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1947 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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 Ed 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 130 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 6 871 113 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 4 767 151 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 83 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 78 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 0 239 101 1.528 8.8 0.7 5.0 3.6 0.73
8 RP Earl Harrist 27 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 1 203 188 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 30.3 70 84 .455 3.64 155 155 108 47 8 27 1391.0 1384 661 562 76 603 522 20 1 35 6041 101 1.428 9.0 0.5 3.9 3.4 0.87
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 5 8 7 2 3 6 5 5 2 5 4634
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 40 131 691 233 423 35 86 .949 5.01 SS-3B
Floyd Baker 30 103 353 88 258 7 29 .980 3.36 3B-2B-SS
Hi Bithorn 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Earl Caldwell 42 40 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.18 P
Loyd Christopher 27 7 7 0 0 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.86 OF
George Dickey 31 80 325 285 35 5 5 .985 4.00 8 C
Pete Gebrian 23 27 12 2 9 1 0 .917 0.41 P
Bob Gillespie 27 25 40 4 35 1 0 .975 1.56 P
Orval Grove 27 25 31 11 19 1 1 .968 1.20 P
Earl Harrist 27 33 22 3 18 1 1 .955 0.64 P
Joe Haynes 29 29 43 12 29 2 5 .953 1.41 P
Ralph Hodgin 32 41 40 0 1 102 99 2 1 0 .990 2.46 OF
Jake Jones 26 43 481 444 31 6 49 .988 11.05 1B
Bob Kennedy 26 107 14 1 91 222 205 10 7 3 .968 2.01 OF-3B
Don Kolloway 28 118 736 378 331 27 86 .963 6.01 2B-1B-3B
Thornton Lee 40 21 21 4 15 2 1 .905 0.90 P
Ed Lopat 29 31 50 12 36 2 0 .960 1.55 P
Gordon Maltzberger 34 33 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 0.55 P
Cass Michaels 21 106 492 210 267 15 61 .970 4.50 2B-3B-SS
Frank Papish 29 38 40 11 27 2 2 .950 1.00 P
Dave Philley 27 137 39 95 0 376 356 15 5 3 .987 2.71 OF-3B
Johnny Rigney 32 11 18 2 15 1 2 .944 1.55 P
Red Ruffing 42 9 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Smith 33 15 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.33 P
Joe Stephenson 26 13 49 42 5 2 0 .959 3.62 1 C
Mike Tresh 33 89 360 313 38 9 10 .975 3.94 4 C
Thurman Tucker 29 65 0 65 0 180 171 5 4 2 .978 2.71 OF
Jack Wallaesa 27 50 22 0 0 231 130 96 5 22 .978 4.52 SS-OF-3B
Taffy Wright 35 100 35 0 66 210 198 6 6 1 .971 2.04 OF
Rudy York 33 102 1008 932 71 5 106 .995 9.83 1B
Team Totals 30.3 155 6155 4173 1827 155 478 .975 3.68 13
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 1 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics