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1931 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1930 / 1932

56-97, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Donie Bush (56-97)
Scored 704 runs, Allowed 939 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-96

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · 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 - 93, Pitching - 97


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1930 / 1932 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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# 34 155 726 589 119 179 23 15 1 62 13 3 127 60 .304 .430 .399 .829 125 235 3 6
3 2B John Kerr 32 128 490 444 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 32 121 509 465 65 139 26 5 2 71 4 4 32 22 .299 .348 .389 .737 98 181 3 8
8 OF Carl Reynolds 28 118 494 462 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 96 331 297 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 52 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 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
19 OF Bruce Campbell* 21 4 17 17 4 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 4 .412 .444 .882 1.327 250 15 1 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 2 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Vic Frazier 26 13 15 .464 4.46 46 29 8 13 2 4 254.0 258 156 126 11 127 87 5 0 2 1143 95 1.516 9.1 0.4 4.5 3.1 0.69
2 SP Tommy Thomas 31 10 14 .417 4.73 43 36 5 11 2 2 245.1 298 166 129 17 69 72 5 1 4 1105 90 1.496 10.9 0.6 2.5 2.6 1.04
3 SP Pat Caraway* 25 10 24 .294 6.22 51 32 12 11 1 2 220.0 268 177 152 17 101 55 7 1 4 1035 68 1.677 11.0 0.7 4.1 2.3 0.54
4 SP Ted Lyons 30 4 6 .400 4.01 22 12 8 7 0 0 101.0 117 50 45 6 33 16 0 1 1 435 106 1.485 10.4 0.5 2.9 1.4 0.48
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 RP Red Faber 42 10 14 .417 3.82 44 19 14 5 1 1 184.0 210 96 78 11 57 49 3 0 0 807 112 1.451 10.3 0.5 2.8 2.4 0.86
6 RP Hal McKain 24 6 9 .400 5.71 27 8 14 3 0 0 112.0 134 82 71 10 57 39 3 0 1 522 75 1.705 10.8 0.8 4.6 3.1 0.68
7 RP Jim Moore 27 0 2 .000 4.95 33 4 16 0 0 0 83.2 93 52 46 3 27 15 1 0 2 367 86 1.434 10.0 0.3 2.9 1.6 0.56
8 RP Garland Braxton* 31 0 3 .000 6.85 17 3 9 0 0 1 47.1 71 43 36 1 23 28 2 0 1 240 63 1.986 13.5 0.2 4.4 5.3 1.22
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Bob Weiland* 25 2 7 .222 5.16 15 8 0 3 0 0 75.0 75 55 43 3 46 38 4 1 1 351 83 1.613 9.0 0.4 5.5 4.6 0.83
10 Grant Bowler 23 0 1 .000 5.35 13 3 7 1 0 0 35.1 40 26 21 1 24 15 0 1 2 165 80 1.811 10.2 0.3 6.1 3.8 0.63
11 Lou Garland 25 0 2 .000 10.26 7 2 3 0 0 0 16.2 30 24 19 2 14 4 1 0 1 92 42 2.640 16.2 1.1 7.6 2.2 0.29
12 Biggs Wehde 24 1 0 1.000 6.75 8 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 19 12 12 0 10 3 2 0 1 70 64 1.813 10.7 0.0 5.6 1.7 0.30
Team Totals 29.0 56 97 .366 5.04 156 156 102 54 6 10 1390.1 1613 939 778 82 588 421 33 5 20 6332 85 1.583 10.4 0.5 3.8 2.7 0.72
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 8 3 4 3 7 8 8 7 7 7
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Luke Appling 24 77 72 70 427 151 233 43 37 .899 4.99 SS-2B
Lu Blue 34 155 154 149 1549 1452 81 16 105 .990 9.89 1B
Grant Bowler 23 13 3 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0.38 P
Garland Braxton 31 17 3 0 16 4 11 1 0 .938 0.88 P
Bruce Campbell 21 4 4 4 10 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25 OF
Pat Caraway 25 51 32 11 52 11 40 1 0 .981 1.00 P
Bill Cissell 27 107 104 98 556 225 302 29 58 .948 4.93 SS-2B-3B
Ike Eichrodt 28 32 27 25 70 70 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 OF
Red Faber 42 44 19 5 42 6 33 3 0 .929 0.89 P
Lew Fonseca 32 115 115 95 294 234 53 7 10 .976 2.41 OF-2B-1B-3B
Bob Fothergill 33 74 65 52 176 169 2 5 0 .972 2.31 OF
Vic Frazier 26 46 29 13 62 6 50 6 2 .903 1.22 P
Lou Garland 25 7 2 0 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.14 P
Hank Garrity 23 7 3 3 17 11 5 1 0 .941 2.29 1 3 4 57% 42% C
Frank Grube 26 80 73 63 305 248 50 7 3 .977 3.68 2 55 21 28% 42% C
Butch Henline 36 4 3 1 18 14 2 2 0 .889 4.00 2 3 0 0% 42% C
Irv Jeffries 25 72 56 50 227 83 130 14 10 .938 2.92 3B-2B-SS-OF
Smead Jolley 29 23 21 13 35 29 1 5 1 .857 1.30 OF
Willie Kamm 31 18 17 15 65 29 32 4 4 .938 3.39 3B
John Kerr 32 123 117 110 715 307 383 25 79 .965 5.52 2B-3B-SS
Ted Lyons 30 22 12 7 23 4 18 1 3 .957 1.00 P
Hal McKain 24 27 8 3 38 5 31 2 0 .947 1.33 P
Jim Moore 27 33 4 0 30 2 25 3 1 .900 0.82 P
Bill Norman 20 17 10 9 45 41 1 3 0 .933 2.47 OF
Carl Reynolds 28 109 109 94 256 233 10 13 3 .949 2.23 OF
Mel Simons 30 59 43 40 121 112 3 6 0 .950 1.95 OF
Billy Sullivan 20 85 84 77 280 104 152 24 10 .914 2.98 3B-OF-1B
Bennie Tate 29 85 77 70 384 310 69 5 11 .987 4.46 4 52 34 40% 42% C
Tommy Thomas 31 43 36 11 56 8 47 1 3 .982 1.28 P
Johnny Watwood 25 105 94 87 307 277 14 16 3 .948 2.75 OF-1B
Biggs Wehde 24 8 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.88 P
Bob Weiland 25 15 8 3 20 2 18 0 0 1.000 1.33 P
Team Totals 28.5 156 1404 1179 6218 4160 1812 246 343 .960 3.54 9 113 59 34% 42%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 6 8
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Luke Appling 24 96 331 -14 2 0 -12 5 -19 -1.8 10 -9 -0.7 .481 .489 0.4 -0.6 3 Purchased 6/4
Lu Blue# 34 155 726 31 2 0 -2 -7 24 2.3 23 47 4.5 .515 .514 4.7 -0.8 49 Purchased *3
Grant Bowler 23 13 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
Garland Braxton# 31 17 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 Traded 1
Bruce Campbell* 21 4 17 3 0 0 0 -0 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .565 .502 0.3 -0.0 3 /7O
Pat Caraway* 25 52 82 -9 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 3 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 1
Bill Cissell 27 109 433 -31 2 0 -11 6 -34 -3.2 14 -21 -1.9 .470 .480 -0.9 -0.4 -10 Traded 64/5
Ike Eichrodt 28 34 123 -12 0 0 0 -1 -12 -1.2 4 -8 -0.8 .465 .493 -0.8 -0.1 -8 Rule 5 Draft O8/79
Red Faber# 42 44 64 -11 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 Purchased 1
Lew Fonseca 32 121 509 1 -0 0 -3 -4 -6 -0.5 16 10 1.0 .495 .496 1.3 -0.6 13 Traded O749/35
Bob Fothergill 33 108 333 -6 0 0 2 -4 -7 -0.7 10 3 0.4 .494 .496 0.2 -0.1 1 Waivers O79
Vic Frazier 26 46 96 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 5 1
Lou Garland 25 7 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .492 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 /1
Hank Garrity 23 8 15 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 /2
Frank Grube 26 88 290 -16 0 0 0 2 -14 -1.3 9 -5 -0.3 .485 .492 -0.4 0.3 -5 2
Butch Henline 36 11 17 -3 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .470 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 /2
Irv Jeffries 25 79 243 -15 1 0 -1 2 -13 -1.2 8 -5 -0.4 .485 .492 -0.4 0.1 -4 5/468O
Smead Jolley* 29 54 119 4 0 0 -6 -1 -3 -0.3 4 0 0.1 .495 .498 0.6 -0.6 6 Purchased O9/7
Willie Kamm 31 18 67 -1 -0 0 -2 0 -3 -0.2 2 -1 0.0 .486 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 Traded 5
John Kerr 32 128 490 -13 1 0 -8 4 -15 -1.4 15 0 0.1 .489 .491 0.8 -0.3 8 Rule 5 Draft *4/56
Ted Lyons# 30 42 38 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 Free Agency 1
Hal McKain* 24 32 48 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 1
Jim Moore 27 33 17 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
Bill Norman 20 24 59 -6 -0 0 0 -0 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .472 .496 -0.5 -0.0 -5 O8/7
Carl Reynolds 28 118 494 4 2 0 -2 -5 -1 -0.1 15 14 1.4 .499 .499 1.6 -0.6 16 *O987
Mel Simons* 30 68 208 -7 0 0 -5 -2 -13 -1.2 6 -7 -0.6 .482 .492 -0.1 -0.6 -2 Traded O87
Billy Sullivan* 20 92 392 -8 -0 0 -4 2 -11 -1.0 12 1 0.2 .489 .494 0.6 -0.2 5 5/O93
Bennie Tate* 29 89 305 -6 0 0 2 2 -2 -0.1 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 0.6 0.5 6 Traded 2
Tommy Thomas 31 43 95 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 5 1
Johnny Watwood* 25 128 434 5 1 0 3 -3 6 0.6 14 20 2.0 .505 .504 1.6 0.1 17 Purchased O89/37
Biggs Wehde 24 8 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
Bob Weiland* 25 15 28 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 0.0 3 Unknown 1
Team Total 28.6 1884 6102 -146 11 0 -50 49 -135 -12.4 190 55 4.8 .493 .498 9.0 -4.2 105
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Grant Bowler 23 35.1 13 3 26 6.62 5.24 -0.30 0.00 102.1 5.66 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 1 .472 .498
Garland Braxton* 31 47.1 17 3 43 8.18 5.20 -0.34 0.00 98.8 5.47 -14 -1.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -8 .425 .492 Traded
Pat Caraway* 25 219.0 51 32 177 7.27 5.28 -0.34 0.00 96.3 5.41 -46 -4.1 1.0 -0.1 -2.2 -19 .420 .475
Red Faber 42 184.0 44 19 96 4.70 5.26 -0.32 0.00 97.3 5.43 14 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.9 37 .531 .508 Purchased
Vic Frazier 26 253.0 46 29 156 5.55 5.17 -0.31 0.00 97.2 5.33 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.4 24 .485 .496
Lou Garland 25 16.2 7 2 24 12.96 5.10 -0.37 0.00 98.7 5.40 -14 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -12 .338 .493
Ted Lyons 30 101.0 22 12 50 4.46 5.26 -0.32 0.00 96.2 5.38 10 1.0 1.0 -0.0 1.8 23 .543 .506 Free Agency
Hal McKain 24 112.0 27 8 82 6.59 5.47 -0.32 0.00 97.9 5.67 -12 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 2 .459 .493
Jim Moore 27 83.2 33 4 52 5.59 5.40 -0.33 0.00 97.5 5.58 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.7 10 .498 .500
Tommy Thomas 31 245.1 43 36 166 6.09 5.12 -0.33 0.00 97.6 5.32 -22 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 0.0 9 .453 .488
Biggs Wehde 24 15.0 8 0 12 7.20 6.07 -0.33 0.00 89.4 5.72 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .471 .499
Bob Weiland* 25 75.0 15 8 55 6.60 5.28 -0.30 0.00 98.2 5.48 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .442 .495 Unknown
Team Total 29.0 1387.1 326 156 939 6.09 5.25 -0.32 0.00 97.3 5.43 -110 -9.5 1.0 -0.6 2.1 65 .471 .495
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1930 / 1932 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics