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1978 Chicago Black Sox
Record: 71-91
Finish: 3rd in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 665
Runs Allowed: 756
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: The Courthouse
Attendance: 2,039,735
Manager: Mike Giovacchini

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-72, 8th in the Johnson League
AA: 72-66, 5th in the Johnson League
A: 60-78, 12th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS *Lance Thelen 34 160 572 56 156 41 1 7 68 0 1 56 88 .273 .342 .385 .727 73.6 13.1 4.6
LF *Tommy Hobbs 33 154 551 79 139 25 5 36 100 13 8 39 164 .252 .303 .512 .814 83.0 14.0 3.5
LF  John Storm 25 152 505 54 131 18 9 5 41 11 4 25 86 .259 .293 .360 .654 52.5 6.5 3.4
C  Manny Sanguillen 33 131 477 47 135 16 5 1 43 5 1 22 30 .283 .313 .344 .657 47.6 6.3 7.0
LF  Jacob Grothe 29 142 419 65 112 14 3 18 59 30 5 45 66 .267 .343 .444 .787 66.9 13.0 2.2
3B  Renato Farias 26 125 403 65 122 16 5 15 61 37 6 17 43 .303 .335 .479 .814 65.6 13.1 2.4
LF *Sherman Tank 33 146 369 41 90 18 3 9 29 1 0 45 83 .244 .328 .382 .710 45.0 6.9 3.0
2B  Bill Zzyzzy 37 127 367 45 98 20 1 8 34 0 2 20 39 .267 .308 .392 .701 38.4 5.0 4.6
1B  Eddie Vaquero 36 125 353 49 88 17 1 14 55 1 4 17 79 .249 .296 .422 .718 40.9 5.2 1.4
1B *Jake Taylor 38 136 301 35 58 8 1 16 44 2 2 24 94 .193 .259 .385 .644 31.0 2.3 1.4
2B  Ted Sizemore 32 113 292 28 79 12 3 2 24 0 0 12 16 .271 .298 .353 .651 27.1 3.2 4.0
2B #Benjamin Caldwell 22 46 167 18 47 6 2 1 14 7 3 17 24 .281 .349 .359 .709 21.8 3.6 1.3
C  Joel Decastro 29 71 148 26 35 8 1 1 12 2 1 11 13 .236 .289 .324 .614 13.1 1.2 1.9
3B  Alonzo Marez 27 75 132 14 34 3 0 3 11 1 0 10 30 .258 .310 .348 .658 13.6 1.5 0.6
P  Luke Gofannon 36 36 98 8 15 1 1 0 9 1 1 3 42 .153 .173 .184 .357 2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Zachary Sumner 35 37 84 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 46 .036 .099 .036 .135 -3.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Ramon Gonzales 32 63 73 19 19 3 0 2 13 0 0 7 8 .260 .372 .384 .756 9.7 1.5 0.5
P *Alvin Harrison 29 36 70 5 14 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 36 .200 .219 .257 .476 4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Denny McLain 34 27 57 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 14 .123 .150 .158 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0
P #Braggo Franco 23 23 44 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 27 .045 .125 .045 .170 -1.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Enigue Montoya 33 30 23 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .217 .217 .261 .478 1.1 0.0 0.1
P #Joel Delao 28 61 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Scott Blundon 38 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Kerwin Parker 37 66 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Ray Well 25 71 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Burke Eschette 37 74 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tito Corbin 32 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.6 2265 5533 665 1390 230 41 139 636 111 38 386 1048 .251 .303 .383 .686 631.6 96.6 42.0
  Rank among 12 JL teams 8 9 9 10 11 8 9 6 4 12 3 8 11 8 9 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Zachary Sumner 35 16 13 .552 36 36 0 277.3 206 73 24 88 255 2.37 25.8
 Luke Gofannon 36 14 15 .483 36 36 0 274.7 225 104 31 102 167 3.41 18.8
*Alvin Harrison 29 9 14 .391 36 36 0 213.3 230 110 8 99 105 4.64 7.9
 Denny McLain 34 5 13 .278 27 27 0 150.7 179 119 22 73 46 7.11 0.0
 Braggo Franco 23 8 7 .533 23 21 0 140.3 141 62 7 69 139 3.98 6.8
 Joel Delao 28 4 4 .500 61 0 1 87.7 64 32 13 49 82 3.29 5.9
*Kerwin Parker 37 5 2 .714 64 1 2 82.3 78 32 4 49 48 3.50 6.5
 Burke Eschette 37 2 9 .182 74 0 32 78.7 94 55 11 57 42 6.29 0.0
*Ray Well 25 6 10 .375 71 0 1 70.7 90 71 17 54 29 9.04 0.0
 Tito Corbin 32 1 3 .250 27 0 1 35.7 37 22 5 23 20 5.55 0.2
*Scott Blundon 38 1 1 .500 11 3 1 27.3 18 9 1 8 19 2.96 2.4
Team Totals 32.2 71 91 .438 466 160 38 1438.6 1362 689 143 671 952 4.31 74.3
Rank among 12 JL teams 9 9 7 9 12 6 9 10 12 11 10  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 27.9
M.Sanguillen 1036.0 130 131 719 72 7 2 .991 34.3
J.Decastro 327.7 32 61 209 23 5 0 .979 43.8
J.Taylor 73.0 0 40 50 4 0 0 1.000 33.3
T.Sizemore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
A.Marez 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1438.7 162 234 979 99 12 2 .989 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.80
E.Vaquero 789.7 87 113 850 93 8 108 .992 10.75
J.Taylor 564.0 66 83 569 45 6 68 .990 9.80
A.Marez 84.0 9 17 89 6 0 8 1.000 10.18
R.Gonzales 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.7 162 214 1509 145 14 185 .992 10.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.96
B.Zzyzzy 774.0 85 113 180 300 3 79 .994 5.58
T.Sizemore 651.0 77 89 162 254 7 70 .983 5.75
B.Caldwell 63.8 7 8 14 27 0 4 1.000 5.78
E.Montoya 12.7 0 10 0 6 0 2 1.000 4.27
K.Parker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1502.5 169 221 356 587 10 155 .990 5.65
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.58
R.Farias 913.7 104 111 67 219 12 23 .960 2.82
B.Caldwell 298.5 36 37 20 80 4 9 .962 3.02
A.Marez 151.7 16 25 8 36 5 2 .898 2.61
T.Sizemore 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1367.8 156 175 95 335 21 34 .953 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.26
L.Thelen 1357.3 156 159 253 456 27 123 .963 4.70
A.Marez 40.3 3 11 5 14 0 2 1.000 4.24
B.Zzyzzy 24.0 3 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Sizemore 12.0 0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.25
R.Farias 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Sanguillen 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.7 162 187 263 482 27 127 .965 4.66
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
T.Hobbs 1315.7 153 153 275 10 0 2 1.000 1.95
R.Gonzales 55.7 5 15 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
S.Tank 40.0 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
J.Storm 13.3 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Grothe 11.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Sanguillen 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1438.7 162 187 299 10 0 2 1.000 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.64
S.Tank 722.3 79 114 213 7 1 4 .995 2.74
J.Storm 633.0 79 81 170 4 6 4 .967 2.47
R.Gonzales 79.0 4 20 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.42
R.Farias 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Sizemore 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.7 162 217 415 11 7 8 .984 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
J.Grothe 859.7 97 101 189 2 3 0 .985 2.00
J.Storm 494.0 58 59 105 2 0 1 1.000 1.95
S.Tank 48.0 6 6 7 0 1 0 .875 1.31
R.Gonzales 21.0 1 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.43
M.Sanguillen 16.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1438.7 162 184 305 4 4 1 .987 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.88
Z.Sumner 277.3 36 36 10 29 1 3 .975 1.27
L.Gofannon 274.7 36 36 22 46 5 4 .932 2.23
A.Harrison 213.3 36 36 14 44 1 5 .983 2.45
D.McLain 150.7 27 27 12 33 1 2 .978 2.69
B.Franco 140.3 21 23 12 21 1 5 .971 2.12
J.Delao 87.7 0 61 2 15 0 1 1.000 1.75
K.Parker 82.3 1 64 9 11 0 2 1.000 2.19
B.Eschette 78.7 0 74 6 7 0 1 1.000 1.49
R.Well 70.7 0 71 6 13 1 0 .950 2.42
T.Corbin 35.7 0 27 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.26
S.Blundon 27.3 3 11 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33
Team Total 1438.6 160 466 93 225 11 24 .967 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sanguillen .282
On-Base Pct Thelen .342
Slugging Pct Hobbs .512
OPS Hobbs .814
XR Hobbs 83.0
Games Thelen 160
At-Bats Thelen 572
Runs Hobbs 79
Hits Thelen 156
Total Bases Hobbs 282
Singles Sanguillen 113
Doubles Thelen 41
Triples Storm 9
Homeruns Hobbs 36
RBIs Hobbs 100
Stolen Bases Farias 37
Caught Stealing Hobbs 8
Walks Thelen 56
Strikeouts Hobbs 164
ERA Sumner 2.37
Wins Sumner 16
Losses Gofannon 15
Winning Pct Sumner .552
Saves Eschette 32
Games Pitched Eschette 74
Games Started Gofannon, Harrison, Sumner 36
Complete Games Gofannon 14
Shutouts Gofannon 2
Innings Pitched Sumner 277.3
Hits Allowed Harrison 230
Homeruns Allowed Gofannon 31
Strikeouts Sumner 255
Walks Allowed Gofannon 102
Walks per 9IP Sumner 2.9
Hits per 9IP Sumner 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Sumner 8.3
WHiP Sumner 1.06
OAVG Sumner .207
OOBP Sumner .27