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1946 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947

74-80, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (10-20) and Ted Lyons (64-60)
Scored 562 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 983,403 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97


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1945 / 1947 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Luke Appling HOF 39 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 16 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 All-Star
Floyd Baker 29 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 4 9 6 9 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Earl Caldwell 41 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 9, 1905 6 39 0 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Guy Curtright 33 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 18, 1912 4 23 15 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 15 8 0 -0.1
George Dickey 30 B R 6' 2" 180 Jul 10, 1915 5 37 20 37 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.2
Bill Dietrich 36 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1910 14 11 9 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Ed Fernandes 28 B R 5' 9" 185 Mar 11, 1918 2 14 9 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Orval Grove 26 R R 6' 3" 196 Aug 29, 1919 7 33 26 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Ralph Hamner 29 R R 6' 3" 165 Sep 12, 1916 1st 25 7 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Frankie Hayes 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 13 53 52 53 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Joe Haynes 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1917 8 32 23 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Ralph Hodgin 31 L R 5' 10" 167 Feb 10, 1915 4 87 56 87 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 8 57 30 0 -0.3
Al Hollingsworth 38 L L 6' 0" 174 Feb 25, 1908 11 21 2 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jake Jones 25 R R 6' 3" 197 Nov 23, 1920 3 24 20 24 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Tom Jordan 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 5, 1919 2 10 2 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.0
Bob Kennedy 25 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 5 113 100 113 104 0 0 0 0 29 0 57 14 4 75 9 1 0.1
Don Kolloway 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 5 123 120 123 121 0 0 0 90 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.4
Joe Kuhel 40 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 25, 1906 17 64 60 64 63 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.5
Thornton Lee 39 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 14 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Dario Lodigiani 30 R R 5' 8" 150 Jun 6, 1916 6 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Eddie Lopat 28 L L 5' 10" 185 Jun 21, 1918 3 30 29 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.7
Ted Lyons HOF 45 B R 5' 11" 200 Dec 28, 1900 21 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Gordon Maltzberger 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1912 3 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Cass Michaels 20 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 4, 1926 4 91 80 91 84 0 0 0 66 13 6 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.3
Wally Moses 35 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1910 12 56 36 56 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 25 36 20 0 0.7
Emmett O'Neill 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 13, 1918 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frank Papish 28 R L 6' 2" 192 Oct 21, 1917 2 31 15 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Len Perme 28 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 25, 1917 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Dave Philley 26 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 2 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 17 0 0 1.0
Whitey Platt 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 21, 1920 3 84 53 84 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 24 13 61 26 0 -0.2
Johnny Rigney 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 28, 1914 7 15 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Joe Smaza 22 L L 5' 11" 175 Jul 7, 1923 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 -0.1
Eddie Smith 32 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 9 24 21 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Mike Tresh 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 9 80 72 80 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5
Hal Trosky 33 L R 6' 2" 207 Nov 11, 1912 11 88 74 88 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.4
Thurman Tucker 28 L R 5' 10" 165 Sep 26, 1917 4 121 107 121 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 11 0 1.9
Leo Wells 28 R R 5' 9" 170 Jul 18, 1917 2 45 36 45 40 0 0 0 0 38 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.5
Frank Whitman 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 15, 1924 1st 17 4 17 8 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 -0.3
Taffy Wright 34 L R 5' 10" 180 Aug 10, 1911 6 115 107 115 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 99 107 8 0 1.6
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Joe Smaza

Thurman Tucker

Jake Jones

Luke Appling

Bob Kennedy

Taffy Wright

Cass Michaels
Hal Trosky

Floyd Baker
Ralph Hamner
Frankie Hayes

Wally Moses
Dave Philley

Guy Curtright

Joe Kuhel

Mike Tresh

Ted Lyons

Frank Papish

Bill Dietrich
Eddie Smith

George Dickey

Whitey Platt

Ralph Hodgin

Ed Fernandes

Ralph Hamner
Frankie Hayes
Tom Jordan

Ed Fernandes
Thornton Lee

Cass Michaels

Johnny Rigney

Len Perme
Frank Whitman

Joe Haynes

Bob Kennedy

Leo Wells

Gordon Maltzberger
Emmett O'Neill
Dave Philley

Dario Lodigiani

Orval Grove

Earl Caldwell

Don Kolloway

Eddie Lopat

Eddie Smith

Al Hollingsworth

1945 / 1947 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers