1948_Chicago_White_Sox_season

1948 Chicago White Sox
1948 Chicago White Sox
	Announcer Jack Brickhouse at a White Sox Game in 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)

1948 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	97	58	0.626	—	48–30	49–28
Boston Red Sox	96	59	0.619	1	55–23	41–36
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	2½	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Athletics	84	70	0.545	12½	36–41	48–29
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	18½	39–38	39–38
St. Louis Browns	59	94	0.386	37	34–42	25–52
Washington Senators	56	97	0.366	40	29–48	27–49
Chicago White Sox	51	101	0.336	44½	27–48	24–53

1948 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	14–8	11–12	15–7	14–8	12–10	15–7	15–7
Chicago	8–14	—	6–16	8–14	6–16	6–16	8–13–1	9–12–1
Cleveland	12–11	16–6	—	13–9	10–12	16–6	14–8–1	16–6
Detroit	7–15	14–8	9–13	—	9–13	12–10	11–11	16–6
New York	8–14	16–6	12–10	13–9	—	12–10	16–6	17–5
Philadelphia	10–12	16–6	6–16	10–12	10–12	—	18–4	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	13–8–1	8–14–1	11–11	6–16	4–18	—	10–12
Washington	7–15	12–9–1	6–16	6–16	5–17	8–14	12–10	—

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
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
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
Team Totals	154	5192	558	1303	172	39	55	532	594	528	.251	46

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
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
Team Totals	51	101	4.89	154	154	23	1345.2	1454	814	731	89	673	403

1948_Chicago_White_Sox_season

1948 Chicago White Sox season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

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