1949 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1949
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Jack Onslow
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio:	WJJD/WFMF (Bob Elson)

The 1949 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 49th season in the major leagues, and their 50th season overall. They finished with a record of 63–91, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 34 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• November 10, 1948: Tod Davis was drafted from the White Sox by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1948 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Regular season

The 1949 White Sox were the last American League team in the 20th century to hit more triples than home runs. The club had 66 triples compared to 43 home runs.^[2]

Opening Day lineup

• Floyd Baker, 3B
• Dave Philley, CF
• Luke Appling, SS
• Gus Zernial, LF
• Pat Seerey, RF
• Cass Michaels, 2B
• Steve Souchock, 1B
• Joe Tipton, C
• Al Gettel, P

Notable transactions

• June 2, 1949: Jerry Scala, a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the White Sox to the Oakland Oaks for Catfish Metkovich. The Oaks returned Jerry Scala to the White Sox on June 11, and the Chicago White Sox sent Earl Rapp to the Oaks to complete the trade.^[3]
• September 13, 1949: Jack Bruner was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[4]

Roster

1949 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
Herb Adams, CF,LF	56	208	26	61	5	3	0	16	9	16	.293	1
Luke Appling, SS	142	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	121	24	.301	7
Floyd Baker, 3B	125	388	38	101	15	4	1	40	84	32	.260	3
Jim Baumer, SS	8	10	2	4	1	1	0	2	2	1	.400	0
Billy Bowers, OF	26	78	5	15	2	1	0	6	4	5	.192	1
Gordon Goldsberry, 1B	39	145	25	36	3	2	1	13	18	9	.248	2
Fred Hancock, SS,3B	39	52	7	7	2	1	0	9	8	9	.135	0
Bill Higdon, CF	11	23	3	7	3	0	0	1	6	3	.304	1
Don Kolloway, 3B	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Chuck Kress, 1B	97	353	45	98	17	6	1	44	39	44	.278	6
Rocky Krsnich, 3B	16	55	7	12	3	1	1	9	6	4	.218	0
Dick Lane, LF	12	42	4	5	0	0	0	4	5	3	.119	0
Eddie Malone, C	55	170	17	46	7	2	1	16	29	19	.271	2
Catfish Metkovich, CF,LF	93	338	50	80	9	4	5	45	41	24	.237	5
Cass Michaels, 2B	154	561	73	173	27	9	6	83	101	50	.308	5
Johnny Ostrowski, LF,3B	49	158	19	42	9	4	5	31	15	41	.266	4
Dave Philley, RF	146	598	84	171	20	8	0	44	54	51	.286	13
Earl Rapp, LF,RF	19	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	5	6	.259	1
Bobby Rhawn, 3B,SS	24	73	12	15	4	1	0	5	12	8	.205	0
Jerry Scala, CF	37	120	17	30	7	1	1	13	17	19	.250	3
Pat Seerey, RF	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	0
Bud Souchock, LF,1B	84	252	29	59	13	5	7	37	25	38	.234	5
Joe Tipton, C	67	191	20	39	5	3	3	19	27	17	.204	1
Don Wheeler, C	67	192	17	46	9	2	1	22	27	19	.240	2
George Yankowski, C	12	18	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	.167	0
Gus Zernial, LF	73	198	29	63	17	2	5	38	15	26	.318	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Fred Bradley, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jack Bruner, P	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Bob Cain, P	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Bill Evans, P	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Al Gettel, P	19	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	0
Randy Gumpert, P	34	84	7	16	1	0	0	6	3	16	.190	0
Mickey Haefner, P	14	23	0	6	0	0	0	0	4	7	.261	0
Howie Judson, P	26	31	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	11	.065	0
Ed Klieman, P	18	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	0
Bob Kuzava, P	29	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	19	.036	0
Billy Pierce, P	39	51	7	9	0	0	0	2	5	15	.176	0
Marino Pieretti, P	48	38	6	9	1	0	0	3	0	7	.237	0
Clyde Shoun, P	16	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.200	0
Max Surkont, P	44	22	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	12	.045	0
Bill Wight, P	35	85	7	14	3	0	0	6	6	27	.165	0
	154	5204	648	1340	207	66	43	591	702	593	.257	62

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
Fred Bradley	0	0	13.50	1	1	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	0
Jack Bruner	1	2	8.22	4	2	0	7.2	10	7	7	0	8	4
Bob Cain	0	0	2.45	6	0	1	11.0	7	3	3	0	5	5
Alex Carrasquel	0	0	14.73	3	0	0	3.2	8	6	6	1	4	1
Bill Evans	0	1	7.11	4	0	0	6.1	6	6	5	0	8	1
Al Gettel	2	5	6.43	19	7	1	63.0	69	48	45	12	26	22
Ernest Groth	0	1	5.40	3	0	0	5.0	2	3	3	2	3	1
Orval Grove	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0.2	4	4	4	1	1	1
Randy Gumpert	13	16	3.81	34	32	1	234.0	223	111	99	22	83	78
Mickey Haefner	4	6	4.37	14	12	1	80.1	84	40	39	9	41	17
Howie Judson	1	14	4.58	26	12	1	108.0	114	65	55	13	70	36
Ed Klieman	2	0	3.00	18	0	3	33.0	33	15	11	2	15	9
Bob Kuzava	10	6	4.02	29	18	0	156.2	139	76	70	6	91	83
Billy Pierce	7	15	3.88	32	26	0	171.2	145	89	74	11	112	95
Marino Pieretti	4	6	5.51	39	9	4	116.0	131	77	71	10	54	25
Clyde Shoun	1	1	5.79	16	0	0	23.1	37	17	15	1	13	8
Max Surkont	3	5	4.78	44	2	4	96.0	92	61	51	9	60	38
Bill Wight	15	13	3.31	35	33	1	245.0	254	106	90	9	96	78
	63	91	4.30	154	154	17	1363.1	1362	737	651	108	693	502

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• 1949 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisto01.shtml Tod Davis page at Baseball Reference
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich page at Baseball-Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruneja01.shtml Jack Bruner page at Baseball Reference