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1948 Chicago White Sox  (1947)  (1949) 75-79, 5th in American League Scored 635 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .697 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 66-88   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 51-101 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         41  144  559   87  186  26   2   0   40   6   5   88   41  .333  .421  .386   97   6.6  3e48       30  
 1B *Billy Goodman        22  143  486   64  141  22   4   2   54   3   2   82   47  .290  .398  .364   72   5.0  3e11      -39  
 OF *Ron Northey          28  106  270   43   84   8   1  15   62   0   0   43   31  .311  .409  .515   56   7.6  5(-3)e4   -24  
 OF  Pat Seerey           25  122  388   43   74   7   0  23   60   1   0   84  118  .191  .333  .387   54   4.6  4(+1)e6   -52  
 2B  Danny Murtaugh       30  129  507   51  137  16   1   1   49   9   3   52   30  .270  .336  .312   53   3.7  2e19      -74  
 SS  Cass Michaels        22  144  542   67  130  18   4   7   53   4   6   49   69  .240  .305  .327   53   3.3  4e36      -41  
 OF *Taffy Wright         36  120  432   47  114  26   3   8   57   2   1   36   17  .264  .328  .394   49   3.9  4(0)e4     16  
 OF *Thurman Tucker       30  115  248   49   80  12   1   1   19  11   2   40   31  .323  .421  .391   46   7.2  1(+1)e5   123  
 OF *Ralph Hodgin         33  107  343   34   99   8  11   0   37   0   0   18   10  .289  .321  .376   39   4.1  4(0)e11    49  
 1B *Tony Lupien          31  103  250   29   67   9   2   3   35   0   3   26   22  .268  .336  .356   31   4.5  2e11       49  
 OF  Bob Kennedy          27   73  207   21   57  14   3   0   20   0   0    9   22  .275  .303  .372   21   3.4  2(-3)e7    16  
 C   Ralph Weigel         26   60  185   20   48   7   9   0   19   1   1   10   20  .259  .299  .395   19   3.6  4(+1)e4    87  
 C   Mike Tresh           34   80  193   14   51   4   0   2   21   0   0   12   17  .264  .306  .316   19   3.6  3(0)e2     27  
 C   Al Lakeman           29   50  139   12   26   6   0   6   16   0   0   18   52  .187  .280  .360   14   3.4  3(0)e8    185  
 SS  Eddie Pellagrini     30   43   81   10   23   5   1   0   10   0   0   14   11  .284  .396  .370   12   5.7  4e30      139  
 3B  Tommy Brown          20   52  112    7   30   7   0   3   15   0   0    1   13  .268  .276  .411   11   3.4  4e32       95  
 C   Ralph Houk           28   10   32    6   14   3   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .438  .438  .531    7  11.2  3(0)e2    348  
 OF #Dave Philley         28   13   47    5    8   1   0   0    5   2   1    6    1  .170  .264  .191    2   1.5  2(-3)e11 -285  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           663                    8

     * - 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  Joe Haynes           30  13  10  .565  26  23   4   2   0   1   2  165.0  167   81   71  14   42   67  3.87   74   4.0  -85  
  P  Red Barrett          33  11   4  .733  38  14   2  13   2   0   1  127.1  137   43   39   9   31   35  2.76   56   4.0    0  
  P *Ken Heintzelman      32  10   5  .667  28   9   0  13   3   2   0   86.2   78   40   33   5   28   46  3.43   35   3.6  -40  
  P  Early Wynn           28   9  14  .391  36  35   3   0   0   0   2  213.0  254  134  121  21   88   75  5.11  143   6.1  -55  
  P  Schoolboy Rowe       38   8  11  .421  32  21   4   6   0   2   2  163.0  194   83   81  10   39   55  4.47   94   5.2   25  
  P  Bob Lemon            27   8  15  .348  28  28  15   0   0   0   2  218.2  225  116  106  24   88  122  4.36  114   4.7   95  
  P  Randy Gumpert        30   7   4  .636  59   6   1  39  19   3   1  134.1  114   43   35   3   21   50  2.34   38   2.5 -189  
  P  Howie Judson         22   3   1  .750  33   1   0  18   5   0   0   54.0   41   14   13   3   18   30  2.17   17   2.9 -133  
  P *Stubby Overmire      29   2   7  .222  16  10   0   0   0   0   0   59.1   85   58   57   6   18   15  8.65   53   8.1   73  
  P *Alex Kellner         23   1   0 1.000  18   0   0   8   2   1   0   24.2   27   13   12   0   20   16  4.38   18   7.0   91  
  P  Bob Gillespie        28   1   0 1.000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.1    1    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0   1.4 -273  
  P  Earl Caldwell        43   1   0 1.000   5   0   0   1   0   0   0    9.0   19   14   14   1    5    1 14.00   13  14.2  157  
  P  Ken Burkhart         31   1   3  .250  25   0   0   9   0   1   0   58.0   55   16   12   0   30   29  1.86   24   3.8 -172  
  P  Lyman Linde          27   0   0  .000   8   0   0   4   2   0   0   11.0   11    7    6   0    2    0  4.91    3   3.0  -85  
  P  Glen Moulder         30   0   0  .000  10   1   0   4   0   0   0   22.0   35   23   20   4   12   10  8.18   23   9.7   92  
  P *Thornton Lee         41   0   0  .000   4   0   0   3   1   0   0    5.1    3    1    0   0    2    4  0.00    0   1.0 -393  
  P  Don Black            31   0   1  .000   8   0   0   5   0   0   0   16.1   16    9    8   3   10    7  4.41   11   6.8   19  
  P  Orval Grove          28   0   4  .000   9   6   0   0   0   0   0   37.2   45   34   24   4   21   11  5.73   26   6.1   30  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      751        -24

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ralph Weigel 479 53 58 252 19 1 2 .996 3 10 Mike Tresh 473 50 74 252 17 3 2 .989 11 8 Al Lakeman 386 42 50 179 18 5 0 .975 15 7 Ralph Houk 68 9 10 33 6 0 1 1.000 2 3 Tommy Brown 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Goodman 852 99 99 975 122 4 82 .996 11.58 Tony Lupien 544 54 75 635 62 6 63 .991 11.52 Bob Kennedy 9 1 1 11 5 0 0 1.000 16.00 Tommy Brown 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Danny Murtaugh 1116 123 125 333 431 11 97 .986 6.16 Billy Goodman 229 25 28 75 90 5 20 .971 6.49 Cass Michaels 62 6 10 17 22 1 7 .975 5.69 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luke Appling 1163 130 131 81 325 20 23 .953 3.14 Tommy Brown 216 22 30 18 65 4 4 .954 3.45 Billy Goodman 27 2 3 1 8 2 0 .818 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cass Michaels 1170 130 133 247 454 20 90 .972 5.39 Eddie Pellagrini 168 18 27 30 63 3 14 .969 4.98 Luke Appling 69 6 7 17 30 0 2 1.000 6.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Seerey 926 105 108 199 7 6 1 .972 2.00 Ralph Hodgin 336 37 39 64 4 1 0 .986 1.82 Taffy Wright 135 12 25 27 1 1 1 .966 1.87 Bob Kennedy 11 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Taffy Wright 779 93 93 185 9 7 1 .965 2.24 Thurman Tucker 508 48 79 136 4 2 1 .986 2.48 Dave Philley 109 12 12 45 1 0 0 1.000 3.79 Bob Kennedy 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Ralph Hodgin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Cass Michaels 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Northey 556 64 68 111 7 1 2 .992 1.91 Bob Kennedy 427 45 57 71 2 4 1 .948 1.54 Ralph Hodgin 374 43 43 83 4 3 1 .967 2.09 Thurman Tucker 26 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Taffy Wright 24 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1948 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Early Wynn
Round 2 (#17):	Stubby Overmire
Round 4 (#49):	Eddie Pellagrini
Round 5 (#58):	Don Black
Round 6 (#67):	Al Lakeman
Round 7 (#73):	Tommy Brown

Transactions

• 1948-01: acquired Ralph Houk as a free agent
• 1948-02: traded Bob Gillespie to BOA for Earl Caldwell
• 1948-02: acquired Ken Burkhart as a free agent
• 1948-03: traded Dave Philley to PIN for Danny Murtaugh
• 1948-04: acquired Alex Kellner as a free agent
• 1948-04: released Ralph Houk
• 1948-12: traded Bob Lemon, CHA#3 to NY2 for Thornton Lee
• 1948-12: traded Ken Burkhart, Ken Heintzelman to SLN for SLN#3
• 1948-13: released Alex Kellner
• 1948-13: acquired Lyman Linde as a free agent
• 1948 postseason: released Don Black, Tommy Brown, Al Lakeman, Joe Stephenson

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