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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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 8 7 2 3 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
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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-SS-2B
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