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December 5, 1976: Royle Stillman was signed as a free agent by the White Sox. [5] December 10, 1976: Goose Gossage and Terry Forster were traded by the White Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Richie Zisk and Silvio Martínez. [6] January 11, 1977: Mark Esser was drafted by the White Sox in the 8th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. [7]
Last MLB appearance; September 29, 1981, for the Baltimore Orioles: MLB statistics; Win–loss record: 107–93: Earned run average: 3.97: Strikeouts: 1,065: Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; San Francisco Giants (1971–1972) Chicago White Sox ; Chicago Cubs (1974–1976) Chicago White Sox (1977–1978) Baltimore Orioles (1979–1981) Career ...
July 19 – In the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, the National League defeats the American League for the 14th time in the last 15 encounters. Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers is named MVP. August 5 – Kansas City Royals designated hitter John Mayberry hits for the cycle in a 12–2 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox.
Zisk was acquired along with Silvio Martinez by the Chicago White Sox from the Pirates for Goose Gossage and Terry Forster at the Winter Meetings on December 10, 1976. [8] His best season was in 1977, his lone year with the White Sox, when he hit 30 home runs and had 101 RBI, both career highs, in addition to a .290 batting average in 141 games ...
The Chicago Cubs are the crosstown rivals of the White Sox, a rivalry that some made fun of prior to the White Sox's 2005 title because both of them had extremely long championship droughts. The nature of the rivalry is unique; with the exception of the 1906 World Series , in which the White Sox upset the favored Cubs, the teams never met in an ...
Chicago is last in the American League with a 4.90 ERA, last in the major leagues in walks issued and walk rate, OPS (.615), runs scored and home runs. ... Tuesday night, White Sox pitchers loaded ...
September 11, 1977, for the Chicago White Sox: Last MLB appearance; October 3, 1982, for the Kansas City Royals: MLB statistics; Win–loss record: 33–37: Earned run average: 4.10: Strikeouts: 222: Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; Chicago White Sox ; California Angels (1978–1981) Kansas City Royals
The Sox narrowly avoided a hundred losses in 1976. For his part, Orta batted .274, while hitting a career-high fourteen home runs and scoring a career high 74 runs. Orta returned to second base when Bob Lemon replaced Richards as manager in 1977. [12] The White Sox won ninety games to finish third in the American League West.