1946 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1946
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey
General Managers:	Leslie O'Connor
Managers:	Jimmy Dykes and Ted Lyons
Radio:	WJJD/WIND (AM) (Bob Elson)

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

• December 8, 1945: Tony Cuccinello was released by the White Sox.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Wally Moses, RF
• Floyd Baker, 3B
• Taffy Wright, LF
• Luke Appling, SS
• Hal Trosky, 1B
• Don Kolloway, 2B
• Thurman Tucker, CF
• Mike Tresh, C
• Bill Dietrich, P

Notable transactions

• July 4, 1946: Tom Jordan was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Indians completed the deal by sending Frankie Hayes to the White Sox on July 15, 1946.^[2]
• July 23, 1946: Wally Moses was purchased from the White Sox by the Boston Red Sox.^[3]

Roster

1946 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
	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
	74	80	3.10	155	155	16	1392.1	1348	595	479	80	508	550

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New River^[4]

External links

• 1946 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cuccito01.shtml Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesfr01.shtml Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moseswa01.shtml 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