1979 Chicago Black Sox
Record: 47-115
Finish: 4th in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 632
Runs Allowed: 929
Exp W-L: 54-108
 
Ballpark: The Courthouse
Attendance: 2,244,987
Manager: Jorge Julio Sr.

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-68, 6th in the Johnson League
AA: 78-60, 4th in the Johnson League
A: 54-84, 12th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
3B  Renato Farias 27 154 598 82 181 19 9 19 82 37 4 25 37 .303 .329 .460 .789 90.0 17.2 1.0
SS *Lance Thelen 35 153 565 66 164 33 3 15 66 1 1 50 93 .290 .346 .439 .785 83.3 16.1 4.0
LF  Jacob Grothe 30 152 504 50 107 23 4 16 72 18 6 41 38 .212 .277 .369 .646 56.4 5.3 0.8
1B  Rocco Pelt 35 146 522 46 140 19 1 3 40 7 3 16 122 .268 .295 .326 .621 47.2 4.7 1.4
CF *Santana Trail 26 137 444 72 97 20 9 7 35 57 14 39 113 .218 .287 .351 .639 52.7 6.4 1.0
2B  Jay Shoupe 28 144 422 43 124 15 7 6 55 10 6 43 85 .294 .374 .405 .779 62.9 12.0 1.5
LF  John Storm 26 142 373 43 108 20 3 3 43 3 5 13 35 .290 .314 .383 .698 41.1 6.3 0.5
2B  Ted Sizemore 33 108 240 22 71 11 1 1 28 1 1 8 17 .296 .316 .363 .679 24.7 3.5 1.1
C  Joel Decastro 30 86 201 26 43 14 2 0 22 1 3 22 18 .214 .290 .303 .594 15.7 0.6 0.7
LF *Sherman Tank 34 104 198 34 63 14 1 10 39 1 0 23 39 .318 .393 .551 .943 40.0 9.7 0.4
C  Alan Oubre 27 64 195 26 44 17 1 5 21 1 0 17 61 .226 .307 .400 .707 23.9 3.5 0.7
RF  Rafeal Ostrin 26 74 195 26 47 6 6 6 22 9 3 7 65 .241 .267 .426 .693 23.8 3.1 0.4
C  Manny Sanguillen 34 58 205 12 52 15 1 1 14 0 0 4 17 .254 .268 .351 .619 16.4 1.2 0.8
3B  Alonzo Marez 28 99 192 20 41 7 0 3 19 0 0 11 28 .214 .254 .297 .551 13.3 0.0 0.7
RF  Rex Hamilton 36 75 179 19 52 5 0 0 20 2 2 8 39 .291 .323 .318 .641 17.8 2.2 0.2
P #Braggo Franco 24 36 82 6 5 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 53 .061 .083 .110 .193 -3.4 0.0 0.0
P *Zachary Sumner 36 39 75 5 11 2 4 2 6 0 0 3 34 .147 .179 .360 .539 5.3 0.0 0.0
P  Allan Reddings 25 29 69 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 31 .072 .111 .116 .227 -1.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Steve Perreault 23 22 66 8 22 3 0 0 5 7 0 4 12 .333 .371 .379 .750 9.9 2.3 0.1
P *Alvin Harrison 30 33 58 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 32 .086 .086 .086 .172 -2.0 0.0 0.0
CF  Sam Carnation 24 16 59 7 18 3 0 2 8 3 1 1 12 .305 .328 .458 .785 8.3 1.7 0.1
2B  Vito Peitz 24 14 48 7 12 3 0 1 3 5 1 5 13 .250 .321 .375 .696 6.5 1.3 0.2
P  Luke Gofannon 37 10 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ronnie Lee 24 9 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .176 .353 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tito Corbin 33 40 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .059 .111 .059 .170 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Harold Cooper 29 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P #Roger Wilson 35 63 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P #Joel Delao 29 48 7 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .714 1.000 1.5 0.2 0.0
P  Denny McLain 35 88 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Fetters 34 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Ray Well 26 37 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Timmy Carpenter 33 89 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2305 5586 632 1421 254 53 101 613 164 50 346 1041 .254 .301 .373 .674 630.4 97.3 15.5
  Rank among 12 JL teams 7 11 8 9 4 10 10 3 5 12 2 7 11 9 10 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 36 8 21 .276 37 36 0 228.3 243 108 25 65 207 4.26 7.8
 Braggo Franco 24 11 13 .458 36 36 0 218.7 220 88 10 72 234 3.62 9.4
 Allan Reddings 25 9 14 .391 29 29 0 193.0 164 85 24 70 139 3.96 7.1
*Alvin Harrison 30 3 19 .136 33 31 0 169.7 190 103 8 92 81 5.46 0.0
 Denny McLain 35 6 3 .667 88 0 1 101.3 109 62 18 54 42 5.51 2.0
*Timmy Carpenter 33 5 3 .625 89 0 2 95.0 121 66 7 58 52 6.25 0.0
 Tito Corbin 33 0 8 .000 40 8 0 82.3 119 78 14 41 59 8.53 0.0
 Roger Wilson 35 1 4 .200 63 0 1 64.7 84 56 14 33 45 7.79 0.0
 Luke Gofannon 37 0 8 .000 10 10 0 54.3 65 34 11 24 35 5.63 0.0
 Ronnie Lee 24 0 8 .000 9 9 0 53.7 63 28 5 12 41 4.70 0.3
 Joel Delao 29 2 9 .182 48 0 18 51.0 47 33 11 36 53 5.82 1.2
*Ray Well 26 1 3 .250 37 0 0 45.3 43 26 8 31 13 5.16 0.1
 Randy Fetters 34 0 0 .000 33 0 2 41.7 59 28 9 17 17 6.05 0.0
 Harold Cooper 29 1 2 .333 3 3 0 24.3 36 14 1 5 18 5.18 0.3
Team Totals 30.7 47 115 .290 555 162 24 1423.3 1563 809 165 610 1036 5.12 28.2
Rank among 12 JL teams 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 12  
* - 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 .990 26.7
M.Sanguillen 471.3 57 57 349 32 4 0 .990 28.6
J.Decastro 468.0 51 68 324 29 7 0 .981 25.5
A.Oubre 455.3 51 58 354 18 5 0 .987 12.5
T.Sizemore 28.0 3 4 23 3 2 0 .929 0.0
Team Total 1422.7 162 187 1050 82 18 0 .984 22.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.89
R.Pelt 1163.0 139 140 1221 99 13 112 .990 10.21
A.Marez 133.3 9 40 152 19 3 17 .983 11.54
S.Perreault 126.0 14 19 127 13 4 18 .972 10.00
T.Sizemore 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 200 1502 132 20 148 .988 10.33
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.83
J.Shoupe 998.0 116 123 213 321 15 64 .973 4.82
T.Sizemore 409.3 46 57 101 167 6 35 .978 5.89
A.Marez 11.0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.09
M.Sanguillen 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Hamilton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Thelen 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 185 316 494 21 100 .975 5.12
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.63
R.Farias 1279.0 147 149 92 293 27 24 .934 2.71
A.Marez 141.0 15 19 9 28 2 1 .949 2.36
R.Pelt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Sizemore 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1423.3 162 170 101 322 29 25 .936 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.16
L.Thelen 1260.7 145 148 219 450 23 98 .967 4.78
A.Marez 128.7 15 18 20 40 1 8 .984 4.20
T.Sizemore 21.0 2 5 1 12 0 1 1.000 5.57
R.Farias 7.0 0 2 1 2 1 0 .750 3.86
S.Trail 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Shoupe 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
R.Ostrin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Hamilton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 177 241 505 26 107 .966 4.72
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.99
J.Grothe 1066.3 122 133 210 6 4 0 .982 1.82
S.Tank 160.3 17 24 49 3 3 0 .945 2.92
S.Carnation 127.0 16 16 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
J.Storm 40.7 4 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
R.Hamilton 25.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Trail 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Marez 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1423.3 162 186 297 9 7 0 .978 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.71
S.Trail 941.0 117 122 266 5 5 1 .982 2.59
S.Tank 218.7 14 55 52 3 0 1 1.000 2.26
J.Storm 116.3 13 17 33 0 4 0 .892 2.55
V.Peitz 108.7 14 14 39 1 0 0 1.000 3.31
R.Hamilton 27.0 3 3 11 0 1 0 .917 3.67
R.Ostrin 11.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
Team Total 1422.7 162 214 406 9 10 2 .976 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.03
J.Storm 544.7 62 68 109 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Ostrin 475.7 58 62 99 3 2 0 .981 1.93
R.Hamilton 258.0 30 35 50 1 2 0 .962 1.78
J.Grothe 100.3 10 14 21 2 1 0 .958 2.06
S.Trail 25.7 0 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
S.Tank 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Sanguillen 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1423.3 162 194 294 6 5 0 .984 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.93
Z.Sumner 228.3 36 36 9 35 2 0 .957 1.73
B.Franco 218.7 36 36 5 37 1 4 .977 1.73
A.Reddings 193.0 29 29 10 39 0 3 1.000 2.28
A.Harrison 169.7 31 33 13 40 3 2 .946 2.81
D.McLain 101.3 0 88 6 19 0 2 1.000 2.22
T.Carpenter 95.0 0 89 6 21 4 2 .871 2.56
T.Corbin 82.3 8 40 8 12 0 1 1.000 2.19
R.Wilson 64.7 0 63 6 13 0 3 1.000 2.64
L.Gofannon 54.3 10 10 3 15 0 2 1.000 2.98
R.Lee 53.7 9 9 3 6 2 1 .818 1.51
J.Delao 51.0 0 48 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.76
R.Well 45.3 0 37 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.99
R.Fetters 41.7 0 33 3 10 0 4 1.000 2.81
H.Cooper 24.3 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.11
Team Total 1423.3 162 554 74 268 12 24 .966 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Farias .303
On-Base Pct Shoupe .357
Slugging Pct Farias .460
OPS Farias .789
XR Farias 90.0
Games Farias 154
At-Bats Farias 598
Runs Farias 82
Hits Farias 181
Total Bases Farias 275
Singles Farias 134
Doubles Thelen 33
Triples Farias, Trail 9
Homeruns Farias 19
RBIs Farias 82
Stolen Bases Trail 57
Caught Stealing Trail 14
Walks Thelen 50
Strikeouts Pelt 122
ERA Franco 3.62
Wins Franco 11
Losses Sumner 21
Winning Pct Franco .458
Saves Delao 18
Games Pitched Carpenter 89
Games Started Franco, Sumner 36
Complete Games Cooper, Franco, Lee, Sumner 1
Shutouts Franco 1
Innings Pitched Sumner 228.3
Hits Allowed Sumner 243
Homeruns Allowed Sumner 25
Strikeouts Franco 234
Walks Allowed Harrison 92
Walks per 9IP Sumner 2.6
Hits per 9IP Reddings 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Franco 9.6
WHiP Reddings 1.21
OAVG Reddings .233
OOBP Reddings .307
OSLG Franco .335
OOPS Franco .663
Team All-Stars
Renato Farias
Player Salaries
Zachary Sumner $ 11,000,000
Lance Thelen $ 5,700,000
Denny McLain $ 2,536,232
Sherman Tank $ 1,859,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 1,500,000
Luke Gofannon $ 1,250,000
Tito Corbin $ 1,000,000
Roger Wilson $ 1,000,000
Alvin Harrison $ 521,429
Ted Sizemore $ 400,000
Rex Hamilton $ 300,000
Jacob Grothe $ 300,000
Braggo Franco $ 300,000
Randy Fetters $ 300,000
Renato Farias $ 300,000
Joel Decastro $ 300,000
Harold Cooper $ 300,000
Timmy Carpenter $ 300,000
Joel Delao $ 300,000
Ronnie Lee $ 300,000
Sam Carnation $ 300,000
Rafeal Ostrin $ 300,000
Alan Oubre $ 300,000
Vito Peitz $ 300,000
Rocco Pelt $ 300,000
Steve Perreault $ 300,000
Allan Reddings $ 300,000
Jay Shoupe $ 300,000
John Storm $ 300,000
Santana Trail $ 300,000
Ray Well $ 300,000
Alonzo Marez $ 300,000
 
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