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1947 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Luke Appling HOF 40 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 17 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 2 129 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Floyd Baker 30 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 5 105 105 105 0 0 0 1 101 1 0 0 0 0
Hi Bithorn 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 18, 1916 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Caldwell 42 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 9, 1905 7 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loyd Christopher 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 31, 1919 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7
George Dickey 31 B R 6' 2" 180 Jul 10, 1915 6 83 83 83 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Gebrian 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 10, 1923 1st 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Gillespie 27 R R 6' 4" 187 Oct 8, 1919 2 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orval Grove 27 R R 6' 3" 196 Aug 29, 1919 8 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Harrist 27 R R 6' 0" 178 Aug 20, 1919 2 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Haynes 29 R R 190 Sep 21, 1917 9 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Hodgin 32 L R 5' 10" 170 Feb 10, 1915 5 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 1 41
Jake Jones 26 R R 6' 3" 197 Nov 23, 1920 4 45 45 45 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Kennedy 26 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 6 115 115 115 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1 91 106
Don Kolloway 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 6 124 124 124 0 0 11 99 8 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Kuhel 41 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 25, 1906 18 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thornton Lee 40 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 15 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Lopat 29 L L 5' 10" 185 Jun 21, 1918 4 35 35 35 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordon Maltzberger 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1912 4 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cass Michaels 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 4, 1926 5 110 110 110 0 0 0 60 44 2 0 0 0 0
Frank Papish 29 R L 6' 2" 192 Oct 21, 1917 3 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Philley 27 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 3 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 4 0 39 95 0 133
Johnny Rigney 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 28, 1914 8 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Ruffing HOF 42 R R 205 May 3, 1905 22 14 14 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Smith 33 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 10 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Stephenson 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 30, 1921 3 16 16 16 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Tresh 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 10 90 90 90 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thurman Tucker 29 L R 5' 11" 170 Sep 26, 1917 5 89 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 65
Jack Wallaesa 27 B R 6' 3" 191 Aug 31, 1919 4 81 81 81 0 0 0 0 1 27 22 0 0 22
Taffy Wright 35 L R 5' 10" 180 Aug 10, 1911 7 124 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 66 100
Rudy York 33 R R 6' 1" 209 Aug 17, 1913 12 102 102 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

1946 / 1948 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played