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1952 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953) 81-73, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 610 runs, Allowed 568 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72 Managed by Paul Richards Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,231,675 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99   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: 1952 Stats (1951/1953) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Sherm Lollar        27  132  375   35   90  15  0  13   50  54   34  .240  .354  .384   1   0  15  12   6          104
1B *Eddie Robinson      31  155  594   79  176  33  1  22  104  70   49  .296  .382  .466   2   0   8  12   5          134
2B *Nellie Fox          24  152  648   76  192  25 10   0   39  34   14  .296  .334  .366   5   5  11   3  15           94
3B  Hector Rodriguez    32  124  407   55  108  14  0   1   40  47   22  .265  .346  .307   7   6  10   3   5           82
SS  Chico Carrasquel    24  100  359   36   89   7  4   1   42  33   27  .248  .315  .298   2   2   5   2   3           70
OF  Minnie Minoso       26  147  569   96  160  24  9  13   61  71   46  .281  .375  .424  22  16  15  14  14          121
OF  Sam Mele            30  123  423   46  105  18  2  14   59  48   40  .248  .328  .400   1   2  18   2   1          101
OF *Ray Coleman         30   85  195   19   42   7  1   2   14  13   17  .215  .264  .292   0   0   6   0   5           54
   *Bud Stewart         36   92  225   23   60  10  0   5   30  28   17  .267  .350  .378   3   0   1   1   4          102
   *Jim Rivera          29   53  201   27   50   7  3   3   18  21   27  .249  .320  .358  13   2   1   0   2           88
    Sam Dente           30   62  145   12   32   0  1   0   11   5    8  .221  .257  .234   0   0   6   2   3           37
   #Willy Miranda       26   58  142   13   31   3  1   0    7  10   14  .218  .275  .254   1   0   2   1   6           47
   *Tom Wright          28   60  132   15   34  10  2   1   21  16   16  .258  .342  .386   1   0   3   1   2          102
   *Al Zarilla          33   39   99   14   23   4  1   2    7  14    6  .232  .333  .354   1   0   2   1   2           90
    Rocky Krsnich       24   40   91   11   21   7  2   1   15  12    9  .231  .327  .385   0   0   4   1   0           97
   *Bud Sheely          31   36   75    1   18   2  0   0    3  12    7  .240  .352  .267   0   1   2   1   1           73
    Phil Masi           36   30   63    9   16   1  1   0    7  10   10  .254  .356  .302   0   0   1   0   0           83
    Jim Busby           25   16   39    5    5   0  0   0    0   2    7  .128  .171  .128   0   2   1   0   2          -16
    Darrell Johnson     23   22   37    3    4   0  0   0    1   5    9  .108  .214  .108   1   0   1   0   1           -9
    Leo Thomas          28   19   24    1    4   0  0   0    6   6    4  .167  .333  .167   0   0   1   0   4           41
   *Hank Edwards        33    8   18    2    6   0  0   0    1   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   1   0   0           85
   *George Wilson       26    8    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    2  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   0          -12
   #Willy Miranda       26   12    8    1    2   1  0   0    0   3    0  .250  .455  .375   0   0   0   0   2       0  132
   *Ken Landenberger    23    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0           11
    Sammy Esposito      20    1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   1   0   0   0           39
    Red Wilson          23    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Don Nicholas        21    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Billy Pierce        25   35   91   11   17   1  0   0    3   6   20  .187  .237  .198   0   1   3   0   5           21
    Saul Rogovin        28   33   84    6   17   3  0   1    7   4   18  .202  .247  .274   1   0   1   1   4           44
    Joe Dobson          35   29   63    3   12   0  0   0    3   4   20  .190  .239  .190   0   0   0   0  10           20
    Marv Grissom        34   28   53    1    8   4  0   0    4   1   19  .151  .167  .226   0   0   1   0   8            8
   *Chuck Stobbs        22   38   38    1    3   0  0   0    3   6   11  .079  .205  .079   0   0   1   0   4          -19
    Harry Dorish        30   39   22    2    2   1  0   0    0   1    4  .091  .130  .136   0   0   1   0   2          -26
    Lou Kretlow         31   19   20    1    1   1  0   0    0   3   14  .050  .174  .100   0   0   0   0   2          -23
    Hal Brown           27   51   19    6    3   1  0   1    3   1    8  .158  .200  .368   0   0   0   0   1           55
   *Bill Kennedy        31   47   13    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    5  .231  .231  .231   0   0   0   0   1           28
    Ken Holcombe        33    7   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Luis Aloma          28   25    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Howie Judson        26   21    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   1   0          -41
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  156 5316  610 1337 199 38  80  560 541  521  .252  .321  .348  61  38 121  58 121           94
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    5    5   7  5   7        7    8     5     5     7   1   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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        25  33   2.57  15  12  1  32   1  14   4  255.3  214   76   73  12   79  144 1042   3   3  0     141
SP  Saul Rogovin        28  33   3.85  14   9  1  30   1  12   3  231.7  224  104   99  14   79  121  980   2   3  0      95
SP  Joe Dobson          35  29   2.51  14  10  1  25   3  11   3  200.7  164   66   56  11   60  101  805   4   0  0     145
SP  Marv Grissom        34  28   3.74  12  10  0  24   1   7   1  166.0  156   79   69   6   79   97  715   5   3  0      97
SP  Lou Kretlow         31  19   2.96   4   4  1  11   3   4   2   79.0   52   31   26   5   56   63  344   3   1  0     123
SP  Ken Holcombe        33   7   6.17   0   5  0   7   0   1   0   35.0   38   24   24   3   18   12  155   1   2  0      59

CL  Harry Dorish        30  39   2.47   8   4 11   1  27   1   0   91.0   66   28   25   4   42   47  372   3   1  1     147
RP *Bill Kennedy        31  47   2.80   2   2  5   1  24   0   0   70.7   54   27   22   4   38   46  294   1   1  0     130
RP  Luis Aloma          28  25   4.28   3   1  6   0  15   0   0   40.0   42   20   19   5   11   18  167   0   1  0      85
RP  Howie Judson        26  21   4.24   0   1  1   0   8   0   0   34.0   30   17   16   4   22   15  153   1   0  0      86
RP *Chuck Stobbs        22  38   3.13   7  12  1  17  12   2   0  135.0  118   54   47   9   72   73  583   3   5  0     116

    Hal Brown           27  24   4.23   2   3  0   8   7   1   0   72.3   82   39   34   8   21   31  314   4   0  0      86
   *Hal Hudson          25   2   2.25   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    7    2    1   0    1    4   19   1   0  0     162
    Al Widmar           27   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    1    1   1    0    2    9   0   0  0      81
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 156   3.25  81  73 28 156 103  53  15 1416.0 1251  568  511  86  578  774 5952  31  20  1     112
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   3   6  1           5   3      2    2    2        2    4    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SLollar 120 590 53 7 4 .989 1 BSheely 31 105 12 1 1 .992 3 PMasi 25 101 7 5 2 .956 2 DJohnson 21 75 9 4 1 .955 0 RWilson 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 879 82 17 8 .983 6 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .988 8.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ERobinson 155 1329 89 14 145 .990 9.15 SMele 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 SDente 2 8 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 KLandenberg 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1355 92 14 146 .990 9.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFox 151 406 433 13 111 .985 5.56 SDente 6 24 20 0 6 1.000 7.33 WMiranda 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 WMiranda 1 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 431 461 14 117 .985 5.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HRodriguez 113 145 232 16 26 .959 3.34 RKrsnich 37 45 72 5 6 .959 3.16 SDente 18 7 17 0 2 1.000 1.33 MMinoso 9 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.33 LThomas 9 5 15 1 1 .952 2.22 WMiranda 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.00 WMiranda 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 204 351 22 36 .962 3.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .962 4.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCarrasquel 99 176 248 16 50 .964 4.28 WMiranda 50 68 129 5 26 .975 3.94 SDente 27 42 56 6 14 .942 3.63 WMiranda 4 4 9 0 2 1.000 3.25 SEsposito 1 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 MMinoso 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 291 443 29 92 .962 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MMinoso 143 322 11 7 3 .979 2.33 70 63 10 SMele 112 157 8 0 1 1.000 1.47 0 0 112 RColeman 73 130 5 3 0 .978 1.85 28 33 15 BStewart 60 108 1 2 0 .982 1.82 57 0 3 JRivera 53 157 2 2 1 .988 3.00 0 53 0 TWright 34 60 2 2 0 .969 1.82 22 0 13 AZarilla 32 35 2 1 0 .974 1.16 17 0 18 JBusby 16 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 0 16 0 SDente 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 4 0 2 HEdwards 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 3 0 0 GWilson 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1025 31 17 5 .984 2.24 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPierce 33 13 43 1 3 .982 1.97 SRogovin 33 11 39 2 4 .962 1.94 JDobson 29 7 26 1 2 .971 1.48 MGrissom 28 4 23 1 0 .964 1.46 CStobbs 38 8 26 1 2 .971 2.27 HDorish 39 4 23 0 3 1.000 2.67 LKretlow 19 1 9 0 2 1.000 1.14 HBrown 24 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.99 BKennedy 47 5 8 1 1 .929 1.65 LAloma 25 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.02 KHolcombe 7 1 10 2 0 .846 2.83 HJudson 21 1 6 1 0 .875 1.85 HHudson 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AWidmar 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 63 230 10 18 .967 1.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Fox and Robinson .296 On-base % Robinson .382 Slugging % Robinson .466 OPS Robinson .848 Games Robinson 155 At Bats Fox 648 Plate Appearances (approx.) Fox 700 Runs Minoso 96 Hits Fox 192 Total Bases Robinson 277 Doubles Robinson 33 Triples Fox 10 Home Runs Robinson 22 RBI Robinson 104 Bases on Balls Minoso 71 Strikeouts Robinson 49 Stolen Bases Minoso 22 Singles Fox 157 Adjusted OPS+ Robinson 134 Runs Created Robinson 103 Adjusted Batting Runs Robinson 29 Batting Wins Robinson 3.0 Extra-Base Hits Robinson 56 Times on Base Robinson 258 Offensive Win% Robinson .691 Hit By Pitch Minoso 14 Sac. Hits Fox 15 Grounded into Double Plays Mele 18 Caught Stealing Minoso 16 Power/Speed Number Minoso 16.3 At Bats per Strikeout Fox 46.3 At Bats per Home Run Robinson 27.0 Outs Fox 487

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Dobson 2.51 Wins Pierce 15 Won-Loss % Dorish .667 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dobson 1.116 Hits Allowed/9IP Dobson 7.36 Bases on Balls/9IP Dobson 2.69 Strikeouts/9IP Grissom 5.26 Games Kennedy 47 Saves Dorish 11 Innings Pierce 255.3 Strikeouts Pierce 144 Games Started Pierce 32 Comp. Games Pierce 14 Shutouts Pierce 4 Home Runs Allow. Rogovin 14 Bases On Balls Allow. Grissom, Pierce, and Rogovin 79 Hits Allowed Rogovin 224 SO to Walk Pierce 1.82 Losses Pierce and Stobbs 12 Earned Runs Allow. Rogovin 99 Wild Pitches Grissom 5 Hit Batsmen Stobbs 5 Batters Faced Pierce 1042 Games Finished Dorish 27 Adjusted ERA+ Dobson 145

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Nellie Fox
Minnie Minoso
Eddie Robinson (Starting 1B)

1951/1953

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