1949 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1948 Season 1950 Season

Record: 63-91-0, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jack Onslow (63-91)

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 937,151 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 68-86, 648 Runs, 737 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Don Wheeler	26	67	220	192	17	46	9	2	1	22	2	0	27	19	.240	.333	.323	.656	77	62	5	0	1		1
2	1B	Chuck Kress*	27	97	409	353	45	98	17	6	1	44	6	7	39	44	.278	.349	.368	.718	93	130	7	0	17		2
3	2B	Cass Michaels	23	154	672	561	73	173	27	9	6	83	5	7	101	50	.308	.417	.421	.837	126	236	20	3	7		3
4	SS	Luke Appling	42	142	619	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	7	12	121	24	.301	.439	.394	.833	125	194	23	0	6		1
5	3B	Floyd Baker*	32	125	474	388	38	101	15	4	1	40	3	1	84	32	.260	.392	.327	.719	95	127	3	0	2		6
6	OF	George Metkovich*	28	93	381	338	50	80	9	4	5	45	5	4	41	24	.237	.321	.331	.652	76	112	18	1	1		2
7	OF	Dave Philley#	29	146	660	598	84	171	20	8	0	44	13	4	54	51	.286	.347	.346	.693	87	207	12	2	6		4
8	OF	Herb Adams*	21	56	218	208	26	61	5	3	0	16	1	2	9	16	.293	.323	.346	.669	80	72	3	0	1		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Bud Souchock	30	84	277	252	29	59	13	5	7	37	5	2	25	38	.234	.303	.409	.712	91	103	5	0	0		7
10	C	Joe Tipton	27	67	219	191	20	39	5	3	3	19	1	1	27	17	.204	.306	.309	.615	66	59	5	1	0		3
11	OF	Gus Zernial	26	73	213	198	29	63	17	2	5	38	0	1	15	26	.318	.366	.500	.866	132	99	2	0	0		1
12	C	Eddie Malone	29	55	200	170	17	46	7	2	1	16	2	1	29	19	.271	.377	.353	.730	97	60	4	0	1		2
13	OF	Johnny Ostrowski	31	49	175	158	19	42	9	4	5	31	4	3	15	41	.266	.333	.468	.802	115	74	4	1	1		1
14	1B	Gordon Goldsberry*	21	39	163	145	25	36	3	2	1	13	2	0	18	9	.248	.331	.317	.649	75	46	3	0	0		0
15	OF	Jerry Scala*	24	37	139	120	17	30	7	1	1	13	3	3	17	19	.250	.348	.350	.698	88	42	0	1	1		0
16	3B	Bobby Rhawn	30	24	86	73	12	15	4	1	0	5	0	1	12	8	.205	.318	.288	.605	63	21	1	0	1		0
17	OF	Billy Bowers*	27	26	83	78	5	15	2	1	0	6	1	1	4	5	.192	.232	.244	.475	28	19	4	0	1		0
18	IF	Fred Hancock	29	39	61	52	7	7	2	1	0	9	0	1	8	9	.135	.262	.212	.474	28	11	2	1	0		0
19	3B	Rocky Krsnich	21	16	61	55	7	12	3	1	1	9	0	1	6	4	.218	.295	.364	.659	77	20	1	0	0		0
20	OF	Earl Rapp*	28	19	59	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	5	6	.259	.322	.315	.637	72	17	1	0	0		0
21	OF	Dick Lane	22	12	47	42	4	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	3	.119	.213	.119	.332	-10	5	1	0	0		0
22	OF	Bill Higdon*	25	11	29	23	3	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	.304	.448	.435	.883	138	10	0	0	0		0
23	C	George Yankowski	26	12	18	18	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.222	.389	4	4	2	0	0		0
24	SS	Jim Baumer	18	8	14	10	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	.400	.571	.700	1.271	241	7	0	2	0		0
25	OF	Pat Seerey	26	4	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.429	.000	.429	20	0	0	0	0		0
26	3B	Don Kolloway	30	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
27	P	Bill Wight*	27	35	100	85	7	14	3	0	0	6	0	1	6	27	.165	.220	.200	.420	13	17	1	0	9		0
28	P	Randy Gumpert	31	34	93	84	7	16	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	16	.190	.218	.202	.421	14	17	3	0	6		0
29	P	Bob Kuzava#	26	29	64	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.036	.085	.036	.120	-67	2	1	0	5		0
30	P	Billy Pierce*	22	39	62	51	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	15	.176	.250	.176	.426	16	9	2	0	6		0
31	P	Marino Pieretti	28	48	40	38	6	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.237	.256	.263	.520	40	10	0	1	1		0
32	P	Howie Judson	24	26	35	31	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.065	.094	.097	.191	-49	3	2	0	3		0
33	P	Mickey Haefner*	36	14	33	23	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.261	.370	.261	.631	71	6	0	0	6		0
34	P	Max Surkont	27	44	26	22	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	12	.045	.192	.045	.238	-34	1	0	0	0		0
35	P	Al Gettel	31	19	20	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.250	.167	.417	13	3	1	0	0		0
36	P	Ed Klieman	31	18	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	2	0	0	2		0
37	P	Clyde Shoun*	37	16	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	45	1	0	0	0		0
38	P	Bob Cain*	24	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
39	P	Bill Evans	30	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
40	P	Jack Bruner*	24	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
41	P	Fred Bradley	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
42	P	Orval Grove	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
43	P	Ernest Groth	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
44	P	Alex Carrasquel	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.7	154	6003	5204	648	1340	207	66	43	591	62	55	702	593	.257	.347	.347	.695	87	1808	136	13	84		33
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	7	5	6	1	8		1	8	5	7	6	5	8	7		8		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	154	5508	4777	615	1275	201	66	43	568	62	54	673	472	.267	.359	.364	.722	95	1737	126	12	46		33
		Pitcher Totals	27.8	154	495	427	33	65	6	0	0	23	0	1	29	121	.152	.208	.166	.374	1	71	10	1	38		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bill Wight*	27	15	13	.536	3.31	35	33	1	14	3	1	245.0	254	106	90	9	96	3	78	0	1	3	1036	126	3.53	1.429	9.3	0.3	3.5	2.9	0.81
2	SP	Randy Gumpert	31	13	16	.448	3.81	34	32	2	18	3	1	234.0	223	111	99	22	83	2	78	1	0	1	981	109	4.14	1.308	8.6	0.8	3.2	3.0	0.94
3	SP	Billy Pierce*	22	7	15	.318	3.88	32	26	4	8	0	0	171.2	145	89	74	11	112	4	95	0	2	5	761	107	4.19	1.497	7.6	0.6	5.9	5.0	0.85
4	SP	Bob Kuzava*	26	10	6	.625	4.02	29	18	3	9	1	0	156.2	139	76	70	6	91	3	83	1	0	2	685	104	3.71	1.468	8.0	0.3	5.2	4.8	0.91
5	SP	Mickey Haefner*	36	4	6	.400	4.37	14	12	2	4	1	1	80.1	84	40	39	9	41	2	17	5	0	2	358	96	5.26	1.556	9.4	1.0	4.6	1.9	0.41
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Marino Pieretti	28	4	6	.400	5.51	39	9	15	0	0	4	116.0	131	77	71	10	54	1	25	0	0	4	517	76	4.60	1.595	10.2	0.8	4.2	1.9	0.46
7	RP	Howie Judson	24	1	14	.067	4.58	26	12	8	3	0	1	108.0	114	65	55	13	70	4	36	1	1	4	496	91	5.38	1.704	9.5	1.1	5.8	3.0	0.51
8	RP	Max Surkont	27	3	5	.375	4.78	44	2	23	0	0	4	96.0	92	61	51	9	60	3	38	3	0	3	435	87	4.91	1.583	8.6	0.8	5.6	3.6	0.63
9	RP	Al Gettel	31	2	5	.286	6.43	19	7	6	1	1	1	63.0	69	48	45	12	26	0	22	2	0	1	275	65	5.62	1.508	9.9	1.7	3.7	3.1	0.85
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Ed Klieman	31	2	0	1.000	3.00	18	0	13	0	0	3	33.0	33	15	11	2	15	2	9	0	0	0	143	140	4.12	1.455	9.0	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.60
11		Clyde Shoun*	37	1	1	.500	5.79	16	0	10	0	0	0	23.1	37	17	15	1	13	0	8	0	0	0	116	73	4.05	2.143	14.3	0.4	5.0	3.1	0.62
12		Bob Cain*	24	0	0		2.45	6	0	4	0	0	1	11.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	44	175	2.97	1.091	5.7	0.0	4.1	4.1	1.00
13		Jack Bruner*	24	1	2	.333	8.22	4	2	1	0	0	0	7.2	10	7	7	0	8	0	4	0	0	0	36	53	4.60	2.348	11.7	0.0	9.4	4.7	0.50
14		Bill Evans	30	0	1	.000	7.11	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	6	5	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	31	62	5.98	2.211	8.5	0.0	11.4	1.4	0.13
15		Ernest Groth	27	0	1	.000	5.40	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	2	3	3	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	21	83	9.71	1.000	3.6	3.6	5.4	1.8	0.33
16		Alex Carrasquel	36	0	0		14.73	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	8	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	23	31	8.78	3.273	19.6	2.5	9.8	2.5	0.25
17		Fred Bradley	28	0	0		13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	36	7.01	3.500	18.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
18		Orval Grove	29	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	8	12	28.01	7.500	54.0	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
		Team Totals	27.8	63	91	.409	4.30	154	154	97	57	9	17	1363.1	1362	737	651	108	693	24	502	15	4	27	5978	97	4.36	1.507	9.0	0.7	4.6	3.3	0.72
		Rank in 8 AL teams		6	3		6				6	4	3	6	5	6	6	7	5		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W