July 1, 200421 yr By the end of April, the White Sox had fallen into sixth place in the West and Stubbornly refused to budge higher that fifth despite a managerial change in June that ended Tony La Russa's six year tenure. La Russa was dismissed on June 22 by general manager Ken Harrelson with the Sox 12 games under .500 (27-39) and Jim Fregosi took over. Under Fregosi, the club was 45-51 to finish fith (72-90), 20 games out Harrelson himself was out in September replaced bt Tom Haller, but the primary reason for the team's performance, weak offense, remained. In 82 of 162 games, the Sox scored 3 runs or less and finished last in team batting (.247) and total bases. Harold Baines, through slowed by injury, was the batting star, hitting .296 with 21 homers and 88 RBI's. Rookie John Cangelosi (.235) set a league record for rookies with 50 stolen bases. Joe Cowley (11-11) was the teams leading winner and threw a no hitter Sept 19th at California. Floyd Bannister was 10-14 and Richard Dotson 10-17
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