1946 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersGrace Comiskey
General managersLeslie O'Connor
ManagersJimmy Dykes and Ted Lyons
RadioWJJD/WIND (AM)
(Bob Elson)
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The 1946 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 46th season in the major leagues, and their 47th season overall. They finished with a record of 74–80, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 30 games behind the first place Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 104 50 0.675 — 61–16 43–34
Detroit Tigers 92 62 0.597 12 48–30 44–32
New York Yankees 87 67 0.565 17 47–30 40–37
Washington Senators 76 78 0.494 28 38–38 38–40
Chicago White Sox 74 80 0.481 30 40–38 34–42
Cleveland Indians 68 86 0.442 36 36–41 32–45
St. Louis Browns 66 88 0.429 38 35–41 31–47
Philadelphia Athletics 49 105 0.318 55 31–46 18–59

Record vs. opponents

1946 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 13–9 15–7 15–7–1 14–8 17–5 14–8–1 16–6
Chicago 9–13 — 13–9–1 10–12 8–14 12–10 12–10 10–12
Cleveland 7–15 9–13–1 — 5–17 10–12 15–7 15–7–1 7–15
Detroit 7–15–1 12–10 17–5 — 13–9 17–5 14–8 12–10
New York 8–14 14–8 12–10 9–13 — 16–6 14–8 14–8
Philadelphia 5–17 10–12 7–15 5–17 6–16 — 10–12 6–16–1
St. Louis 8–14–1 10–12 7–15–1 8–14 8–14 12–10 — 13–9
Washington 6–16 12–10 15–7 10–12 8–14 16–6–1 9–13 —


Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1946 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
Luke Appling, SS 149 582 59 180 27 5 1 55 71 41 .309 6
Floyd Baker, 3B 9 24 2 6 1 0 0 3 2 3 .250 0
Guy Curtright, OF 23 55 7 11 2 0 0 5 11 14 .200 0
George Dickey, C 37 78 8 15 1 0 0 1 12 13 .192 0
Ed Fernandes, C 14 32 4 8 2 0 0 4 8 7 .250 0
Frankie Hayes, C 53 179 15 38 6 0 2 16 29 33 .212 1
Ralph Hodgin, LF,RF 87 258 32 65 10 1 0 25 19 6 .252 0
Bob Kennedy, LF,3B,RF,CF 113 411 43 106 13 5 5 34 24 42 .258 6
Don Kolloway, 2B,3B 123 482 45 135 23 4 3 53 9 29 .280 14
Jake Jones, 1B 24 79 10 21 5 1 3 13 2 13 .266 0
Tom Jordan, C 10 15 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 .267 0
Joe Kuhel, 1B 64 238 24 65 9 3 4 20 21 24 .273 4
Dario Lodigiani, 3B 44 155 12 38 8 0 0 13 16 14 .245 4
Cass Michaels, 2B,3B,SS 91 291 37 75 8 0 1 22 29 36 .258 9
Wally Moses, RF,CF 56 168 20 46 9 1 4 16 17 20 .274 2
Dave Philley, LF 17 68 10 24 2 3 0 17 4 4 .353 5
Whitey Platt, OF 84 247 28 62 8 5 3 32 17 34 .251 1
Joe Smaza, RF 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0
Mike Tresh, C 80 217 28 47 5 2 0 21 36 24 .217 0
Hal Trosky, 1B 88 299 22 76 12 3 2 31 34 37 .254 4
Thurman Tucker, CF 121 438 62 126 20 3 1 36 54 45 .288 9
Leo Wells, 3B 45 127 11 24 4 1 1 11 12 34 .189 3
Frank Whitman, SS,1B,2B 17 16 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 .063 0
Taffy Wright, RF,LF 115 422 46 116 19 4 7 52 42 17 .275 10
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Earl Caldwell, P 39 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 5 4 .167 0
Bill Dietrich, P 11 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 .053 0
Orval Grove, P 33 65 2 7 0 1 0 2 5 27 .108 0
Ralph Hamner, P 25 18 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 7 .167 0
Joe Haynes, P 32 57 4 14 4 0 0 6 1 10 .246 0
Al Hollingsworth, P 21 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0
Thornton Lee, P 7 15 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 .267 0
Eddie Lopat, P 30 87 10 22 2 1 0 10 8 7 .253 0
Ted Lyons, P 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0
Gordon Maltzberger, P 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 0
Emmett O'Neill, P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Frank Papish, P 31 43 3 8 1 0 0 2 1 7 .186 0
Johnny Rigney, P 15 26 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 7 .154 0
Eddie Smith, P 24 45 2 8 1 0 0 3 3 9 .178 0
Team Totals
 155 5312 562 1364 206 44 37 515 499 602 .257 78

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
Earl Caldwell 13 4 2.08 39 0 8 90.2 60 28 21 2 29 42
Bill Dietrich 3 3 2.61 11 9 1 62.0 63 21 18 4 24 20
Orval Grove 8 13 3.02 33 26 0 205.1 213 96 69 10 78 60
Ralph Hamner 2 7 4.42 25 7 1 71.1 80 47 35 2 39 29
Joe Haynes 7 9 3.76 32 23 2 177.1 203 80 74 14 60 60
Al Hollingsworth 3 2 4.58 21 2 1 55.0 63 29 28 2 22 22
Gordon Maltzberger 2 0 1.59 19 0 2 39.2 30 7 7 3 6 17
Thornton Lee 2 4 3.53 7 7 0 43.1 39 24 17 1 23 23
Eddie Lopat 13 13 2.73 29 29 0 231.0 216 80 70 18 48 89
Ted Lyons 1 4 2.32 5 5 0 42.2 38 17 11 2 9 10
Emmett O'Neill 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.2 4 2 0 0 5 0
Frank Papish 7 5 2.74 31 15 0 138.0 122 52 42 7 63 66
Len Perme 0 0 8.31 4 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 0 7 2
Johnny Rigney 5 5 4.03 15 11 0 82.2 76 37 37 6 35 51
Eddie Smith 8 11 2.85 24 21 1 145.1 135 71 46 9 60 59
Team Totals
 74 80 3.10 155 155 16 1392.1 1348 595 479 80 508 550

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Milwaukee Brewers American Association Nick Cullop
AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Willis Hudlin
AA Shreveport Sports Texas League Salty Parker and Hub Northen
A Greenville Spinners Sally League Ivy Griffin
B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Johnny Mostil
C Texarkana Bears East Texas League Gabby Lusk and Joe Kracher
C Superior Blues Northern League Fred Hensley and George Treadwell
D Brewton Millers Alabama State League Ben Catchings
D New River Rebels Appalachian League Jack Crosswhite
D Alexandria Aces Evangeline League Carl Kott
D Cordele White Sox Georgia–Florida League Joe Holden
D Madisonville Miners KITTY League Frank Zubik
D Lima Terriers Ohio State League Charles Moore
D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Charlie Engle

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New River[4]

References

  1. ^ Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

1946 MLB season by team
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