1947 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Grace Comiskey | |
General managers | Leslie O'Connor | |
Managers | Ted Lyons | |
Radio | WJJD/WIND (AM) (Bob Elson) | |
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The 1947 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 47th season in the major leagues, and their 48th season overall. They finished with a record of 70–84, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 27 games behind the first place New York Yankees.
Offseason
[edit]- February 13, 1947: Frankie Hayes was released by the White Sox.[1]
- Prior to 1947 season: Tod Davis was acquired by the White Sox from the Hollywood Stars as part of a minor league working agreement.[2]
Regular season
[edit]- July 5: In a game against the White Sox, Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians became the first black player to appear in an American League game.[3] Doby appeared in the seventh inning and struck out.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55–22 | 42–35 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 46–31 | 39–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 71 | .539 | 14 | 49–30 | 34–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | .519 | 17 | 38–39 | 42–35 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 76 | .506 | 19 | 39–38 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27 | 32–43 | 38–41 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38 | 29–48 | 30–47 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 8–14–2 | 7–15 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 14–8–2 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Player | Position |
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Floyd Baker | 3B |
Luke Appling | SS |
Dave Philley | CF |
Bob Kennedy | RF |
Ralph Hodgin | LF |
Don Kolloway | 1B |
Cass Michaels | 2B |
Mike Tresh | C |
Ed Lopat | P |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 23, 1947: Gus Zernial was purchased by the White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.[4]
- July 1947: Pete Wojey was acquired by the White Sox from the Hot Springs Bathers.[5]
Roster
[edit]1947 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]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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Luke Appling, SS | 139 | 503 | 67 | 154 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 64 | 28 | .306 | 8 |
Floyd Baker, 3B | 105 | 371 | 61 | 98 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 66 | 28 | .264 | 9 |
Loyd Christopher, LF | 7 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .217 | 0 |
George Dickey, C | 83 | 211 | 15 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 34 | 25 | .223 | 4 |
Ralph Hodgin, LF | 59 | 180 | 26 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 4 | .294 | 1 |
Bob Kennedy, RF,LF | 115 | 428 | 47 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 18 | 38 | .262 | 3 |
Don Kolloway, 2B,1B,3B | 124 | 485 | 49 | 135 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 34 | .278 | 11 |
Jake Jones, 1B | 45 | 171 | 15 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 25 | .240 | 1 |
Joe Kuhel, PH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Cass Michaels, 2B,3B | 110 | 355 | 31 | 97 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 39 | 28 | .273 | 10 |
Dave Philley, CF,LF,3B | 143 | 551 | 55 | 142 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 35 | 39 | .258 | 21 |
Joe Stephenson, C | 16 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 |
Mike Tresh, C | 90 | 274 | 19 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 26 | .241 | 2 |
Thurman Tucker, CF | 89 | 254 | 28 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 25 | .236 | 10 |
Jack Wallaesa, SS,LF | 81 | 205 | 25 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 51 | .195 | 2 |
Taffy Wright, RF,LF | 124 | 401 | 48 | 130 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 48 | 17 | .324 | 8 |
Rudy York, 1B | 102 | 400 | 40 | 97 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 64 | 36 | 55 | .243 | 1 |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Earl Caldwell, P | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Pete Gebrian, P | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
Bob Gillespie, P | 25 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .061 | 0 |
Orval Grove, P | 25 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .146 | 0 |
Earl Harrist, P | 33 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .208 | 0 |
Joe Haynes, P | 29 | 65 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | .262 | 0 |
Thornton Lee, P | 21 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .207 | 0 |
Eddie Lopat, P | 35 | 96 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .198 | 0 |
Gordon Maltzberger, P | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | 0 |
Frank Papish, P | 38 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .086 | 0 |
Johnny Rigney, P | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
Red Ruffing, P | 14 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .208 | 0 |
Eddie Smith, P | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | 0 |
Team Totals
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155 | 5274 | 553 | 1350 | 211 | 41 | 53 | 519 | 491 | 528 | .256 | 91 |
Pitching
[edit]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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Hi Bithorn | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Caldwell | 1 | 4 | 3.64 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 54.1 | 53 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 30 | 22 |
Pete Gebrian | 2 | 3 | 4.48 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 66.1 | 61 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 33 | 17 |
Bob Gillespie | 5 | 8 | 4.73 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 118.0 | 133 | 71 | 62 | 4 | 53 | 36 |
Orval Grove | 6 | 8 | 4.44 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 135.2 | 158 | 78 | 67 | 10 | 70 | 33 |
Earl Harrist | 3 | 8 | 3.56 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 93.2 | 85 | 48 | 37 | 3 | 49 | 55 |
Joe Haynes | 14 | 6 | 2.42 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 182.0 | 174 | 65 | 49 | 5 | 61 | 50 |
Gordon Maltzberger | 1 | 4 | 3.39 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 63.2 | 61 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
Thornton Lee | 3 | 7 | 4.47 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 86.2 | 86 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 56 | 57 |
Eddie Lopat | 16 | 13 | 2.81 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 252.2 | 241 | 88 | 79 | 17 | 73 | 109 |
Frank Papish | 12 | 12 | 3.26 | 38 | 26 | 3 | 199.0 | 185 | 82 | 72 | 6 | 98 | 79 |
Johnny Rigney | 2 | 3 | 1.95 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 50.2 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
Red Ruffing | 3 | 5 | 6.11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 53.0 | 63 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 11 |
Eddie Smith | 1 | 3 | 7.29 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 33.1 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 12 |
Team Totals
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70 | 84 | 3.64 | 155 | 155 | 27 | 1391.0 | 1384 | 661 | 562 | 76 | 603 | 522 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Frankie Hayes page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tod Davis page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 184, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
- ^ Gus Zernial page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Pete Wojey page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997