1949 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1949 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950)
63-91, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 648 runs, Allowed 737 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86
Manager: Jack Onslow (63-91)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 937,151 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99; one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

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1948 / 1950 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	Don Wheeler	26	67	220	192	17	46	9	2	1	22	2	0	27	19	.240	.333	.323	.656	76	62	5	0	1
2	1B	Chuck Kress*	27	97	409	353	45	98	17	6	1	44	6	7	39	44	.278	.349	.368	.718	92	130	7	0	17
3	2B	Cass Michaels	23	154	672	561	73	173	27	9	6	83	5	7	101	50	.308	.417	.421	.837	125	236	20	3	7
4	SS	Luke Appling	42	142	619	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	7	12	121	24	.301	.439	.394	.833	124	194	23	0	6
5	3B	Floyd Baker*	32	125	474	388	38	101	15	4	1	40	3	1	84	32	.260	.392	.327	.719	94	127	3	0	2
6	OF	Catfish Metkovich*	28	93	381	338	50	80	9	4	5	45	5	4	41	24	.237	.321	.331	.652	75	112	18	1	1
7	OF	Dave Philley#	29	146	660	598	84	171	20	8	0	44	13	4	54	51	.286	.347	.346	.693	86	207	12	2	6
8	OF	Herb Adams*	21	56	218	208	26	61	5	3	0	16	1	2	9	16	.293	.323	.346	.669	79	72	3	0	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
9	UT	Steve Souchock	30	84	277	252	29	59	13	5	7	37	5	2	25	38	.234	.303	.409	.712	90	103	5	0	0
10	C	Joe Tipton	27	67	219	191	20	39	5	3	3	19	1	1	27	17	.204	.306	.309	.615	65	59	5	1	0
11	OF	Gus Zernial	26	73	213	198	29	63	17	2	5	38	0	1	15	26	.318	.366	.500	.866	131	99	2	0	0
12	C	Eddie Malone	29	55	200	170	17	46	7	2	1	16	2	1	29	19	.271	.377	.353	.730	96	60	4	0	1
13	OF	Johnny Ostrowski	31	49	175	158	19	42	9	4	5	31	4	3	15	41	.266	.333	.468	.802	114	74	4	1	1
14	1B	Gordon Goldsberry*	21	39	163	145	25	36	3	2	1	13	2	0	18	9	.248	.331	.317	.649	74	46	3	0	0
15	OF	Jerry Scala*	24	37	139	120	17	30	7	1	1	13	3	3	17	19	.250	.348	.350	.698	87	42	0	1	1
16	3B	Bobby Rhawn	30	24	86	73	12	15	4	1	0	5	0	1	12	8	.205	.318	.288	.605	63	21	1	0	1
17	OF	Billy Bowers*	27	26	83	78	5	15	2	1	0	6	1	1	4	5	.192	.232	.244	.475	27	19	4	0	1
18	SS	Fred Hancock	29	39	61	52	7	7	2	1	0	9	0	1	8	9	.135	.262	.212	.474	28	11	2	1	0
19	3B	Rocky Krsnich	21	16	61	55	7	12	3	1	1	9	0	1	6	4	.218	.295	.364	.659	76	20	1	0	0
20	OF	Earl Rapp*	28	19	59	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	5	6	.259	.322	.315	.637	71	17	1	0	0
21	OF	Dick Lane	22	12	47	42	4	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	3	.119	.213	.119	.332	-10	5	1	0	0
22	OF	Bill Higdon*	25	11	29	23	3	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	.304	.448	.435	.883	137	10	0	0	0
23	C	George Yankowski	26	12	18	18	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.222	.389	4	4	2	0	0
24	SS	Jim Baumer	18	8	14	10	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	.400	.571	.700	1.271	240	7	0	2	0
25	OF	Pat Seerey	26	4	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.429	.000	.429	20	0	0	0	0
26	3B	Don Kolloway	30	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
27	P	Bill Wight*	27	35	100	85	7	14	3	0	0	6	0	1	6	27	.165	.220	.200	.420	13	17	1	0	9
28	P	Randy Gumpert	31	34	93	84	7	16	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	16	.190	.218	.202	.421	13	17	3	0	6
29	P	Bob Kuzava#	26	29	64	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.036	.085	.036	.120	-67	2	1	0	5
30	P	Billy Pierce*	22	39	62	51	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	15	.176	.250	.176	.426	15	9	2	0	6
31	P	Marino Pieretti	28	48	40	38	6	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.237	.256	.263	.520	39	10	0	1	1
32	P	Howie Judson	23	26	35	31	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.065	.094	.097	.191	-49	3	2	0	3
33	P	Mickey Haefner*	36	14	33	23	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.261	.370	.261	.631	71	6	0	0	6
34	P	Max Surkont	27	44	26	22	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	12	.045	.192	.045	.238	-35	1	0	0	0
35	P	Al Gettel	31	19	20	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.250	.167	.417	13	3	1	0	0
36	P	Ed Klieman	31	18	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	2	0	0	2
37	P	Clyde Shoun*	37	16	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	45	1	0	0	0
38	P	Bob Cain*	24	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
39	P	Bill Evans	30	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
40	P	Jack Bruner*	24	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
41	P	Fred Bradley	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
42	P	Orval Grove	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Ernest Groth	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Alex Carrasquel	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	154	6003	5204	648	1340	207	66	43	591	62	55	702	593	.257	.347	.347	.695	86	1808	136	13	84	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	7	5	6	1	8		1	1	5	2	6	5	8	7		8
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	Bill Wight*	27	15	13	.536	3.31	35	33	1	14	3	1	245.0	254	106	90	9	96		78	0	1	3	1036	126	1.429	9.3	0.3	3.5	2.9	0.81
2	SP	Randy Gumpert	31	13	16	.448	3.81	34	32	2	18	3	1	234.0	223	111	99	22	83		78	1	0	1	981	109	1.308	8.6	0.8	3.2	3.0	0.94
3	SP	Billy Pierce*	22	7	15	.318	3.88	32	26	4	8	0	0	171.2	145	89	74	11	112		95	0	2	5	761	107	1.497	7.6	0.6	5.9	5.0	0.85
4	SP	Bob Kuzava*	26	10	6	.625	4.02	29	18	3	9	1	0	156.2	139	76	70	6	91		83	1	0	2	685	103	1.468	8.0	0.3	5.2	4.8	0.91
5	SP	Mickey Haefner*	36	4	6	.400	4.37	14	12	2	4	1	1	80.1	84	40	39	9	41		17	5	0	2	358	95	1.556	9.4	1.0	4.6	1.9	0.41
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
6	RP	Marino Pieretti	28	4	6	.400	5.51	39	9	15	0	0	4	116.0	131	77	71	10	54		25	0	0	4	517	75	1.595	10.2	0.8	4.2	1.9	0.46
7	RP	Howie Judson	23	1	14	.067	4.58	26	12	8	3	0	1	108.0	114	65	55	13	70		36	1	1	4	496	91	1.704	9.5	1.1	5.8	3.0	0.51
8	RP	Max Surkont	27	3	5	.375	4.78	44	2	23	0	0	4	96.0	92	61	51	9	60		38	3	0	3	435	87	1.583	8.6	0.8	5.6	3.6	0.63
9	RP	Al Gettel	31	2	5	.286	6.43	19	7	6	1	1	1	63.0	69	48	45	12	26		22	2	0	1	275	65	1.508	9.9	1.7	3.7	3.1	0.85
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
10		Ed Klieman	31	2	0	1.000	3.00	18	0	13	0	0	3	33.0	33	15	11	2	15		9	0	0	0	143	139	1.455	9.0	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.60
11		Clyde Shoun*	37	1	1	.500	5.79	16	0	10	0	0	0	23.1	37	17	15	1	13		8	0	0	0	116	72	2.143	14.3	0.4	5.0	3.1	0.62
12		Bob Cain*	24	0	0		2.45	6	0	4	0	0	1	11.0	7	3	3	0	5		5	0	0	0	44	169	1.091	5.7	0.0	4.1	4.1	1.00
13		Jack Bruner*	24	1	2	.333	8.22	4	2	1	0	0	0	7.2	10	7	7	0	8		4	0	0	0	36	51	2.348	11.7	0.0	9.4	4.7	0.50
14		Bill Evans	30	0	1	.000	7.11	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	6	5	0	8		1	0	0	1	31	58	2.211	8.5	0.0	11.4	1.4	0.13
15		Ernest Groth	27	0	1	.000	5.40	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	3	3	2	3		1	1	0	1	21	77	1.000	3.6	3.6	5.4	1.8	0.33
16		Alex Carrasquel	36	0	0		14.73	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	8	6	6	1	4		1	0	0	0	23	28	3.273	19.6	2.5	9.8	2.5	0.25
17		Fred Bradley	28	0	0		13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	3		0	0	0	0	12	31	3.500	18.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
18		Orval Grove	29	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	4	4	1	1		1	1	0	0	8	8	7.500	54.0	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
		Team Totals	27.7	63	91	.409	4.30	154	154	97	57	9	17	1363.1	1362	737	651	108	693		502	15	4	27	5978	97	1.507	9.0	0.7	4.6	3.3	0.72
		Rank in 8 AL teams		6	3		6				6	4	3	6	5	6	6	7	5		4370
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	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary
Herb Adams	21	48	14	33	1	119	112	4	3	1	.975	2.42		OF
Luke Appling	42	141				729	253	450	26	95	.964	4.99		SS
Floyd Baker	32	126				400	111	280	9	32	.978	3.10		3B-SS-2B
Jim Baumer	18	7				16	3	12	1	4	.938	2.14		SS
Billy Bowers	27	20	3	10	8	49	46	2	1	0	.980	2.40		OF
Fred Bradley	28	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00		P
Jack Bruner	24	4				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Bob Cain	24	6				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.17		P
Alex Carrasquel	36	3				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33		P
Bill Evans	30	4				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Al Gettel	31	19				12	4	8	0	1	1.000	0.63		P
Gordon Goldsberry	21	38				387	359	24	4	37	.990	10.08		1B
Ernest Groth	27	3				2	1	0	1	0	.500	0.33		P
Orval Grove	29	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Randy Gumpert	31	34				59	15	43	1	6	.983	1.71		P
Mickey Haefner	36	14				21	2	17	2	3	.905	1.36		P
Fred Hancock	29	31	0	0	1	52	22	28	2	10	.962	1.61		SS-3B-OF
Bill Higdon	25	6	0	6	0	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.67		OF
Howie Judson	23	26				28	2	24	2	0	.929	1.00		P
Ed Klieman	31	18				12	3	9	0	1	1.000	0.67		P
Don Kolloway	30	2				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3B
Chuck Kress	27	95				979	907	66	6	103	.994	10.24		1B
Rocky Krsnich	21	16				62	18	40	4	4	.935	3.63		3B
Bob Kuzava	26	29				28	8	17	3	1	.893	0.86		P
Dick Lane	22	11	11	0	0	27	25	2	0	0	1.000	2.45		OF
Eddie Malone	29	51				210	186	22	2	2	.990	4.08	1	C
Catfish Metkovich	28	87	9	79	1	220	212	1	7	0	.968	2.45		OF
Cass Michaels	23	154				898	392	484	22	135	.976	5.69		2B
Johnny Ostrowski	31	49	40	0	3	103	85	12	6	0	.942	1.98		OF-3B
Dave Philley	29	145	0	3	143	305	282	16	7	3	.977	2.06		OF
Billy Pierce	22	32				49	12	33	4	2	.918	1.41		P
Marino Pieretti	28	39				40	7	31	2	1	.950	0.97		P
Earl Rapp	28	13	11	0	2	39	36	2	1	0	.974	2.92		OF
Bobby Rhawn	30	22				83	30	49	4	5	.952	3.59		3B-SS
Jerry Scala	24	37	2	35	0	85	83	1	1	0	.988	2.27		OF
Pat Seerey	26	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50		OF
Clyde Shoun	37	16				6	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.38		P
Steve Souchock	30	69	39	0	0	373	346	21	6	30	.984	5.32		OF-1B
Max Surkont	27	44				17	4	13	0	0	1.000	0.39		P
Joe Tipton	27	53				237	203	32	2	4	.992	4.43	4	C
Don Wheeler	26	58				252	210	36	6	4	.976	4.24	2	C
Bill Wight	27	35				65	10	50	5	3	.923	1.71		P
George Yankowski	26	6				18	15	3	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	C
Gus Zernial	26	46	46	0	0	77	73	4	0	0	1.000	1.67		OF
Team Totals	28.5	154				6073	4089	1844	140	487	.977	3.57	7
Rank in 8 AL teams									5	5	3
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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