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1909 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910)
78-74, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 492 runs, Allowed 463 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-72
Manager: Billy Sullivan (78-74)
Ballpark: South Side Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 478,400 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Billy Sullivan 34 97 302 265 11 43 3 0 0 16 9 17 .162 .226 .174 .400 29 46 5 15
2 1B Frank Isbell* 33 120 477 433 33 97 17 6 0 33 23 23 .224 .265 .291 .556 78 126 1 20
3 2B Jake Atz 29 119 440 381 39 90 18 3 0 22 14 38 .236 .309 .299 .608 95 114 2 19
4 SS Freddy Parent 33 136 551 472 61 123 10 5 0 30 32 46 .261 .335 .303 .638 105 143 7 26
5 3B Lee Tannehill 28 155 594 531 39 118 21 5 0 47 12 31 .222 .269 .281 .550 77 149 3 29
6 OF Ed Hahn* 33 76 329 287 30 52 6 0 1 16 9 31 .181 .268 .213 .480 55 61 3 8
7 OF Dave Altizer* 32 116 458 382 47 89 6 7 1 20 27 39 .233 .330 .293 .623 100 112 16 21
8 OF Patsy Dougherty* 32 139 569 491 71 140 23 13 1 55 36 51 .285 .359 .391 .751 141 192 6 21
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Billy Purtell 23 103 412 361 34 93 9 3 0 40 14 19 .258 .302 .299 .601 93 108 4 28
10 OF Doc White* 30 72 238 192 24 45 1 5 0 7 7 33 .234 .347 .292 .638 105 56 0 13
11 C Frank Owens 23 64 193 174 12 35 4 1 0 17 3 8 .201 .245 .236 .480 54 41 2 9
12 OF Willis Cole 27 46 187 165 17 39 7 3 0 16 3 16 .236 .308 .315 .623 100 52 1 5
13 OF Bobby Messenger# 25 31 130 112 18 19 1 1 0 0 7 13 .170 .268 .196 .464 49 22 2 3
14 C Fred Payne 28 32 92 82 8 20 2 0 0 12 0 5 .244 .295 .268 .564 81 22 1 4
15 1B George Davis# 38 28 84 68 5 9 1 0 0 2 4 10 .132 .253 .147 .400 29 10 1 5
16 OF Mike Welday* 30 29 81 74 3 14 0 0 0 5 2 4 .189 .231 .189 .420 35 14 0 3
17 OF Gavvy Cravath 28 19 70 50 7 9 0 0 1 8 3 19 .180 .406 .240 .646 108 12 0 1
18 UT Barney Reilly 24 12 30 25 3 5 0 0 0 3 2 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 56 5 0 2
19 OF Cuke Barrows* 25 5 21 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .150 .190 .150 .340 10 3 1 0
20 1B Jiggs Donahue* 29 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -35 0 0 0
21 1B Ham Patterson 31 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -19 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Frank Smith 29 53 144 127 11 22 6 3 0 20 0 10 .173 .245 .268 .512 64 34 2 5
23 P Jim Scott 21 36 96 85 7 9 2 0 0 5 0 9 .106 .191 .129 .321 3 11 0 2
24 P Ed Walsh 28 32 91 84 5 18 5 0 0 11 4 6 .214 .267 .274 .540 74 23 0 1
25 P Bill Burns# 29 23 65 59 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 5 .153 .219 .203 .422 36 12 0 1
26 P Harry Suter* 21 18 35 32 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .094 .147 .094 .241 -22 3 0 1
27 P Lou Fiene 24 15 30 29 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .069 .069 .138 .207 -34 4 0 1
28 P Fred Olmstead 27 8 22 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .095 .136 .095 .232 -25 2 0 0
29 P Frank Owen# 29 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 7 1 0 0
30 P Nick Altrock# 32 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.7 159 5759 5018 494 1109 145 56 4 393 211 441 .221 .291 .275 .566 82 1378 57 243
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 8 6 6 8 3 1 8 5 7 6 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
*Dave Altizer 32 458 314 34 2.9 71 .231 .233 .248 .330 .308 .293 .315 .623 .623 100 .474 2.0 0.2 .662 .233 .060 1.9 O3
#Nick Altrock 32 3 3 0 0.0 71 .000 .000 .248 .000 .308 .000 .315 .000 .623 -100 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Jake Atz 29 440 310 35 3.0 71 .236 .236 .248 .309 .308 .299 .315 .608 .623 95 .492 -0.6 -0.1 .577 .199 .063 .0 *4/O6
*Cuke Barrows 25 21 17 0 0.0 71 .150 .150 .248 .190 .308 .150 .315 .340 .623 10 .000 -2.0 -0.3 .235 .000 .000 /O
#Bill Burns 29 65 51 3 1.6 71 .153 .153 .248 .219 .308 .203 .315 .422 .623 36 .228 -4.1 -0.5 .340 .136 .051 1
Willis Cole 27 187 131 16 3.3 71 .236 .236 .248 .308 .308 .315 .315 .623 .623 100 .529 0.2 0.0 .571 .194 .079 .0 O
Gavvy Cravath 28 70 42 5 3.2 71 .163 .180 .248 .406 .308 .240 .315 .646 .623 108 .518 2.4 0.3 .829 .500 .060 1.5 O
#George Davis 38 84 64 2 0.8 71 .132 .132 .248 .253 .308 .147 .315 .400 .623 29 .084 -4.9 -0.6 .424 .221 .015 .0 3/4
*Jiggs Donahue 29 5 4 0 0.0 71 .000 .000 .248 .200 .308 .000 .315 .200 .623 -35 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /3
*Patsy Dougherty 32 569 372 68 4.9 71 .284 .285 .248 .359 .308 .391 .315 .751 .623 141 .701 23.6 2.8 .812 .283 .106 1.9 *O
Lou Fiene 24 30 28 0 0.0 71 .069 .069 .248 .069 .308 .138 .315 .207 .623 -34 .000 -4.6 -0.6 .148 .069 .069 1
*Ed Hahn 33 329 243 16 1.8 71 .178 .181 .248 .268 .308 .213 .315 .480 .623 55 .267 -13.4 -1.6 .443 .171 .031 1.8 O
*Frank Isbell 33 477 356 33 2.5 71 .224 .224 .248 .265 .308 .291 .315 .556 .623 78 .403 -11.5 -1.4 .515 .173 .067 .0 3/O4
#Bobby Messenger 25 130 96 6 1.7 71 .170 .170 .248 .268 .308 .196 .315 .464 .623 49 .248 -5.9 -0.7 .473 .205 .027 .0 O
Fred Olmstead 27 22 19 0 0.0 71 .095 .095 .248 .136 .308 .095 .315 .232 .623 -25 .000 -3.0 -0.4 .158 .048 .000 /1
#Frank Owen 29 6 5 0 0.0 71 .167 .167 .248 .167 .308 .167 .315 .333 .623 7 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .200 .000 .000 /1
Frank Owens 23 193 148 10 1.8 71 .201 .201 .248 .245 .308 .236 .315 .480 .623 54 .275 -9.1 -1.1 .388 .098 .034 .0 2
Freddy Parent 33 551 375 47 3.3 71 .261 .261 .248 .335 .308 .303 .315 .638 .623 105 .540 4.4 0.5 .653 .208 .042 .0 6O/4
Ham Patterson 31 4 3 0 0.0 71 .000 .000 .248 .250 .308 .000 .315 .250 .623 -19 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .333 .000 /3
Fred Payne 28 92 66 6 2.4 71 .244 .244 .248 .295 .308 .268 .315 .564 .623 81 .396 -1.6 -0.2 .452 .085 .024 2/O
Billy Purtell 23 412 296 32 2.9 71 .258 .258 .248 .302 .308 .299 .315 .601 .623 93 .472 -3.1 -0.4 .541 .133 .042 .0 54
Barney Reilly 24 30 22 1 1.2 71 .200 .200 .248 .286 .308 .200 .315 .486 .623 56 .155 -1.1 -0.1 .500 .200 .000 .0 4/O
Jim Scott 21 96 78 2 0.7 71 .106 .106 .248 .191 .308 .129 .315 .321 .623 3 .060 -9.0 -1.1 .263 .129 .024 1
Frank Smith 29 144 110 8 1.9 71 .173 .173 .248 .245 .308 .268 .315 .512 .623 64 .303 -5.2 -0.6 .438 .173 .094 1
Billy Sullivan 34 302 237 10 1.1 71 .162 .162 .248 .226 .308 .174 .315 .400 .623 29 .139 -20.8 -2.6 .347 .109 .011 .0 2
*Harry Suter 21 35 30 0 0.0 71 .094 .094 .248 .147 .308 .094 .315 .241 .623 -22 .000 -4.4 -0.5 .172 .063 .000 1
Lee Tannehill 28 594 442 40 2.4 71 .222 .222 .248 .269 .308 .281 .315 .550 .623 77 .392 -14.4 -1.8 .472 .139 .058 .0 56
Ed Walsh 28 91 67 6 2.4 71 .214 .214 .248 .267 .308 .274 .315 .540 .623 74 .389 -2.4 -0.3 .500 .179 .060 .0 1/O
*Mike Welday 30 81 63 3 1.3 71 .189 .189 .248 .231 .308 .189 .315 .420 .623 35 .167 -5.5 -0.7 .333 .081 .000 .0 O
*Doc White 30 238 160 19 3.2 71 .234 .234 .248 .347 .308 .292 .315 .638 .623 105 .516 2.6 0.3 .653 .266 .057 .0 O1
League Average 3.1 73 .241 .243 .252 .302 .313 .307 .320 .609 .632 93 .513 .568 .176 .064
Team Total 5759 4152 402 2.6 71 .220 .221 .248 .291 .308 .275 .315 .566 .623 82 .423 -93.8 -11.6 .534 .184 .054 7.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
*Dave Altizer 32 121 486 417 66 111 7 9 1 28 34 49 0 .266 .370 .333 .704 48 116 116
#Nick Altrock 32 14 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .080 .000 .080 0 13 13
Jake Atz 29 124 465 416 55 112 22 4 0 31 17 47 0 .269 .346 .341 .688 49 119 119
*Cuke Barrows 25 5 22 21 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .045 .000 .045 1 5 5
#Bill Burns 29 30 84 77 5 16 4 0 0 5 0 7 0 .208 .274 .260 .534 5 29 29
Willis Cole 27 48 201 180 24 48 9 4 0 22 4 20 0 .267 .343 .361 .704 22 46 46
Gavvy Cravath 28 24 88 61 11 12 0 0 1 14 4 27 0 .197 .443 .246 .689 7 23 23
#George Davis 38 29 86 73 6 11 1 0 0 3 5 12 0 .151 .279 .164 .443 3 28 28
*Jiggs Donahue 29 90 344 314 18 84 15 1 0 42 11 29 0 .268 .331 .322 .653 33 86 86
*Patsy Dougherty 32 145 615 543 100 176 29 16 1 77 45 64 0 .324 .403 .442 .845 95 139 139
Lou Fiene 24 16 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15 15
*Ed Hahn 33 79 352 310 41 64 7 0 1 22 11 38 0 .206 .301 .239 .540 22 76 76
*Frank Isbell 33 125 500 471 46 120 21 7 0 46 28 28 0 .255 .298 .329 .627 46 120 120
#Bobby Messenger 25 32 140 121 27 24 1 1 0 0 9 16 0 .198 .307 .223 .530 8 31 31
Fred Olmstead 27 8 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 8 8
#Frank Owen 29 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Frank Owens 23 67 200 188 17 43 5 1 0 24 4 10 0 .229 .275 .266 .541 14 64 64
Freddy Parent 33 142 584 518 85 153 12 6 0 42 40 57 0 .295 .375 .342 .717 65 136 136
Ham Patterson 31 19 57 56 6 12 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 .214 .228 .232 .460 3 18 18
Fred Payne 28 33 96 89 11 24 2 0 0 16 0 6 0 .270 .323 .292 .615 8 32 32
Billy Purtell 23 108 425 396 48 116 11 4 0 56 17 24 0 .293 .341 .341 .682 45 103 103
Barney Reilly 24 13 31 27 4 6 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 .222 .323 .222 .545 2 12 12
Jim Scott 21 38 101 90 10 11 2 0 0 7 0 11 0 .122 .218 .144 .362 3 36 36
Frank Smith 29 55 154 138 16 28 8 4 0 29 0 13 0 .203 .286 .319 .605 11 53 53
Billy Sullivan 34 101 312 285 15 53 4 0 0 22 11 21 0 .186 .256 .200 .456 14 97 97
*Harry Suter 21 19 38 35 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143 .211 .143 .353 1 18 18
Lee Tannehill 28 162 620 578 55 146 26 6 0 66 15 38 0 .253 .303 .318 .622 55 155 155
Ed Walsh 28 33 98 91 7 22 6 0 0 15 5 7 0 .242 .296 .308 .604 8 32 32
*Mike Welday 30 30 85 80 4 17 0 0 0 6 2 5 0 .213 .259 .213 .471 4 29 29
*Doc White 30 75 251 210 34 56 1 6 0 10 9 41 0 .267 .386 .329 .715 27 72 72
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Dave Altizer 32 4 1891 474 1891 1649 193 410 32 20 4 112 117 128 .249 .315 .300 .615 100 494 32 82
#Nick Altrock 32 9 589 213 589 536 50 94 9 0 1 26 5 28 .175 .231 .198 .429 37 106 11 14
Jake Atz 29 4 713 209 713 605 64 132 21 3 0 49 23 69 .218 .304 .263 .567 83 159 6 33
*Cuke Barrows 25 1 21 5 21 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .150 .190 .150 .340 10 3 1 0
#Bill Burns 29 2 132 52 132 124 4 20 5 0 0 3 1 7 .161 .206 .202 .408 34 25 0 1
Willis Cole 27 1 187 46 187 165 17 39 7 3 0 16 3 16 .236 .308 .315 .623 100 52 1 5
Gavvy Cravath 28 2 404 117 404 333 50 80 10 11 2 43 9 58 .240 .359 .354 .714 129 118 4 9
#George Davis 38 20 10151 2368 10151 9031 1539 2660 451 163 73 1437 616 870 180 .295 .361 .405 .766 121 3656 75 175
*Jiggs Donahue 29 9 3210 813 3210 2862 319 731 90 31 4 327 143 215 .255 .311 .313 .624 99 895 17 116
*Patsy Dougherty 32 8 4365 1030 4365 3904 594 1123 120 63 16 338 220 311 .288 .347 .363 .710 118 1417 45 105
Lou Fiene 24 4 54 29 54 53 1 6 1 1 0 5 1 0 .113 .113 .170 .283 -9 9 0 1
*Ed Hahn 33 5 2338 538 2338 1992 289 478 40 20 1 121 59 251 .240 .338 .282 .620 99 561 44 51
*Frank Isbell 33 10 4652 1119 4652 4219 501 1056 158 62 13 455 253 190 .250 .289 .326 .616 89 1377 41 202
#Bobby Messenger 25 1 130 31 130 112 18 19 1 1 0 0 7 13 .170 .268 .196 .464 49 22 2 3
Fred Olmstead 27 2 25 9 25 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .200 .091 .291 -6 2 0 0
#Frank Owen 29 8 540 195 540 483 33 77 12 0 2 26 5 34 .159 .218 .197 .414 32 95 2 21
Frank Owens 23 2 195 65 195 176 12 35 4 1 0 17 3 8 .199 .242 .233 .475 53 41 2 9
Freddy Parent 33 10 5260 1243 5260 4717 608 1256 173 73 19 452 170 302 .266 .317 .346 .663 101 1632 49 192
Ham Patterson 31 1 54 18 54 52 4 10 1 0 0 5 1 1 .192 .208 .212 .419 36 11 0 1
Fred Payne 28 4 576 177 576 518 51 111 9 7 0 48 9 28 .214 .269 .259 .528 66 134 11 19
Billy Purtell 23 2 489 129 489 430 37 102 11 3 0 43 16 21 .237 .279 .277 .556 79 119 4 34
Barney Reilly 24 1 30 12 30 25 3 5 0 0 0 3 2 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 56 5 0 2
Jim Scott 21 1 96 36 96 85 7 9 2 0 0 5 0 9 .106 .191 .129 .321 3 11 0 2
Frank Smith 29 6 623 225 623 544 62 114 29 5 1 64 3 45 .210 .283 .287 .570 84 156 11 23
Billy Sullivan 34 11 3437 970 3437 3158 318 677 104 28 21 326 97 138 .214 .254 .285 .539 65 900 28 113
*Harry Suter 21 1 35 18 35 32 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .094 .147 .094 .241 -22 3 0 1
Lee Tannehill 28 7 3353 878 3353 3029 254 651 108 21 2 276 60 185 .215 .264 .266 .531 69 807 18 121
Ed Walsh 28 6 636 244 636 593 44 102 26 6 3 41 9 23 .172 .209 .251 .461 48 149 5 15
*Mike Welday 30 2 125 53 125 109 5 22 1 1 0 5 2 10 .202 .269 .229 .498 61 25 0 6
*Doc White 30 9 1180 400 1180 998 115 223 19 9 2 61 29 116 .223 .305 .267 .571 79 266 1 65
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1908 / 1910 Batting Statistics