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1976 Chicago White Sox season

December 04, 2023

The 1976 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 76th season in Major League Baseball, and its 77th season overall. They finished at 64–97 (.398), the worst record in the twelve-team American League. They were 25½ games behind the Kansas City Royals, champions of the American League West.

Offseason edit

New ownership edit

In 1975, White Sox owner John Allyn was broke and placed under enormous pressure from fellow owners to sell his club to Seattle interests and undercut a lawsuit which Seattle had against them.[1] The Seattle lawsuit was directly related to the American League owners' approval of moving the Seattle Pilots franchise to Milwaukee. The AL owners also planned to appease Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley by making Chicago available to his A's.[1] Charlie wanted out of Oakland and had years earlier tried to buy the Sox. Everyone was lined up against John Allyn and Chicago's Sox fans.

As fall turned to winter in 1975, Bill Veeck emerged as leader of the sole investment group intent on saving the club for Chicago and its Sox fans.[1] The AL owners reluctantly agreed to his offer and later voted to expand the league to include an expansion franchise in Seattle, Washington. Veeck purchased 80% of the White Sox, effective December 18, 1975.

Notable transactions edit

Regular season edit

With the new ownership, the White Sox changed team colors from red to navy and the uniform style was modified early twentieth century, with collared, untucked jerseys.[6] The AstroTurf infield (1969–1975) at Comiskey Park was removed and replaced with natural grass.

  • August 8: The White Sox took the field wearing shorts instead of traditional baseball pants during the first game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals.[7][8][9] Despite winning the game 5–2, the shorts were such a disaster the White Sox dressed in pants for the second game, which they lost 7–1.[10][11]

Season standings edit

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 90 72 0.556 — 49–32 41–40
Oakland Athletics 87 74 0.540 2½ 51–30 36–44
Minnesota Twins 85 77 0.525 5 44–37 41–40
Texas Rangers 76 86 0.469 14 39–42 37–44
California Angels 76 86 0.469 14 38–43 38–43
Chicago White Sox 64 97 0.398 25½ 35–45 29–52

Record vs. opponents edit

1976 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 7–11 8–4 8–4 7–11 12–6 6–6 11–7 4–8 13–5 4–8 8–4
Boston 11–7 — 7–5 6–6 9–9 14–4 3–9 12–6 7–5 7–11 4–8 3–9
California 4–8 5–7 — 11–7 7–5 6–6 8–10 4–8 8–10 5–7 6–12 12–6
Chicago 4–8 6–6 7–11 — 3–9 6–6 8–10 7–5 7–11 1–11 8–9 7–11
Cleveland 11–7 9–9 5–7 9–3 — 6–12 6–6 11–6 9–3 4–12 4–8 7–5
Detroit 6–12 4–14 6–6 6–6 12–6 — 4–8 12–6 4–8 9–8 6–6 5–7
Kansas City 6–6 9–3 10–8 10–8 6–6 8–4 — 8–4 10–8 7–5 9–9 7–11
Milwaukee 7–11 6–12 8–4 5–7 6–11 6–12 4–8 — 4–8 5–13 5–7 10–2
Minnesota 8–4 5–7 10–8 11–7 3–9 8–4 8–10 8–4 — 2–10 11–7 11–7
New York 5–13 11–7 7–5 11–1 12–4 8–9 5–7 13–5 10–2 — 6–6 9–3
Oakland 8–4 8–4 12–6 9–8 8–4 6–6 9–9 7–5 7–11 6–6 — 7–11
Texas 4–8 9–3 6–12 11–7 5–7 7–5 11–7 2–10 7–11 3–9 11–7 —


Opening Day lineup edit

Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1976 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Note: 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 bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Alan Bannister, OF,SS,2B 73 145 19 36 6 2 0 8 14 21 .248 12
Kevin Bell, 3B 68 230 24 57 7 6 5 20 18 56 .248 2
Buddy Bradford, RF 55 160 20 35 5 2 4 14 19 37 .219 6
Ken Brett, PH 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 0
Jack Brohamer, 2B 119 354 33 89 12 2 7 40 44 28 .251 1
Rich Coggins, OF 32 96 4 15 2 0 0 5 6 15 .156 3
Bucky Dent, SS 158 562 44 138 18 4 2 52 43 45 .246 3
Brian Downing, C,DH 104 317 38 81 14 0 3 30 40 55 .256 7
George Enright, C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jim Essian, C 78 199 20 49 7 0 0 21 23 28 .246 2
Sam Ewing, DH 19 41 3 9 2 1 0 2 2 8 .220 0
Ralph Garr, RF,LF,CF,DH 136 527 63 158 22 6 4 36 17 41 .300 14
Jerry Hairston, RF 44 119 20 27 2 2 0 10 24 19 .227 1
Lamar Johnson, 1B,DH 82 222 29 71 11 1 4 33 19 37 .320 2
Cleon Jones, LF,DH 12 40 2 8 1 0 0 3 5 5 .200 0
Pat Kelly, DH,LF,RF 107 311 42 79 20 3 5 34 45 45 .254 15
Chet Lemon, CF 132 451 46 111 15 5 4 38 28 65 .246 13
Carlos May, DH,LF 20 63 7 11 2 0 0 3 9 5 .175 4
Minnie Miñoso, DH 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 0
Wayne Nordhagen, RF,DH,C 22 53 6 10 2 0 0 5 4 12 .189 0
Nyls Nyman, LF 8 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .133 1
Jorge Orta, LF,3B,DH,RF 158 636 74 174 29 8 14 72 38 77 .274 24
Phil Roof, C 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 0
Jim Spencer, 1B 150 518 53 131 13 2 14 70 49 52 .253 6
Bill Stein, 2B,3B 117 392 32 105 15 2 4 36 22 67 .268 4
Pete Varney, C 14 41 5 10 2 0 3 5 2 9 .244 0
Hugh Yancy, 2B 3 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 .100 0
Team Totals
 161 5532 586 1410 209 46 73 538 471 739 .255 120

Pitching edit

Note: 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 = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Francisco Barrios 5 9 4.32 35 14 3 141.2 136 72 68 13 49 81
Ken Brett 10 12 3.32 27 26 1 200.2 171 82 74 5 79 91
Clay Carroll 4 4 2.56 29 0 6 77.1 67 26 22 1 26 38
Terry Forster 2 12 4.37 29 16 1 111.1 126 61 54 7 45 70
Goose Gossage 9 17 3.94 31 29 1 224.0 214 104 98 16 93 135
Dave Hamilton 6 6 3.59 45 1 10 90.1 81 38 36 4 51 62
Jesse Jefferson 2 5 8.52 19 9 0 62.1 86 62 59 4 42 30
Bart Johnson 9 16 4.73 32 32 0 211.1 231 115 111 19 63 91
Larry Monroe 0 1 4.15 8 2 0 21.2 23 11 10 0 13 9
Chris Knapp 3 1 4.82 11 6 0 52.1 54 31 28 5 33 41
Ken Kravec 1 5 4.89 9 8 0 49.2 49 28 27 3 32 38
Jack Kucek 0 0 9.64 2 0 0 4.2 9 5 5 2 4 2
Blue Moon Odom 2 2 5.79 8 4 0 28.0 31 21 18 2 20 18
Jim Otten 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 6.0 9 6 3 0 2 3
Pete Vuckovich 7 4 4.65 33 7 0 110.1 122 59 57 3 64 62
Wilbur Wood 4 3 2.24 7 7 0 56.1 51 24 14 3 11 31
Team Totals
 64 97 4.25 161 161 22 1448.0 1460 745 684 87 627 802

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball

Source:[20]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c . Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Larvell Blanks at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Rich Hinton[permanent dead link] at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Lee Richard at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Radom, Todd (August 24, 2015). "The White Sox are busting out their 1976 throwback uniforms; shorts will not be worn". Sporting News. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  7. ^ "Keeping cool in style". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). August 9, 1976. p. 13.
  8. ^ "On short end in garb but not score". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (AP photo). August 9, 1976. p. 1D.
  9. ^ "Baseball uniforms through the years". Sports Illustrated. August 11, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "White Sox are showing". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 9, 1976. p. 16.
  11. ^ Merron, Jeff. "The List: Biggest sports busts". ESPN. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  12. ^ Jeff Holly at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Steve Trout at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Lorenzo Gray at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Blue Moon Odom at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ Wayne Nordhagen at Baseball Reference
  18. ^ Phil Roof at Baseball Reference
  19. ^ Minnie Miñoso at Baseball Reference
  20. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links edit

  • 1976 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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The 1976 Chicago White Sox season was the team s 76th season in Major League Baseball and its 77th season overall They finished at 64 97 398 the worst record in the twelve team American League They were 25 games behind the Kansas City Royals champions of the American League West 1976 Chicago White SoxLeagueAmerican LeagueDivisionWestBallparkComiskey ParkCityChicagoOwnersBill VeeckGeneral managersRoland HemondManagersPaul RichardsTelevisionWSNS TVRadioWMAQ AM Harry Caray Lorn Brown 1975 Seasons 1977 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 New ownership 1 2 Notable transactions 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Opening Day lineup 2 4 Notable transactions 2 5 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 2 Pitching 4 Farm system 5 References 6 External linksOffseason editNew ownership edit In 1975 White Sox owner John Allyn was broke and placed under enormous pressure from fellow owners to sell his club to Seattle interests and undercut a lawsuit which Seattle had against them 1 The Seattle lawsuit was directly related to the American League owners approval of moving the Seattle Pilots franchise to Milwaukee The AL owners also planned to appease Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley by making Chicago available to his A s 1 Charlie wanted out of Oakland and had years earlier tried to buy the Sox Everyone was lined up against John Allyn and Chicago s Sox fans As fall turned to winter in 1975 Bill Veeck emerged as leader of the sole investment group intent on saving the club for Chicago and its Sox fans 1 The AL owners reluctantly agreed to his offer and later voted to expand the league to include an expansion franchise in Seattle Washington Veeck purchased 80 of the White Sox effective December 18 1975 Notable transactions edit December 10 1975 Jim Kaat and Mike Buskey were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Ruthven Roy Thomas and Alan Bannister 2 December 12 1975 Ken Henderson Ozzie Osborn and Dick Ruthven were traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Larvell Blanks and Ralph Garr 3 December 12 1975 Larvell Blanks was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Jack Brohamer 3 December 12 1975 Rich Hinton and Jeff Sovern minors were traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Clay Carroll 4 December 12 1975 Lee Richard was traded by the White Sox to the St Louis Cardinals for Buddy Bradford and Greg Terlecky 5 Regular season editWith the new ownership the White Sox changed team colors from red to navy and the uniform style was modified early twentieth century with collared untucked jerseys 6 The AstroTurf infield 1969 1975 at Comiskey Park was removed and replaced with natural grass August 8 The White Sox took the field wearing shorts instead of traditional baseball pants during the first game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals 7 8 9 Despite winning the game 5 2 the shorts were such a disaster the White Sox dressed in pants for the second game which they lost 7 1 10 11 Season standings edit vteAL West W L Pct GB Home RoadKansas City Royals 90 72 0 556 49 32 41 40Oakland Athletics 87 74 0 540 2 51 30 36 44Minnesota Twins 85 77 0 525 5 44 37 41 40Texas Rangers 76 86 0 469 14 39 42 37 44California Angels 76 86 0 469 14 38 43 38 43Chicago White Sox 64 97 0 398 25 35 45 29 52Record vs opponents edit 1976 American League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEXBaltimore 7 11 8 4 8 4 7 11 12 6 6 6 11 7 4 8 13 5 4 8 8 4Boston 11 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 14 4 3 9 12 6 7 5 7 11 4 8 3 9California 4 8 5 7 11 7 7 5 6 6 8 10 4 8 8 10 5 7 6 12 12 6Chicago 4 8 6 6 7 11 3 9 6 6 8 10 7 5 7 11 1 11 8 9 7 11Cleveland 11 7 9 9 5 7 9 3 6 12 6 6 11 6 9 3 4 12 4 8 7 5Detroit 6 12 4 14 6 6 6 6 12 6 4 8 12 6 4 8 9 8 6 6 5 7Kansas City 6 6 9 3 10 8 10 8 6 6 8 4 8 4 10 8 7 5 9 9 7 11Milwaukee 7 11 6 12 8 4 5 7 6 11 6 12 4 8 4 8 5 13 5 7 10 2Minnesota 8 4 5 7 10 8 11 7 3 9 8 4 8 10 8 4 2 10 11 7 11 7New York 5 13 11 7 7 5 11 1 12 4 8 9 5 7 13 5 10 2 6 6 9 3Oakland 8 4 8 4 12 6 9 8 8 4 6 6 9 9 7 5 7 11 6 6 7 11Texas 4 8 9 3 6 12 11 7 5 7 7 5 11 7 2 10 7 11 3 9 11 7 Opening Day lineup edit Chet Lemon CF Ralph Garr LF Jorge Orta 3B Cleon Jones DH Buddy Bradford RF Jim Spencer 1B Bucky Dent SS Jack Brohamer 2B Pete Varney C Wilbur Wood PNotable transactions edit April 6 1976 Jeff Holly was released by the White Sox 12 June 8 1976 Major League Baseball draft Steve Trout was selected by the White Sox in the 1st round 8th pick 13 Willie McGee was selected by the White Sox in the 7th round but did not sign 14 Lorenzo Gray was selected by the White Sox in the 8th round 15 June 15 Pete Varney was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Blue Moon Odom 16 July 14 Rich Coggins was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Nordhagen 17 August 9 Phil Roof was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins 18 September 10 Minnie Minoso was signed as a free agent by the White Sox 19 Roster edit 1976 Chicago White SoxRosterPitchers 46 Francisco Barrios 34 Ken Brett 36 Clay Carroll 51 Terry Forster 54 Goose Gossage 26 Dave Hamilton 25 Jesse Jefferson 21 Bart Johnson 45 Chris Knapp 27 Ken Kravec 55 Jack Kucek 41 Larry Monroe 13 Blue Moon Odom 38 Jim Otten 40 Pete Vuckovich 28 Wilbur Wood Catchers 16 Brian Downing 29 George Enright 11 Jim Essian 17 Phil Roof 8 Pete VarneyInfielders 8 Kevin Bell 10 Jack Brohamer 30 Bucky Dent 19 Sam Ewing 23 Lamar Johnson 3 Jim Spencer 1 Bill Stein 14 Hugh Yancy Outfielders 7 Alan Bannister 22 Buddy Bradford 15 Rich Coggins 48 Ralph Garr 22 Jerry Hairston 14 Cleon Jones 18 Pat Kelly 44 Chet Lemon 17 Carlos May 15 Wayne Nordhagen 20 Nyls Nyman 6 Jorge OrtaOther batters 9 Minnie Minoso Manager 12 Paul RichardsCoaches 32 Jim Busby 31 Jim Mahoney 9 Minnie Minoso 33 Ken SilvestriPlayer stats editBatting edit Note 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 bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SBAlan Bannister OF SS 2B 73 145 19 36 6 2 0 8 14 21 248 12Kevin Bell 3B 68 230 24 57 7 6 5 20 18 56 248 2Buddy Bradford RF 55 160 20 35 5 2 4 14 19 37 219 6Ken Brett PH 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 083 0Jack Brohamer 2B 119 354 33 89 12 2 7 40 44 28 251 1Rich Coggins OF 32 96 4 15 2 0 0 5 6 15 156 3Bucky Dent SS 158 562 44 138 18 4 2 52 43 45 246 3Brian Downing C DH 104 317 38 81 14 0 3 30 40 55 256 7George Enright C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Jim Essian C 78 199 20 49 7 0 0 21 23 28 246 2Sam Ewing DH 19 41 3 9 2 1 0 2 2 8 220 0Ralph Garr RF LF CF DH 136 527 63 158 22 6 4 36 17 41 300 14Jerry Hairston RF 44 119 20 27 2 2 0 10 24 19 227 1Lamar Johnson 1B DH 82 222 29 71 11 1 4 33 19 37 320 2Cleon Jones LF DH 12 40 2 8 1 0 0 3 5 5 200 0Pat Kelly DH LF RF 107 311 42 79 20 3 5 34 45 45 254 15Chet Lemon CF 132 451 46 111 15 5 4 38 28 65 246 13Carlos May DH LF 20 63 7 11 2 0 0 3 9 5 175 4Minnie Minoso DH 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 125 0Wayne Nordhagen RF DH C 22 53 6 10 2 0 0 5 4 12 189 0Nyls Nyman LF 8 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 133 1Jorge Orta LF 3B DH RF 158 636 74 174 29 8 14 72 38 77 274 24Phil Roof C 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 111 0Jim Spencer 1B 150 518 53 131 13 2 14 70 49 52 253 6Bill Stein 2B 3B 117 392 32 105 15 2 4 36 22 67 268 4Pete Varney C 14 41 5 10 2 0 3 5 2 9 244 0Hugh Yancy 2B 3 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100 0Team Totals 161 5532 586 1410 209 46 73 538 471 739 255 120Pitching edit Note 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 Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB KFrancisco Barrios 5 9 4 32 35 14 3 141 2 136 72 68 13 49 81Ken Brett 10 12 3 32 27 26 1 200 2 171 82 74 5 79 91Clay Carroll 4 4 2 56 29 0 6 77 1 67 26 22 1 26 38Terry Forster 2 12 4 37 29 16 1 111 1 126 61 54 7 45 70Goose Gossage 9 17 3 94 31 29 1 224 0 214 104 98 16 93 135Dave Hamilton 6 6 3 59 45 1 10 90 1 81 38 36 4 51 62Jesse Jefferson 2 5 8 52 19 9 0 62 1 86 62 59 4 42 30Bart Johnson 9 16 4 73 32 32 0 211 1 231 115 111 19 63 91Larry Monroe 0 1 4 15 8 2 0 21 2 23 11 10 0 13 9Chris Knapp 3 1 4 82 11 6 0 52 1 54 31 28 5 33 41Ken Kravec 1 5 4 89 9 8 0 49 2 49 28 27 3 32 38Jack Kucek 0 0 9 64 2 0 0 4 2 9 5 5 2 4 2Blue Moon Odom 2 2 5 79 8 4 0 28 0 31 21 18 2 20 18Jim Otten 0 0 4 50 2 0 0 6 0 9 6 3 0 2 3Pete Vuckovich 7 4 4 65 33 7 0 110 1 122 59 57 3 64 62Wilbur Wood 4 3 2 24 7 7 0 56 1 51 24 14 3 11 31Team Totals 64 97 4 25 161 161 22 1448 0 1460 745 684 87 627 802Farm system editSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerAAA Iowa Oaks American Association Loren BabeAA Knoxville Knox Sox Southern League Gordon LundA Appleton Foxes Midwest League Jim NapierRookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Joe JonesSource 20 References edit a b c WSI s FLYINGSOCK COM Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude Archived from the original on December 22 2018 Retrieved February 14 2021 Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference a b Larvell Blanks at Baseball Reference Rich Hinton permanent dead link at Baseball Reference Lee Richard at Baseball Reference Radom Todd August 24 2015 The White Sox are busting out their 1976 throwback uniforms shorts will not be worn Sporting News Retrieved June 26 2018 Keeping cool in style Spokesman Review Spokane Washington photo August 9 1976 p 13 On short end in garb but not score Eugene Register Guard Oregon AP photo August 9 1976 p 1D Baseball uniforms through the years Sports Illustrated August 11 2009 Retrieved June 26 2018 White Sox are showing Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press August 9 1976 p 16 Merron Jeff The List Biggest sports busts ESPN Retrieved August 31 2022 Jeff Holly at Baseball Reference Steve Trout at Baseball Reference Willie McGee at Baseball Reference Lorenzo Gray at Baseball Reference Blue Moon Odom at Baseball Reference Wayne Nordhagen at Baseball Reference Phil Roof at Baseball Reference Minnie Minoso at Baseball Reference Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Durham North Carolina Baseball America 1997External links edit1976 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 Chicago White Sox season amp oldid 1187345976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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