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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
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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 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