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1951 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 81-73, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 714 runs, Allowed 644 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Managed by Paul Richards Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,328,234 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives 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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats (1950/1952) / 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   Phil Masi           35   84  225   24   61  11  2   4   28  32   27  .271  .367  .391   1   0   7   2   3          107
1B *Eddie Robinson      30  151  564   85  159  23  5  29  117  77   54  .282  .371  .495   2   5  11   3   5          135
2B *Nellie Fox          23  147  604   93  189  32 12   4   55  43   11  .313  .372  .425   9  12   7  14  20          117
3B  Bob Dillinger       32   89  299   39   90   6  4   0   20  15   17  .301  .337  .348   5   5   6   1   5           87
SS  Chico Carrasquel    23  147  538   41  142  22  4   2   58  46   39  .264  .325  .331  14   4  13   3   8           79
OF  Jim Busby           24  143  477   59  135  15  2   5   68  40   46  .283  .344  .354  26  11  15   4   3           90
OF *Al Zarilla          32  120  382   56   98  21  2  10   60  60   57  .257  .363  .401   2   4   9   4   3          108
OF  Minnie Minoso       25  138  516  109  167  32 14  10   74  71   41  .324  .419  .498  31  10  12  14   4          149
   *Bud Stewart         35   95  217   40   60  13  5   6   40  29    9  .276  .367  .465   1   6   5   2   5          126
    Don Lenhardt        28   64  199   23   53   9  1  10   45  24   25  .266  .351  .472   1   1   3   2   2          123
   *Ray Coleman         29   51  181   21   50   8  7   3   21  15   14  .276  .332  .448   2   3   5   0   1          111
    Gus Niarhos         30   66  168   27   43   6  0   1   10  47    9  .256  .419  .310   4   3   5   0   2          101
   *Floyd Baker         34   82  133   24   35   6  1   0   14  25   12  .263  .380  .323   0   1   4   0   1           93
   *Bud Sheely          30   34   89    2   16   2  0   0    7   6    7  .180  .240  .202   0   0   2   1   3           21
    Joe DeMaestri       22   56   74    8   15   0  2   1    3   5   11  .203  .253  .297   0   4   1   0   0           50
   *Paul Lehner         30   23   72    9   15   3  1   0    3  10    4  .208  .305  .278   0   0   0   0   2           60
    Bert Haas           37   23   43    1    7   0  1   1    2   5    4  .163  .250  .279   0   0   1   0   0           44
    Hank Majeski        34   12   35    4    9   4  0   0    6   1    0  .257  .278  .371   0   0   1   0   0           76
    Joe Erautt          29   16   25    3    4   1  0   0    0   3    2  .160  .276  .200   0   0   3   1   0           31
   #Dave Philley        31    7   25    0    6   2  0   0    2   2    3  .240  .296  .320   0   0   1   0   0           68
    Gus Zernial         28    4   19    2    2   0  0   0    4   2    2  .105  .190  .105   0   0   0   0   0          -18
   *Bob Boyd            31   12   18    3    3   0  1   0    4   3    3  .167  .286  .278   0   0   0   0   0           54
   *Gordon Goldsberry   23   10   11    4    1   0  0   0    1   2    2  .091  .231  .091   0   0   0   0   0          -10
    Red Wilson          22    4   11    1    3   1  0   0    0   1    2  .273  .333  .364   0   0   2   0   0           90
    Sammy Hairston      31    4    5    1    2   1  0   0    1   2    0  .400  .571  .600   0   0   0   0   0          220
   *Rocky Nelson        26    6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -52

   *Billy Pierce        24   39   79   10   16   1  0   0    3   9   17  .203  .284  .215   0   1   2   0   5           37
    Saul Rogovin        27   24   74    7   15   3  0   0    0   5    8  .203  .253  .243   1   0   1   0   0           36
    Lou Kretlow         30   26   48    1    4   0  0   0    5   2   24  .083  .120  .083   0   0   1   0   1          -44
    Joe Dobson          34   28   46    2    3   1  0   0    1   0   20  .065  .065  .087   0   0   0   0   7          -59
    Randy Gumpert       33   37   45    5   15   1  0   0    9   2    9  .333  .362  .356   0   0   1   0   4           96
    Ken Holcombe        32   28   44    5   11   1  0   0    3   3   16  .250  .298  .273   0   0   1   0  10           56
    Howie Judson        25   27   33    0    4   0  0   0    1   2   14  .121  .171  .121   0   0   1   0   5          -19
    Harry Dorish        29   32   31    2    8   2  0   0    0   0    3  .258  .258  .323   0   0   1   0   0           58
    Luis Aloma          27   25   20    2    7   1  0   0    2   1    5  .350  .381  .400   0   0   0   0   1          113
   *Bob Cain            26    4    9    1    3   1  0   0    0   0    3  .333  .333  .444   0   0   0   0   0          111
   #Marv Rotblatt       23   26    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2         -100
    Hal Brown           26    4    2    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          446
   *Ross Grimsley       29    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
   *Dick Littlefield    25    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    0  .000  .667  .000   0   0   0   0   0           93
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  155 5378  714 1453 229 64  86  668 596  524  .270  .343  .385  99  70 121  51 103          106
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    4    1   5  1   6        5    7     1     4     5   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 *Billy Pierce        24  37   3.03  15  14  2  28   6  18   1  240.3  237   93   81  14   73  113 1008   1   1  0     133
SP  Ken Holcombe        32  28   3.78  11  12  0  23   3  12   2  159.3  142   69   67   9   68   39  670   2   1  0     107
SP  Saul Rogovin        27  22   2.48  11   7  0  22   0  17   3  192.7  166   64   53  11   67   77  789   1   1  2     163
SP  Joe Dobson          34  28   3.62   7   6  3  21   3   6   0  146.7  136   68   59  17   51   67  609   1   0  0     112
SP  Lou Kretlow         30  26   4.20   6   9  0  18   0   7   1  137.0  129   77   64   7   74   89  602   3   3  0      96
SP  Howie Judson        25  27   3.77   5   6  1  14   7   3   0  121.7  124   67   51   9   55   43  534   2   2  1     107

RP  Harry Dorish        29  32   3.54   5   6  0   4  20   2   1   96.7  101   50   38   6   31   29  406   4   0  0     114
RP  Luis Aloma          27  25   1.82   6   0  3   1  11   1   1   69.3   52   14   14   3   24   25  273   0   2  0     222
RP *Marv Rotblatt       23  26   3.40   4   2  2   2  15   0   0   47.7   44   21   18   4   23   20  205   1   1  0     119
RP  Randy Gumpert       33  33   4.32   9   8  2  16  10   7   1  141.7  156   74   68  20   34   45  616   0   1  1      93

   *Bob Cain            26   4   3.76   1   2  0   4   0   1   0   26.3   25   14   11   3   13    3  119   1   3  0     107
   *Ross Grimsley       29   7   3.86   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   14.0   12    8    6   1   10    8   61   1   0  0     105
   *Dick Littlefield    25   4   8.38   1   1  0   2   0   0   0    9.7    9   12    9   1   17    7   54   0   0  0      48
    Hal Brown           26   3   9.35   0   0  1   0   2   0   0    8.7   15    9    9   3    4    4   44   0   0  0      43
    Bob Mahoney         23   3   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.7    5    4    4   1    5    3   29   0   0  0      75
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 155   3.50  81  73 14 155  81  74  11 1418.0 1353  644  551 109  549  572 6019  17  15  4     115
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   4   5  6           2   2      1    3    3        5    1    5

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- PMasi 78 299 24 7 7 .979 4 GNiarhos 59 240 31 4 5 .985 3 BSheely 33 127 11 2 3 .986 1 JErautt 12 37 6 1 1 .977 0 RWilson 4 9 2 0 0 1.000 0 SHairston 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 715 74 14 16 .983 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ERobinson 147 1296 91 17 143 .988 9.44 GGoldsberry 8 28 5 0 4 1.000 4.12 BHaas 7 41 4 0 4 1.000 6.43 BBoyd 6 36 1 0 8 1.000 6.17 DLenhardt 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1407 101 17 159 .989 9.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFox 147 413 449 17 112 .981 5.86 JDeMaestri 11 16 14 1 2 .968 2.73 FBaker 5 11 9 0 3 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 440 472 18 117 .981 5.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDillinger 70 70 116 14 10 .930 2.66 MMinoso 68 82 122 14 10 .936 3.00 FBaker 44 27 46 6 4 .924 1.66 HMajeski 9 4 15 1 2 .950 2.11 JDeMaestri 8 1 2 1 0 .750 0.38 HDorish 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BHaas 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 184 302 36 26 .931 3.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCarrasquel 147 300 477 20 107 .975 5.29 JDeMaestri 27 26 45 3 12 .959 2.63 FBaker 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.67 MMinoso 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 328 526 23 120 .974 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JBusby 139 360 16 7 4 .982 2.71 0 139 0 AZarilla 117 164 7 3 2 .983 1.46 7 0 112 MMinoso 82 145 4 6 0 .961 1.82 44 2 41 BStewart 63 111 4 2 0 .983 1.83 52 1 14 DLenhardt 53 116 2 2 0 .983 2.23 53 0 0 RColeman 51 141 3 3 1 .980 2.82 23 29 12 PLehner 20 47 3 1 0 .980 2.50 8 13 9 DPhilley 6 15 0 1 0 .937 2.50 6 0 0 BHaas 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 1 0 3 GZernial 4 13 1 1 0 .933 3.50 4 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1115 40 26 7 .978 2.44 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPierce 37 11 38 2 4 .961 1.84 SRogovin 22 13 29 3 4 .933 1.96 KHolcombe 28 8 42 3 5 .943 2.82 JDobson 28 6 25 1 5 .969 1.90 RGumpert 33 2 16 3 1 .857 1.14 LKretlow 26 5 22 3 2 .900 1.77 HJudson 27 2 25 1 2 .964 2.00 HDorish 32 3 20 1 1 .958 2.14 LAloma 25 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.30 MRotblatt 26 5 11 0 1 1.000 3.02 BCain 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.37 RGrimsley 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DLittlefiel 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 HBrown 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.10 BMahoney 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 64 239 17 26 .947 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Minoso .324 On-base % Minoso .419 Slugging % Minoso .498 OPS Minoso .917 Games Robinson 151 At Bats Fox 604 Plate Appearances (approx.) Fox 681 Runs Minoso 109 Hits Fox 189 Total Bases Robinson 279 Doubles Fox and Minoso 32 Triples Minoso 14 Home Runs Robinson 29 RBI Robinson 117 Bases on Balls Robinson 77 Strikeouts Zarilla 57 Stolen Bases Minoso 31 Singles Fox 141 Adjusted OPS+ Minoso 149 Runs Created Minoso 106 Adjusted Batting Runs Minoso 38 Batting Wins Minoso 3.7 Extra-Base Hits Robinson 57 Times on Base Minoso 252 Offensive Win% Minoso .722 Hit By Pitch Fox and Minoso 14 Sac. Hits Fox 20 Grounded into Double Plays Busby 15 Caught Stealing Fox 12 Power/Speed Number Minoso 15.1 At Bats per Strikeout Fox 54.9 At Bats per Home Run Robinson 19.4 Outs Fox 454

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Rogovin 2.48 Wins Pierce 15 Won-Loss % Rogovin .611 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rogovin 1.209 Hits Allowed/9IP Rogovin 7.75 Bases on Balls/9IP Pierce 2.73 Strikeouts/9IP Pierce 4.23 Games Pierce 37 Saves Aloma and Dobson 3 Innings Pierce 240.3 Strikeouts Pierce 113 Games Started Pierce 28 Comp. Games Pierce 18 Shutouts Rogovin 3 Home Runs Allow. Gumpert 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Kretlow 74 Hits Allowed Pierce 237 SO to Walk Pierce 1.55 Losses Pierce 14 Earned Runs Allow. Pierce 81 Wild Pitches Dorish 4 Hit Batsmen Cain and Kretlow 3 Batters Faced Pierce 1008 Games Finished Dorish 20 Adjusted ERA+ Rogovin 163

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Jim Busby
Chico Carrasquel (Starting SS)
Nellie Fox (Starting 2B)
Randy Gumpert
Minnie Minoso
Eddie Robinson

1950/1952

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