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1943 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944)
82-72, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 573 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (82-72)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 508,962 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1942 / 1944 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 Mike Tresh 29 86 321 279 20 60 3 0 0 20 2 1 37 20 .215 .307 .226 .533 57 63 7 0 5
2 1B Joe Kuhel* 37 153 617 531 55 113 21 1 5 46 14 8 76 45 .213 .319 .284 .604 77 151 8 7 3
3 2B Don Kolloway 24 85 360 348 29 75 14 4 1 33 11 7 9 30 .216 .235 .287 .523 53 100 7 0 3
4 SS Luke Appling 36 155 677 585 63 192 33 2 3 80 27 8 90 29 .328 .419 .407 .825 142 238 13 1 1
5 3B Ralph Hodgin* 28 117 435 407 52 128 22 8 1 50 3 5 20 24 .314 .356 .415 .771 125 169 8 6 2
6 OF Thurman Tucker* 25 139 616 528 81 124 15 6 3 39 29 17 79 72 .235 .336 .303 .639 87 160 5 1 8
7 OF Wally Moses* 32 150 656 599 82 147 22 12 3 48 56 14 55 47 .245 .310 .337 .647 89 202 9 1 1
8 OF Guy Curtright 30 138 572 488 67 142 20 7 3 48 13 12 69 60 .291 .382 .379 .761 123 185 11 3 12
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 2B Skeeter Webb 33 58 223 213 15 50 5 2 0 22 5 4 6 19 .235 .256 .277 .533 56 59 4 0 4
10 3B Jimmy Grant* 24 58 217 197 23 51 9 2 4 22 4 3 18 34 .259 .321 .386 .707 106 76 9 0 2
11 IF Dick Culler 28 53 167 148 9 32 5 1 0 11 4 5 16 11 .216 .297 .264 .560 64 39 4 1 2
12 C Tom Turner 26 51 167 154 16 37 7 1 2 11 1 0 13 21 .240 .299 .338 .637 86 52 7 0 0
13 3B Tony Cuccinello 35 34 118 103 5 28 5 0 2 11 3 1 13 13 .272 .353 .379 .732 114 39 2 0 2
14 C Vince Castino 25 33 113 101 14 23 1 0 2 16 0 0 12 11 .228 .310 .297 .607 78 30 3 0 0
15 OF Moose Solters 37 42 105 97 6 15 0 0 1 8 0 1 7 5 .155 .212 .186 .397 17 18 6 0 1
16 1B Don Hanski* 27 9 21 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 .238 .238 .286 .524 53 6 0 0 0
17 3B Cass Michaels 17 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
18 Frank Kalin 25 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 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
19 P Orval Grove 23 32 85 66 9 12 0 0 0 7 0 0 11 22 .182 .308 .182 .490 45 12 0 1 7
20 P Eddie Smith# 29 25 75 69 4 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 9 .159 .183 .217 .400 17 15 2 0 4
21 P Johnny Humphries 28 28 72 69 6 20 6 0 0 5 1 0 3 25 .290 .319 .377 .696 103 26 0 0 0
22 P Bill Dietrich 33 26 68 56 7 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 5 22 .143 .226 .214 .440 29 12 0 1 6
23 P Buck Ross 28 21 55 46 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 15 .087 .176 .174 .350 3 8 1 0 4
24 P Thornton Lee* 36 19 43 42 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 -58 3 0 0 1
25 P Joe Haynes 25 35 37 34 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 9 .265 .324 .265 .589 73 9 2 0 0
26 P Gordon Maltzberger 30 37 33 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 14 .120 .290 .120 .410 22 3 1 0 2
27 P Jake Wade* 31 21 31 27 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .148 .233 .185 .419 23 5 0 0 1
28 P Bill Swift 35 18 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 21 1 0 0 0
29 P Floyd Speer 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.3 155 5909 5254 573 1297 193 46 33 508 173 87 561 582 .247 .322 .320 .642 88 1681 110 22 72 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 6 6 7 4 7 1 1 5 3 5 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
Luke Appling 36 677 415 103 6.8 87 .342 .328 .256 .419 .330 .407 .353 .825 .684 142 .742 36.6 3.9 .841 .265 .079 5.4 *6
Vince Castino 25 113 81 9 3.0 87 .239 .228 .256 .310 .330 .297 .353 .607 .684 78 .398 -2.9 -0.3 .519 .188 .069 .0 2
Tony Cuccinello 35 118 80 14 4.8 87 .295 .272 .256 .353 .330 .379 .353 .732 .684 114 .603 2.1 0.2 .692 .252 .107 2.4 5
Dick Culler 28 167 127 11 2.4 87 .234 .216 .256 .297 .330 .264 .353 .560 .684 64 .295 -6.5 -0.7 .440 .149 .047 .0 54/6
Guy Curtright 30 572 381 69 4.9 87 .327 .291 .256 .382 .330 .379 .353 .761 .684 123 .618 16.6 1.8 .699 .232 .088 4.9 *O
Bill Dietrich 33 68 54 3 1.5 87 .212 .143 .256 .226 .330 .214 .353 .440 .684 29 .158 -5.2 -0.6 .375 .161 .071 .0 1
*Jimmy Grant 24 217 160 24 4.1 87 .296 .259 .256 .321 .330 .386 .353 .707 .684 106 .534 1.0 0.1 .601 .223 .127 4.0 5
Orval Grove 23 85 61 4 1.8 87 .273 .182 .256 .308 .330 .182 .353 .490 .684 45 .201 -4.2 -0.5 .444 .167 .000 1
*Don Hanski 27 21 17 1 1.6 87 .313 .238 .256 .238 .330 .286 .353 .524 .684 53 .172 -1.4 -0.1 .294 .000 .048 /31
Joe Haynes 25 37 27 3 3.0 87 .360 .265 .256 .324 .330 .265 .353 .589 .684 73 .398 -1.2 -0.1 .444 .088 .000 1
*Ralph Hodgin 28 435 294 57 5.3 87 .332 .314 .256 .356 .330 .415 .353 .771 .684 125 .647 11.3 1.2 .661 .145 .101 1.5 5O
Johnny Humphries 28 72 49 8 4.5 87 .455 .290 .256 .319 .330 .377 .353 .696 .684 103 .573 0.2 0.0 .612 .145 .087 .0 1
Frank Kalin 25 4 5 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .256 .000 .330 .000 .354 .000 .684 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Don Kolloway 24 360 290 23 2.2 87 .233 .216 .256 .235 .330 .287 .353 .523 .684 53 .262 -22.9 -2.6 .394 .109 .072 1.8 4
*Joe Kuhel 37 617 437 47 2.9 87 .225 .213 .256 .319 .330 .284 .353 .604 .684 77 .385 -12.8 -1.4 .553 .226 .072 7.4 *3
*Thornton Lee 36 43 40 0 0.0 87 .088 .071 .256 .071 .330 .071 .353 .143 .684 -58 .000 -8.5 -1.0 .077 .000 .000 1
Gordon Maltzberger 30 33 25 1 1.1 87 .273 .120 .256 .290 .330 .120 .353 .410 .684 22 .092 -2.2 -0.2 .391 .240 .000 1
Cass Michaels 17 8 8 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .256 .000 .330 .000 .353 .000 .684 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /5
*Wally Moses 32 656 476 67 3.8 87 .262 .245 .256 .310 .330 .337 .353 .647 .684 89 .505 -9.8 -1.1 .632 .254 .092 5.7 *O
Buck Ross 28 55 47 1 0.6 87 .100 .087 .256 .176 .330 .174 .353 .350 .684 3 .031 -5.9 -0.7 .302 .196 .087 .0 1
#Eddie Smith 29 75 64 3 1.3 87 .169 .159 .256 .183 .330 .217 .353 .400 .684 17 .120 -7.6 -0.9 .283 .087 .058 .0 1
Moose Solters 37 105 90 4 1.2 87 .154 .155 .256 .212 .330 .186 .353 .397 .684 17 .110 -10.6 -1.2 .270 .093 .031 .0 O
Floyd Speer 30 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Bill Swift 35 13 9 0 0.0 87 .143 .100 .256 .308 .330 .100 .353 .408 .684 21 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .444 .300 .000 1
Mike Tresh 29 321 232 19 2.2 87 .232 .215 .256 .307 .330 .226 .353 .533 .684 57 .274 -14.2 -1.6 .445 .147 .011 .0 2
*Thurman Tucker 25 616 434 54 3.4 87 .267 .235 .256 .336 .330 .303 .353 .639 .684 87 .449 -6.5 -0.7 .592 .241 .068 5.4 *O
Tom Turner 26 167 124 16 3.5 87 .267 .240 .256 .299 .330 .338 .353 .637 .684 86 .465 -3.1 -0.3 .532 .188 .097 1.3 2
*Jake Wade 31 31 24 1 1.1 87 .222 .148 .256 .233 .330 .185 .353 .419 .684 23 .099 -2.6 -0.3 .348 .148 .037 1
Skeeter Webb 33 223 175 15 2.3 87 .258 .235 .256 .256 .330 .277 .353 .533 .684 56 .292 -13.0 -1.4 .386 .075 .042 .0 4
League Average 3.8 87 .269 .249 .256 .321 .331 .340 .354 .661 .684 93 .495 .575 .199 .091
Team Total 5909 4226 557 3.6 87 .272 .247 .256 .322 .330 .320 .353 .642 .684 88 .475 -76.9 -8.9 .566 .196 .073 55.4
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 36 163 743 637 76 224 38 2 4 96 32 105 31 .352 .444 .436 .881 123 155 155
Vince Castino 25 35 123 109 17 27 1 0 2 20 0 14 12 .248 .333 .312 .645 12 33 33
Tony Cuccinello 35 49 152 133 6 34 6 0 2 16 4 19 15 .256 .349 .346 .695 17 47 47
Dick Culler 28 56 176 157 11 35 5 1 0 13 4 18 12 .223 .307 .268 .574 13 53 53
Guy Curtright 30 145 605 524 80 160 23 8 3 57 15 78 63 .305 .398 .397 .795 82 138 138
Bill Dietrich 33 27 66 59 9 9 1 0 1 7 0 6 23 .153 .242 .220 .463 3 26 26
*Jimmy Grant 24 77 260 235 31 61 12 2 5 28 5 25 43 .260 .331 .391 .722 31 73 73
Orval Grove 23 34 83 70 11 13 0 0 0 8 0 12 23 .186 .313 .186 .499 4 32 32
*Don Hanski 27 9 22 22 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 9 9
Joe Haynes 25 37 39 36 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 3 9 .278 .333 .278 .611 3 35 35
*Ralph Hodgin 28 123 465 436 62 143 25 9 1 60 3 22 25 .328 .370 .433 .803 68 117 117
Johnny Humphries 28 29 80 76 7 24 7 0 0 6 1 4 26 .316 .350 .408 .758 11 28 28
Frank Kalin 25 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Don Kolloway 24 89 381 371 35 84 16 4 1 39 12 10 32 .226 .247 .299 .546 27 85 85
*Joe Kuhel 37 161 664 569 66 129 24 1 6 55 16 87 47 .227 .337 .304 .641 57 153 153
*Thornton Lee 36 20 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19 19
Gordon Maltzberger 30 39 32 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 15 .115 .281 .115 .397 1 37 37
Cass Michaels 17 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Wally Moses 32 158 715 649 98 174 26 14 4 57 66 65 49 .268 .336 .370 .705 80 150 150
Buck Ross 28 22 55 49 1 5 1 0 1 6 0 6 16 .102 .200 .184 .384 2 21 21
#Eddie Smith 29 26 75 73 5 12 1 0 1 9 0 2 9 .164 .187 .219 .406 3 25 25
Moose Solters 37 44 109 102 7 16 0 0 1 9 0 7 5 .157 .211 .186 .397 4 42 42
Bill Swift 35 19 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .214 .000 .214 0 18 18
Mike Tresh 29 90 340 298 24 68 3 0 0 24 2 42 21 .228 .324 .238 .562 23 86 86
*Thurman Tucker 25 146 657 566 96 141 17 7 3 46 33 90 76 .249 .353 .320 .673 64 139 139
Tom Turner 26 54 180 165 19 42 8 1 2 13 1 15 22 .255 .317 .352 .668 19 51 51
*Jake Wade 31 22 31 28 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 9 .143 .226 .179 .404 1 21 21
Skeeter Webb 33 61 234 227 18 56 6 2 0 27 6 7 20 .247 .269 .291 .560 18 58 58
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 36 14 7585 1785 7585 6597 1025 2060 342 84 30 884 145 82 928 385 .312 .398 .403 .801 111 2660 52 10 50
Vince Castino 25 1 113 33 113 101 14 23 1 0 2 16 0 0 12 11 .228 .310 .297 .607 78 30 3 0 0
Tony Cuccinello 35 13 6288 1548 6288 5652 675 1571 306 43 92 818 36 1 526 462 .278 .341 .396 .737 103 2239 110 17 93
Dick Culler 28 2 207 62 207 186 12 41 5 1 0 12 4 5 17 14 .220 .289 .258 .547 55 48 4 1 3
Guy Curtright 30 1 572 138 572 488 67 142 20 7 3 48 13 12 69 60 .291 .382 .379 .761 123 185 11 3 12
Bill Dietrich 33 11 560 288 560 477 45 77 12 2 4 38 0 0 49 182 .161 .242 .220 .463 22 105 3 2 32 0 0
*Jimmy Grant 24 2 284 85 284 255 26 60 12 3 4 24 4 3 27 47 .235 .309 .353 .661 93 90 9 0 2
Orval Grove 23 4 113 49 113 91 11 17 0 0 1 8 0 0 11 28 .187 .282 .220 .501 46 20 0 1 10
*Don Hanski 27 1 21 9 21 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 .238 .238 .286 .524 53 6 0 0 0
Joe Haynes 25 5 171 132 171 159 18 33 1 0 0 13 0 0 8 36 .208 .246 .214 .459 26 34 3 0 4
*Ralph Hodgin 28 2 486 149 486 455 56 138 23 8 1 54 3 5 23 28 .303 .345 .396 .741 115 180 11 6 2
Johnny Humphries 28 6 232 149 232 214 19 43 16 1 0 14 1 0 10 90 .201 .240 .285 .525 46 61 3 1 7
Frank Kalin 25 2 9 7 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 2 0 0
Don Kolloway 24 4 1335 313 1335 1269 139 324 63 11 7 120 39 25 45 84 .255 .284 .339 .622 74 430 29 5 16
*Joe Kuhel 37 14 7592 1742 7592 6672 1047 1848 348 88 121 901 153 75 807 512 .277 .358 .410 .768 101 2735 48 35 78
*Thornton Lee 36 11 700 292 700 660 54 138 23 4 4 54 0 0 20 167 .209 .233 .274 .508 31 181 10 1 19
Gordon Maltzberger 30 1 33 37 33 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 14 .120 .290 .120 .410 22 3 1 0 2
Cass Michaels 17 1 8 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
*Wally Moses 32 9 5312 1196 5312 4756 749 1438 283 71 71 451 127 57 509 287 .302 .371 .437 .807 112 2076 28 10 37
Buck Ross 28 8 461 204 461 411 23 65 11 0 3 26 0 0 20 135 .158 .201 .207 .408 7 85 7 2 28
#Eddie Smith 29 8 535 237 535 474 32 90 17 2 1 26 2 0 33 94 .190 .243 .241 .483 29 114 7 0 28 0 0
Moose Solters 37 9 3675 938 3675 3421 503 990 213 42 83 599 42 23 221 377 .289 .334 .449 .783 97 1536 27 9 24
Floyd Speer 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Swift 35 11 624 336 624 591 43 134 27 3 3 54 0 0 19 113 .227 .253 .298 .551 49 176 20 2 12
Mike Tresh 29 6 2026 537 2026 1763 193 445 43 9 1 172 11 13 224 145 .252 .338 .289 .627 68 509 46 5 34
*Thurman Tucker 25 2 640 146 640 552 83 127 15 7 3 40 29 17 79 76 .230 .328 .299 .626 83 165 5 1 8
Tom Turner 26 4 609 182 609 558 52 131 22 4 5 46 4 1 44 63 .235 .292 .315 .607 68 176 16 1 6
*Jake Wade 31 6 195 133 195 182 10 28 2 0 0 6 0 0 11 75 .154 .202 .165 .367 -4 30 0 0 2
Skeeter Webb 33 7 1139 305 1139 1052 99 248 36 6 3 89 12 13 66 105 .236 .282 .290 .572 53 305 14 2 19
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

1942 / 1944 Batting Statistics