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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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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Bill Nahorodny	24	107	347	29	82	11	2	8	35	1	0	23	52	2	0	4	4	5	.236	.285	.349	634
1B	Lamar Johnson	27	148	498	52	136	23	2	8	72	6	5	43	46	2	2	1	7	17	.273	.329	.376	705
2B	Jorge Orta	27	117	420	45	115	19	2	13	53	1	2	42	39	4	3	4	7	9	.274	.340	.421	761
3B	Eric Soderholm	29	143	457	57	118	17	1	20	67	2	2	39	44	4	2	3	7	13	.258	.318	.431	749
SS	Don Kessinger	35	131	431	35	110	18	1	1	31	2	4	36	34	0	1	12	1	10	.255	.312	.309	621
OF	Ralph Garr	32	118	443	67	122	18	9	3	29	7	5	24	41	1	1	10	0	9	.275	.314	.377	691
OF	Chet Lemon	23	105	357	51	107	24	6	13	55	5	9	39	46	8	2	8	4	11	.300	.377	.510	887
OF	Claudell Washington	23	86	314	33	83	16	5	6	31	5	5	12	57	1	2	2	4	7	.264	.290	.404	694
DH	Ron Blomberg	29	61	156	16	36	7	0	5	22	0	0	11	17	0	2	1	1	1	.231	.280	.372	652

OF-DH	Bob Molinaro	28	105	286	39	75	5	5	6	27	22	6	19	12	3	2	2	1	5	.262	.314	.378	692
P	Francisco Barrios	24	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
2B-SS	Greg Pryor	28	82	222	27	58	11	0	2	15	3	1	11	18	1	0	4	1	4	.261	.298	.338	636
P	Ken Kravec	26	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Thad Bosley	21	66	219	25	59	5	1	2	13	12	11	13	32	0	1	2	2	4	.269	.308	.329	637
P	Jack Kucek	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF-DH	Wayne Nordhagen	29	68	206	28	62	16	0	5	35	0	1	5	18	0	0	0	5	6	.301	.310	.451	761
P	Lerrin LaGrow	29	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1B	Mike Squires	26	46	150	25	42	9	2	0	19	4	4	16	21	0	0	2	3	1	.280	.343	.367	710
P	Steve Stone	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C	Mike Colbern	23	48	141	11	38	5	1	2	20	0	1	1	36	2	0	0	2	1	.270	.281	.362	643
P	Wilbur Wood	36	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH-OF	Alan Bannister	26	49	107	16	24	3	2	0	8	3	3	11	12	1	1	0	0	2	.224	.303	.290	593
OF	Bobby Bonds	32	26	90	8	25	4	0	2	8	6	2	10	10	0	1	1	1	2	.278	.347	.389	736
OF	Henry Cruz	26	53	77	13	17	2	1	2	10	0	1	8	11	1	0	0	3	2	.221	.292	.351	643
SS	Harry Chappas	20	20	75	11	20	1	0	0	6	1	2	6	11	1	0	3	3	0	.267	.318	.280	598
1B-DH	Jim Breazeale	28	25	72	8	15	3	0	3	13	0	0	8	10	0	0	0	1	2	.208	.284	.375	659
3B	Kevin Bell	22	54	68	9	13	0	0	2	5	1	0	5	19	1	0	2	0	3	.191	.257	.279	536
DH-3B	Junior Moore	25	24	65	8	19	0	1	0	4	1	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	4	.292	.352	.323	675
OF	Tom Spencer	27	29	65	3	12	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	9	0	0	0	0	1	.185	.209	.200	409
OF	Rusty Torres	29	16	44	7	14	3	0	3	6	0	1	6	7	0	0	1	0	0	.318	.400	.591	991
C	Marv Foley	24	11	34	3	12	0	0	0	6	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	.353	.421	.353	774
2B	Joe Gates	23	8	24	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	1	0	1	0	1	.250	.379	.250	629
SS-2B	Mike Eden	29	10	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.118	.286	.118	404
C-DH	Larry Johnson	27	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	347
P	Ross Baumgarten	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Britt Burns	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Rich Hinton	31	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Mike Proly	27	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Ron Schueler	30	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Pablo Torrealba	30	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Steve Trout	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jim Willoughby	29	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Rich Wortham	24	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			161	5393	633	1423	221	41	106	595	83	68	409	625	33	20	63	57	122	.264	.317	.379	696