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1949 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

63-91, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Onslow (63-91)
Scored 648 runs, Allowed 737 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 937,151 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100


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1948 / 1950 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 Salary
Herb Adams 21 L L 5' 9" 160 Apr 14, 1928 2 56 46 56 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 34 1 48 5 3 -0.2 $
Luke Appling HOF 42 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 19 142 140 142 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.6 $
Floyd Baker 32 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 7 125 119 125 125 0 0 0 1 122 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 $
Jim Baumer 18 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 29, 1931 1st 8 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Billy Bowers 27 L R 5' 9" 176 Mar 25, 1922 1st 26 19 26 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 8 20 6 0 -0.8 $
Fred Bradley 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 31, 1920 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jack Bruner 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 1, 1924 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Cain 24 L L 6' 0" 165 Oct 16, 1924 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Alex Carrasquel 36 R R 6' 1" 182 Jul 24, 1912 8 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bill Evans 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 25, 1919 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Al Gettel 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 17, 1917 5 19 7 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Gordon Goldsberry 21 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1927 1st 39 38 39 38 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Ernest Groth 27 R R 5' 9" 185 May 3, 1922 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Orval Grove 29 R R 6' 3" 196 Aug 29, 1919 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Randy Gumpert 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 23, 1918 7 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Mickey Haefner 36 L L 5' 8" 160 Oct 9, 1912 7 14 12 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Fred Hancock 29 R R 5' 8" 170 Mar 28, 1920 1st 39 7 39 30 0 0 0 0 3 26 0 0 1 1 8 3 -0.2 $
Bill Higdon 25 L R 6' 1" 193 Apr 27, 1924 1st 11 6 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 5 0 0.1 $
Howie Judson 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 16, 1926 2 26 12 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ed Klieman 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1918 7 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Don Kolloway 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 8 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $10,000
Chuck Kress 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1921 2 97 94 97 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.6 $
Rocky Krsnich 21 R R 6' 1" 174 Aug 5, 1927 1st 16 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Kuzava 26 B L 6' 2" 202 May 28, 1923 3 29 18 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $6,500
Dick Lane 22 R R 5' 11" 178 Jun 28, 1927 1st 12 10 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 1 0 -0.6 $
Eddie Malone 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Jun 16, 1920 1st 55 48 55 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.5 $
George Metkovich 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 8, 1920 6 93 83 93 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 78 1 87 7 0 -0.4 $
Cass Michaels 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 4, 1926 7 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $ All-Star
Johnny Ostrowski 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 17, 1917 6 49 38 49 45 0 0 0 0 8 0 40 0 3 41 4 0 0.3 $
Dave Philley 29 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 5 146 144 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 143 145 2 0 0.1 $
Billy Pierce 22 L L 5' 10" 160 Apr 2, 1927 3 39 26 39 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.2 $
Marino Pieretti 28 R R 5' 7" 153 Sep 23, 1920 5 48 9 48 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 -0.8 $
Earl Rapp 28 L R 6' 2" 185 May 20, 1921 1st 19 12 19 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 13 6 0 0.0 $
Bobby Rhawn 30 R R 5' 8" 180 Feb 13, 1919 3 24 19 24 21 0 0 0 0 19 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.2 $
Jerry Scala 24 L R 5' 11" 178 Sep 27, 1924 2 37 27 37 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 0 31 6 2 0.0 $
Pat Seerey 26 R R 5' 10" 200 Mar 17, 1923 7 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.0 $
Clyde Shoun 37 L L 6' 1" 188 Mar 20, 1912 14 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bud Souchock 30 R R 6' 2" 203 Mar 3, 1919 3 84 58 84 69 0 0 30 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 17 0 0.2 $
Max Surkont 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 1st 44 2 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Joe Tipton 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 18, 1922 2 67 49 67 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.3 $
Don Wheeler 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Sep 29, 1922 1st 67 54 67 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.0 $
Bill Wight 27 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 4 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
George Yankowski 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 19, 1922 2 12 3 12 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.3 $
Gus Zernial 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 1st 73 43 73 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 46 28 0 0.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Johnny Ostrowski
Bobby Rhawn
Jerry Scala

Bud Souchock

Luke Appling

Pat Seerey

Gus Zernial

Cass Michaels

Floyd Baker

Dave Philley

Billy Bowers
Mickey Haefner
Dick Lane

Marino Pieretti

Joe Tipton

Max Surkont

Randy Gumpert

Billy Pierce

Herb Adams
Rocky Krsnich

Gordon Goldsberry
Chuck Kress

Fred Hancock
Earl Rapp

Al Gettel
Eddie Malone

Bill Wight

Alex Carrasquel

Ed Klieman

Ernest Groth
George Metkovich

Don Wheeler

Fred Bradley
Ed Klieman

Orval Grove
Clyde Shoun

Bob Kuzava

Don Kolloway
George Metkovich

Howie Judson

Jack Bruner

Bob Cain
Bill Evans

Jim Baumer
Alex Carrasquel
Rocky Krsnich
Eddie Malone
George Yankowski

Fred Hancock
Bill Higdon

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers