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1947 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 70-84, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 553 runs, Allowed 661 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89 Managed by Ted Lyons Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 876,948 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates 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: 1947 Stats (1946/1948) / 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   Mike Tresh          33   90  274   19   66   6  2   0   20  26   26  .241  .311  .277   2   0   9   2   1           67
1B  Rudy York           33  102  400   40   97  18  4  15   64  36   55  .243  .305  .420   1   0  12   0   1          104
2B  Don Kolloway        28  124  485   49  135  25  4   2   35  17   34  .278  .303  .359  11   4  22   0   7           87
3B *Floyd Baker         30  105  371   61   98  12  3   0   22  66   28  .264  .375  .313   9   7   5   0   2           96
SS  Luke Appling        40  139  503   67  154  29  0   8   49  64   28  .306  .386  .412   8   6  15   1   4          125
OF #Dave Philley        27  143  551   55  142  25 11   2   45  35   39  .258  .303  .354  21  16  14   1   5           85
OF  Bob Kennedy         26  115  428   47  112  19  3   6   48  18   38  .262  .291  .362   3   4  12   0   2           84
OF *Taffy Wright        35  124  401   48  130  13  0   4   54  48   17  .324  .398  .387   8   6   9   1   5          122
    Cass Michaels       21  110  355   31   97  15  4   3   34  39   28  .273  .350  .363  10   5  14   3   7          102
   *Thurman Tucker      29   89  254   28   60   9  4   1   17  38   25  .236  .336  .315  10   4   0   0   1           85
   #George Dickey       31   83  211   15   47   6  0   1   27  34   25  .223  .331  .265   4   2   2   0   1           70
   #Jack Wallaesa       27   81  205   25   40   9  1   7   32  23   51  .195  .279  .351   2   2   5   1   0           78
   *Ralph Hodgin        32   59  180   26   53  10  3   1   24  13    4  .294  .352  .400   1   0   6   3   2          112
    Jake Jones          26   45  171   15   41   7  1   3   20  13   25  .240  .297  .345   1   0   4   1   0           81
    Joe Stephenson      26   16   35    3    5   0  0   0    3   1    7  .143  .211  .143   0   0   0   2   0            1
    Loyd Christopher    27    7   23    1    5   0  1   0    0   2    4  .217  .280  .304   0   1   2   0   0           65
   *Joe Kuhel           41    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Ed Lopat            29   35   96    5   19   3  0   0   11   4    6  .198  .230  .229   0   0   2   0   4           30
    Joe Haynes          29   29   65    7   17   2  0   0    6   0    7  .262  .262  .292   0   0   1   0   1           56
    Frank Papish        29   38   58    1    5   0  0   0    2   1   15  .086  .102  .086   0   0   2   0   6          -47
    Orval Grove         27   25   48    2    7   2  0   0    1   5   16  .146  .226  .188   0   0   1   0   1           18
    Bob Gillespie       27   25   33    2    2   0  0   0    0   3   12  .061  .139  .061   0   0   2   0   0          -42
   *Thornton Lee        40   21   29    0    6   0  0   0    1   2   11  .207  .258  .207   0   0   0   0   0           32
    Earl Harrist        27   33   24    1    5   0  0   0    1   0    8  .208  .208  .208   0   0   0   0   2           18
    Red Ruffing         42   14   24    2    5   0  0   0    3   1    3  .208  .240  .208   0   0   1   0   0           27
    Johnny Rigney       32   11   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   1         -100
    Pete Gebrian        23   27   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   1         -100
    Earl Caldwell       42   40    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Gordon Maltzberger  34   33    7    2    1   1  0   0    0   2    4  .143  .333  .286   0   0   0   0   1           76
   #Eddie Smith         33   15    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0           -6
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2  155 5274  553 1350 211 41  53  519 492  527  .256  .319  .342  91  57 142  15  56           94
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    7    5   5  8   7        8    8     5     6     7   1   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Ed Lopat            29  31   2.81  16  13  0  31   0  22   3  252.7  241   88   79  17   73  109 1047   0   2  0     130
SP *Frank Papish        29  38   3.26  12  12  3  26   9   6   1  199.0  185   82   72   6   98   79  871   6   2  0     113
SP  Joe Haynes          29  29   2.42  14   6  0  22   5   7   2  182.0  174   65   49   5   61   50  767   4   2  1     151
SP  Orval Grove         27  25   4.44   6   8  0  19   1   6   1  135.7  158   78   67  10   70   33  619   3   4  0      83
SP  Bob Gillespie       27  25   4.73   5   8  0  17   4   1   0  118.0  133   71   62   4   53   36  528   6   1  0      78
SP *Thornton Lee        40  21   4.47   3   7  1  11   5   2   1   86.7   86   50   43   5   56   57  394   1   2  0      82
SP  Red Ruffing         42   9   6.11   3   5  0   9   0   1   0   53.0   63   39   36   7   16   11  235   3   0  0      60
SP  Johnny Rigney       32  11   1.95   2   3  0   7   3   2   0   50.7   42   15   11   3   15   19  203   1   0  0     188

CL  Earl Caldwell       42  40   3.64   1   4  8   0  30   0   0   54.3   53   23   22   4   30   22  239   0   1  0     101
RP  Gordon Maltzberger  34  33   3.39   1   4  5   0  22   0   0   63.7   61   26   24   4   25   22  271   0   1  0     108
RP  Earl Harrist        27  33   3.56   3   8  5   4  12   0   0   93.7   85   48   37   3   49   55  406   4   3  0     103
RP  Pete Gebrian        23  27   4.48   2   3  5   4  10   0   0   66.3   61   40   33   7   33   17  288   6   2  0      82
RP *Eddie Smith         33  15   7.29   1   3  0   5   6   0   0   33.3   40   36   27   1   24   12  166   1   0  0      50

    Hi Bithorn          31   2   0.00   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    0    0   0    0    0    7   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.7 155   3.64  70  84 27 155 108  47  11 1391.0 1384  661  563  76  603  522 6041  35  20  1     101
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   6   3  2           8   7      3    6    5        2    5    7

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MTresh 89 313 38 9 10 .975 4 GDickey 80 285 35 5 5 .985 8 JStephenson 13 42 5 2 0 .959 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 640 78 16 15 .978 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYork 102 932 71 5 106 .995 9.83 JJones 43 444 31 6 49 .988 11.05 DKolloway 11 99 8 1 9 .991 9.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1475 110 12 164 .992 10.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKolloway 99 274 306 23 76 .962 5.86 CMichaels 60 160 175 6 52 .982 5.58 FBaker 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 437 483 29 129 .969 5.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FBaker 101 84 253 7 28 .980 3.34 CMichaels 44 48 89 9 9 .938 3.11 DKolloway 8 5 17 3 1 .880 2.75 DPhilley 4 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.75 LAppling 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 BKennedy 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 JWallaesa 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 141 369 19 39 .964 3.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LAppling 129 232 422 35 86 .949 5.07 JWallaesa 27 55 94 5 22 .968 5.52 CMichaels 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 FBaker 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 290 522 40 108 .953 5.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DPhilley 133 355 9 5 2 .986 2.74 39 95 0 BKennedy 106 204 8 7 3 .968 2.00 14 1 91 TWright 100 198 6 6 1 .971 2.04 35 0 66 TTucker 65 171 5 4 2 .978 2.71 0 65 0 RHodgin 41 99 2 1 0 .990 2.46 40 0 1 JWallaesa 22 74 1 0 0 1.000 3.41 22 0 0 LChristophe 7 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.86 7 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1120 32 23 9 .980 2.48 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ELopat 31 12 36 2 0 .960 1.71 FPapish 38 11 27 2 2 .950 1.72 JHaynes 29 12 29 2 5 .953 2.03 OGrove 25 11 19 1 1 .968 1.99 BGillespie 25 4 35 1 0 .975 2.97 EHarrist 33 3 18 1 1 .955 2.02 TLee 21 4 15 2 1 .905 1.97 PGebrian 27 2 9 1 0 .917 1.49 GMaltzberge 33 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.54 ECaldwell 40 1 6 1 0 .875 1.16 RRuffing 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.53 JRigney 11 2 15 1 2 .944 3.02 ESmith 15 2 3 2 0 .714 1.35 HBithorn 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 70 233 16 14 .950 1.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Wright .324 On-base % Wright .398 Slugging % York .420 OPS Appling .798 Games Philley 143 At Bats Philley 551 Plate Appearances (approx.) Philley 592 Runs Appling 67 Hits Appling 154 Total Bases Appling 207 Doubles Appling 29 Triples Philley 11 Home Runs York 15 RBI York 64 Bases on Balls Baker 66 Strikeouts York 55 Stolen Bases Philley 21 Singles Appling 117 Adjusted OPS+ Appling 125 Runs Created Appling 79 Adjusted Batting Runs Appling 20 Batting Wins Appling 2.0 Extra-Base Hits Philley 38 Times on Base Appling 219 Offensive Win% Appling .634 Hit By Pitch Hodgin and Michaels 3 Sac. Hits Kolloway and Michaels 7 Grounded into Double Plays Kolloway 22 Caught Stealing Philley 16 Power/Speed Number Appling 8.0 At Bats per Strikeout Wright 23.6 At Bats per Home Run York 26.7 Outs Philley 444

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Haynes 2.42 Wins Lopat 16 Won-Loss % Haynes .700 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lopat 1.243 Hits Allowed/9IP Papish 8.37 Bases on Balls/9IP Lopat 2.60 Strikeouts/9IP Lopat 3.88 Games Caldwell 40 Saves Caldwell 8 Innings Lopat 252.7 Strikeouts Lopat 109 Games Started Lopat 31 Comp. Games Lopat 22 Shutouts Lopat 3 Home Runs Allow. Lopat 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Papish 98 Hits Allowed Lopat 241 SO to Walk Lopat 1.49 Losses Lopat 13 Earned Runs Allow. Lopat 79 Wild Pitches Gebrian, Gillespie, and Papish 6 Hit Batsmen Grove 4 Batters Faced Lopat 1047 Games Finished Caldwell 30 Adjusted ERA+ Haynes 151

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