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1979 Chicago White Sox season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1979 Chicago White Sox season

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1979 Chicago White Sox
Tony LaRussa's first season as a Manager
Major league affiliations
Location
1979 Information
Owner(s) Bill Veeck
Manager(s) Don Kessinger and Tony LaRussa
Local television WSNS-TV
Local radio WMAQ (AM)
(Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, Jimmy Piersall) =

The 1979 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 80th season. They finished with a record 73-87, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 15 games behind of the 1st place California Angels.

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[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
1st California Angels   88   74 .543    --
2nd Kansas City Royals   85   77 .525   3.0
3rd Texas Rangers   83   79 .512   5.0
4th Minnesota Twins   82   80 .506   6.0
5th Chicago White Sox   73   87 .456 14.0
6th Seattle Mariners   67   95 .414 21.0
7th Oakland Athletics   54 108 .333 34.0

[edit] Roster

1979 Chicago White Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] 1979 Opening Day Lineup

Harry Chappas, ss

Claudell Washington, rf

Chet Lemon, cf

Jorge Orta, dh

Lamar Johnson, 1b

Alan Bannister, 2b

Ralph Garr, lf

Eric Soderholm, 3b

Marv Foley, c

Ken Kravec, p

[edit] Disco Demolition Night

Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was held during a scheduled twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The event eventually turned into mayhem.

It was also known as "Anti-Disco Night" and "Disco Sucks Night".

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