1979 Chicago White Sox Roster

The 1979 Chicago White Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1979 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1979 Chicago White Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1979 Chicago White Sox salary list, a 1979 Chicago White Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1979 Chicago White Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1979 Chicago White Sox



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Roster
Schedule
46 Francisco Barrios 6-03 195 Right Right 1953-06-10
30 Ross Baumgarten 6-01 180 Left Left 1955-05-27
40 Britt Burns 6-05 218 Left Left 1959-06-08
49 Richard Dotson 6-00 204 Right Right 1959-01-10
42 Mark Esser 6-01 190 Left Right 1956-04-01
22 Ed Farmer 6-05 210 Right Right 1949-10-18
47 Rich Hinton 6-02 185 Left Left 1947-05-22
36 Guy Hoffman 5-09 185 Left Left 1956-07-09
41 Fred Howard 6-03 190 Right Right 1956-09-02
50 La Marr Hoyt 6-01 222 Right Right 1955-01-01
27 Ken Kravec 6-02 185 Left Left 1951-07-29
55 Jack Kucek 6-02 200 Right Right 1953-06-08
36 Lerrin LaGrow 6-05 220 Right Right 1948-07-08
24 Mike Proly 6-00 185 Right Right 1950-12-15
32, 35 Dewey Robinson 6-00 180 Right Right 1955-04-28
55 Gil Rondon 6-02 200 Right Right 1953-11-18
26 Randy Scarbery 6-01 185 Right Both 1952-06-22
37 Ron Schueler 6-04 205 Right Right 1948-04-18
35 Pablo Torrealba 5-09 175 Left Left 1948-04-28
33 Steve Trout 6-04 195 Left Left 1957-07-30
28 Rich Wortham 6-00 185 Left Right 1953-10-22
19 Mike Colbern 6-03 205 Right Right 1955-04-19
42, 0, 17 Marv Foley 6-00 195 Right Left 1953-08-29
5 Milt May 6-00 190 Right Left 1950-08-01
15 Bill Nahorodny 6-02 200 Right Right 1953-08-31
7 Alan Bannister 5-11 175 Right Right 1951-09-03
8 Kevin Bell 6-00 195 Right Right 1955-07-13
13 Harry Chappas 5-07 150 Right Both 1957-10-26
10 Joe Gates 5-07 175 Right Left 1954-10-03
23 Lamar Johnson 6-02 225 Right Right 1950-09-02
11 Don Kessinger 6-01 175 Right Both 1942-07-17
12 Jim Morrison 5-11 182 Right Right 1952-09-23
16 Greg Pryor 6-00 186 Right Right 1949-10-02
12 Eric Soderholm 5-11 187 Right Right 1948-09-24
25 Mike Squires 5-11 185 Left Left 1952-03-05
22 Thad Bosley 6-03 175 Left Left 1956-09-17
48 Ralph Garr 5-11 197 Right Left 1945-12-12
47 Rusty Kuntz 6-03 190 Right Right 1955-02-04
44 Chet Lemon 6-00 195 Right Right 1955-02-12
34 Junior Moore 5-11 185 Right Right 1953-01-25
21 Rusty Torres 5-10 180 Right Both 1948-09-30
18 Claudell Washington 6-00 190 Left Left 1954-08-31
20 Wayne Nordhagen 6-02 205 Right Right 1948-07-04
6 Jorge Orta 5-10 175 Right Left 1950-11-26
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The 1979 Chicago White Sox played 160 games during the regular season, won 73 games, lost 87 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Comiskey Park (Park Factors: 100/101) where 1,280,702 fans witnessed their 1979 White Sox finish the season with a .456 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1979 Chicago White Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1979 Chicago White Sox salary list, a 1979 Chicago White Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1979 Chicago White Sox primary starters list:

1979 Chicago White Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1979 Chicago White Sox
Most Games by Position

C Milt May (65)
1B Mike Squires (110)
2B Alan Bannister (65)
3B Kevin Bell (68)
SS Greg Pryor (119)
LF Ralph Garr (67)
CF Chet Lemon (147)
RF Claudell Washington (121)
DH Jorge Orta (62)
  
SP Francisco Barrios
SP Ross Baumgarten
SP Ken Kravec
SP Steve Trout
SP Rich Wortham
  
RP Guy Hoffman
RP Fred Howard
RP Mike Proly
RP Randy Scarbery
CL Ed Farmer


1979 Chicago White Sox
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1979 Chicago White Sox
Uniform Numbers

#0 Marv Foley
#5 Milt May
#6 Jorge Orta
#7 Alan Bannister
#8 Kevin Bell
#10 Joe Gates
#11 Don Kessinger
#12 Jim Morrison
#12 Eric Soderholm
#13 Harry Chappas
#15 Bill Nahorodny
#16 Greg Pryor
#17 Marv Foley
#18 Claudell Washington
#19 Mike Colbern
#20 Wayne Nordhagen
#21 Rusty Torres
#22 Thad Bosley
#22 Ed Farmer
#23 Lamar Johnson
#24 Mike Proly
#25 Mike Squires
#26 Randy Scarbery
#27 Ken Kravec
#28 Rich Wortham
#30 Ross Baumgarten
#32 Dewey Robinson
#33 Steve Trout
#34 Junior Moore
#35 Dewey Robinson
#35 Pablo Torrealba
#36 Guy Hoffman
#36 Lerrin LaGrow
#37 Ron Schueler
#40 Britt Burns
#41 Fred Howard
#42 Mark Esser
#42 Marv Foley
#44 Chet Lemon
#46 Francisco Barrios
#47 Rich Hinton
#47 Rusty Kuntz
#48 Ralph Garr
#49 Richard Dotson
#50 La Marr Hoyt
#55 Jack Kucek
#55 Gil Rondon

Did you know that a 1979 Chicago White Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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