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Major League Baseball

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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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
7	Alan Bannister	OF-2B	27	R	R	5-11	175	9/3/1951	Montebello, CA	MLB	1974-1985
46	Francisco Barrios	P	25	R	R	6-3	195	8/10/1953	Hermosillo, MX	MLB	1974-1981
30	Ross Baumgarten	P	24	L	L	6-1	180	5/27/1955	Highland Park, IL	MLB	1978-1982
8	Kevin Bell	3B	23	R	R	6-0	195	7/13/1955	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1976-1982
22	Thad Bosley	OF	22	L	L	6-3	175	9/17/1956	Oceanside, CA	MLB	1977-1990
40	Britt Burns	P	20	L	L	6-5	218	6/8/1959	Houston, TX	MLB	1978-1985
13	Harry Chappas	SS	21	B	R	5-3	150	10/26/1957	Mount Rainier, MD	MLB	1978-1980
19	Mike Colbern	C	24	R	R	6-3	205	4/19/1955	Santa Monica, CA	MLB	1978-1979
49	Richard Dotson	P	20	R	R	6-0	204	1/10/1959	Cincinnati, OH	MLB	1979-1990
42	Mark Esser	P	23	R	L	6-1	190	4/1/1956	Erie, PA	MLB	1979-1979
22	Ed Farmer	P	29	R	R	6-5	210	10/18/1949	Evergreen Park, IL	MLB	1971-1983
17,42,0	Marv Foley	C	25	L	R	6-0	195	8/29/1953	Stanford, KY	MLB	1978-1984
48	Ralph Garr	OF	33	L	R	5-11	197	12/12/1945	Monroe, LA	MLB	1968-1980
10	Joe Gates	2B	24	L	R	5-7	175	10/3/1954	Gary, IN	MLB	1978-1979
47	Rich Hinton	P	32	L	L	6-2	185	5/22/1947	Tucson, AZ	MLB	1971-1979
36	Guy Hoffman	P	22	L	L	5-9	185	7/9/1956	Ottawa, IL	MLB	1979-1988
41	Fred Howard	P	22	R	R	6-3	190	9/2/1956	Portland, ME	MLB	1979-1979
23	LaMarr Hoyt	P	24	R	R	6-3	244	1/1/1955	Columbia, SC	MLB	1979-1986
11	Lamar Johnson	1B	28	R	R	6-2	225	9/2/1950	Bessemer, AL	MLB	1974-1982
27	Don Kessinger	SS	36	B	R	6-1	175	7/17/1942	Forrest City, AR	MLB	1964-1979
55	Ken Kravec	P	27	L	L	6-2	185	7/29/1951	Cleveland, OH	MLB	1975-1982
47	Jack Kucek	P	26	R	R	6-2	200	6/8/1953	Warren, OH	MLB	1974-1980
36	Rusty Kuntz	OF	24	R	R	6-3	190	2/4/1955	Orange, CA	MLB	1979-1985
44	Lerrin LaGrow	P	30	R	R	6-5	220	7/8/1948	Phoenix, AZ	MLB	1970-1980
50	Chet Lemon	OF-RF	24	R	R	6-0	190	2/12/1955	Jackson, MS	MLB	1975-1990
5	Milt May	C	28	L	R	6-0	190	8/1/1950	Gary, IN	MLB	1970-1984
34	Junior Moore	3B-OF	26	R	R	5-11	185	1/25/1953	Waskom, TX	MLB	1976-1980
12	Jim Morrison	3B-2B	26	R	R	5-11	186	9/23/1952	Pensacola, FL	MLB	1977-1988
15	Bill Nahorodny	C	25	R	R	6-2	200	8/31/1953	Hamtramck, MI	MLB	1976-1984
20	Wayne Nordhagen	OF	30	R	R	6-2	205	7/4/1948	Thief River Falls, MN	MLB	1976-1983
6	Jorge Orta	2B-OF	28	L	R	5-10	170	11/26/1950	Mazatlan, MX	MLB	1972-1987
24	Mike Proly	P	28	R	R	6-0	185	12/15/1950	Jamaica, NY	MLB	1976-1983
16	Greg Pryor	3B-SS	29	R	R	6-0	186	10/2/1949	Marietta, OH	MLB	1976-1986
32,35	Dewey Robinson	P	24	R	R	6-0	180	4/28/1955	Evanston, IL	MLB	1979-1981
55	Gilberto Rondon	P	25	R	R	6-2	200	11/18/1953	Bronx, NY	MLB	1976-1979
26	Randy Scarbery	P	27	B	R	6-1	185	6/22/1952	Fresno, CA	MLB	1979-1980
37	Ron Schueler	P	31	R	R	6-4	205	4/18/1948	Catharine, KS	MLB	1972-1979
12	Eric Soderholm	3B	30	R	R	5-11	187	9/24/1948	Cortland, NY	MLB	1971-1980
25	Mike Squires	1B	27	L	L	5-11	185	3/5/1952	Kalamazoo, MI	MLB	1975-1985
35	Pablo Torrealba	P	31	L	L	5-9	175	4/28/1948	Barquisimeto, VZ	MLB	1975-1979
21	Rusty Torres	OF	30	B	R	5-10	180	9/30/1948	Aguadilla, PR	MLB	1971-1980
33	Steve Trout	P	21	L	L	6-4	195	7/30/1957	Detroit, MI	MLB	1978-1989
18	Claudell Washington	OF	24	L	L	6-0	190	8/31/1954	Los Angeles, CA	MLB	1974-1990
28	Rich Wortham	P	25	R	L	6-0	185	10/22/1953	Odessa, TX	MLB	1978-1983