
Dom Fucci	1B-OF	22	Knoxville	AA
Ralph Garr	OF	33	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Joe Gates	2B	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	2B		Iowa	AAA
Paul Gbur			Appleton	A
Lorenzo Gray	3B	21	Knoxville	AA
	3B		Appleton	A
Larry Hall	SS		Iowa	AAA
	SS		Appleton	A
John Hanley	C		Knoxville	AA
	C		Appleton	A
A.J. Hill	SS		Knoxville	AA
Rich Hinton	P	32	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Guy Hoffman	P	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Gary Holle	1B	25	Iowa	AAA
Fred Howard	P	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
LaMarr Hoyt	P	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Art James	OF	27	Iowa	AAA
	OF		Knoxville	AA
Lamar Johnson	1B	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Mike Johnson	OF		Appleton	A
Randy Johnson	OF-1B	21	Appleton	A
Dennis Keating	OF		Appleton	A
Don Kessinger	SS	37	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Ron Kittle	OF-1B	21	Knoxville	AA
	OF-1B		Appleton	A
Ken Kravec	P	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Jack Kucek	P	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Rusty Kuntz	OF	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	OF		Iowa	AAA
Art Kusnyer	C	33	Iowa	AAA
Lerrin LaGrow	P	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Chet Lemon	OF-RF	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Vito Lucarelli			Appleton	A
Milt May	C	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Ivan Mesa	SS		Knoxville	AA
	SS		Appleton	A
Bob Molinaro	OF	29	Iowa	AAA
Junior Moore	3B-OF	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Jim Morrison	3B-2B	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Fran Mullins	3B-SS	22	Knoxville	AA
Mark Naehring	1B		Iowa	AAA
	1B		Knoxville	AA
Bill Nahorodny	C	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Wayne Nordhagen	OF	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Chris Nyman	1B	24	Iowa	AAA
	1B		Knoxville	AA
Jorge Orta	2B-OF	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Andy Pasillas	C		Knoxville	AA
Joel Perez			Knoxville	AA
Mike Proly	P	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Greg Pryor	3B-SS	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Dewey Robinson	P	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Gilberto Rondon	P	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Randy Scarbery	P	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Ron Schueler	P	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Donn Seidholz	3B		Knoxville	AA
Jackie Smith	P		Knoxville	AA
Eric Soderholm	3B	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Tom Spencer	OF	28	Knoxville	AA
Mike Squires	1B	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Leo Sutherland	OF	21	Knoxville	AA
Mark Teutsch			Appleton	A
Pablo Torrealba	P	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	P		Iowa	AAA
Raymundo Torres			Iowa	AAA
			Knoxville	AA
Rusty Torres	OF	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Steve Trout	P	22	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Phil Trucks	C		Knoxville	AA
Jeff Vuksan	C		Appleton	A
Claudell Washington	OF	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
David White	3B	18	Appleton	A
Dan Williams	1B		Appleton	A
Michael Wolf	SS		Iowa	AAA
Ron Woods	P		Appleton	A
Rich Wortham	P	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Lloyd Allen	29	Iowa	AAA
Rich Barnes	20	Iowa	AAA
	20	Knoxville	AA
Ted Barnicle		Knoxville	AA
Francisco Barrios	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Ross Baumgarten	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Britt Burns	20	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	20	Iowa	AAA
	20	Knoxville	AA
Nardi Contreras	28	Iowa	AAA
Richard Dotson	20	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	20	Knoxville	AA
Bobby Douglass		Iowa	AAA
Mark Esser	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	23	Iowa	AAA
Luis Estrada		Appleton	A
Randy Evans		Iowa	AAA
		Appleton	A
Ed Farmer	29	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Gary Friedrich		Appleton	A
Guillermo Gutierrez		Knoxville	AA
Luis Guzman		Iowa	AAA
		Knoxville	AA
Kevin Hickey	23	Appleton	A
Rich Hinton	32	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	32	Iowa	AAA
Guy Hoffman	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	23	Iowa	AAA
	23	Appleton	A
Jerome Hoffman		Appleton	A
Fred Howard	23	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	23	Iowa	AAA
LaMarr Hoyt	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	24	Iowa	AAA
	24	Knoxville	AA
Mark Jackman		Appleton	A
Bart Johnson	29	Iowa	AAA
Chuck Johnson		Appleton	A
Ken Kravec	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Jack Kucek	26	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Art Kusnyer	33	Iowa	AAA
Lerrin LaGrow	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Mitch Lukevics		Iowa	AAA
		Knoxville	AA
Mike Maitland		Appleton	A
Larry Monroe	23	Knoxville	AA
Bill Moran	29	Iowa	AAA
	29	Knoxville	AA
Ramon Murillo		Iowa	AAA
		Knoxville	AA
Wayne Nordhagen	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Cliff Northey		Appleton	A
Reggie Patterson	20	Knoxville	AA
Mike Pazik	29	Iowa	AAA
Mark Platel		Knoxville	AA
		Appleton	A
Mike Proly	28	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Scott Richartz		Appleton	A
Dewey Robinson	24	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	24	Iowa	AAA
Gilberto Rondon	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	25	Iowa	AAA
Randy Scarbery	27	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Ron Schueler	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
Duane Shaffer		Appleton	A
Michael Sivik		Appleton	A
Jackie Smith		Knoxville	AA
		Appleton	A
Paul Soth		Appleton	A
Tom Spencer	28	Knoxville	AA
John Sutton	26	Iowa	AAA
Mark Teutsch		Knoxville	AA
		Appleton	A
Pablo Torrealba	31	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	31	Iowa	AAA
Steve Trout	22	Chicago White Sox	MLB
	22	Iowa	AAA
Phil Trucks		Knoxville	AA
Robert Umdenstock		Appleton	A
Dennis Vasquez		Knoxville	AA
		Appleton	A
Vic Walters		Appleton	A
Ron Woods		Knoxville	AA
		Appleton	A
Rich Wortham	25	Chicago White Sox	MLB