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1949 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948/1950) 63-91, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 648 runs, Allowed 737 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86 Managed by Jack Onslow Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 937,151 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Don Wheeler         26   67  192   17   46   9  2   1   22  27   19  .240  .333  .323   2   0   5   0   1           76
1B *Chuck Kress         27   97  353   45   98  17  6   1   44  39   44  .278  .349  .368   6   7   7   0  17           92
2B  Cass Michaels       23  154  561   73  173  27  9   6   83 101   50  .308  .417  .421   5   7  20   3   7          125
3B *Floyd Baker         32  125  388   38  101  15  4   1   40  84   32  .260  .392  .327   3   1   3   0   2           94
SS  Luke Appling        42  142  492   82  148  21  5   5   58 121   24  .301  .439  .394   7  12  23   0   6          124
OF #Dave Philley        29  146  598   84  171  20  8   0   44  54   51  .286  .347  .346  13   4  12   2   6           86
OF *Catfish Metkovich   28   93  338   50   80   9  4   5   45  41   24  .237  .321  .331   5   4  18   1   1           75
OF *Herb Adams          21   56  208   26   61   5  3   0   16   9   16  .293  .323  .346   1   2   3   0   1           79
    Steve Souchock      30   84  252   29   59  13  5   7   37  25   38  .234  .303  .409   5   2   5   0   0           90
    Gus Zernial         26   73  198   29   63  17  2   5   38  15   26  .318  .366  .500   0   1   2   0   0          131
    Joe Tipton          27   67  191   20   39   5  3   3   19  27   17  .204  .306  .309   1   1   5   1   0           65
    Eddie Malone        29   55  170   17   46   7  2   1   16  29   19  .271  .377  .353   2   1   4   0   1           96
    Johnny Ostrowski    31   49  158   19   42   9  4   5   31  15   41  .266  .333  .468   4   3   4   1   1          114
   *Gordon Goldsberry   21   39  145   25   36   3  2   1   13  18    9  .248  .331  .317   2   0   3   0   0           74
   *Jerry Scala         24   37  120   17   30   7  1   1   13  17   19  .250  .348  .350   3   3   0   1   1           87
   *Billy Bowers        27   26   78    5   15   2  1   0    6   4    5  .192  .232  .244   1   1   4   0   1           27
    Bobby Rhawn         30   24   73   12   15   4  1   0    5  12    8  .205  .318  .288   0   1   1   0   1           63
    Rocky Krsnich       21   16   55    7   12   3  1   1    9   6    4  .218  .295  .364   0   1   1   0   0           76
   *Earl Rapp           28   19   54    3   14   1  1   0   11   5    6  .259  .322  .315   1   1   1   0   0           71
    Fred Hancock        29   39   52    7    7   2  1   0    9   8    9  .135  .262  .212   0   1   2   1   0           28
    Dick Lane           22   12   42    4    5   0  0   0    4   5    3  .119  .213  .119   0   1   1   0   0          -10
   *Bill Higdon         25   11   23    3    7   3  0   0    1   6    3  .304  .448  .435   1   0   0   0   0          137
    George Yankowski    26   12   18    0    3   1  0   0    2   0    2  .167  .167  .222   0   0   2   0   0            4
    Jim Baumer          18    8   10    2    4   1  1   0    2   2    1  .400  .571  .700   0   0   0   2   0          240
    Don Kolloway        30    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Pat Seerey          26    4    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   3    1  .000  .429  .000   0   0   0   0   0           20

   *Bill Wight          27   35   85    7   14   3  0   0    6   6   27  .165  .220  .200   0   1   1   0   9           13
    Randy Gumpert       31   34   84    7   16   1  0   0    6   3   16  .190  .218  .202   0   0   3   0   6           13
   #Bob Kuzava          26   29   56    1    2   0  0   0    1   3   19  .036  .085  .036   0   0   1   0   5          -67
   *Billy Pierce        22   39   51    7    9   0  0   0    2   5   15  .176  .250  .176   0   0   2   0   6           15
    Marino Pieretti     28   48   38    6    9   1  0   0    3   0    7  .237  .256  .263   0   0   0   1   1           39
    Howie Judson        23   26   31    0    2   1  0   0    2   1   11  .065  .094  .097   0   0   2   0   3          -49
   *Mickey Haefner      36   14   23    0    6   0  0   0    0   4    7  .261  .370  .261   0   0   0   0   6           71
    Max Surkont         27   44   22    1    1   0  0   0    2   4   12  .045  .192  .045   0   0   0   0   0          -35
    Al Gettel           31   19   18    2    3   0  0   0    0   2    2  .167  .250  .167   0   0   1   0   0           13
    Ed Klieman          31   18    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   2           34
   *Clyde Shoun         37   16    5    1    1   0  0   0    1   1    0  .200  .333  .200   0   0   0   0   0           45
   *Bob Cain            24    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Fred Bradley        28    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Jack Bruner         24    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Bill Evans          30    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  154 5204  648 1340 207 66  43  591 702  596  .257  .346  .347  62  55 136  13  84           94
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    7    5   6  1   8        5    2     6     5     8   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Bill Wight          27  35   3.31  15  13  1  33   1  14   3  245.0  254  106   90   9   96   78 1036   3   0  1     126
SP  Randy Gumpert       31  34   3.81  13  16  1  32   2  18   3  234.0  223  111   99  22   83   78  981   1   1  0     109
SP *Billy Pierce        22  32   3.88   7  15  0  26   4   8   0  171.7  145   89   74  11  112   95  761   5   0  2     107
SP *Bob Kuzava          26  29   4.02  10   6  0  18   3   9   1  156.7  139   76   70   6   91   83  685   2   1  0     103
SP *Mickey Haefner      36  14   4.37   4   6  1  12   2   4   1   80.3   84   40   39   9   41   17  358   2   5  0      95

RP  Max Surkont         27  44   4.78   3   5  4   2  23   0   0   96.0   92   61   51   9   60   38  435   3   3  0      87
RP  Marino Pieretti     28  39   5.51   4   6  4   9  15   0   0  116.0  131   77   71  10   54   25  517   4   0  0      75
RP  Ed Klieman          31  18   3.00   2   0  3   0  13   0   0   33.0   33   15   11   2   15    9  143   0   0  0     139
RP *Clyde Shoun         37  16   5.79   1   1  0   0  10   0   0   23.3   37   17   15   1   13    8  116   0   0  0      72

    Howie Judson        23  26   4.58   1  14  1  12   8   3   0  108.0  114   65   55  13   70   36  496   4   1  1      91
    Al Gettel           31  19   6.43   2   5  1   7   6   1   1   63.0   69   48   45  12   26   22  275   1   2  0      65
   *Bob Cain            24   6   2.45   0   0  1   0   4   0   0   11.0    7    3    3   0    5    5   44   0   0  0     169
   *Jack Bruner         24   4   8.22   1   2  0   2   1   0   0    7.7   10    7    7   0    8    4   36   0   0  0      51
    Bill Evans          30   4   7.11   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    6.3    6    6    5   0    8    1   31   1   0  0      58
    Ernest Groth        27   3   5.40   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    5.0    2    3    3   2    3    1   21   1   1  0      77
    Alex Carrasquel     36   3  14.73   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    8    6    6   1    4    1   23   0   0  0      28
    Fred Bradley        28   1  13.50   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   0    3    0   12   0   0  0      31
    Orval Grove         29   1  54.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    4    4    4   1    1    1    8   0   1  0       8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7 154   4.30  63  91 17 154  97  57  10 1363.0 1362  737  651 108  693  502 5978  27  15  4      97
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   6   3  3           6   4      6    5    6        7    5    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DWheeler 58 210 36 6 4 .976 2 JTipton 53 203 32 2 4 .992 4 EMalone 51 186 22 2 2 .990 1 GYankowski 6 15 3 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 614 93 10 10 .986 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CKress 95 907 66 6 103 .994 10.24 GGoldsberry 38 359 24 4 37 .990 10.08 SSouchock 30 250 20 1 30 .996 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1516 110 11 170 .993 10.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMichaels 154 392 484 22 135 .976 5.69 FBaker 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 392 484 22 135 .976 5.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .960 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FBaker 122 106 269 9 31 .977 3.07 BRhawn 19 28 43 3 4 .959 3.74 RKrsnich 16 18 40 4 4 .935 3.62 JOstrowski 8 4 9 1 0 .929 1.62 FHancock 3 1 4 1 0 .833 1.67 DKolloway 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 157 365 18 39 .967 3.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LAppling 141 253 450 26 95 .964 4.99 FHancock 27 21 24 1 10 .978 1.67 JBaumer 7 3 12 1 4 .937 2.14 FBaker 3 5 11 0 1 1.000 5.33 BRhawn 3 2 6 1 1 .889 2.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 284 503 29 111 .964 5.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DPhilley 145 282 16 7 3 .977 2.06 0 3 143 CMetkovich 87 212 1 7 0 .968 2.45 9 79 1 HAdams 48 112 4 3 1 .975 2.42 14 33 1 GZernial 46 73 4 0 0 1.000 1.67 46 0 0 JOstrowski 41 81 3 5 0 .944 2.05 40 0 3 SSouchock 39 96 1 5 0 .951 2.49 39 0 0 JScala 37 83 1 1 0 .988 2.27 2 35 0 BBowers 20 46 2 1 0 .980 2.40 3 10 8 ERapp 13 36 2 1 0 .974 2.92 11 0 2 DLane 11 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 11 0 0 BHigdon 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 6 0 PSeerey 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 2 FHancock 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1056 37 30 4 .973 2.41 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWight 35 10 50 5 3 .923 2.20 RGumpert 34 15 43 1 6 .983 2.23 BPierce 32 12 33 4 2 .918 2.36 BKuzava 29 8 17 3 1 .893 1.44 MPieretti 39 7 31 2 1 .950 2.95 HJudson 26 2 24 2 0 .929 2.17 MSurkont 44 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.59 MHaefner 14 2 17 2 3 .905 2.13 AGettel 19 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.71 EKlieman 18 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.27 CShoun 16 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.32 BCain 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 JBruner 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BEvans 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EGroth 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80 ACarrasquel 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 FBradley 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 OGrove 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 70 252 20 18 .942 2.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Michaels .308 On-base % Appling .439 Slugging % Michaels .421 OPS Michaels .838 Games Michaels 154 At Bats Philley 598 Plate Appearances (approx.) Michaels 672 Runs Philley 84 Hits Michaels 173 Total Bases Michaels 236 Doubles Michaels 27 Triples Michaels 9 Home Runs Souchock 7 RBI Michaels 83 Bases on Balls Appling 121 Strikeouts Philley 51 Stolen Bases Philley 13 Singles Philley 143 Adjusted OPS+ Michaels 125 Runs Created Michaels 96 Adjusted Batting Runs Appling 26 Batting Wins Appling 2.5 Extra-Base Hits Michaels 42 Times on Base Michaels 277 Offensive Win% Michaels .625 Hit By Pitch Michaels 3 Sac. Hits Kress 17 Grounded into Double Plays Appling 23 Caught Stealing Appling 12 Power/Speed Number Appling and Souchock 5.8 At Bats per Strikeout Appling 20.5 At Bats per Home Run Michaels 93.5 Outs Philley 449

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Wight 3.31 Wins Wight 15 Won-Loss % Kuzava .625 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Gumpert 1.308 Hits Allowed/9IP Pierce 7.60 Bases on Balls/9IP Gumpert 3.19 Strikeouts/9IP Pierce 4.98 Games Surkont 44 Saves Pieretti and Surkont 4 Innings Wight 245.0 Strikeouts Pierce 95 Games Started Wight 33 Comp. Games Gumpert 18 Shutouts Gumpert and Wight 3 Home Runs Allow. Gumpert 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Pierce 112 Hits Allowed Wight 254 SO to Walk Gumpert 0.94 Losses Gumpert 16 Earned Runs Allow. Gumpert 99 Wild Pitches Pierce 5 Hit Batsmen Haefner 5 Batters Faced Wight 1036 Games Finished Surkont 23 Adjusted ERA+ Wight 126

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