1976 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1976
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 = Paul Richards
television = WSNS-TV
radio =WMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Lorn Brown) |

The 1976 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 77th season. They finished with a record 64-97, good enough for 6th place in the American League West, 25.5 games behind of the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

On August 8, 1976, the White Sox ran out wearing shorts instead of traditional baseball pants during the first game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals. Despite winning the game 5-2, the shorts were such a disaster the White Sox dressed in pants for the second game. [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/biggestbusts.html]

New Ownership

In 1975, 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. [http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History&Glory/SaveOurSox.htm WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude! ] ] The Seattle lawsuit was directly related to the A.L. owners' approval of moving the Seattle Pilots franchise to Milwaukee. The A.L. owners also planned to appease Charlie Finley by making Chicago available to his A's. 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. The A.L. owners reluctantly agreed to his offer and later voted to expand the league to include an expansion franchise in Seattle, Washington.

Offseason

* 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaatji01.shtml Jim Kaat page at Baseball Reference] ]
* December 12, 1975: Rich Hinton and Jeff Sovern (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Clay Carroll. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hintora01.shtml Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

1976 Opening Day Lineup

*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, p

eason standings

Notable transactions

* April 6, 1976: Jeff Holly was released by the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollyje01.shtml Jeff Holly page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball Draft
** Steve Trout was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (8th pick). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/troutst01.shtml Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference] ]
** Willie McGee was drafted by the White Sox in the 7th round, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgeewi01.shtml Willie McGee page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 15, 1976: Pete Varney was traded by the White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Blue Moon Odom. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/odombl01.shtml Blue Moon Odom page at Baseball Reference] ]
* August 9, 1976: Phil Roof was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Minnesota Twins. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roofph01.shtml Phil Roof page at Baseball Reference] ]
* September 10, 1976: Minnie Miñoso was signed as a free agent by the White Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Minoso page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1976.shtml 1976 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]