释义 |
- Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Opening Day lineup Notable transactions Roster Disco Demolition Night
- Player stats Batting Pitching
- Farm system
- Notes
- References
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}{{Infobox MLB yearly | name = Chicago White Sox | season = 1979 | misc = | logo = Chicago_White_Sox_Logo.svg | current league = American League | y1 = 1901 | division = American League West | y2 = 1969 | Uniform logo = | ballpark = Comiskey Park | y4 = 1910 | city = Chicago, Illinois | y5 = 1900 | owners = Bill Veeck |general managers = Roland Hemond | managers = Don Kessinger, Tony La Russa | television = WSNS-TV | radio = WMAQ (AM) (Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, Jimmy Piersall) |}}The 1979 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 80th season overall, and their 79th in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 73-87, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 15 games behind the first-place California Angels. Regular season The team opened the season with reserve infielder Don Kessinger acting as player-manager. He was relieved of his managerial duties on August 2, with the team's record at 46-60, at which point he also retired as a player. He was replaced by coach Tony La Russa, making his major league managerial debut. The team went 27-27 the rest of the season. Season standings {{1979 AL West standings}} Record vs. opponents {{1979 AL Record vs. opponents|team=CWS}} Opening Day lineup - Harry Chappas, SS
- Claudell Washington, RF
- Chet Lemon, CF
- Jorge Orta, DH
- Lamar Johnson, 1B
- Alan Bannister, 2B
- Ralph Garr, LF
- Eric Soderholm, 3B
- Marv Foley, C
- Ken Kravec, P
Notable transactions - May 16, 1979: Nardi Contreras was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[1]
- June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball Draft
- Ricky Seilheimer was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (19th pick).[2]
- Fran Mullins was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round.[3]
- Jimmy Key was drafted by the White Sox in the 10th round, but did not sign.[4]
- June 15, 1979: Eric Soderholm was traded by the White Sox to the Texas Rangers for Ed Farmer and Gary Holle.[5]
- July 6, 1979: Rich Hinton was traded by the White Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Juan Bernhardt.[6]
Roster 1979 Chicago White Sox |
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Roster | Pitchers{{MLBplayer|46|Francisco Barrios}}{{MLBplayer|30|Ross Baumgarten}}{{MLBplayer|40|Britt Burns}}{{MLBplayer|49|Richard Dotson}}{{MLBplayer|42|Mark Esser}}{{MLBplayer|22|Ed Farmer}}{{MLBplayer|47|Rich Hinton}}{{MLBplayer|36|Guy Hoffman}}{{MLBplayer|41|Fred Howard}}{{MLBplayer|50|LaMarr Hoyt}}{{MLBplayer|27|Ken Kravec}}{{MLBplayer|55|Jack Kucek}}{{MLBplayer|36|Lerrin LaGrow}}{{MLBplayer|24|Mike Proly}}{{MLBplayer|32,35|Dewey Robinson}}{{MLBplayer|55|Gil Rondon}}{{MLBplayer|26|Randy Scarbery}}{{MLBplayer|37|Ron Schueler}}{{MLBplayer|35|Pablo Torrealba}}{{MLBplayer|33|Steve Trout}}{{MLBplayer|28|Rich Wortham}} | | Catchers{{MLBplayer|19|Mike Colbern}}{{MLBplayer|42,0,17|Marv Foley}}{{MLBplayer| 5|Milt May}}{{MLBplayer|15|Bill Nahorodny}}Infielders{{MLBplayer| 7|Alan Bannister}}{{MLBplayer| 8|Kevin Bell}}{{MLBplayer|13|Harry Chappas}}{{MLBplayer|10|Joe Gates}}{{MLBplayer|23|Lamar Johnson}}{{MLBplayer|11|Don Kessinger}}{{MLBplayer|12|Jim Morrison}}{{MLBplayer| 6|Jorge Orta}}{{MLBplayer|16|Greg Pryor}}{{MLBplayer|12|Eric Soderholm}}{{MLBplayer|25|Mike Squires}} | | Outfielders{{MLBplayer|22|Thad Bosley}}{{MLBplayer|48|Ralph Garr}}{{MLBplayer|47|Rusty Kuntz}}{{MLBplayer|44|Chet Lemon}}{{MLBplayer|34|Junior Moore}}{{MLBplayer|20|Wayne Nordhagen}}{{MLBplayer|21|Rusty Torres}}{{MLBplayer|18|Claudell Washington}} | | Manager{{MLBplayer|11|Don Kessinger}}{{MLBplayer|10|Tony La Russa}}Coaches{{MLBplayer|31|Fred Martin}}{{MLBplayer|37|Ron Schueler}}{{MLBplayer| 3|Joe Sparks}}{{MLBplayer| 1|Bobby Winkles}} |
Disco Demolition Night {{main|Disco Demolition Night}}Disco Demolition Night (also known as "Anti-Disco Night" and "Disco Sucks Night") was a promotional event that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was held during a scheduled twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. After the first game, a throng of fans stormed the field, damaging it so badly that the second game had to be forfeited to Detroit. Player statsBattingNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen basesPlayer | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Alan Bannister, 2B,LF,3B,DH | 136 | 506 | 71 | 144 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 43 | 40 | .285 | 22 | Kevin Bell, 3B | 70 | 200 | 20 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 43 | .245 | 2 | Thad Bosley, OF | 36 | 77 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 14 | .312 | 4 | Harry Chappas, SS | 26 | 59 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .288 | 1 | Mike Colbern, C | 32 | 83 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 25 | .241 | 0 | Marv Foley, C | 34 | 97 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | .247 | 0 | Ralph Garr, LF,DH | 102 | 307 | 34 | 86 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 17 | 19 | .280 | 2 | Joe Gates, 2B | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .063 | 1 | Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH | 133 | 479 | 60 | 148 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 74 | 41 | 56 | .309 | 8 | Don Kessinger, SS | 56 | 110 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | .200 | 1 | Rusty Kuntz, OF | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .091 | 0 | Chet Lemon, CF | 148 | 556 | 79 | 177 | 44 | 2 | 17 | 86 | 56 | 68 | .318 | 7 | Milt May, C | 65 | 202 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 27 | .252 | 0 | Junior Moore, LF,RF,DH | 88 | 201 | 24 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 20 | .264 | 0 | Jim Morrison, 2B,3B | 67 | 240 | 38 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 15 | 48 | .275 | 11 | Bill Nahorodny, C,DH | 65 | 179 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 23 | .257 | 0 | Wayne Nordhagen, DH,RF,LF,C | 78 | 193 | 20 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 22 | .280 | 0 | Jorge Orta, DH,2B | 113 | 325 | 49 | 85 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 44 | 33 | .262 | 1 | Greg Pryor, SS,2B,3B | 143 | 476 | 60 | 131 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 35 | 41 | .275 | 3 | Eric Soderholm, 3B | 56 | 210 | 31 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 19 | .252 | 0 | Mike Squires, 1B | 122 | 295 | 44 | 78 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 9 | .264 | 15 | Rusty Torres, OF | 90 | 170 | 26 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 37 | .253 | 0 | Claudell Washington, RF,DH | 131 | 471 | 79 | 132 | 33 | 5 | 13 | 66 | 28 | 93 | .280 | 19 | Team totals | 160 | 5463 | 730 | 1505 | 290 | 33 | 127 | 680 | 454 | 668 | .275 | 97 |
PitchingNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = StrikeoutsPlayer | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Francisco Barrios | 8 | 3 | 3.61 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 94.2 | 88 | 49 | 38 | 9 | 34 | 28 | Ross Baumgarten | 13 | 8 | 3.54 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 190.2 | 175 | 82 | 75 | 18 | 84 | 72 | Britt Burns | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Richard Dotson | 2 | 0 | 3.70 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24.1 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 13 | Mark Esser | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Ed Farmer | 3 | 7 | 2.43 | 42 | 3 | 14 | 81.1 | 66 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 42 | 48 | Rich Hinton | 1 | 2 | 6.05 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 41.2 | 57 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 27 | Guy Hoffman | 0 | 5 | 5.34 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 30.1 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 28 | 18 | Fred Howard | 1 | 5 | 3.57 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 68.0 | 73 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 36 | LaMarr Hoyt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Kravec | 15 | 13 | 3.74 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 250.0 | 208 | 115 | 104 | 20 | 114 | 132 | Jack Kucek | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Lerrin LaGrow | 0 | 3 | 9.17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 17.2 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 9 | Wayne Nordhagen | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Mike Proly | 3 | 8 | 3.87 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 88.1 | 89 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 47 | 32 | Dewey Robinson | 0 | 1 | 6.28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | Gil Rondón | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Randy Scarbery | 2 | 8 | 4.62 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 101.1 | 102 | 56 | 52 | 9 | 37 | 45 | Ron Schueler | 0 | 1 | 7.32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19.2 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 6 | Pablo Torrealba | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Steve Trout | 11 | 8 | 3.89 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 155.0 | 165 | 77 | 67 | 10 | 64 | 76 | Rich Wortham | 14 | 14 | 4.90 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 204.0 | 195 | 126 | 111 | 21 | 103 | 119 | Team totals | 73 | 86 | 4.10 | 160 | 159 | 37 | 1409.0 | 1365 | 748 | 642 | 114 | 661 | 675 |
Farm system {{See also|Minor league baseball}}{{MLB Farm System |level18=AAA |team18=Iowa Oaks|league18=American Association|manager18=Tony LaRussa and Joe Sparks |level19=AA |team19=Knoxville Knox Sox|league19=Southern League|manager19=Gordon Lund |level20=A |team20=Appleton Foxes|league20=Midwest League|manager20=Jim Breazeale }} Notes 1. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/contrna01.shtml Nardi Contreras page at Baseball Reference] 2. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seilhri01.shtml Ricky Seilheimer page at Baseball Reference] 3. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mullifr01.shtml Fran Mullins page at Baseball Reference] 4. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keyji01.shtml Jimmy Key page at Baseball Reference] 5. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soderer01.shtml Eric Soderholm page at Baseball-Reference] 6. ^[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hintori01.shtml Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference]
References - {{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, N.C.| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1979.shtml 1979 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]
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