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1946 Chicago White Sox  (1945)  (1947) 83-71, 3rd in American League Scored 636 runs, Allowed 692 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .698 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 74-80 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS  Luke Appling         39  154  634   92  200  24   7   1   47  13  12   84   48  .315  .396  .380  100   5.8  2e39       14  
 1B *Elbie Fletcher       30  154  563   82  161  25  14   4   77  10   8  112   49  .286  .404  .401   95   6.0  3e8        66  
 OF *Thurman Tucker       28  146  481   70  132  15   4   1   49  21   4   58   67  .274  .354  .328   61   4.4  1(0)e4    -39  
 2B  Buddy Blattner       26  132  466   54  112  21   6   9   66  14   5   57   80  .240  .322  .369   58   4.3  3e20      -64  
 OF  Johnny Lindell       29  123  354   51  100  14   6  16   70   5   5   32   66  .282  .340  .492   54   5.4  4(+5)e8    94  
 OF *Taffy Wright         34  132  466   53  117  19   3   5   56  11   4   42   25  .251  .311  .337   48   3.5  3(-1)e3   -82  
 C   Frankie Hayes        31  110  360   37   81  23   0   9   63   6   2   52   87  .225  .324  .364   44   4.0  3(+1)e8    24  
 OF *Ralph Hodgin         31   92  282   21   75  14   1   0   22   2   0   19   10  .266  .316  .323   27   3.5  2(+1)e8    32  
 C   Al Lopez             37   60  161   27   51   2   0   2   18   4   2   28   20  .317  .415  .366   26   5.5  1(-2)e8    42  
 3B  Gene Handley         31   87  274   26   65   6   5   0   20  10   5   22   40  .237  .293  .296   23   2.8  4e25      -45  
 3B  Dario Lodigiani      30   60  164   22   39   8   0   0   15   2   2   16   16  .238  .311  .287   15   2.8  3e31      -22  
 OF  Guy Curtright        33   51  110   11   28   3   0   0   16   0   1   28   28  .255  .404  .282   14   4.3  2(-1)e8   116  
 1B *Joe Kuhel            40   96   73   13   24   3   0   2    7   3   1    7   12  .329  .388  .452   12   6.6  1e15      138  
 3B  Jeff Cross           27   54  144   13   30   6   0   0   12   5   1   17   23  .208  .294  .250   11   2.5  4e23      -33  
 OF *George Binks         31   29   86    9   25   3   0   0    6   0   0    8   11  .291  .347  .326    9   4.2  2(-1)e8   228  
 3B  Stan Rojek           27   13   47    8   13   4   1   0   12   0   0    6    3  .277  .352  .404    6   4.4  4e23       61  
 C  #Ed Fernandes         28   17   38    4   10   4   0   0    7   0   0    6   11  .263  .364  .368    5   4.9  4(-1)e16   20  
 OF *Tommy Neill          26   12   51    3   14   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .275  .288  .314    4   3.3  4(+1)e8    -7  
 3B  Johnny Lipon         23    6   22    3    7   0   0   0    2   0   0    5    3  .318  .444  .318    3   6.6  4e25       23  
 3B  Cy Block             27    3   11    6    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    5    0  .364  .562  .364    2  11.5  4e23      284  
 C   Mike Tresh           32   21   50    4   10   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    5  .200  .245  .220    2   1.8  2(-2)e7  -129  
 OF  Buster Mills         37    8   19    4    5   0   0   0    4   0   0    3    3  .263  .348  .263    2   3.8  2(+2)e8   -22  
 2B  Dick Lajeskie        20    3    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .000  .462  .000    0   2.8  4e38     -167  
 3B  Leo Wells            28    6   14    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .071  .133  .071    0    .2  4e32     -314  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                           632                    7

     * - 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  Orval Grove          26  15  12  .556  34  34   0   0   0   0   0  218.0  233  101   93  16   97   70  3.84  117   4.8    4  
  P  Joe Haynes           28  12   8  .600  31  25   2   1   0   0   1  173.0  201  102   89  18   52   76  4.63  103   5.3  -44  
  P  Ed Heusser           37   8  14  .364  27  25   5   2   1   0   1  175.2  191   86   76  13   47   68  3.89   86   4.5   -2  
  P *Stubby Overmire      27   7   4  .636  50   4   0  18   1   1   0   84.2  101   53   40   9   34   24  4.25   58   6.3  128  
  P *Eddie Smith          32   7   8  .467  33  22   0   2   1   1   0  158.1  164   73   67  15   52   75  3.81   84   4.7   74  
  P  Johnny Rigney        31   6   2  .750  41   3   0  18   1   1   0   68.2   86   44   36   9   29   53  4.72   48   6.4   99  
  P  Roger Wolff          35   6   7  .462  35  16   0   8   1   0   0  123.0  129   47   45  12   34   71  3.29   60   4.4   46  
  P  Gordon Maltzberger   33   5   0 1.000  22   0   0  11   1   0   0   31.2   17    4    3   0    4   19  0.85    3   1.1 -173  
  P *Thornton Lee         39   4   2  .667   7   7   1   0   0   0   0   46.2   38   16   15   1   19   32  2.89   16   3.2  -93  
  P  Earl Caldwell        41   4   3  .571  56   0   0  51  33   6   0   69.0   48   17   15   1   19   30  1.96   16   2.1  -27  
  P *Al Hollingsworth     38   4   6  .400  24  11   1   3   1   1   1   90.0  116   67   56   5   43   49  5.60   66   6.6   74  
  P  Early Wynn           26   3   1  .750  43   2   0  26   1   0   0   89.1  101   57   53   6   31   31  5.34   48   4.8  -57  
  P  Johnny Humphries     31   1   1  .500  13   0   0   4   0   3   0   26.2   19   10   10   2   14   15  3.38    8   3.0  -45  
  P  Ted Lyons            45   1   2  .333   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   32.2   21   13    9   3    7    8  2.48    7   2.2 -175  
  P  Pete Center          34   0   1  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    2    2    1   0    0    0  9.00    1   7.3  297  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                                      728         10

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Frankie Hayes 841 95 103 466 32 14 3 .973 44 16 Al Lopez 365 38 49 188 17 2 1 .990 5 2 Mike Tresh 116 12 21 55 3 1 0 .983 1 3 Ed Fernandes 66 9 10 29 1 2 0 .938 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elbie Fletcher 1315 154 154 1368 111 7 137 .995 10.12 Joe Kuhel 72 0 39 75 10 0 6 1.000 10.67 Johnny Lindell 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Blattner 1107 122 124 336 412 12 80 .984 6.08 Gene Handley 223 25 25 55 73 4 16 .970 5.17 Jeff Cross 33 4 4 8 16 2 2 .923 6.48 Dick Lajeskie 24 3 3 11 10 3 2 .875 7.88 Stan Rojek 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Handley 451 50 55 62 118 6 11 .968 3.59 Dario Lodigiani 417 45 57 71 130 6 8 .971 4.34 Jeff Cross 316 36 39 45 61 5 5 .955 3.02 Stan Rojek 102 11 11 22 19 2 2 .953 3.62 Johnny Lipon 46 5 5 9 13 0 2 1.000 4.30 Leo Wells 32 4 5 9 13 1 1 .957 6.25 Cy Block 25 3 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.16 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luke Appling 1382 154 154 302 440 42 98 .946 4.83 Jeff Cross 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 Gene Handley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Leo Wells 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Lindell 680 78 79 141 2 2 0 .986 1.89 Ralph Hodgin 519 58 64 118 5 2 0 .984 2.13 Tommy Neill 98 12 12 24 0 1 0 .960 2.20 Taffy Wright 39 4 5 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 George Binks 27 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 Guy Curtright 23 0 11 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 Buster Mills 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Thurman Tucker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Thurman Tucker 1100 121 135 280 27 0 2 1.000 2.51 Guy Curtright 154 18 19 44 4 0 0 1.000 2.81 George Binks 111 13 13 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 Ralph Hodgin 16 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Johnny Lindell 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Taffy Wright 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Taffy Wright 1012 113 117 241 15 2 2 .992 2.28 Guy Curtright 132 14 19 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.04 Ralph Hodgin 117 13 15 24 0 1 0 .960 1.85 George Binks 88 10 13 23 0 2 0 .920 2.34 Buster Mills 31 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 Johnny Lindell 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Thurman Tucker 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1946 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Ed Heusser
Round 1 (#12):	Roger Wolff
Round 2 (#19):	Al Lopez
Round 3 (#33):	Johnny Humphries

Transactions

• 1946-01: traded Hal Trosky to PHA for Gene Handley
• 1946-01: traded George Dickey to SLN for Jeff Cross
• 1946-01: acquired George Binks as a free agent
• 1946-02: acquired Johnny Lipon as a free agent
• 1946-04: acquired Buster Mills as a free agent
• 1946-09: acquired Dick Lajeskie as a free agent
• 1946-09: released Buster Mills
• 1946-09: acquired Cy Block as a free agent
• 1946-09: released Johnny Lipon
• 1946-12: released Dick Lajeskie
• 1946-12: acquired Stan Rojek as a free agent
• 1946-13: released Cy Block
• 1946-13: acquired Tommy Neill as a free agent
• 1946-16: released Tommy Neill
• 1946-16: acquired Pete Center as a free agent
• 1946 postseason: released Johnny Johnson, Danny Reynolds

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