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In 1975, White Sox owner [[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.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History&Glory/SaveOurSox.htm WSI's FLYINGSOCK.COM. Chicago White Sox coverage with totally biased attitude!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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 [[Oakland Athletics]] owner [[Charlie Finley]] by making Chicago available to his A's.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> 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.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> The A.L. owners reluctantly agreed to his offer and later voted to expand the league to include an expansion franchise in Seattle, Washington. Veeck purchased 80% of the White Sox, effective December 18, 1975.
===Notable transactions===
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==Regular season==
* August 8, 1976: The White Sox ran out wearing shorts instead of traditional baseball pants during the first game of a doubleheader against the [[1976 Kansas City Royals season|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. <ref>http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/biggestbusts.html</ref>
===Season standings===▼
{{1976 AL West Standings}}▼
===Opening Day lineup===
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*[[Pete Varney]], c
*[[Wilbur Wood]], p
▲===Season standings===
▲{{1976 AL West Standings}}
===Notable transactions===
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* {{MLBplayer|10|[[Jack Brohamer]]}}
* {{MLBplayer|30|[[Bucky Dent]]}}
* {{MLBplayer|19|[[Sam Ewing]]}}▼
* {{MLBplayer|23|[[Lamar Johnson]]}}▼
* {{MLBplayer| 3|[[Jim Spencer]]}}
* {{MLBplayer| 1|[[Bill Stein]]}}
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* {{MLBplayer|22|[[Jerry Hairston, Sr.|Jerry Hairston]]}}
* {{MLBplayer|14|[[Cleon Jones]]}}
* {{MLBplayer|18|[[Pat Kelly (outfielder)|Pat Kelly]]}}▼
* {{MLBplayer|44|[[Chet Lemon]]}}
* {{MLBplayer|17|[[Carlos May]]}}▼
* {{MLBplayer|15|[[Wayne Nordhagen]]}}
* {{MLBplayer|20|[[Nyls Nyman]]}}
* {{MLBplayer| 6|[[Jorge Orta]]}}
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▲* {{MLBplayer|19|[[Sam Ewing]]}}
▲* {{MLBplayer|23|[[Lamar Johnson]]}}
▲* {{MLBplayer|18|[[Pat Kelly (outfielder)|Pat Kelly]]}}
▲* {{MLBplayer|17|[[Carlos May]]}}
* {{MLBplayer| 9|[[Minnie Miñoso]]}}
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* {{MLBplayer|33|[[Ken Silvestri]]}}
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| 1B || {{sortname|Jim|Spencer}} || 150 || 518 || 131 || .253 || 14 || 70
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| 2B || {{sortname|Jack|Brohamer}} || 119 || 354 || 89 || .251 || 7 || 40
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| 3B || {{sortname|Kevin|Bell|Kevin Bell (baseball)}} || 68 || 230 || 57 || .248 || 5 || 20
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| {{sortname|Nyls|Nyman}} || 8 || 15 || 2 || .133 || 0 || 1
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| {{sortname|Minnie|Miñoso}} || 3 || 8 || 1 || .125 || 0 || 0
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO
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| {{sortname|Goose|Gossage}} || 31 || 224 || 9 || 17 || 3.94 || 135
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| {{sortname|Ken|Brett}} || 27 || 200.2 || 10 || 12 || 3.32 || 91
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