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1947 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

70-84, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ted Lyons (70-84)
Scored 553 runs, Allowed 661 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 876,948 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99


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1946 / 1948 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 40 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 17 139 129 139 130 0 0 0 0 2 129 0 0 0 0 9 0 3.8 All-Star
Floyd Baker 30 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 5 105 100 105 101 0 0 0 1 101 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.1
Hi Bithorn 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 18, 1916 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Earl Caldwell 42 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 9, 1905 7 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Loyd Christopher 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 31, 1919 2 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 0.0
George Dickey 31 B R 6' 2" 180 Jul 10, 1915 6 83 57 83 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2
Pete Gebrian 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 10, 1923 1st 27 4 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Bob Gillespie 27 R R 6' 4" 187 Oct 8, 1919 2 25 17 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Orval Grove 27 R R 6' 3" 196 Aug 29, 1919 8 25 19 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Earl Harrist 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 20, 1919 2 33 4 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Joe Haynes 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1917 9 29 22 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7
Ralph Hodgin 32 L R 5' 10" 167 Feb 10, 1915 5 59 41 59 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 1 41 18 0 0.7
Jake Jones 26 R R 6' 3" 197 Nov 23, 1920 4 45 43 45 43 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5
Bob Kennedy 26 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 6 115 103 115 107 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 1 90 106 5 3 -0.9
Don Kolloway 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 6 124 113 124 117 0 0 11 100 8 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.4
Joe Kuhel 41 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 25, 1906 18 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1
Thornton Lee 40 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 15 21 11 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Eddie Lopat 29 L L 5' 10" 185 Jun 21, 1918 4 35 31 35 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5.3
Gordon Maltzberger 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1912 4 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Cass Michaels 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 4, 1926 5 110 103 110 104 0 0 0 60 44 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.4
Frank Papish 29 R L 6' 2" 192 Oct 21, 1917 3 38 26 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Dave Philley 27 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 3 143 137 143 137 0 0 0 0 4 0 41 94 0 133 6 0 -0.2
Johnny Rigney 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 28, 1914 8 11 7 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Red Ruffing HOF 42 R R 6' 1" 205 May 3, 1905 22 14 9 14 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1.1
Eddie Smith 33 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 10 15 5 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.1
Joe Stephenson 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 30, 1921 3 16 11 16 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.6
Mike Tresh 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 10 90 87 90 89 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Thurman Tucker 29 L R 5' 10" 165 Sep 26, 1917 5 89 62 89 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 65 22 2 0.0
Jack Wallaesa 27 B R 6' 3" 191 Aug 31, 1919 4 81 48 81 50 0 0 0 0 1 27 22 0 0 22 31 0 0.2
Taffy Wright 35 L R 5' 10" 180 Aug 10, 1911 7 124 97 124 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 67 100 25 1 1.3
Rudy York 33 R R 6' 1" 209 Aug 17, 1913 12 102 102 102 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Hi Bithorn
Thurman Tucker
Jake Jones
Rudy York
Luke Appling
Bob Kennedy
Taffy Wright
Cass Michaels
Floyd Baker

Dave Philley
Jack Wallaesa
Joe Kuhel
Mike Tresh
Frank Papish
Eddie Smith
George Dickey
Loyd Christopher

Ralph Hodgin
Joe Stephenson
Thornton Lee
Pete Gebrian
Johnny Rigney
Red Ruffing
Joe Haynes
Bob Gillespie

Gordon Maltzberger
Orval Grove
Earl Caldwell
Don Kolloway
Eddie Lopat
Earl Harrist

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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