1947 Chicago White Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 876,948, Avg. 15,354
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Ted Lyons (70-84)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1947 Chicago White Sox RosterTeam Record: 70-84
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 876,948, Avg. 15,354
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Ted Lyons (70-84)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1947 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1947 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The White Sox scored 553 runs and allowed 661 runs. Rudy York led Chicago with 15 home runs and recorded 64 runs batted in. Luke Appling paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Eddie Lopat topped the team with 16 wins, while Joe Haynes recorded a 2.42 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Ted Lyons coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Lopat | 16 | 13 | .552 | 2.81 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 252.7 | 241 | 88 | 79 | 17 | 73 | 0 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1047 |
| Joe Haynes | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.42 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 182.0 | 174 | 65 | 49 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 767 |
| Frank Papish | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.26 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 199.0 | 185 | 82 | 72 | 6 | 98 | 0 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 871 |
| Orval Grove | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.44 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 135.7 | 158 | 78 | 67 | 10 | 70 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 619 |
| Bob Gillespie | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.73 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 133 | 71 | 62 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 528 |
| Red Ruffing | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 63 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 235 |
| Thornton Lee | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.47 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 86.7 | 86 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 394 |
| Earl Harrist | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.56 | 33 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 93.7 | 85 | 48 | 37 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 406 |
| Johnny Rigney | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.95 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 203 |
| Pete Gebrian | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.48 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66.3 | 61 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 288 |
| Hiram Bithorn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Eddie Smith | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.29 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 166 |
| Gordon Maltzberger | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.39 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 63.7 | 61 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 271 |
| Earl Caldwell | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.64 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 54.3 | 53 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
| Totals | 70 | 84 | .455 | 3.64 | 339 | 155 | 108 | 47 | 8 | 27 | 1391.0 | 1384 | 661 | 562 | 76 | 603 | 0 | 522 | 20 | 1 | 35 | 6041 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Appling | 139 | 572 | 503 | 67 | 154 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 28 | .306 | .386 | .412 | .797 | 207 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Philley | 143 | 592 | 551 | 55 | 142 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 16 | 35 | 39 | .258 | .303 | .354 | .657 | 195 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Kolloway | 124 | 509 | 485 | 49 | 135 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 34 | .278 | .303 | .359 | .662 | 174 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Taffy Wright | 124 | 455 | 401 | 48 | 130 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 17 | .324 | .398 | .387 | .784 | 155 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 115 | 448 | 428 | 47 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 38 | .262 | .291 | .362 | .654 | 155 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Baker | 105 | 439 | 371 | 61 | 98 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 28 | .264 | .375 | .313 | .688 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cass Michaels | 110 | 404 | 355 | 31 | 97 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 28 | .273 | .350 | .363 | .714 | 129 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy York | 102 | 437 | 400 | 40 | 97 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 55 | .243 | .305 | .420 | .725 | 168 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh | 90 | 303 | 274 | 19 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 26 | .241 | .311 | .277 | .589 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thurman Tucker | 89 | 293 | 254 | 28 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 25 | .236 | .336 | .315 | .651 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Hodgin | 59 | 198 | 180 | 26 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | .294 | .352 | .400 | .752 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Dickey | 83 | 246 | 211 | 15 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 25 | .223 | .331 | .265 | .596 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Jones | 45 | 185 | 171 | 15 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .240 | .297 | .345 | .642 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wallaesa | 81 | 229 | 205 | 25 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 51 | .195 | .279 | .351 | .631 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Lopat | 35 | 104 | 96 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .198 | .230 | .229 | .459 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes | 29 | 66 | 65 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .262 | .262 | .292 | .554 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Orval Grove | 25 | 54 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .146 | .226 | .188 | .414 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thornton Lee | 21 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .207 | .258 | .207 | .465 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyd Christopher | 7 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .217 | .280 | .304 | .584 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Harrist | 33 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Ruffing | 14 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .208 | .240 | .208 | .448 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Stephenson | 16 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .211 | .143 | .353 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Papish | 38 | 65 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .086 | .102 | .086 | .188 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gillespie | 25 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .061 | .139 | .061 | .199 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Smith | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Maltzberger | 33 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Gebrian | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rigney | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Caldwell | 40 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kuhel | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiram Bithorn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1783 | 5836 | 5274 | 553 | 1350 | 211 | 41 | 53 | 519 | 91 | 57 | 491 | 528 | .256 | .321 | .342 | .663 | 1802 | 142 | 15 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy York | 1B | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 932 | 71 | 5 | 106 | .995 | 9.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kolloway | 1B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 8 | 1 | 9 | .991 | 9.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Jones | 1B | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 444 | 31 | 6 | 49 | .988 | 11.047 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cass Michaels | 2B | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 160 | 175 | 6 | 52 | .982 | 5.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kolloway | 2B | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 274 | 306 | 23 | 76 | .962 | 5.859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Baker | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Wallaesa | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Philley | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cass Michaels | 3B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 89 | 9 | 9 | .938 | 3.114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kolloway | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Baker | 3B | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 253 | 7 | 28 | .980 | 3.337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Appling | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tresh | C | 89 | 0 | 0.0 | 313 | 38 | 9 | 10 | .975 | 3.944 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Stephenson | C | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 3.615 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Dickey | C | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 285 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .985 | 4.000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taffy Wright | OF | 100 | 0 | 0.0 | 198 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 2.040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Wallaesa | OF | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thurman Tucker | OF | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 171 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 2.708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Philley | OF | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 355 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .986 | 2.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | OF | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .968 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Hodgin | OF | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.463 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Loyd Christopher | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Smith | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Ruffing | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Rigney | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Papish | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Maltzberger | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Lopat | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 1.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thornton Lee | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Haynes | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 5 | .953 | 1.414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Harrist | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orval Grove | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gillespie | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Gebrian | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Caldwell | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiram Bithorn | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Wallaesa | SS | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 94 | 5 | 22 | .968 | 5.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cass Michaels | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Baker | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Appling | SS | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 232 | 422 | 35 | 86 | .949 | 5.070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1631 | 0 | 0.0 | 4173 | 1827 | 155 | 478 | .975 | 3.679 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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