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1944 Chicago White Sox  (1943)  (1945) 72-82, 5th in American League Scored 642 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .685 Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 75-79   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-83 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Johnny Lindell       27  154  625   83  169  35  16  14  101   7   8   50   65  .270  .324  .445   87   4.8  3(+1)e7   -83  
 OF *Thurman Tucker       26  137  469   80  140  23   4   4   43  28   9   68   50  .299  .388  .390   78   6.0  1(0)e5     49  
 1B  Babe Dahlgren        32  154  612   68  163  24  10  10   78   9   5   51   81  .266  .323  .387   74   4.2  1e19      -55  
 3B *Ralph Hodgin         29  133  495   55  148  20   8   5   71  10  10   23   22  .299  .326  .402   61   4.4  3e33       10  
 OF *Eddie Carnett        27  124  383   42  118  22   8   4   48  11   5   29   31  .308  .360  .439   60   5.9  2(-1)e19  121  
 C   Mike Tresh           30   96  313   36   93   8   4   0   25   0   0   43   23  .297  .382  .348   44   5.2  2(-2)e9    97  
 OF  Guy Curtright        31   84  208   44   67  15   3   4   30   7   1   23   21  .322  .386  .481   40   7.3  2(-1)e18  193  
 2B  Roy Schalk           35  138  548   61  127   8   6   0   51   8  13   24   57  .232  .268  .268   38   2.2  2e30       -3  
 OF *Paul O'Dea           24   91  179   32   60  14   0   0   24   8   3   36   27  .335  .438  .413   36   7.6  3(+3)e15   81  
 SS  Don Ross             29   87  279   30   66   5   0   3   32   8   3   28   12  .237  .306  .287   25   3.1  4e44       43  
 SS  Eddie Lake           28  109  257   28   51   8   0   0   19  14   4   43   49  .198  .312  .230   22   2.8  3e44      -33  
 C   Tom Turner           27   39  144   11   42   5   0   2   16   1   0   10   21  .292  .340  .368   18   4.7  3(-1)e11   84  
 OF  Johnny Dickshot      34   60  108    9   31   9   4   0   14   2   1   14    8  .287  .379  .444   18   6.0  3(0)e10   147  
 3B  Grey Clarke          31   73  168   12   41   9   1   0   21   0   1   25    9  .244  .340  .310   17   3.6  4e30      -34  
 2B  Tony Cuccinello      36   33  103   10   26   3   0   0    4   0   0    6   16  .252  .291  .282    7   2.6  3e29      -17  
 PH  Johnny Cooney        43   13   12    6    6   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    0  .500  .538  .583    4  18.9            404  
 C   Al Lopez             35   19   37    2    7   1   0   0    1   1   0    6    1  .189  .333  .216    3   3.1  1(-2)e4   -35  
 C   Vince Castino        26   27   68    7   10   1   0   0    3   0   0   10   16  .147  .253  .162    3   1.3  4(-1)e9  -206  
 PH  Roy Nichols          23    9   13    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   -.0           -697  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           643                   15

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Ed Heusser           35  11  10  .524  29  29   2   0   0   0   0  204.2  177   74   53  10   48   49  2.33   67   2.9  -21  
  P  Orval Grove          24  10  11  .476  35  35   3   0   0   0   1  233.0  236  113   98  12   68  137  3.79  105   4.0  -21  
  P  Johnny Humphries     29   9   7  .562  39  12   0  12   0   0   0  120.1  127   70   55   9   44   42  4.11   65   4.7    0  
  P  Early Wynn           24   9  12  .429  28  28   2   0   0   0   0  176.1  215   98   78   4   71   75  3.98   99   5.0   -2  
  P  Joe Haynes           26   8   7  .533  31  11   1   8   0   1   1  103.1  120   59   46   7   26   39  4.01   51   4.4   35  
  P  Joe Heving           43   7   7  .500  57   0   0  28   1   3   0   96.0   91   31   23   1   34   39  2.16   33   3.0   14  
  P *Thornton Lee         37   6   6  .500  52   8   1  25   2   1   0  110.0  113   54   46   9   23   52  3.76   48   3.9   69  
  P *Stubby Overmire      25   6  15  .286  26  26   0   0   0   0   0  158.2  230  103   83   1   34   44  4.71   99   5.6   96  
  P *Al Smith             36   3   3  .500  47   5   1  17   1   2   0   99.2   89   38   34   5   42   31  3.07   38   3.5 -123  
  P  Gordon Maltzberger   31   3   4  .429  47   0   0  44  30   4   0   57.0   39   12   12   0    6   35  1.89    9   1.5  -79  
  P  Eddie Lake           28   0   0  .000  15   0   0   4   0   0   0   23.1   26   18   11   4   13   15  4.24   16   5.9   52  
  P  Buck Ross            29   0   0  .000   5   0   0   5   0   0   0    5.1    5    2    2   0    3    1  3.38    1   3.0 -134  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      637          2

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mike Tresh 772 86 93 375 32 15 3 .964 16 10 Tom Turner 343 39 39 161 10 10 0 .945 20 2 Vince Castino 176 19 24 88 10 2 0 .980 4 6 Al Lopez 98 10 19 45 1 0 2 1.000 3 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Babe Dahlgren 1388 154 154 1409 132 27 179 .983 9.99 Paul O'Dea 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Schalk 1177 130 137 389 400 20 110 .975 6.03 Tony Cuccinello 202 23 27 77 75 9 19 .944 6.77 Roy Nichols 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 Eddie Lake 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ralph Hodgin 1039 116 118 157 261 27 30 .939 3.62 Grey Clarke 316 35 38 36 88 7 9 .947 3.53 Tony Cuccinello 33 3 4 7 5 0 0 1.000 3.27 Eddie Lake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Ross 703 77 86 185 275 31 62 .937 5.89 Eddie Lake 686 77 82 170 255 12 54 .973 5.58 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Lindell 1367 154 154 308 14 10 3 .970 2.12 Guy Curtright 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Paul O'Dea 9 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Johnny Dickshot 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Thurman Tucker 1047 116 122 285 24 5 0 .984 2.66 Guy Curtright 338 38 40 100 1 5 0 .953 2.69 Johnny Dickshot 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Paul O'Dea 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Carnett 848 95 100 171 4 11 1 .941 1.86 Paul O'Dea 298 34 36 79 0 2 0 .975 2.38 Johnny Dickshot 180 21 21 41 1 0 0 1.000 2.10 Guy Curtright 50 4 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Ralph Hodgin 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Johnny Lindell 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Thurman Tucker 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1944 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Joe Heving
Round 2 (#20):	Don Ross
Round 3 (#29):	Eddie Lake

Transactions

• 1944-01: acquired Johnny Cooney as a free agent
• 1944-02: acquired Roy Nichols as a free agent
• 1944 postseason: released Ed Heusser, Johnnie Heving, Eddie Lake, Stubby Overmire, Leo Wells

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