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1931 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1930 / 1932)
56-97, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 704 runs, Allowed 939 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-96
Manager: Donie Bush (56-97)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 403,550 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 96

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1930 / 1932 Batting Statistics

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 Bennie Tate* 29 89 305 273 27 73 12 3 0 22 1 1 26 10 .267 .331 .333 .664 80 91 0 6
2 1B Lu Blue# 34 155 725 589 119 179 23 15 1 62 13 3 127 60 .304 .430 .399 .829 125 235 3 6
3 2B John Kerr 32 128 491 444 51 119 17 2 2 50 9 3 35 22 .268 .324 .329 .653 76 146 2 10
4 SS Bill Cissell 27 109 433 409 42 90 13 5 1 46 18 6 16 26 .220 .256 .284 .540 45 116 4 4
5 3B Billy Sullivan* 20 92 392 363 48 100 16 5 2 33 4 4 20 14 .275 .315 .364 .679 83 132 1 8
6 OF Johnny Watwood* 25 128 434 367 51 104 16 6 1 47 9 3 56 30 .283 .380 .368 .748 102 135 1 10
7 OF Lew Fonseca 32 121 508 465 65 139 26 5 2 71 4 4 32 22 .299 .348 .389 .737 98 181 3 8
8 OF Carl Reynolds 28 118 495 462 71 134 24 14 6 77 17 6 24 26 .290 .333 .442 .775 107 204 6 3
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 OF Bob Fothergill 33 108 333 312 25 88 9 4 3 56 2 2 17 17 .282 .323 .365 .689 85 114 2 2
10 SS Luke Appling 24 96 330 297 36 69 13 4 1 28 9 2 29 27 .232 .303 .313 .616 66 93 1 3
11 C Frank Grube 26 88 290 265 29 58 13 2 1 24 2 2 22 22 .219 .284 .294 .578 56 78 2 1
12 3B Irv Jeffries 25 79 243 223 29 50 10 0 2 16 3 0 14 9 .224 .270 .296 .566 53 66 0 6
13 OF Mel Simons* 30 68 208 189 24 52 9 0 0 12 1 1 12 17 .275 .318 .323 .641 73 61 0 7
14 OF Ike Eichrodt 28 34 123 117 9 25 5 1 0 15 0 0 1 8 .214 .220 .274 .494 32 32 0 5
15 OF Smead Jolley* 29 54 119 110 5 33 11 0 3 28 0 0 7 4 .300 .353 .482 .835 123 53 2 0
16 3B Willie Kamm 31 18 67 59 9 15 4 1 0 9 1 1 7 6 .254 .333 .356 .689 86 21 0 1
17 OF Bill Norman 20 24 59 55 7 10 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 10 .182 .237 .218 .455 23 12 0 0
18 OF Bruce Campbell* 21 4 18 17 4 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 4 .412 .444 .882 1.327 250 15 1 0
19 C Butch Henline 36 11 17 15 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .067 .176 .133 .310 -15 2 0 0
20 C Hank Garrity 23 8 15 14 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .214 .267 .286 .552 49 4 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
21 P Vic Frazier 26 46 96 86 10 18 2 0 0 10 0 0 7 14 .209 .269 .233 .501 36 20 0 3
22 P Tommy Thomas 31 43 95 87 9 21 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 15 .241 .267 .264 .531 44 23 0 5
23 P Pat Caraway* 25 52 82 72 11 14 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 12 .194 .216 .250 .466 25 18 0 8
24 P Red Faber# 42 44 64 53 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 26 .075 .183 .094 .278 -23 5 1 4
25 P Hal McKain* 24 32 48 42 5 5 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 14 .119 .213 .214 .427 15 9 0 1
26 P Ted Lyons# 30 42 38 33 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .152 .200 .152 .352 -4 5 0 3
27 P Bob Weiland* 25 15 28 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 .182 .357 .182 .539 49 4 1 0
28 P Jim Moore 27 33 17 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .063 .118 .125 .243 -35 2 0 0
29 P Garland Braxton# 31 17 12 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -29 1 0 0
30 P Grant Bowler 23 13 11 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .200 .382 3 2 0 0
31 P Lou Garland 25 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Biggs Wehde 24 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.6 156 6102 5483 705 1423 238 69 27 649 94 39 485 440 .260 .323 .343 .666 80 1880 30 104
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 7 8 3 8 3 7 5 7 8 7 8 7 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
Luke Appling 24 330 233 29 3.3 103 .253 .232 .279 .303 .345 .313 .399 .616 .744 66 .329 -14.0 -1.3 .565 .202 .081 1.8 6/4
#Lu Blue 34 725 419 102 6.5 103 .337 .304 .279 .430 .345 .399 .399 .829 .744 125 .625 30.2 2.8 .908 .328 .095 1.9 *3
Grant Bowler 23 11 9 0 0.0 103 .200 .100 .279 .182 .345 .200 .399 .382 .744 3 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .333 .200 .100 1
#Garland Braxton 31 12 10 0 0.0 103 .167 .091 .279 .167 .345 .091 .399 .258 .744 -29 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .200 .091 .000 1
*Bruce Campbell 21 18 10 6 16.1 103 .455 .412 .279 .444 .345 .882 .399 1.327 .744 250 .897 3.4 0.3 1.600 .471 .471 .0 /O
*Pat Caraway 25 82 66 4 1.6 103 .233 .194 .279 .216 .345 .250 .399 .466 .744 25 .116 -7.9 -0.8 .345 .083 .056 1
Bill Cissell 27 433 329 30 2.4 103 .233 .220 .279 .256 .345 .284 .399 .540 .744 45 .217 -32.8 -3.2 .455 .132 .064 1.9 64/5
Ike Eichrodt 28 123 97 7 1.9 103 .229 .214 .279 .220 .345 .274 .399 .494 .744 32 .153 -11.6 -1.1 .359 .068 .060 O
#Red Faber 42 64 53 1 0.5 103 .148 .075 .279 .183 .345 .094 .399 .278 .744 -23 .015 -9.3 -0.9 .245 .132 .019 1
Lew Fonseca 32 508 338 62 4.9 103 .311 .299 .279 .348 .345 .389 .399 .737 .744 98 .499 -0.4 -0.0 .655 .159 .090 2.7 O4/35
Bob Fothergill 33 333 228 36 4.2 103 .291 .282 .279 .323 .345 .365 .399 .689 .744 85 .431 -7.2 -0.7 .588 .138 .083 2.4 O
Vic Frazier 26 96 71 5 1.9 103 .250 .209 .279 .269 .345 .233 .399 .501 .744 36 .147 -7.7 -0.7 .397 .105 .023 1
Lou Garland 25 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .279 .000 .345 .000 .399 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Hank Garrity 23 15 11 1 2.4 103 .250 .214 .279 .267 .345 .286 .399 .552 .744 49 .216 -1.0 -0.1 .455 .143 .071 /2
Frank Grube 26 290 210 21 2.7 103 .236 .219 .279 .284 .345 .294 .399 .578 .744 56 .248 -16.4 -1.6 .488 .158 .075 1.3 2
Butch Henline 36 17 14 0 0.0 103 .091 .067 .279 .176 .345 .133 .399 .310 .744 -15 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .286 .200 .067 /2
Irv Jeffries 25 243 179 18 2.7 103 .226 .224 .279 .270 .345 .296 .399 .566 .744 53 .249 -15.2 -1.5 .480 .148 .072 2.4 5/46O
*Smead Jolley 29 119 77 18 6.3 103 .291 .300 .279 .353 .345 .482 .399 .835 .744 123 .608 3.8 0.4 .805 .245 .182 .0 O
Willie Kamm 31 67 46 7 4.1 103 .283 .254 .279 .333 .345 .356 .399 .689 .744 86 .414 -1.0 -0.1 .622 .220 .102 .0 5
John Kerr 32 491 338 48 3.8 103 .279 .268 .279 .324 .345 .329 .399 .653 .744 76 .384 -14.1 -1.4 .576 .153 .061 3.3 *4/56
#Ted Lyons 30 38 31 1 0.9 103 .156 .152 .279 .200 .345 .152 .399 .352 .744 -4 .040 -4.9 -0.5 .250 .061 .000 1
*Hal McKain 24 48 38 2 1.4 103 .179 .119 .279 .213 .345 .214 .399 .427 .744 15 .092 -5.2 -0.5 .378 .214 .095 1
Jim Moore 27 17 15 0 0.0 103 .091 .063 .279 .118 .345 .125 .399 .243 .744 -35 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .200 .125 .063 1
Bill Norman 20 59 46 3 1.8 103 .222 .182 .279 .237 .345 .218 .399 .455 .744 23 .131 -6.0 -0.6 .326 .091 .036 O
Carl Reynolds 28 495 337 67 5.3 103 .298 .290 .279 .333 .345 .442 .399 .775 .744 107 .536 2.8 0.3 .734 .227 .152 8.9 *O
*Mel Simons 30 208 145 19 3.5 103 .302 .275 .279 .318 .345 .323 .399 .641 .744 73 .350 -6.8 -0.6 .529 .111 .048 .0 O
*Billy Sullivan 20 392 275 41 4.0 103 .282 .275 .279 .315 .345 .364 .399 .679 .744 83 .405 -9.6 -0.9 .573 .143 .088 2.7 5/O3
*Bennie Tate 29 305 207 30 3.9 103 .278 .267 .279 .331 .345 .333 .399 .664 .744 80 .393 -7.3 -0.7 .582 .161 .066 .0 2
Tommy Thomas 31 95 71 6 2.3 103 .292 .241 .279 .267 .345 .264 .399 .531 .744 44 .194 -7.0 -0.7 .394 .057 .023 1
*Johnny Watwood 25 434 276 52 5.0 103 .307 .283 .279 .380 .345 .368 .399 .748 .744 102 .511 4.1 0.4 .744 .253 .084 1.8 O/3
Biggs Wehde 24 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .279 .000 .345 .000 .399 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Bob Weiland 25 28 18 2 3.0 103 .200 .182 .279 .357 .345 .182 .399 .539 .744 49 .284 -1.2 -0.1 .611 .273 .000 .0 1
League Average 5.0 108 .297 .279 .287 .345 .354 .395 .409 .740 .763 94 .506 .683 .216 .116
Team Total 6102 4203 618 3.9 103 .278 .260 .279 .323 .345 .343 .399 .666 .744 80 .399 -153.1 -14.8 .598 .182 .083 42.0
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
Luke Appling 24 100 337 307 34 69 13 4 1 26 9 29 28 .225 .294 .303 .597 27 96 96
#Lu Blue 34 162 738 608 114 179 23 15 1 59 13 127 63 .294 .419 .387 .805 98 155 155
Grant Bowler 23 14 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 13 13
#Garland Braxton 31 29 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .214 .313 .214 .527 1 28 28
*Bruce Campbell 21 4 19 18 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 .000 .053 .000 .053 6 4 4
*Pat Caraway 25 54 78 76 12 15 2 1 0 8 0 2 13 .197 .218 .250 .468 4 52 52
Bill Cissell 27 114 443 423 40 90 13 5 1 44 18 16 27 .213 .248 .274 .523 28 109 109
Ike Eichrodt 28 36 121 120 8 24 5 1 0 13 0 1 8 .200 .207 .258 .465 6 34 34
#Red Faber 42 46 65 56 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 8 27 .089 .215 .107 .323 1 44 44
Lew Fonseca 32 154 630 587 81 175 34 6 3 80 7 39 30 .298 .346 .392 .738 78 147 147
Bob Fothergill 33 113 340 321 24 87 9 4 3 54 2 17 18 .271 .312 .352 .664 34 108 108
Vic Frazier 26 48 96 89 10 18 2 0 0 10 0 7 15 .202 .260 .225 .485 5 46 46
Lou Garland 25 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Hank Garrity 23 8 15 14 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 .214 .267 .286 .552 1 8 8
Frank Grube 26 92 298 274 28 58 13 2 1 23 2 22 23 .212 .275 .285 .560 21 88 88
Butch Henline 36 11 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 11 11
Irv Jeffries 25 83 246 232 28 51 10 0 2 16 3 14 9 .220 .264 .289 .553 18 79 79
*Smead Jolley 29 56 122 113 5 33 11 0 3 27 0 7 4 .292 .344 .469 .813 18 54 54
Willie Kamm 31 138 541 474 67 126 32 5 0 65 13 66 20 .266 .357 .354 .711 60 132 132
John Kerr 32 134 497 460 49 120 17 2 2 48 9 35 23 .261 .316 .320 .635 46 128 128
#Ted Lyons 30 44 36 34 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 .147 .194 .147 .342 1 42 42
*Hal McKain 24 33 49 44 5 5 2 1 0 3 0 5 15 .114 .204 .205 .409 2 32 32
Jim Moore 27 34 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .056 .000 .056 0 33 33
Bill Norman 20 25 60 56 6 9 2 0 0 5 0 4 10 .161 .217 .196 .413 2 24 24
Carl Reynolds 28 123 506 476 68 133 24 14 6 74 17 24 27 .279 .322 .426 .749 64 118 118
*Mel Simons 30 71 207 195 23 52 9 0 0 12 1 12 18 .267 .309 .313 .622 19 68 68
*Billy Sullivan 20 96 394 373 46 98 16 5 2 31 4 20 15 .263 .302 .349 .651 39 92 92
*Bennie Tate 29 93 305 280 25 71 12 3 0 21 1 25 10 .254 .315 .318 .633 28 89 89
Tommy Thomas 31 45 94 91 9 22 2 0 0 10 0 3 16 .242 .266 .264 .530 6 43 43
*Johnny Watwood 25 134 438 380 49 105 16 6 1 45 9 57 31 .276 .372 .358 .730 50 128 128
Biggs Wehde 24 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
*Bob Weiland 25 16 29 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 .174 .345 .174 .519 1 15 15
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
Luke Appling 24 2 356 102 356 323 38 77 15 4 1 30 11 2 29 27 .238 .303 .319 .622 67 103 1 3
#Lu Blue 34 11 6763 1502 6763 5530 1100 1603 298 107 44 652 134 79 1028 415 .290 .405 .406 .811 111 2247 40 165
Grant Bowler 23 1 11 13 11 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .200 .382 3 2 0 0
#Garland Braxton 31 9 298 277 298 256 15 40 5 0 0 14 0 0 21 76 .156 .229 .176 .404 7 45 3 18
*Bruce Campbell 21 2 29 9 29 27 8 12 3 1 2 10 0 0 1 6 .444 .483 .852 1.335 246 23 1 0
*Pat Caraway 25 2 152 90 152 136 16 25 7 2 0 16 0 0 5 24 .184 .213 .265 .477 25 36 0 11
Bill Cissell 27 4 2187 527 2187 2032 273 530 90 29 9 216 77 38 101 152 .261 .298 .347 .645 68 705 8 46
Ike Eichrodt 28 4 556 171 556 516 51 121 34 5 0 51 3 3 21 51 .234 .264 .320 .584 52 165 0 19
#Red Faber 42 18 1501 592 1501 1233 98 166 20 2 3 69 7 0 161 466 .135 .239 .161 .400 10 199 8 99
Lew Fonseca 32 10 3619 896 3619 3308 510 1058 200 50 29 464 63 36 178 186 .320 .359 .437 .796 105 1445 23 110
Bob Fothergill 33 10 3169 962 3169 2891 416 951 200 51 29 527 38 48 173 163 .329 .371 .464 .834 116 1340 19 86
Vic Frazier 26 1 96 46 96 86 10 18 2 0 0 10 0 0 7 14 .209 .269 .233 .501 36 20 0 3
Lou Garland 25 1 3 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Hank Garrity 23 1 15 8 15 14 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .214 .267 .286 .552 49 4 0 0
Frank Grube 26 1 290 88 290 265 29 58 13 2 1 24 2 2 22 22 .219 .284 .294 .578 56 78 2 1
Butch Henline 36 11 2382 740 2382 2101 258 611 96 21 40 268 18 10 192 156 .291 .361 .414 .774 97 869 38 51
Irv Jeffries 25 2 351 119 351 320 43 73 13 0 4 27 4 2 17 11 .228 .271 .306 .578 53 98 2 12
*Smead Jolley 29 2 770 206 770 726 81 226 49 12 19 142 3 1 35 56 .311 .347 .490 .838 114 356 5 4
Willie Kamm 31 9 5328 1285 5328 4476 613 1257 274 71 25 653 107 76 633 303 .281 .372 .391 .763 99 1748 18 201
John Kerr 32 5 1325 361 1325 1182 145 316 49 12 6 118 22 13 91 74 .267 .323 .344 .668 75 407 7 45
#Ted Lyons 30 9 808 363 808 730 82 172 22 7 2 63 0 0 30 97 .236 .268 .293 .561 46 214 2 46
*Hal McKain 24 4 144 101 144 121 19 28 4 5 0 10 0 0 18 28 .231 .336 .347 .683 79 42 1 4
Jim Moore 27 4 37 45 37 34 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .118 .143 .176 .319 -17 6 0 2
Bill Norman 20 1 59 24 59 55 7 10 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 10 .182 .237 .218 .455 23 12 0 0
Carl Reynolds 28 5 2024 485 2024 1875 311 603 97 55 42 291 68 24 86 122 .322 .359 .499 .858 122 936 23 40
*Mel Simons 30 1 208 68 208 189 24 52 9 0 0 12 1 1 12 17 .275 .318 .323 .641 73 61 0 7
*Billy Sullivan 20 1 392 92 392 363 48 100 16 5 2 33 4 4 20 14 .275 .315 .364 .679 83 132 1 8
*Bennie Tate 29 8 1381 470 1381 1253 121 364 56 11 2 147 5 14 96 42 .291 .341 .358 .699 83 448 1 31
Tommy Thomas 31 6 587 234 587 518 40 104 13 1 3 50 0 1 30 107 .201 .245 .247 .492 29 128 0 39
*Johnny Watwood 25 3 1238 346 1238 1072 159 317 53 16 5 126 20 13 130 86 .296 .374 .389 .763 100 417 5 31
Biggs Wehde 24 2 4 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Bob Weiland 25 4 61 45 61 51 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 16 .137 .267 .137 .404 9 7 1 1
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

1930 / 1932 Batting Statistics