Chicago White Sox | |
Alt: | Jack Brickhouse in the press box getting ready to announce a Chicago White Sox game for WGN TV at Comiskey Park, in 1948 |
Caption: | Announcer Jack Brickhouse at a White Sox Game in 1948 |
Season: | 1948 |
League: | American League |
Ballpark: | Comiskey Park |
City: | Chicago |
Owners: | Grace Comiskey |
General Managers: | Leslie O'Connor |
Managers: | Ted Lyons |
Television: | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) |
Radio: | WJJD/WEFM (Bob Elson) |
The 1948 Major League Baseball season was the Chicago White Sox' 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. This was the first year of many for White Sox television broadcasts on WGN-TV channel 9.
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.
1948 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | Outfielders | ManagerCoaches |
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 | |
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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 | |
154 | 5192 | 558 | 1303 | 172 | 39 | 55 | 532 | 594 | 528 | .251 | 46 |
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 | |
51 | 101 | 4.89 | 154 | 154 | 23 | 1345.2 | 1454 | 814 | 731 | 89 | 673 | 403 |
See also: Minor League Baseball.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hot Springs, Seminole[7]