1971 Chicago White Sox
79 - 83
1970 / 1972 (Organization)
3rd place in the AL West (22.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		39 - 42 (.481)
40 - 41 (.494)		 -3.1 wins
+1.1 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 617 / 631 ( -14 )
Allowed/Expected: 597 / 630 ( +33 )
Pyth Record: 83 - 79 (-4)
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Attendance: 833,891 Avg Att: 10,295 (0.84)
Att Rank: 9 / 12 Lg Avg: 12,286
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.00 R/L HR: 0.98 / 1.02
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Joe Horlen
SP
33.9
0.4
4.7
-0.3
11
Y
1
1
1959
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Tommy John
SP
28.1
1.5
9.8
1.9
7
N
1
20
1965
 Trade CLE AL
3 Rich Morales
SS
27.8
0.2
4.2
-0.8
5
Y
1
1
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Wilbur Wood
SP
29.7
10.9
32.9
21.4
5
N
10
12
1966
 Trade PIT NL
5 Walt Williams
RF
27.5
1.6
10.8
3.5
5
N
12
14
1966
 Trade SLN NL
6 Bill Melton
3B
26.0
5.6
24.9
12.2
4
Y
1
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Ed Herrmann
C
24.8
0.8
7.8
-0.5
4
N
11
30
1964
 Draft (First Year) ML1 NL
8 Carlos May
1B
23.1
0.5
15.5
5.2
4
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 18)
9 Chuck Brinkman
C
26.8
-0.3
0.2
-0.4
3
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 16
10 Bob Spence
1B
25.4
-0.2
0.1
-0.5
3
Y
1
28
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 4)
11 Dennis O'Toole
RP
22.3
0.1
0.4
0.3
3
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 6
12 Bart Johnson
SP
21.5
4.0
15.0
8.1
3
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 2)
13 Don Eddy
RP
24.7
0.8
1.9
0.9
2
Y
1
1
1966
 Free Agency (Amateur)
14 Jim Magnuson
SP
24.9
-0.1
0.5
-0.7
2
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
15 Rich McKinney
2B
24.6
0.6
8.4
-0.3
2
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 14)
16 Lee Maye
RF
36.6
0.0
0.3
-0.6
2
N
9
11
1970
 Waivers WS2 AL
17 Ron Lolich
RF
24.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 10
18 Ken Hottman
LF
23.2
-0.2
0.1
-0.3
1
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
19 Stan Perzanowski
RP
20.9
-0.6
0.0
-0.3
1
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 16
20 Rich Hinton
RP
24.1
0.1
1.0
-0.0
1
Y
6
5
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
21 Terry Forster
RP
19.5
0.7
2.5
0.3
1
Y
6
4
1970
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
22 Lee Richard
SS
22.8
0.2
3.3
-3.2
1
Y
6
4
1970
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 6)
23 Pat Kelly
RF
26.9
1.1
7.7
3.0
1
N
10
13
1970
 Trade KCA AL
24 Tom Egan
C
25.1
0.6
7.8
1.2
1
N
11
30
1970
 Trade CAL AL
25 Jay Johnstone
CF
25.6
1.5
12.6
3.6
1
N
11
30
1970
 Trade CAL AL
26 Tom Bradley
SP
24.3
6.0
19.3
9.4
1
N
11
30
1970
 Trade CAL AL
27 Pat Jacquez
RP
24.2
0.0
0.0
-0.1
1
N
11
30
1970
 Trade CHN NL
28 Mike Andrews
2B
28.0
1.6
13.5
4.8
1
N
12
1
1970
 Trade BOS AL
29 Luis Alvarado
SS
22.5
-0.9
2.3
-4.3
1
N
12
1
1970
 Trade BOS AL
30 Rick Reichardt
LF
28.3
1.7
12.9
2.7
1
N
2
9
1971
 Trade WS2 AL
31 Steve Kealey
RP
24.1
0.2
3.9
0.3
1
N
3
15
1971
 Trade CAL AL
32 Steve Huntz
2B
25.6
-0.1
1.3
-0.8
1
N
3
23
1971
 Trade SFN NL
33 Ed Stroud
CF
31.7
-1.3
0.5
-2.4
1
N
3
29
1971
 Trade WS2 AL
34 Vicente Romo
RP
28.2
1.8
5.2
1.9
1
N
3
31
1971
 Trade BOS AL
35 Tony Muser
1B
23.9
0.1
0.2
-0.0
1
N
3
31
1971
 Trade BOS AL
36 Mike Hershberger
CF
31.7
0.2
5.2
0.7
1
N
4
1
1971
 Free Agency
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Luis Alvarado SS Lajas (P.R.)
Mike Andrews 2B Bakersfield, CA (US)
Tom Bradley SP Falls Church, VA (US)
Chuck Brinkman C Cincinnati, OH (US)
Don Eddy RP Mason City, IA (USA)
Tom Egan C Pico Rivera, CA (US)
Terry Forster RP Santee, CA (US)
Ed Herrmann C San Diego, CA (US)
Mike Hershberger CF Massillon, OH (US)
Rich Hinton RP Tucson, AZ (US)
Joe Horlen SP Burbank, TX (US)
Ken Hottman LF Stockton, CA (USA)
Steve Huntz 2B Cleveland, OH (US)
Pat Jacquez RP Stockton, CA (US)
Tommy John SP Terre Haute, IN (US)
Bart Johnson SP Torrance, CA (US)
Jay Johnstone CF West Covina, CA (US)
Steve Kealey RP Torrance, CA (US)
Pat Kelly RF Philadelphia, PA (US)
Ron Lolich RF Portland, OR (US)
Jim Magnuson SP Marinette, WI (USA)
Carlos May 1B Birmingham, AL (US)
Lee Maye RF Los Angeles, CA (US)
Rich McKinney 2B Piqua, OH (USA)
Bill Melton 3B Gulfport, MS (USA)
Rich Morales SS Daly City, CA (US)
Tony Muser 1B San Diego, CA (US)
Dennis O'Toole RP Chicago, IL (US)
Stan Perzanowski RP Hammond, IN (US)
Rick Reichardt LF Stevens Point, WI (US)
Lee Richard SS Lafayette, LA (USA)
Vicente Romo RP Santa Rosalia, 2 (Mexico)
Bob Spence 1B San Diego, CA (US)
Ed Stroud CF Warren, OH (US)
Ed Stroud CF Warren, OH (US)
Walt Williams RF San Francisco, CA (US)
Wilbur Wood SP Belmont, MA (US)

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