1976 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 64-97
Finished 6th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 914,945, Avg. 13,455
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Paul Richards (64-97)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1976 Chicago White Sox Roster
1976 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1976 season with a record of 64 wins and 97 losses, finishing sixth in the AL's West Division.

The White Sox plated 586 runs and yielded 745 runs, most in the circuit. Jorge Orta and Jim Spencer paced Chicago with 14 home runs apiece. Jorge Orta drove in 72 runs. Ralph Garr led batters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Ken Brett topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.32 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Paul Richards coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ken Brett	10	12	.455	3.32	27	26	1	16	1	1	200.7	171	82	74	5	76	3	91	3	1	4	826
Bart Johnson	9	16	.360	4.73	32	32	0	8	3	0	211.3	231	115	111	19	62	1	91	1	0	4	901
Rich Gossage	9	17	.346	3.94	31	29	1	15	0	1	224.0	214	104	98	16	90	3	135	9	0	6	956
Pete Vuckovich	7	4	.636	4.65	33	7	15	1	0	0	110.3	122	59	57	3	60	4	62	4	1	0	500
Dave Hamilton	6	6	.500	3.59	45	1	34	0	0	10	90.3	81	38	36	4	45	6	62	4	0	3	395
Francisco Barrios	5	9	.357	4.32	35	14	13	6	0	3	141.7	136	72	68	13	46	3	81	4	1	2	596
Wilbur Wood	4	3	.571	2.24	7	7	0	5	1	0	56.3	51	24	14	3	11	0	31	0	0	1	225
Clay Carroll	4	4	.500	2.56	29	0	20	0	0	6	77.3	67	26	22	1	24	2	38	2	0	4	311
Chris Knapp	3	1	.750	4.82	11	6	2	1	0	0	52.3	54	31	28	5	32	1	41	1	1	0	233
Blue Moon Odom	2	2	.500	5.79	8	4	2	0	0	0	28.0	31	21	18	2	20	0	18	1	0	1	133
Jesse Jefferson	2	5	.286	8.52	19	9	5	0	0	0	62.3	86	62	59	4	42	0	30	2	1	4	307
Terry Forster	2	12	.143	4.37	29	16	8	1	0	1	111.3	126	61	54	7	41	4	70	1	0	7	486
Ken Kravec	1	5	.167	4.89	9	8	0	1	0	0	49.7	49	28	27	3	32	0	38	1	1	3	226
Jim Otten	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	6	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	29
Jack Kucek	0	0		9.64	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	9	5	5	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	26
Larry Monroe	0	1	.000	4.15	8	2	5	0	0	0	21.7	23	11	10	0	13	0	9	0	0	1	96
Totals	64	97	.398	4.25	327	161	107	54	5	22	1448.0	1460	745	684	87	600	27	802	33	6	40	6246

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jorge Orta	158	688	636	74	174	29	8	14	72	24	8	38	77	.274	.316	.410	.726	261	15	5	1	8	2
Ralph Garr	136	558	527	63	158	22	6	4	36	14	5	17	41	.300	.322	.387	.709	204	6	2	8	4	2
Bucky Dent	158	626	562	44	138	18	4	2	52	3	5	43	45	.246	.300	.302	.603	170	10	2	17	2	3
Jim Spencer	150	579	518	53	131	13	2	14	70	6	4	49	52	.253	.315	.367	.682	190	10	1	4	7	19
Chet Lemon	132	497	451	46	111	15	5	4	38	13	7	28	65	.246	.298	.328	.626	148	9	7	7	4	0
Bill Stein	117	422	392	32	105	15	2	4	36	4	2	22	67	.268	.310	.347	.657	136	8	2	6	0	3
Jack Brohamer	119	415	354	33	89	12	2	7	40	1	3	44	28	.251	.333	.356	.688	126	9	3	6	8	9
Brian Downing	104	365	317	38	81	14	0	3	30	7	3	40	55	.256	.338	.328	.666	104	2	1	4	3	0
Pat Kelly	107	366	311	42	79	20	3	5	34	15	7	45	45	.254	.349	.386	.735	120	8	3	2	5	1
Lamar Johnson	82	248	222	29	71	11	1	4	33	2	1	19	37	.320	.372	.432	.805	96	11	2	1	4	1
Kevin Bell	68	258	230	24	57	7	6	5	20	2	1	18	56	.248	.302	.396	.697	91	3	1	6	3	0
Jim Essian	78	229	199	20	49	7	0	0	21	2	1	23	28	.246	.326	.281	.607	56	6	1	5	1	0
Alan Bannister	73	165	145	19	36	6	2	0	8	12	4	14	21	.248	.317	.317	.634	46	0	1	4	1	1
Buddy Bradford	55	183	160	20	35	5	2	4	14	6	0	19	37	.219	.309	.350	.659	56	0	2	2	0	2
Jerry Hairston	44	147	119	20	27	2	2	0	10	1	1	24	19	.227	.352	.277	.629	33	0	0	2	2	0
Rich Coggins	32	104	96	4	15	2	0	0	5	3	1	6	15	.156	.206	.177	.383	17	1	0	2	0	0
Carlos May	20	72	63	7	11	2	0	0	3	4	0	9	5	.175	.278	.206	.484	13	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Varney	14	43	41	5	10	2	0	3	5	0	0	2	9	.244	.279	.512	.791	21	2	0	0	0	0
Wayne Nordhagen	22	61	53	6	10	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	12	.189	.233	.226	.460	12	1	0	1	3	0
Sam Ewing	19	43	41	3	9	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	8	.220	.256	.317	.573	13	0	0	0	0	0
Cleon Jones	12	47	40	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	5	.200	.304	.225	.529	9	1	1	1	0	0
Nyls Nyman	8	15	15	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.133	.133	.200	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0
Minnie Minoso	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Roof	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hugh Yancy	3	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.200	.300	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Brett	33	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1	0	0	0	0
George Enright	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wilbur Wood	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Vuckovich	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Forster	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Barrios	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hamilton	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Jefferson	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Otten	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Kucek	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Blue Moon Odom	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Clay Carroll	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bart Johnson	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Monroe	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Knapp	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Kravec	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2053	6171	5532	586	1410	209	46	73	538	120	53	471	739	.255	.314	.349	.663	1930	104	34	79	55	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jim Spencer	1B	143	134	1208.3	1206	112	2	116	.998	9.817	9.217	0	0	0
Lamar Johnson	1B	34	27	230.7	210	18	4	20	.983	8.896	6.706	0	0	0
Bill Stein	1B	1	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	6.750	3.000	0	0	0
Sam Ewing	1B	1	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	12.000	4.000	0	0	0
Jim Essian	1B	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	.500	0	0	0
Jack Brohamer	2B	117	107	955.3	263	334	10	74	.984	5.624	5.103	0	0	0
Bill Stein	2B	58	50	448.7	118	143	11	34	.960	5.236	4.500	0	0	0
Hugh Yancy	2B	3	3	24.0	8	4	0	3	1.000	4.500	4.000	0	0	0
Alan Bannister	2B	4	1	20.0	4	12	0	2	1.000	7.200	4.000	0	0	0
Kevin Bell	3B	67	65	579.0	70	124	6	10	.970	3.016	2.896	0	0	0
Jorge Orta	3B	49	49	436.0	31	102	10	9	.930	2.745	2.714	0	0	0
Bill Stein	3B	58	47	431.3	35	98	8	5	.943	2.775	2.293	0	0	0
Jim Essian	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Alan Bannister	3B	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jack Brohamer	3B	1	0	0.0	2	4	0	1	1.000		6.000	0	0	0
Brian Downing	C	93	80	721.7	450	38	6	4	.988	6.086	5.247	1	78	37	32.2
Jim Essian	C	77	64	570.0	319	53	10	10	.974	5.874	4.831	2	45	37	45.1
Pete Varney	C	14	11	104.0	76	4	1	0	.988	6.923	5.714	2	18	3	14.3
Phil Roof	C	4	3	24.3	8	3	0	1	1.000	4.068	2.750	0	0	2	100.0
Wayne Nordhagen	C	5	2	21.0	15	2	1	0	.944	7.286	3.400	0	6	2	25.0
George Enright	C	2	1	7.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	5.143	2.000	0	4	1	20.0
Ralph Garr	OF	125	119	1054.0	254	7	6	2	.978	2.229	2.088	0	0	0
Chet Lemon	OF	131	118	1043.0	353	12	3	1	.992	3.150	2.786	0	0	0
Jorge Orta	OF	77	76	667.7	156	9	5	1	.971	2.224	2.143	0	0	0
Buddy Bradford	OF	48	37	369.7	91	0	2	0	.978	2.216	1.896	0	0	0
Jerry Hairston	OF	40	31	285.3	71	1	2	0	.973	2.271	1.800	0	0	0
Alan Bannister	OF	43	27	259.3	80	1	1	0	.988	2.811	1.884	0	0	0
Rich Coggins	OF	26	24	233.3	45	1	0	0	1.000	1.774	1.769	0	0	0
Pat Kelly	OF	26	22	180.0	37	1	2	0	.950	1.900	1.462	0	0	0
Wayne Nordhagen	OF	10	7	72.0	20	1	0	0	1.000	2.625	2.100	0	0	0
Cleon Jones	OF	8	8	61.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.033	.875	0	0	0
Carlos May	OF	9	8	59.7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.961	1.444	0	0	0
Nyls Nyman	OF	7	4	40.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.925	1.857	0	0	0
Lamar Johnson	OF	1	1	10.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Bill Stein	OF	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	P	31	29	224.0	18	27	3	1	.938	1.808	1.452	0	0	0
Bart Johnson	P	32	32	211.3	22	30	1	0	.981	2.215	1.625	0	0	0
Ken Brett	P	27	26	200.7	11	35	3	0	.939	2.063	1.704	0	0	0
Francisco Barrios	P	35	14	141.7	10	14	1	3	.960	1.525	.686	0	0	0
Terry Forster	P	29	16	111.3	5	26	2	0	.939	2.506	1.069	0	0	0
Pete Vuckovich	P	33	7	110.3	3	19	3	0	.880	1.795	.667	0	0	0
Dave Hamilton	P	45	1	90.3	4	9	1	1	.929	1.295	.289	0	0	0
Clay Carroll	P	29	0	77.3	0	15	0	2	1.000	1.746	.517	0	0	0
Jesse Jefferson	P	19	9	62.3	3	14	0	2	1.000	2.455	.895	0	0	0
Wilbur Wood	P	7	7	56.3	1	12	0	0	1.000	2.077	1.857	0	0	0
Chris Knapp	P	11	6	52.3	2	5	1	1	.875	1.204	.636	0	0	0
Ken Kravec	P	9	8	49.7	0	7	1	0	.875	1.268	.778	0	0	0
Blue Moon Odom	P	8	4	28.0	1	2	2	0	.600	.964	.375	0	0	0
Larry Monroe	P	8	2	21.7	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.492	.750	0	0	0
Jim Otten	P	2	0	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jack Kucek	P	2	0	4.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Bucky Dent	SS	158	154	1373.0	279	468	18	96	.976	4.897	4.728	0	0	0
Alan Bannister	SS	14	7	71.0	8	23	4	5	.886	3.930	2.214	0	0	0
Bill Stein	SS	1	0	4.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	9.000	4.000	0	0	0
Totals		1787	1449	13032.0	4344	1793	130	404	.979	4.238	3.434	5	151	82	35.2

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