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1949 Chicago White Sox (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
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.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 Stats (1948/1950) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

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.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    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
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageMichaels.308
On-base %Appling.439
Slugging %Michaels.421
OPSMichaels.838
GamesMichaels154
At BatsPhilley598
Plate Appearances (approx.)Michaels672
RunsPhilley84
HitsMichaels173
Total BasesMichaels236
DoublesMichaels27
TriplesMichaels9
Home RunsSouchock7
RBIMichaels83
Bases on BallsAppling121
StrikeoutsPhilley51
Stolen BasesPhilley13
SinglesPhilley143
Adjusted OPS+Michaels125
Runs CreatedMichaels96
Adjusted Batting RunsAppling26
Batting WinsAppling2.5
Extra-Base HitsMichaels42
Times on BaseMichaels277
Offensive Win%Michaels.625
Hit By PitchMichaels3
Sac. HitsKress17
Grounded into Double PlaysAppling23
Caught StealingAppling12
Power/Speed NumberAppling and Souchock5.8
At Bats per StrikeoutAppling20.5
At Bats per Home RunMichaels93.5
OutsPhilley449

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAWight3.31
WinsWight15
Won-Loss %Kuzava.625
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Gumpert1.308
Hits Allowed/9IPPierce7.60
Bases on Balls/9IPGumpert3.19
Strikeouts/9IPPierce4.98
GamesSurkont44
SavesPieretti and Surkont4
InningsWight245.0
StrikeoutsPierce95
Games StartedWight33
Comp. GamesGumpert18
ShutoutsGumpert and Wight3
Home Runs Allow.Gumpert22
Bases On Balls Allow.Pierce112
Hits AllowedWight254
SO to WalkGumpert0.94
LossesGumpert16
Earned Runs Allow.Gumpert99
Wild PitchesPierce5
Hit BatsmenHaefner5
Batters FacedWight1036
Games FinishedSurkont23
Adjusted ERA+Wight126

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