1979 Chicago White Sox roster

37 players appeared for the Chicago White Sox in the 1979 MLB season.

1979 White Sox roster: batting

1979 Chicago White Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Chet LemonRF1485567917717867.318.391.887
Alan BannisterDH1365067114425522.285.342.725
Lamar JohnsonDH1334796014812748.309.363.812
Greg Pryor3B143476601313343.275.324.679
Claudell WashingtonLF13147179132136619.280.322.776
Jorge OrtaDH113325498511461.262.348.785
Mike Squires1B122295447822215.264.318.643
Jim Morrison3B672403866143511.275.324.833
Junior Moore3B8820124531230.264.300.628
Kevin Bell3B7020020494222.245.296.651
Wayne NordhagenRF7819320547250.280.324.790
Bill NahorodnyC6517920466290.257.322.735
Rusty TorresDH9017026438240.253.349.772
Don Kessinger—561101422171.200.264.546
Marv FoleyC34976242100.247.292.633
Mike Colbern—3283520080.241.276.601
Thad BosleyLF36771324184.312.384.773
Harry ChappasSS2659917141.288.354.710
Joe Gates—161651011.063.167.354
Rusty KuntzDH51101000.091.231.322

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1979 White Sox roster: pitching

1979 Chicago White Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Ken KravecRP363515133.74250.01321.281
Rich WorthamRP343314144.90204.01191.450
Ross BaumgartenSP28281383.54190.2721.350
Steve TroutRP34181183.89155.0761.454
Randy ScarberyRP455284.62101.1451.344
Francisco BarriosSP1515833.6194.2281.280
Mike ProlyRP386383.8788.1321.469
Fred HowardP286153.5768.0361.540
Guy HoffmanRP240055.3430.1181.752
Rich DotsonSP55203.7024.1131.400
Ron SchuelerP81017.3219.261.630
Dewey RobinsonRP110016.2814.151.400
Gilberto RondonP40003.729.231.760
Pablo TorrealbaP30001.595.211.240
Britt BurnsSP60005.405.022.200
LaMarr HoytSP20000.003.000.670
Mark EsserP200016.201.213.600

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.