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1953 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 89-65, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 716 runs, Allowed 592 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64 Managed by Paul Richards Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,191,353 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 104   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: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / 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   Sherm Lollar        28  113  334   46   96  19  0   8   54  47   29  .287  .388  .416   1   0   7   8   7          114
1B *Ferris Fain         32  128  446   73  114  18  2   6   52 108   28  .256  .405  .345   3   2  11   4   6          102
2B *Nellie Fox          25  154  624   92  178  31  8   3   72  49   18  .285  .344  .375   4   5  15   7  12           92
3B  Bob Elliott         36   67  208   24   54  11  1   4   32  31   21  .260  .358  .380   1   1   3   1   1           97
SS  Chico Carrasquel    25  149  552   72  154  30  4   2   47  38   47  .279  .330  .359   5   3  15   4  10           84
OF *Jim Rivera          30  156  567   79  147  26 16  11   78  53   70  .259  .329  .420  22  15  15   6  13           98
OF  Minnie Minoso       27  151  556  104  174  24  8  15  104  74   43  .313  .410  .466  25  16  23  17   8          133
OF  Sam Mele            31  140  481   64  132  26  8  12   82  58   47  .274  .353  .437   3   1  14   0   5          109
   *Bob Boyd            33   55  165   20   49   6  2   3   23  13   11  .297  .352  .412   1   4   3   1   3          103
    Red Wilson          24   71  164   21   41   6  1   0   10  26   12  .250  .353  .299   2   3   8   0   3           75
   *Tom Wright          29   77  132   14   33   5  3   2   25  12   21  .250  .322  .379   0   0   1   2   1           86
    Rocky Krsnich       25   64  129    9   26   8  0   1   14  12   11  .202  .270  .287   0   2   2   0   2           48
    Vern Stephens       32   44  129   14   24   6  0   1   14  13   18  .186  .261  .256   2   0   3   0   1           38
    Fred Marsh          29   67   95   22   19   1  0   2    2  13   26  .200  .303  .274   0   3   2   1   2           55
   *Bud Stewart         37   53   59   16   16   2  0   2   13  14    3  .271  .411  .407   1   0   1   0   0          119
    Connie Ryan         33   17   54    6   12   1  0   0    6   9   12  .222  .333  .241   2   0   4   0   0           55
   *Bud Sheely          32   31   46    4   10   1  0   0    2   9    8  .217  .345  .239   0   0   1   0   1           58
    Bill Wilson         24    9   17    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    7  .059  .111  .059   0   0   1   1   0          -54
    Allie Clark         30    9   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .067  .067  .067   0   0   3   0   0          -64
    Neil Berry          31    5    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .125  .222  .125   0   0   1   0   0           -5
    Sam Dente           31    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   *Billy Pierce        26   42   87    4   11   0  0   0    4   4   16  .126  .174  .126   0   0   3   1  10          -19
    Virgil Trucks       36   24   63    6   15   3  0   1    6   0   10  .238  .250  .333   0   0   1   1   9           54
    Harry Dorish        31   55   41    4    7   0  0   0    1   0    5  .171  .171  .171   0   0   1   0   3           -9
    Mike Fornieles      21   39   41    2    4   1  0   0    5   1    5  .098  .119  .122   0   0   1   0   9          -36
    Saul Rogovin        29   22   37    5    5   0  0   0    3   7    9  .135  .273  .135   1   0   2   0   2           12
    Sandy Consuegra     32   29   35    1    2   0  0   0    3   1    7  .057  .083  .057   0   0   0   0   6          -62
    Joe Dobson          36   23   29    0    2   1  0   0    2   1   11  .069  .100  .103   0   0   1   0   1          -46
    Bob Keegan          32   22   28    4    9   0  0   0    5   1    5  .321  .345  .321   0   0   2   0   2           79
   *Gene Bearden        32   31   21    2    4   0  0   0    3   0    4  .190  .190  .190   0   0   1   0   2            2
    Connie Johnson      30   15   20    4    1   0  0   0    1   2    7  .050  .136  .050   0   0   1   0   1          -49
   *Tommy Byrne         33   18   18    2    3   0  0   1    5   2    6  .167  .250  .333   0   0   0   0   0           54
    Luis Aloma          29   24    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Lou Kretlow         32    9    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -43
    Earl Harrist        33    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  156 5212  716 1345 226 53  74  669 601  530  .258  .335  .364  73  55 146  54 120           96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    3    7   4  1   7        3    8     6     4     7   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        26  40   2.72  18  12  3  33   6  19   7  271.3  216   94   82  20  102  186 1113   5   3  0     148
SP  Virgil Trucks       36  24   2.86  15   6  1  21   1  13   3  176.3  151   60   56  14   67  102  727   4   3  1     141
SP  Saul Rogovin        29  22   5.22   7  12  1  19   1   4   1  131.0  151   82   76  17   48   62  583   5   2  1      77
SP  Joe Dobson          36  23   3.67   5   5  1  15   6   3   1  100.7   96   46   41  10   37   50  425   3   0  0     110
SP  Connie Johnson      30  14   3.56   4   4  0  10   3   2   1   60.7   55   27   24   4   38   44  272   4   2  0     113
SP *Tommy Byrne         33   6  10.13   2   0  0   6   0   0   0   16.0   18   18   18   0   26    4   89   0   0  0      40

CL  Harry Dorish        31  55   3.40  10   6 18   6  37   2   0  145.7  140   59   55   9   52   69  622   5   6  1     119
RP  Luis Aloma          29  24   4.70   2   0  2   0   8   0   0   38.3   41   20   20   7   23   23  173   2   0  1      86
RP  Mike Fornieles      21  39   3.59   8   7  3  16   7   5   0  153.0  160   68   61   8   61   72  664   2   2  1     112
RP *Gene Bearden        32  25   2.93   3   3  0   3   9   0   0   58.3   48   27   19   8   33   24  250   3   0  0     138
RP  Sandy Consuegra     32  29   2.54   7   5  3  13   8   5   1  124.0  122   39   35   9   28   30  508   1   2  0     159

    Bob Keegan          32  22   2.74   7   5  1  11   6   4   2   98.7   80   34   30   4   33   32  398   0   2  0     147
    Lou Kretlow         32   9   3.48   0   0  0   3   3   0   0   20.7   12   11    8   2   30   15  102   2   1  0     116
    Earl Harrist        33   7   7.56   1   0  0   0   3   0   0    8.3    9    7    7   1    5    1   36   1   0  0      53
   *Hal Hudson          26   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    0.7    0    0    0   0    0    0    1   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0 156   3.41  89  65 33 156  99  57  17 1403.0 1299  592  532 113  583  714 5963  37  23  5     118
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   3   6  3           3   2      3    2    2        6    4    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SLollar 107 470 51 3 2 .994 3 RWilson 63 282 24 6 1 .981 1 BSheely 17 60 2 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 812 77 9 4 .990 4 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFain 127 1108 106 13 98 .989 9.56 BBoyd 29 275 16 0 25 1.000 10.03 FMarsh 5 23 2 1 0 .962 5.00 SMele 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 AClark 1 5 0 0 2 1.000 5.00 SLollar 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 BPierce 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1419 124 14 125 .991 9.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .979 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFox 154 451 426 15 101 .983 5.69 NBerry 3 5 10 0 1 1.000 5.00 FMarsh 2 4 3 0 2 1.000 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 460 439 15 104 .984 5.77 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .957 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 58 54 104 6 9 .963 2.72 RKrsnich 57 31 100 10 7 .929 2.30 VStephens 38 30 67 1 7 .990 2.55 FMarsh 32 17 30 3 5 .940 1.47 CRyan 16 20 31 4 1 .927 3.19 MMinoso 10 3 14 2 0 .895 1.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 155 346 26 29 .951 3.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .966 4.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCarrasquel 149 278 462 18 87 .976 4.97 FMarsh 17 17 36 2 5 .964 3.12 VStephens 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.33 SDente 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 295 502 20 92 .976 5.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JRivera 156 385 15 10 5 .976 2.56 0 153 3 MMinoso 147 279 15 10 3 .967 2.00 145 0 2 SMele 138 213 14 1 1 .996 1.64 0 4 138 TWright 33 44 1 1 0 .978 1.36 10 0 24 BBoyd 16 26 0 1 0 .963 1.62 15 0 1 BStewart 16 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 11 0 5 BWilson 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 3 0 BElliott 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2 0 0 AClark 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 969 45 24 9 .977 2.17 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPierce 40 10 33 4 1 .915 1.43 VTrucks 24 11 29 0 2 1.000 2.04 MFornieles 39 16 30 2 2 .958 2.71 HDorish 55 15 31 0 0 1.000 2.84 SRogovin 22 10 20 3 1 .909 2.06 SConsuegra 29 11 34 1 1 .978 3.27 JDobson 23 6 14 2 0 .909 1.79 BKeegan 22 7 20 0 2 1.000 2.46 CJohnson 14 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.04 GBearden 25 2 11 3 0 .812 2.01 LAloma 24 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.88 LKretlow 9 3 6 1 1 .900 3.91 TByrne 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 EHarrist 7 1 1 1 0 .667 2.17 HHudson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 99 243 17 11 .953 2.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Minoso .313 On-base % Minoso .410 Slugging % Minoso .466 OPS Minoso .876 Games Rivera 156 At Bats Fox 624 Plate Appearances (approx.) Fox 692 Runs Minoso 104 Hits Fox 178 Total Bases Minoso 259 Doubles Fox 31 Triples Rivera 16 Home Runs Minoso 15 RBI Minoso 104 Bases on Balls Fain 108 Strikeouts Rivera 70 Stolen Bases Minoso 25 Singles Fox 136 Adjusted OPS+ Minoso 133 Runs Created Minoso 100 Adjusted Batting Runs Minoso 29 Batting Wins Minoso 2.8 Extra-Base Hits Rivera 53 Times on Base Minoso 265 Offensive Win% Minoso .650 Hit By Pitch Minoso 17 Sac. Hits Rivera 13 Grounded into Double Plays Minoso 23 Caught Stealing Minoso 16 Power/Speed Number Minoso 18.8 At Bats per Strikeout Fox 34.7 At Bats per Home Run Minoso 37.1 Outs Fox 478

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Pierce 2.72 Wins Pierce 18 Won-Loss % Trucks .714 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Pierce 1.172 Hits Allowed/9IP Pierce 7.16 Bases on Balls/9IP Pierce 3.38 Strikeouts/9IP Pierce 6.17 Games Dorish 55 Saves Dorish 18 Innings Pierce 271.3 Strikeouts Pierce 186 Games Started Pierce 33 Comp. Games Pierce 19 Shutouts Pierce 7 Home Runs Allow. Pierce 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Pierce 102 Hits Allowed Pierce 216 SO to Walk Pierce 1.82 Losses Pierce and Rogovin 12 Earned Runs Allow. Pierce 82 Wild Pitches Dorish, Pierce, and Rogovin 5 Hit Batsmen Dorish 6 Batters Faced Pierce 1113 Games Finished Dorish 37 Adjusted ERA+ Pierce 148

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Chico Carrasquel (Starting SS)
Ferris Fain
Nellie Fox
Minnie Minoso
Billy Pierce (Starting P)

1952/1954

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