1948 Chicago White Sox season
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Owner(s) | Grace Comiskey |
General manager(s) | Leslie O'Connor |
Manager(s) | Ted Lyons |
Local television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) |
Local radio | WJJD/WEFM (Bob Elson) |
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The 1948 Chicago White Sox season was the team’s 48th season in the major leagues, and its 49th season overall. They finished eighth (last) in the American League with a 51–101 record, 44.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians. In 114 seasons, the White Sox have only once (in 1932) had a worse winning percentage.
Contents
Offseason
- November 19, 1947: Pete Wojey was drafted from the White Sox by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 minor league draft.[1]
- January 27, 1948: Thurman Tucker was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Ralph Weigel.[2]
- February 24, 1948: Ed Lopat was traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Bill Wight, Fred Bradley, and Aaron Robinson.[3]
- Prior to 1948 season: Ed McGhee was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.[4]
Regular season
Frank Lane was in his first season as White Sox general manager. Over the next seven years with the White Sox, Lane would make 241 trades.[5] He would gain the nicknames "Trader" Lane and "Frantic Frank".
On July 18, Pat Seerey hit four home runs in an eleven inning game against the Philadelphia Athletics.[6] The White Sox won, 12–11.
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cleveland Indians | 97 | 58 | .626 | -- |
Boston Red Sox | 96 | 59 | .619 | 1 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 2.5 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 70 | .545 | 12.5 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 18.5 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 37 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 97 | .366 | 40 |
Chicago White Sox | 51 | 101 | .336 | 44.5 |
Record vs. opponents
1948 American League Records
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–8 | 11–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 8–13–1 | 9–12–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–11 | 16–6 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 8–14 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 18–4 | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 13–8–1 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 4–18 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 12–9–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — |
Opening Day lineup
- Don Kolloway, 2b
- Luke Appling, 3b
- Tony Lupien, 1b
- Bob Kennedy, rf
- Taffy Wright, lf
- Jack Wallaesa, ss
- Dave Philley, cf
- Mike Tresh, c
- Joe Haynes, p
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Herb Adams, RF,CF | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 | 0 |
Luke Appling, 3B,SS | 139 | 497 | 63 | 156 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 94 | 35 | .314 | 10 |
Floyd Baker, 3B,2B | 104 | 335 | 47 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 73 | 26 | .215 | 4 |
Jim Delsing, CF | 20 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | .190 | 0 |
Ralph Hodgin, OF | 114 | 331 | 28 | 88 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 11 | .266 | 0 |
Bob Kennedy, LF,RF | 30 | 113 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 17 | .248 | 0 |
Don Kolloway, 2B,3B | 119 | 417 | 60 | 114 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 18 | .273 | 2 |
Tony Lupien, 1B | 154 | 617 | 69 | 152 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 74 | 38 | .246 | 11 |
Cass Michaels, SS,2B | 145 | 484 | 47 | 120 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 69 | 42 | .248 | 8 |
Dave Philley, CF,LF | 137 | 488 | 51 | 140 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 50 | 33 | .287 | 8 |
Aaron Robinson, C | 98 | 326 | 47 | 82 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 46 | 30 | .252 | 0 |
Jerry Scala, CF | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Pat Seerey, LF,CF | 95 | 340 | 44 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 64 | 61 | 94 | .229 | 0 |
Mike Tresh, C | 39 | 108 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | .250 | 0 |
Jack Wallaesa, SS | 33 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | .188 | 0 |
Ralph Weigel, C,LF | 66 | 163 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 18 | .233 | 1 |
Frank Whitman, SS | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Taffy Wright, RF,LF | 134 | 455 | 50 | 127 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 38 | 18 | .279 | 2 |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
Fred Bradley, P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Earl Caldwell, P | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Al Gettel, P | 24 | 54 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .241 | 0 |
Bob Gillespie, P | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .000 | 0 |
Jim Goodwin, P | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Orval Grove, P | 32 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .095 | 0 |
Randy Gumpert, P | 16 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .138 | 0 |
Earl Harrist, P | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Joe Haynes, P | 27 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .160 | 0 |
Howie Judson, P | 41 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .103 | 0 |
Glen Moulder, P | 33 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 | 0 |
Frank Papish, P | 32 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .185 | 0 |
Ike Pearson, P | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 0 |
Marino Pieretti, P | 32 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .179 | 0 |
Marv Rotblatt, P | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
Bill Wight, P | 34 | 73 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | .082 | 0 |
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154 | 5192 | 558 | 1303 | 172 | 39 | 55 | 532 | 594 | 528 | .251 | 46 |
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Fred Bradley | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Earl Caldwell | 1 | 5 | 5.31 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 39.0 | 53 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 10 |
Al Gettel | 8 | 10 | 4.01 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 148.0 | 154 | 76 | 66 | 7 | 60 | 49 |
Bob Gillespie | 0 | 4 | 5.13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 72.0 | 81 | 45 | 41 | 3 | 33 | 19 |
Jim Goodwin | 0 | 0 | 8.71 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10.1 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
Orval Grove | 2 | 10 | 6.16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 87.2 | 110 | 64 | 60 | 6 | 42 | 18 |
Randy Gumpert | 2 | 6 | 3.79 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 97.1 | 103 | 43 | 41 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
Earl Harrist | 1 | 3 | 5.87 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
Joe Haynes | 9 | 10 | 3.97 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 149.2 | 167 | 79 | 66 | 13 | 52 | 40 |
Howie Judson | 4 | 5 | 4.78 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 107.1 | 102 | 60 | 57 | 7 | 56 | 38 |
Glen Moulder | 3 | 6 | 6.41 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 85.2 | 108 | 67 | 61 | 8 | 54 | 26 |
Frank Papish | 2 | 8 | 5.00 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 95.1 | 97 | 65 | 53 | 7 | 75 | 41 |
Ike Pearson | 2 | 3 | 4.92 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 53.0 | 62 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 12 |
Marino Pieretti | 8 | 10 | 4.95 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 120.0 | 117 | 70 | 66 | 6 | 52 | 28 |
Marv Rotblatt | 0 | 1 | 7.85 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18.1 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
Bill Wight | 9 | 20 | 4.80 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 223.1 | 238 | 132 | 119 | 9 | 135 | 68 |
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51 | 101 | 4.89 | 154 | 154 | 23 | 1345.2 | 1454 | 814 | 731 | 89 | 673 | 403 |
Farm system
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hot Springs, Seminole[7]
References
- ↑ Pete Wojey page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Thurman Tucker page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Ed Lopat page at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Ed McGhee page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball’s Reluctant Hero, p. 93, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
- ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997