1978 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1978
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League West
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Comiskey Park
y4 = 1910
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Bill Veeck
managers = Bob Lemon and Larry Doby
television = WSNS-TV
radio =WMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, Jimmy Piersall) |

The 1978 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 79th season. They finished with a record 71-90, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 20.5 games behind of the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

*November 28, 1977: Rich Hinton was signed as a free agent by the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hintori01.shtml Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 5, 1977: Brian Downing, Chris Knapp, and Dave Frost were traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley and Richard Dotson. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dotsori01.shtml Richard Dotson page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

* Larry Doby replaced Bob Lemon as manager of the White Sox in 1978. Doby was the second African-American to lead a Major League club.

1978 Opening Day Lineup

* Ralph Garr, lf
* Jorge Orta, 2b
* Lamar Johnson, 1b
* Bobby Bonds, rf
* Ron Blomberg, dh
* Chet Lemon, cf
* Eric Soderholm, 3b
* Wayne Nordhagen, c
* Don Kessinger, ss
* Steve Stone, p

eason standings

Transactions

* June 6, 1978: Gary Gaetti was drafted by the White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gaettga01.shtml Gary Gaetti page at Baseball Reference] ]
* July 17, 1978: Guy Hoffman was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoffmgu01.shtml Guy Hoffman page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Bob Lemon, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1978.shtml 1978 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]