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1946 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Mike Tresh 32 80 261 217 28 47 5 2 0 21 0 2 36 24 .217 .336 .258 .594 70 56 5 3 5
2 1B Hal Trosky* 33 88 334 299 22 76 12 3 2 31 4 3 34 37 .254 .330 .334 .665 89 100 11 0 1
3 2B Don Kolloway 27 123 500 482 45 135 23 4 3 53 14 6 9 29 .280 .293 .363 .656 86 175 5 0 9
4 SS Luke Appling 39 149 659 582 59 180 27 5 1 55 6 4 71 41 .309 .384 .378 .762 117 220 15 0 6
5 3B Dario Lodigiani 30 44 176 155 12 38 8 0 0 13 4 0 16 14 .245 .324 .297 .620 77 46 2 2 3
6 OF Taffy Wright* 34 115 467 422 46 116 19 4 7 52 10 3 42 17 .275 .342 .389 .731 107 164 17 1 2
7 OF Thurman Tucker* 28 121 497 438 62 126 20 3 1 36 9 10 54 45 .288 .367 .354 .721 105 155 2 1 4
8 OF Bob Kennedy 25 113 436 411 43 106 13 5 5 34 6 8 24 42 .258 .300 .350 .651 84 144 11 1 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
9 2B Cass Michaels 20 91 330 291 37 75 8 0 1 22 9 3 29 36 .258 .333 .296 .629 80 86 5 4 6
10 OF Ralph Hodgin* 31 87 282 258 32 65 10 1 0 25 0 1 19 6 .252 .308 .298 .607 73 77 10 2 3
11 OF Whitey Platt 25 84 268 247 28 62 8 5 3 32 1 7 17 34 .251 .307 .360 .667 89 89 9 3 1
12 1B Joe Kuhel* 40 64 263 238 24 65 9 3 4 20 4 4 21 24 .273 .335 .387 .721 104 92 7 1 3
13 C Frankie Hayes 31 53 211 179 15 38 6 0 2 16 1 1 29 33 .212 .322 .279 .601 72 50 7 0 3
14 OF Wally Moses* 35 56 187 168 20 46 9 1 4 16 2 2 17 20 .274 .344 .411 .755 114 69 3 1 1
15 3B Leo Wells 28 45 142 127 11 24 4 1 1 11 3 4 12 34 .189 .259 .260 .519 48 33 3 0 3
16 C George Dickey# 30 37 91 78 8 15 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 13 .192 .300 .205 .505 45 16 2 0 1
17 1B Jake Jones 25 24 82 79 10 21 5 1 3 13 0 0 2 13 .266 .284 .468 .752 111 37 3 0 1
18 OF Dave Philley# 26 17 73 68 10 24 2 3 0 17 5 0 4 4 .353 .389 .471 .859 143 32 1 0 1
19 OF Guy Curtright 33 23 67 55 7 11 2 0 0 5 0 1 11 14 .200 .333 .236 .570 64 13 3 0 1
20 C Ed Fernandes# 28 14 40 32 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 7 .250 .400 .313 .713 104 10 1 0 0
21 3B Floyd Baker* 29 9 28 24 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .250 .308 .292 .599 71 7 0 0 2
22 IF Frank Whitman 21 17 19 16 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 .063 .211 .063 .273 -20 1 0 1 0
23 C Tom Jordan 26 10 15 15 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .533 .800 123 8 3 0 0
24 OF Joe Smaza* 22 2 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 1 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
25 P Eddie Lopat* 28 30 97 87 10 22 2 1 0 10 0 0 8 7 .253 .316 .299 .615 75 26 2 0 2
26 P Orval Grove 26 33 73 65 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 27 .108 .171 .138 .310 -11 9 2 0 3
27 P Joe Haynes 28 32 61 57 4 14 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 10 .246 .259 .316 .574 63 18 1 0 3
28 P Eddie Smith# 32 24 48 45 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .178 .229 .200 .429 23 9 0 0 0
29 P Frank Papish 28 31 47 43 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .186 .205 .209 .414 18 9 1 0 3
30 P Johnny Rigney 31 15 30 26 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .154 .154 .192 .346 -2 5 0 0 4
31 P Earl Caldwell 41 39 25 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 .167 .348 .167 .514 49 3 0 0 2
32 P Ralph Hamner 29 25 21 18 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .167 .211 .222 .433 23 4 1 0 2
33 P Bill Dietrich 36 11 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .053 .053 .053 .105 -70 1 0 0 0
34 P Ted Lyons# 45 5 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .067 .000 .067 -80 0 0 0 1
35 P Al Hollingsworth* 38 21 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 -77 0 1 0 2
36 P Thornton Lee* 39 7 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .267 .533 52 4 1 0 0
37 P Gordon Maltzberger 33 19 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -25 0 0 0 0
38 P Emmett O'Neill 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
39 P Len Perme* 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.5 155 5909 5312 562 1364 206 44 37 515 78 64 499 602 .257 .323 .333 .656 86 1769 134 20 78
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 6 4 8 7 8 1 1 6 7 4 5 8 7 7 3 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 Eddie Lopat* 28 13 13 .500 2.73 29 29 0 20 2 0 231.0 216 80 70 18 48 89 1 1 1 934 125 1.143 8.4 0.7 1.9 3.5 1.85
2 SP Orval Grove 26 8 13 .381 3.02 33 26 4 10 1 0 205.1 213 96 69 10 78 60 3 0 10 881 113 1.417 9.3 0.4 3.4 2.6 0.77
3 SP Joe Haynes 28 7 9 .438 3.76 32 23 6 9 0 2 177.1 203 80 74 14 60 60 4 0 1 774 91 1.483 10.3 0.7 3.0 3.0 1.00
4 SP Eddie Smith* 32 8 11 .421 2.85 24 21 3 3 1 1 145.1 135 71 46 9 60 59 4 0 6 627 120 1.342 8.4 0.6 3.7 3.7 0.98
5 SP Johnny Rigney 31 5 5 .500 4.03 15 11 2 3 2 0 82.2 76 37 37 6 35 51 2 0 1 357 85 1.343 8.3 0.7 3.8 5.6 1.46
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
6 CL Earl Caldwell 41 13 4 .765 2.08 39 0 37 0 0 8 90.2 60 28 21 2 29 42 1 0 5 359 164 0.982 6.0 0.2 2.9 4.2 1.45
7 RP Frank Papish* 28 7 5 .583 2.74 31 15 7 6 2 0 138.0 122 52 42 7 63 66 1 0 2 573 124 1.341 8.0 0.5 4.1 4.3 1.05
8 RP Ralph Hamner 29 2 7 .222 4.42 25 7 9 1 0 1 71.1 80 47 35 2 39 29 5 0 2 337 77 1.668 10.1 0.3 4.9 3.7 0.74
9 RP Al Hollingsworth* 38 3 2 .600 4.58 21 2 11 0 0 1 55.0 63 29 28 2 22 22 0 0 2 247 75 1.545 10.3 0.3 3.6 3.6 1.00
10 RP Gordon Maltzberger 33 2 0 1.000 1.59 19 0 10 0 0 2 39.2 30 7 7 3 6 17 1 0 1 154 216 0.908 6.8 0.7 1.4 3.9 2.83
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
11 Bill Dietrich 36 3 3 .500 2.61 11 9 1 3 0 1 62.0 63 21 18 4 24 20 0 0 0 266 131 1.403 9.1 0.6 3.5 2.9 0.83
12 Thornton Lee* 39 2 4 .333 3.53 7 7 0 2 0 0 43.1 39 24 17 1 23 23 1 0 2 187 97 1.431 8.1 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00
13 Ted Lyons 45 1 4 .200 2.32 5 5 0 5 0 0 42.2 38 17 11 2 9 10 0 0 0 174 148 1.102 8.0 0.4 1.9 2.1 1.11
14 Len Perme* 28 0 0 8.31 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 0 7 2 0 0 0 26 45 3.000 12.5 0.0 14.5 4.2 0.29
15 Emmett O'Neill 28 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 18 2.455 9.8 0.0 12.3 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 31.0 74 80 .481 3.10 155 155 93 62 8 16 1392.1 1348 595 479 80 508 550 23 1 33 5914 110 1.333 8.7 0.5 3.3 3.6 1.08
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 1 7 7 3 4 4 4 2 3 3 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% PO Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 39 149 149 142 796 252 505 39 99 .951 5.08 SS
Floyd Baker 29 6 6 6 26 10 15 1 1 .962 4.17 3B
Earl Caldwell 41 39 0 0 24 5 19 0 0 1.000 0.62 P
Guy Curtright 33 15 15 13 32 30 2 0 1 1.000 2.13 OF
George Dickey 30 29 20 20 111 97 14 0 3 1.000 3.70 2 4 5 56% C
Bill Dietrich 36 11 9 3 19 2 17 0 2 1.000 1.73 P
Ed Fernandes 28 12 9 6 51 41 6 4 1 .922 3.92 1 6 3 33% C
Orval Grove 26 33 26 10 61 8 49 4 5 .934 1.73 P
Ralph Hamner 29 25 7 1 14 3 10 1 0 .929 0.52 P
Frankie Hayes 31 52 52 47 236 199 32 5 4 .979 4.44 7 23 16 41% C
Joe Haynes 28 32 23 9 43 4 39 0 1 1.000 1.34 P
Ralph Hodgin 31 57 56 56 119 114 3 2 0 .983 2.05 OF
Al Hollingsworth 38 21 2 0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Jake Jones 25 20 20 18 209 201 5 3 18 .986 10.30 1B
Tom Jordan 26 2 2 2 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 5 0 0% C
Bob Kennedy 25 104 100 100 279 176 87 16 7 .943 2.53 OF-3B
Don Kolloway 27 121 120 118 644 267 353 24 82 .963 5.12 2B-3B
Joe Kuhel 40 63 60 56 638 596 38 4 65 .994 10.06 1B
Thornton Lee 39 7 7 2 9 0 7 2 1 .778 1.00 P
Dario Lodigiani 30 44 44 43 138 41 88 9 4 .935 2.93 3B
Eddie Lopat 28 29 29 20 56 8 48 0 4 1.000 1.93 P
Ted Lyons 45 5 5 5 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.40 P
Gordon Maltzberger 33 19 0 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.26 P
Cass Michaels 20 84 80 79 470 213 235 22 62 .953 5.27 2B-3B-SS
Wally Moses 35 36 36 34 86 84 2 0 0 1.000 2.39 OF
Emmett O'Neill 28 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 .500 0.50 P
Frank Papish 28 31 15 6 37 11 23 3 2 .919 1.10 P
Len Perme 28 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Dave Philley 26 17 17 16 59 55 3 1 0 .983 3.41 OF
Whitey Platt 25 61 53 52 138 130 4 4 1 .971 2.20 OF
Johnny Rigney 31 15 11 3 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.87 P
Joe Smaza 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Eddie Smith 32 24 21 3 37 2 29 6 1 .838 1.29 P
Mike Tresh 32 79 72 61 380 330 48 2 13 .995 4.78 6 18 21 54% C
Hal Trosky 33 80 74 71 769 729 33 7 63 .991 9.53 1B
Thurman Tucker 28 110 107 101 290 276 11 3 1 .990 2.61 OF
Leo Wells 28 40 36 32 139 39 92 8 7 .942 3.28 3B-SS
Frank Whitman 21 8 4 3 36 20 14 2 2 .944 4.25 SS-2B-1B
Taffy Wright 34 107 107 102 224 217 5 2 0 .991 2.07 OF
Team Totals 30.7 155 1395 1241 6226 4176 1875 175 452 .972 3.79 16 56 45 45%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 2 6
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 39 659 15 -1 0 0 11 10 16 51 5.3 40 4.2 1.1 $ Purchased *6
Floyd Baker* 29 28 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /5
Earl Caldwell 41 25 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Guy Curtright 33 67 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Unknown O9/87
George Dickey# 30 91 -5 -1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Purchased 2
Bill Dietrich 36 19 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Waivers 1
Ed Fernandes# 28 40 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Orval Grove 26 73 -10 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
Ralph Hamner 29 21 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Frankie Hayes 31 211 -6 -1 0 0 -1 2 6 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Traded 2
Joe Haynes 28 61 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Ralph Hodgin* 31 282 -8 1 0 0 0 -3 8 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft O7/9
Al Hollingsworth* 38 15 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Jake Jones 25 82 1 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Purchased 3
Tom Jordan 26 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Bob Kennedy 25 436 -8 -1 0 0 2 -3 12 2 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent O758/9
Don Kolloway 27 500 -9 1 0 0 6 4 13 15 1.4 9 0.9 0.5 $ Traded 45
Joe Kuhel* 40 263 2 -1 0 0 0 -3 7 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Free Agency 3
Thornton Lee* 39 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Dario Lodigiani 30 176 -4 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 5
Eddie Lopat* 28 97 -3 0 0 0 0 6 3 6 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Ted Lyons# 45 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Gordon Maltzberger 33 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Cass Michaels 20 330 -7 1 0 0 -2 3 9 4 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 45/6
Wally Moses* 35 187 3 -1 0 0 1 -1 5 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ Traded O98
Emmett O'Neill 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Frank Papish 28 47 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Dave Philley# 26 73 4 2 0 0 2 -1 2 9 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $ Purchased O7/8
Whitey Platt 25 268 -4 -2 0 0 0 -2 7 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Waivers O789
Johnny Rigney 31 30 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Joe Smaza* 22 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O9
Eddie Smith# 32 48 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Mike Tresh 32 261 -7 0 0 0 3 3 7 6 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $ Traded 2
Hal Trosky* 33 334 -4 -1 0 0 -3 -4 9 -3 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $ Purchased 3
Thurman Tucker* 28 497 5 -1 0 0 2 -1 13 18 1.9 16 1.7 0.2 $ Purchased *8O
Leo Wells 28 142 -9 -1 0 0 2 0 4 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 5/6
Frank Whitman 21 19 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Free Agency /634
Taffy Wright* 34 467 5 1 0 0 2 -5 13 16 1.6 14 1.5 0.1 $ Traded *O9/7
Team Total 30.5 5909 -85 -6 0 0 23 29 158 119 10.6 96 10.0 0.6 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Earl Caldwell 41 90.2 0 28 48 1 1.0 20 2.0 $
Bill Dietrich 36 62.0 9 21 33 1 1.0 12 1.2 $ Waivers
Orval Grove 26 205.1 26 96 109 2 1.0 13 0.9 $
Ralph Hamner 29 71.1 7 47 38 1 1.0 -9 -1.3 $
Joe Haynes 28 177.1 23 80 94 2 1.0 14 1.1 $ Purchased
Al Hollingsworth* 38 55.0 2 29 29 1 1.0 0 -0.1 $ Waivers
Thornton Lee* 39 43.1 7 24 23 1 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Traded
Eddie Lopat* 28 231.0 29 80 123 3 1.0 43 4.2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Ted Lyons 45 42.2 5 17 23 0 1.0 6 0.5 $ Free Agency
Gordon Maltzberger 33 39.2 0 7 21 0 1.0 14 1.5 $
Emmett O'Neill 28 3.2 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Waivers
Frank Papish* 28 138.0 15 52 73 2 1.0 21 2.0 $ Purchased
Len Perme* 28 4.1 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Johnny Rigney 31 82.2 11 37 44 1 1.0 7 0.5 $
Eddie Smith* 32 145.1 21 71 77 2 1.0 6 0.3 $ Waivers
Team Total 31.0 1392.1 155 595 739 17 1.0 144 12.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics