1980 Chicago White Sox

70-90 • .438 Win% • 5th in AL W

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
90 Losses
.438 Win %
5th Rank
587 R 722 RA
Diff -135

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⚡ Quick Stats

587 Runs Scored
722 Runs Allowed
-135 Run Diff
1,212K Attendance

📈 vs. 1980 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 4% below the 1980 league average (.269)
OBP .311 6% below the 1980 league average (.331)
SLG .369 7% below the 1980 league average (.399)
Team ERA 3.92 3% better than the 1980 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 587 19% below the 1980 league average (729 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,212,860
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Avg per Game 14,973

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1980

Batting Avg

1 Ron Pruitt 0.300 2 Chet Lemon 0.292 3 Bob Molinaro 0.291 4 Claudell Washington 0.289 5 Jim Morrison 0.283

Home Runs

1 Jim Morrison 15 2 Wayne Nordhagen 15 3 Harold Baines 13 4 Lamar Johnson 13 5 Chet Lemon 11

RBI

1 Lamar Johnson 81 2 Wayne Nordhagen 59 3 Jim Morrison 57 4 Chet Lemon 51 5 Harold Baines 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jim Morrison 162 604 66 171 40 0 15 57 36 74 9 0.283
Lamar Johnson 147 541 51 150 26 3 13 81 47 53 2 0.277
Chet Lemon 147 514 76 150 32 6 11 51 71 56 6 0.292
Harold Baines 141 491 55 125 23 6 13 49 19 65 2 0.255
Wayne Nordhagen 123 415 45 115 22 4 15 59 10 45 0 0.277
Bob Molinaro 119 344 48 100 16 4 5 36 26 29 18 0.291
Mike Squires 131 343 38 97 11 3 2 33 33 24 8 0.283
Greg Pryor 122 338 32 81 18 4 1 29 12 35 2 0.240
Todd Cruz 90 293 23 68 11 1 2 18 9 54 2 0.232
Bruce Kimm 100 251 20 61 10 1 0 19 17 26 1 0.243
Kevin Bell 92 191 16 34 5 2 1 11 29 37 0 0.178
Thad Bosley 70 147 12 33 2 0 2 14 10 27 3 0.224
Marv Foley 68 137 14 29 5 0 4 15 9 22 0 0.212
Alan Bannister 45 130 16 25 6 0 0 9 12 16 5 0.192
Junior Moore 45 121 9 31 4 1 1 10 7 11 0 0.256
Claudell Washington 32 90 15 26 4 2 1 12 5 19 4 0.289
Leo Sutherland 34 89 9 23 3 0 0 5 1 11 4 0.258
Glenn Borgmann 32 87 10 19 2 0 2 14 14 9 0 0.218
Ron Pruitt 33 70 8 21 2 0 2 11 8 7 0 0.300
Rusty Kuntz 36 62 5 14 4 0 0 3 5 13 1 0.226
Fran Mullins 21 62 9 12 4 0 0 3 9 8 0 0.194
Ricky Seilheimer 21 52 4 11 3 1 1 3 4 15 1 0.212
Harry Chappas 26 50 6 8 2 0 0 2 4 10 0 0.160
Randy Johnson 12 20 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0.200
Minnie Miñoso 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Francisco Barrios 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ross Baumgarten 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Britt Burns 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nardi Contreras 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Richard Dotson 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Farmer 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Guy Hoffman 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
LaMarr Hoyt 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Kravec 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Proly 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dewey Robinson 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Scarbery 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Trout 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Wortham 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1980

ERA

1 Guy Hoffman 2.63 2 Britt Burns 2.84 3 Mike Proly 3.07 4 Dewey Robinson 3.09 5 Ed Farmer 3.34

Wins

1 Britt Burns 15 2 Richard Dotson 12 3 LaMarr Hoyt 9 4 Steve Trout 9 5 Ed Farmer 7

Strikeouts

1 Britt Burns 133 2 Richard Dotson 109 3 Steve Trout 89 4 Ross Baumgarten 66 5 Mike Proly 56
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Britt Burns 15 13 2.84 34 32 0 238.0 213 75 63 133
Steve Trout 9 16 3.70 32 30 0 199.2 229 82 49 89
Richard Dotson 12 10 4.27 33 32 0 198.0 185 94 87 109
Mike Proly 5 10 3.07 62 3 8 146.2 136 50 58 56
Ross Baumgarten 2 12 3.44 24 23 0 136.0 127 52 52 66
LaMarr Hoyt 9 3 4.57 24 13 0 112.1 123 57 41 55
Ed Farmer 7 9 3.34 64 0 30 99.2 92 37 56 54
Rich Wortham 4 7 5.97 41 10 1 92.0 102 61 58 45
Ken Kravec 3 6 6.94 20 15 0 81.2 100 63 44 37
Guy Hoffman 1 0 2.63 23 1 1 37.2 38 11 17 24
Dewey Robinson 1 1 3.09 15 0 0 35.0 26 12 16 28
Randy Scarbery 1 2 4.08 15 0 2 28.2 24 13 7 18
Francisco Barrios 1 1 4.96 3 3 0 16.1 21 9 8 2
Nardi Contreras 0 0 5.93 8 0 0 13.2 18 9 7 8

👥 Roster (39)

Harold Baines Alan Bannister Francisco Barrios Ross Baumgarten Kevin Bell Glenn Borgmann Thad Bosley Britt Burns Harry Chappas Nardi Contreras Todd Cruz Richard Dotson +27 more

39 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1980 Chicago White Sox

What was the 1980 Chicago White Sox record?
The 1980 Chicago White Sox finished 70-90 (.438 win pct).
Who led the 1980 Chicago White Sox in home runs?
Jim Morrison led the 1980 Chicago White Sox with 15 home runs.
What was the 1980 Chicago White Sox team ERA?
The 1980 Chicago White Sox posted a team ERA of 3.92.
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