1947 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics

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1947 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948)
70-84, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 553 runs, Allowed 661 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
Manager: Ted Lyons (70-84)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 876,948 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99; one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99

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1946 / 1948 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	33	90	303	274	19	66	6	2	0	20	2	0	26	26	.241	.311	.277	.589	67	76	9	2	1
2	1B	Rudy York	33	102	437	400	40	97	18	4	15	64	1	0	36	55	.243	.305	.420	.725	104	168	12	0	1
3	2B	Don Kolloway	28	124	509	485	49	135	25	4	2	35	11	4	17	34	.278	.303	.359	.662	87	174	22	0	7
4	SS	Luke Appling	40	139	572	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	8	6	64	28	.306	.386	.412	.797	125	207	15	1	4
5	3B	Floyd Baker*	30	105	439	371	61	98	12	3	0	22	9	7	66	28	.264	.375	.313	.688	96	116	5	0	2
6	OF	Taffy Wright*	35	124	455	401	48	130	13	0	4	54	8	6	48	17	.324	.398	.387	.784	122	155	9	1	5
7	OF	Bob Kennedy	26	115	448	428	47	112	19	3	6	48	3	4	18	38	.262	.291	.362	.654	84	155	12	0	2
8	OF	Dave Philley#	27	143	592	551	55	142	25	11	2	45	21	16	35	39	.258	.303	.354	.657	85	195	14	1	5
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	IF	Cass Michaels	21	110	404	355	31	97	15	4	3	34	10	5	39	28	.273	.350	.363	.714	102	129	14	3	7
10	OF	Thurman Tucker*	29	89	293	254	28	60	9	4	1	17	10	4	38	25	.236	.336	.315	.651	85	80	0	0	1
11	C	George Dickey#	31	83	246	211	15	47	6	0	1	27	4	2	34	25	.223	.331	.265	.596	70	56	2	0	1
12	UT	Jack Wallaesa#	27	81	229	205	25	40	9	1	7	32	2	2	23	51	.195	.279	.351	.631	78	72	5	1	0
13	OF	Ralph Hodgin*	32	59	198	180	26	53	10	3	1	24	1	0	13	4	.294	.352	.400	.752	112	72	6	3	2
14	1B	Jake Jones	26	45	185	171	15	41	7	1	3	20	1	0	13	25	.240	.297	.345	.642	81	59	4	1	0
15	C	Joe Stephenson	26	16	38	35	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.143	.211	.143	.353	1	5	0	2	0
16	OF	Loyd Christopher	27	7	25	23	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	.217	.280	.304	.584	65	7	2	0	0
17		Joe Kuhel*	41	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
18	P	Ed Lopat*	29	35	104	96	5	19	3	0	0	11	0	0	4	6	.198	.230	.229	.459	30	22	2	0	4
19	P	Joe Haynes	29	29	66	65	7	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	7	.262	.262	.292	.554	56	19	1	0	1
20	P	Frank Papish	29	38	65	58	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.086	.102	.086	.188	-47	5	2	0	6
21	P	Orval Grove	27	25	54	48	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	16	.146	.226	.188	.414	18	9	1	0	1
22	P	Bob Gillespie	27	25	36	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.061	.139	.061	.199	-42	2	2	0	0
23	P	Thornton Lee*	40	21	31	29	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.207	.258	.207	.465	32	6	0	0	0
24	P	Earl Harrist	27	33	26	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.208	.208	.208	.417	18	5	0	0	2
25	P	Red Ruffing	42	14	25	24	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.208	.240	.208	.448	27	5	1	0	0
26	P	Johnny Rigney	32	11	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1
27	P	Pete Gebrian	23	27	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1
28	P	Gordon Maltzberger	34	33	10	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.143	.333	.286	.619	76	2	0	0	1
29	P	Earl Caldwell	42	40	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
30	P	Eddie Smith#	33	15	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	0
31	P	Hi Bithorn	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.1	155	5836	5274	553	1350	211	41	53	519	91	57	491	528	.256	.321	.342	.663	87	1802	142	15	56	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	7	5	5	8	7		1	2	8	8	5	6	7	7		6
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 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	40	572	374	79	5.6	93	.313	.306	.258	.386	.337	.412	.371	.797	.708	125	.634	19.7	2.0	.741	.237	.105	8.0	*6/5
*Floyd Baker	30	439	287	43	4.0	93	.286	.264	.258	.375	.337	.313	.371	.688	.708	96	.480	1.6	0.2	.646	.232	.049	.0	5/46
Hi Bithorn	31	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Earl Caldwell	42	8	8	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.258	.000	.337	.000	.371	.000	.708	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.000	.000		1
Loyd Christopher	27	25	21	2	2.5	93	.263	.217	.258	.280	.337	.304	.371	.584	.708	65	.288	-1.2	-0.1	.381	.130	.087		/O
#George Dickey	31	246	169	19	3.0	93	.249	.223	.258	.331	.337	.265	.371	.596	.708	70	.354	-7.1	-0.7	.548	.213	.043	1.6	2
Pete Gebrian	23	14	15	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.258	.000	.337	.000	.371	.000	.708	-100	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.000	.000	.000		1
Bob Gillespie	27	36	33	0	0.0	93	.095	.061	.258	.139	.337	.061	.371	.199	.708	-42	.000	-6.4	-0.7	.152	.091	.000		1
Orval Grove	27	54	43	2	1.2	93	.219	.146	.258	.226	.337	.188	.371	.414	.708	18	.098	-5.2	-0.6	.333	.146	.042		1
Earl Harrist	27	26	21	1	1.3	93	.313	.208	.258	.208	.337	.208	.371	.417	.708	18	.102	-2.7	-0.3	.263	.000	.000		1
Joe Haynes	29	66	50	5	2.7	93	.293	.262	.258	.262	.337	.292	.371	.554	.708	56	.307	-4.0	-0.4	.388	.031	.031		1
*Ralph Hodgin	32	198	135	25	4.9	93	.297	.294	.258	.352	.337	.400	.371	.752	.708	112	.577	2.8	0.3	.669	.183	.106	1.0	O
Jake Jones	26	185	134	17	3.4	93	.266	.240	.258	.297	.337	.345	.371	.642	.708	81	.405	-4.7	-0.5	.552	.187	.105	1.5	3
Bob Kennedy	26	448	334	44	3.5	93	.276	.262	.258	.291	.337	.362	.371	.654	.708	84	.422	-11.2	-1.2	.518	.140	.100	4.0	*O/5
Don Kolloway	28	509	383	53	3.7	93	.296	.278	.258	.303	.337	.359	.371	.662	.708	87	.444	-10.6	-1.1	.527	.130	.080	3.4	43/5
*Joe Kuhel	41	3	3	0	0.0	93		.000	.258	.000	.337	.000	.371	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
*Thornton Lee	40	31	23	2	2.3	93	.333	.207	.258	.258	.337	.207	.371	.465	.708	32	.255	-2.7	-0.3	.348	.069	.000		1
*Ed Lopat	29	104	83	5	1.6	93	.211	.198	.258	.230	.337	.229	.371	.459	.708	30	.149	-9.2	-1.0	.329	.073	.031		1
Gordon Maltzberger	34	10	7	1	3.8	93	.333	.143	.258	.333	.337	.286	.371	.619	.708	76	.459	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.429	.143		1
Cass Michaels	21	404	284	45	4.2	93	.290	.273	.258	.350	.337	.363	.371	.714	.708	102	.505	1.6	0.2	.635	.214	.090	4.6	45/6
Frank Papish	29	65	61	1	0.4	93	.116	.086	.258	.102	.337	.086	.371	.188	.708	-47	.016	-11.5	-1.2	.109	.017	.000		1
#Dave Philley	27	592	444	57	3.4	93	.275	.258	.258	.303	.337	.354	.371	.657	.708	85	.410	-12.9	-1.3	.538	.169	.096	3.7	*O/5
Johnny Rigney	32	15	16	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.258	.000	.337	.000	.371	.000	.708	-100	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.000	.000	.000		1
Red Ruffing	42	25	20	1	1.3	93	.238	.208	.258	.240	.337	.208	.371	.448	.708	27	.110	-2.4	-0.2	.300	.042	.000		/1
#Eddie Smith	33	6	5	0	0.0	93	.200	.167	.258	.167	.337	.167	.371	.333	.708	-6	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000		1
Joe Stephenson	26	38	30	1	0.9	93	.179	.143	.258	.211	.337	.143	.371	.353	.708	1	.056	-4.7	-0.5	.267	.029	.000		2
Mike Tresh	33	303	218	24	2.9	93	.266	.241	.258	.311	.337	.277	.371	.589	.708	67	.345	-11.7	-1.2	.488	.139	.036	.0	2
*Thurman Tucker	29	293	199	28	3.8	93	.259	.236	.258	.336	.337	.315	.371	.651	.708	85	.452	-4.3	-0.4	.626	.252	.079	1.8	O
#Jack Wallaesa	27	229	172	20	3.1	93	.224	.195	.258	.279	.337	.351	.371	.631	.708	78	.368	-6.8	-0.7	.558	.268	.156	3.1	6O/5
*Taffy Wright	35	455	291	61	5.6	93	.332	.324	.258	.398	.337	.387	.371	.784	.708	122	.631	14.0	1.4	.720	.187	.062	5.3	O
Rudy York	33	437	316	51	4.3	93	.248	.243	.258	.305	.337	.420	.371	.725	.708	104	.514	-0.2	-0.0	.651	.270	.178	1.9	3
League Average					4.1	97	.273	.255	.263	.332	.343	.364	.378	.696	.721	93	.495			.618	.222	.109
Team Total		5836	4179	587	3.7	93	.276	.256	.258	.321	.337	.342	.371	.663	.708	87	.451	-90.7	-9.5	.568	.185	.086	67.0
	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	40	144	604	532	77	170	32	0	9	57	9		71	29	.320	.401	.430	.831	91	139	139
*Floyd Baker	30	109	465	392	70	108	13	3	0	25	10		73	29	.276	.389	.324	.713	50	105	105
Earl Caldwell	42	42	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	40	40
Loyd Christopher	27	7	26	24	1	5	0	1	0	0	0		2	4	.208	.269	.292	.561	2	7	7
#George Dickey	31	86	261	223	17	53	7	0	1	31	5		38	26	.238	.349	.283	.631	22	83	83
Pete Gebrian	23	28	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	27	27
Bob Gillespie	27	26	37	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	12	.000	.081	.000	.081	0	25	25
Orval Grove	27	26	55	50	2	7	2	0	0	1	0		5	17	.140	.218	.180	.398	2	25	25
Earl Harrist	27	34	25	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	33	33
Joe Haynes	29	30	68	68	9	0	0	0	0	8	0		0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	29	29
*Ralph Hodgin	32	61	210	192	30	60	11	3	1	28	1		15	4	.313	.371	.417	.788	29	59	59
Jake Jones	26	160	661	600	70	144	22	4	20	103	6		57	88	.240	.310	.390	.700	72	154	154
Bob Kennedy	26	119	470	450	54	122	21	3	7	55	3		20	39	.271	.302	.378	.680	51	115	115
Don Kolloway	28	129	532	513	57	150	28	4	2	40	12		19	35	.292	.318	.374	.692	61	124	124
*Joe Kuhel	41	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
*Thornton Lee	40	22	33	31	0	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	11	.226	.273	.226	.499	2	21	21
*Ed Lopat	29	36	107	102	6	22	3	0	0	14	0		5	6	.216	.252	.245	.497	6	35	35
Gordon Maltzberger	34	34	9	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	4	.143	.333	.286	.619	1	33	33
Cass Michaels	21	114	422	376	36	108	17	4	3	39	11		43	29	.287	.365	.378	.743	52	110	110
Frank Papish	29	39	63	62	2	7	0	0	0	4	0		1	16	.113	.127	.113	.240	1	38	38
#Dave Philley	27	148	617	578	63	153	27	12	2	52	23		38	40	.265	.311	.363	.675	65	143	143
Johnny Rigney	32	11	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11	11
Red Ruffing	42	15	26	25	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		1	3	.200	.231	.200	.431	1	14	14
#Eddie Smith	33	24	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	23	23
Joe Stephenson	26	17	40	37	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		1	7	.162	.225	.162	.387	1	16	16
Mike Tresh	33	93	320	289	22	73	7	2	0	23	2		29	27	.253	.325	.291	.616	27	90	90
*Thurman Tucker	29	92	312	269	33	68	10	5	1	20	11		43	26	.253	.356	.338	.694	32	89	89
#Jack Wallaesa	27	84	241	215	29	44	10	1	8	37	2		25	53	.205	.290	.372	.663	23	81	81
*Taffy Wright	35	129	479	425	56	144	14	0	4	62	9		53	18	.339	.413	.400	.813	71	124	124
Rudy York	33	156	675	612	62	147	27	4	23	101	1		63	90	.240	.311	.410	.721	78	150	150
	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	40	17	8886	2091	8886	7739	1163	2415	400	91	40	998	160	92	1075	461	.312	.397	.403	.799	112	3117	82	11	61
*Floyd Baker	30	5	864	262	864	746	100	181	26	3	0	53	14	10	108	52	.243	.338	.286	.624	79	213	8	0	10
Hi Bithorn	31	4	196	105	196	177	14	28	4	0	0	11	0	0	10	21	.158	.207	.181	.388	14	32	4	1	8	0	0
Earl Caldwell	42	7	168	167	168	149	14	27	4	0	1	15	0	0	6	39	.181	.213	.228	.441	16	34	1	0	13
Loyd Christopher	27	2	42	16	42	37	5	9	0	1	0	4	0	1	5	6	.243	.333	.297	.631	80	11	2	0	0
#George Dickey	31	6	560	226	560	494	36	101	12	0	4	54	4	4	63	62	.204	.294	.253	.547	53	125	8	0	3
Pete Gebrian	23	1	14	27	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1
Bob Gillespie	27	2	38	32	38	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	.057	.132	.057	.189	-46	2	2	0	0
Orval Grove	27	8	405	174	405	352	23	46	4	2	1	19	0	2	30	119	.131	.205	.162	.367	6	57	7	3	20
Earl Harrist	27	2	44	47	44	39	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.128	.128	.128	.256	-28	5	1	0	5
Joe Haynes	29	9	392	241	392	371	35	81	10	0	0	29	2	1	12	60	.218	.243	.245	.488	37	91	6	0	9
*Ralph Hodgin	32	5	1463	416	1463	1358	170	393	68	19	3	154	7	7	76	52	.289	.335	.374	.709	103	508	38	17	12
Jake Jones	26	4	751	188	751	685	77	160	27	5	22	109	7	4	58	104	.234	.297	.384	.681	86	263	14	4	4
Bob Kennedy	26	6	2272	574	2272	2122	217	521	82	19	15	202	28	29	123	202	.246	.287	.323	.610	67	686	58	1	26
Don Kolloway	28	6	2344	560	2344	2236	233	594	111	19	12	208	64	35	71	147	.266	.290	.348	.638	79	779	56	5	32
*Joe Kuhel	41	18	9095	2104	9095	7984	1236	2212	412	111	131	1049	178	90	980	612	.277	.359	.406	.765	104	3239	74	39	92
*Thornton Lee	40	15	874	364	874	824	62	166	24	4	4	66	0	0	27	205	.201	.228	.255	.483	27	210	21	1	22
*Ed Lopat	29	4	373	127	373	346	36	90	10	2	1	40	0	0	19	27	.260	.299	.309	.608	74	107	8	0	8
Gordon Maltzberger	34	4	77	135	77	60	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	12	31	.117	.264	.133	.397	16	8	2	0	5
Cass Michaels	21	5	1311	359	1311	1166	119	293	35	10	6	115	27	15	107	97	.251	.320	.314	.633	82	366	33	10	28
Frank Papish	29	3	143	88	143	127	7	19	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	29	.150	.176	.165	.341	-2	21	3	0	12
#Dave Philley	27	3	677	167	677	628	69	168	28	14	2	62	26	16	42	46	.268	.314	.366	.681	92	230	15	1	6
Johnny Rigney	32	8	449	198	449	401	25	71	11	1	0	27	1	1	17	113	.177	.211	.209	.420	10	84	13	0	31
Red Ruffing	42	22	2083	882	2083	1937	207	521	98	13	36	273	1	1	97	266	.269	.306	.389	.695	81	753	13	6	43
#Eddie Smith	33	10	596	284	596	531	36	100	18	2	1	29	2	0	37	105	.188	.241	.235	.477	28	125	8	0	28	0	0
Joe Stephenson	26	3	71	29	71	67	8	12	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	15	.179	.225	.194	.419	20	13	1	2	0
Mike Tresh	33	10	3474	950	3474	3024	312	753	74	14	1	285	19	21	388	247	.249	.337	.284	.620	72	858	78	12	50
*Thurman Tucker	29	5	1934	480	1934	1690	232	441	59	20	7	139	61	43	228	186	.261	.349	.332	.681	96	561	11	2	14
#Jack Wallaesa	27	4	586	186	586	536	54	111	17	4	14	58	3	3	45	126	.207	.272	.332	.604	69	178	8	3	2
*Taffy Wright	35	7	3310	836	3310	2979	401	953	158	44	32	467	30	32	292	131	.320	.384	.435	.819	120	1295	55	19	20
Rudy York	33	12	6662	1572	6662	5840	872	1613	291	52	277	1146	38	26	785	852	.276	.363	.486	.849	124	2839	153	12	25
	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

1946 / 1948 Batting Statistics

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