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1953 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954)
89-65, Finished 3rd in American League
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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.

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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.
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 *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
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
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
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 AverageMinoso.313
On-base %Minoso.410
Slugging %Minoso.466
OPSMinoso.876
GamesRivera156
At BatsFox624
Plate Appearances (approx.)Fox692
RunsMinoso104
HitsFox178
Total BasesMinoso259
DoublesFox31
TriplesRivera16
Home RunsMinoso15
RBIMinoso104
Bases on BallsFain108
StrikeoutsRivera70
Stolen BasesMinoso25
SinglesFox136
Adjusted OPS+Minoso133
Runs CreatedMinoso100
Adjusted Batting RunsMinoso29
Batting WinsMinoso2.8
Extra-Base HitsRivera53
Times on BaseMinoso265
Offensive Win%Minoso.650
Hit By PitchMinoso17
Sac. HitsRivera13
Grounded into Double PlaysMinoso23
Caught StealingMinoso16
Power/Speed NumberMinoso18.8
At Bats per StrikeoutFox34.7
At Bats per Home RunMinoso37.1
OutsFox478

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAPierce2.72
WinsPierce18
Won-Loss %Trucks.714
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Pierce1.172
Hits Allowed/9IPPierce7.16
Bases on Balls/9IPPierce3.38
Strikeouts/9IPPierce6.17
GamesDorish55
SavesDorish18
InningsPierce271.3
StrikeoutsPierce186
Games StartedPierce33
Comp. GamesPierce19
ShutoutsPierce7
Home Runs Allow.Pierce20
Bases On Balls Allow.Pierce102
Hits AllowedPierce216
SO to WalkPierce1.82
LossesPierce and Rogovin12
Earned Runs Allow.Pierce82
Wild PitchesDorish, Pierce, and Rogovin5
Hit BatsmenDorish6
Batters FacedPierce1113
Games FinishedDorish37
Adjusted ERA+Pierce148

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All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

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

1952/1954

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