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1947 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 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 Eddie 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 28 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
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
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 7 5 5 8 7 1 2 8 8 5 6 7 7 6 4 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* 29 16 13 .552 2.81 31 31 0 22 3 0 252.2 241 88 79 17 73 109 2 0 0 1047 129 1.243 8.6 0.6 2.6 3.9 1.49
2 SP Frank Papish* 29 12 12 .500 3.26 38 26 9 6 1 3 199.0 185 82 72 6 98 79 2 0 6 871 112 1.422 8.4 0.3 4.4 3.6 0.81
3 SP Joe Haynes 29 14 6 .700 2.42 29 22 5 7 2 0 182.0 174 65 49 5 61 50 2 1 4 767 150 1.291 8.6 0.2 3.0 2.5 0.82
4 SP Orval Grove 27 6 8 .429 4.44 25 19 1 6 1 0 135.2 158 78 67 10 70 33 4 0 3 619 82 1.681 10.5 0.7 4.6 2.2 0.47
5 SP Bob Gillespie 27 5 8 .385 4.73 25 17 4 1 0 0 118.0 133 71 62 4 53 36 1 0 6 528 77 1.576 10.1 0.3 4.0 2.7 0.68
6 SP Thornton Lee* 40 3 7 .300 4.47 21 11 5 2 1 1 86.2 86 50 43 5 56 57 2 0 1 394 82 1.638 8.9 0.5 5.8 5.9 1.02
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
7 CL Earl Caldwell 42 1 4 .200 3.64 40 0 30 0 0 8 54.1 53 23 22 4 30 22 1 0 0 239 100 1.528 8.8 0.7 5.0 3.6 0.73
8 RP Earl Harrist 28 3 8 .273 3.56 33 4 12 0 0 5 93.2 85 48 37 3 49 55 3 0 4 406 103 1.431 8.2 0.3 4.7 5.3 1.12
9 RP Pete Gebrian 23 2 3 .400 4.48 27 4 10 0 0 5 66.1 61 40 33 7 33 17 2 0 6 288 82 1.417 8.3 0.9 4.5 2.3 0.52
10 RP Gordon Maltzberger 34 1 4 .200 3.39 33 0 22 0 0 5 63.2 61 26 24 4 25 22 1 0 0 271 108 1.351 8.6 0.6 3.5 3.1 0.88
11 RP Eddie Smith* 33 1 3 .250 7.29 15 5 6 0 0 0 33.1 40 36 27 1 24 12 0 0 1 166 50 1.920 10.8 0.3 6.5 3.2 0.50
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
12 Red Ruffing 42 3 5 .375 6.11 9 9 0 1 0 0 53.0 63 39 36 7 16 11 0 0 3 235 60 1.491 10.7 1.2 2.7 1.9 0.69
13 Johnny Rigney 32 2 3 .400 1.95 11 7 3 2 0 0 50.2 42 15 11 3 15 19 0 0 1 203 187 1.125 7.5 0.5 2.7 3.4 1.27
14 Hi Bithorn 31 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 70 84 .455 3.64 155 155 108 47 8 27 1391.0 1384 661 562 76 603 522 20 1 35 6041 100 1.428 9.0 0.5 3.9 3.4 0.87
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 5 8 7 2 5 6 5 5 2 5 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 40 130 129 127 691 233 423 35 86 .949 5.01 SS-3B
Floyd Baker 30 101 100 96 353 88 258 7 29 .980 3.36 3B-2B-SS
Hi Bithorn 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Earl Caldwell 42 40 0 0 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.18 P
Loyd Christopher 27 7 7 6 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.86 OF
George Dickey 31 79 57 55 325 285 35 5 5 .985 4.00 8 20 18 47% C
Pete Gebrian 23 27 4 0 12 2 9 1 0 .917 0.41 P
Bob Gillespie 27 25 17 1 40 4 35 1 0 .975 1.56 P
Orval Grove 27 25 19 6 31 11 19 1 1 .968 1.20 P
Earl Harrist 28 33 4 0 22 3 18 1 1 .955 0.64 P
Joe Haynes 29 29 22 7 43 12 29 2 5 .953 1.41 P
Ralph Hodgin 32 41 41 40 102 99 2 1 0 .990 2.46 OF
Jake Jones 26 43 43 43 481 444 31 6 49 .988 11.05 1B
Bob Kennedy 26 107 103 102 222 205 10 7 3 .968 2.01 OF-3B
Don Kolloway 28 117 113 110 736 378 331 27 86 .963 6.01 2B-1B-3B
Thornton Lee 40 21 11 2 21 4 15 2 1 .905 0.90 P
Eddie Lopat 29 31 31 22 50 12 36 2 0 .960 1.55 P
Gordon Maltzberger 34 33 0 0 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 0.55 P
Cass Michaels 21 104 103 96 492 210 267 15 61 .970 4.50 2B-3B-SS
Frank Papish 29 38 26 6 40 11 27 2 2 .950 1.00 P
Dave Philley 27 137 137 133 376 356 15 5 3 .987 2.71 OF-3B
Johnny Rigney 32 11 7 2 18 2 15 1 2 .944 1.55 P
Red Ruffing 42 9 9 1 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Smith 33 15 5 0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.33 P
Joe Stephenson 26 13 11 7 49 42 5 2 0 .959 3.62 1 9 5 36% C
Mike Tresh 33 89 87 67 360 313 38 9 10 .975 3.94 4 29 16 36% C
Thurman Tucker 29 65 62 60 180 171 5 4 2 .978 2.71 OF
Jack Wallaesa 27 50 48 47 231 130 96 5 22 .978 4.52 SS-OF-3B
Taffy Wright 35 100 97 95 210 198 6 6 1 .971 2.04 OF
Rudy York 33 102 102 101 1008 932 71 5 106 .995 9.83 1B
Team Totals 30.3 155 1395 1232 6155 4173 1827 155 478 .975 3.68 13 58 39 40%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 1 7
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 40 572 14 -1 0 0 0 8 15 36 3.8 36 3.9 -0.1 $ Purchased *6/5
Floyd Baker* 30 439 -2 1 0 0 11 0 11 21 2.1 10 1.1 1.0 $ Purchased 5/46
Earl Caldwell 42 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Loyd Christopher 27 25 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /7O
George Dickey# 31 246 -9 -1 0 0 -1 3 7 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased 2
Pete Gebrian 23 14 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Bob Gillespie 27 36 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Orval Grove 27 54 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Earl Harrist 28 26 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Joe Haynes 29 66 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Ralph Hodgin* 32 198 2 1 0 0 0 -2 5 6 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft O7/9
Jake Jones 26 185 -6 0 0 0 -1 -2 5 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Purchased 3
Bob Kennedy 26 448 -12 0 0 0 -3 -5 12 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *O97/58
Don Kolloway 28 509 -13 1 0 0 0 4 13 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 43/5
Joe Kuhel* 41 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency
Thornton Lee* 40 31 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Eddie Lopat* 29 104 -9 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Gordon Maltzberger 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Cass Michaels 21 404 -1 -1 0 0 2 3 11 14 1.4 12 1.3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 45/6
Frank Papish 29 65 -11 0 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Dave Philley# 27 592 -15 -1 0 0 2 -2 16 0 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased *O87/5
Johnny Rigney 32 15 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
Red Ruffing 42 25 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Eddie Smith# 33 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Joe Stephenson 26 38 -5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 2
Mike Tresh 33 303 -13 0 0 0 0 3 8 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Thurman Tucker* 29 293 -6 1 0 0 -2 0 8 1 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ Purchased 8O
Jack Wallaesa# 27 229 -8 0 0 0 4 1 6 3 0.2 -1 -0.1 0.3 $ Purchased 67O/5
Taffy Wright* 35 455 11 -2 0 0 -4 -5 12 12 1.3 16 1.7 -0.4 $ Traded O97
Rudy York 33 437 -2 -1 0 0 1 -5 11 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Traded 3
Team Total 30.1 5836 -121 -3 0 0 8 36 154 74 6.1 66 7.2 -1.1 $
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
Hi Bithorn 31 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Waivers
Earl Caldwell 42 54.1 0 23 29 0 1.0 6 0.7 $
Pete Gebrian 23 66.1 4 40 36 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bob Gillespie 27 118.0 17 71 64 0 1.0 -7 -0.9 $ Rule 5 Draft
Orval Grove 27 135.2 19 78 74 1 1.0 -4 -0.6 $
Earl Harrist 28 93.2 4 48 51 0 1.0 3 0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Joe Haynes 29 182.0 22 65 99 1 1.0 34 3.5 $ Purchased
Thornton Lee* 40 86.2 11 50 47 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Traded
Eddie Lopat* 29 252.2 31 88 137 1 1.0 49 5.2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Gordon Maltzberger 34 63.2 0 26 35 0 1.0 9 0.9 $
Frank Papish* 29 199.0 26 82 108 1 1.0 26 2.7 $ Purchased
Johnny Rigney 32 50.2 7 15 28 0 1.0 13 1.3 $
Red Ruffing 42 53.0 9 39 29 0 1.0 -10 -1.2 $ Free Agency
Eddie Smith* 33 33.1 5 36 18 0 1.0 -18 -2.0 $ Waivers
Team Total 30.4 1391.0 155 661 756 4 1.0 95 9.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics