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1945 Chicago White Sox  (1944)  (1946) 73-81, 4th in American League Scored 588 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .694 Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 70-84   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-78 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 Dickshot      35  144  514   77  149  18  11   4   71  31   5   49   50  .290  .352  .391   76   5.3  3(0)e10   -31  
 OF *George Binks         30  148  539   52  154  24   3   7   78  25   6   41   58  .286  .337  .380   71   4.8  2(-1)e9     3  
 1B  Babe Dahlgren        33  154  557   46  135  24  10   2   65   1   3   49   71  .242  .298  .332   56   3.4  1e6       -43  
 3B  Tony Cuccinello      37  134  432   60  123  25   0   0   45  16   4   49   27  .285  .357  .343   55   4.6  3e27      -81  
 OF *Oris Hockett         35  124  456   53  134  20   5   0   45  26   6   25   30  .294  .333  .360   55   4.3  1(0)e7    -29  
 C   Mike Tresh           31  137  493   57  132   7   0   0   42  15  10   56   55  .268  .340  .282   51   3.6  2(-2)e5     4  
 SS *Glenn Crawford       31  110  332   47  104  21   3   2   26  10  10   35   18  .313  .377  .413   51   5.6  2e49       53  
 2B  Roy Schalk           36  149  545   47  121  21   1   1   40   9   5   27   51  .222  .260  .270   37   2.2  2e20      -65  
 OF  Johnny Lindell       28   67  138   26   45   6   2   4   23   6   5   19   14  .326  .408  .486   27   7.3  4(+5)e8   153  
 OF  Guy Curtright        32  117  224   27   46  11   3   3   29   6   2   28   27  .205  .300  .321   23   3.3  2(-1)e8  -144  
 SS  Eddie Basinski       22   76  243   28   66   9   0   0   20   0   0   11   23  .272  .302  .309   20   3.0  3e50        5  
 3B  Bill Nagel           29   51  145   14   28   7   1   3   16   1   1   10   36  .193  .245  .317   10   2.4  4e26      -23  
 SS  Luke Appling         38   25   56   10   15   2   0   0    7   0   0   19   15  .268  .443  .304   10   6.4  2e62     -258  
 C   Al Lopez             36   41  111    9   20   2   0   0    6   3   1    7    8  .180  .229  .198    4   1.3  1(-2)e7  -141  
 UT  Kermit Wahl          22   12   35    3   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .286  .342  .343    4   4.6            136  
 PH  Joe Cronin           38   11    9    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .556  .667  .556    3  26.0            302  
 OF *Paul O'Dea           25   20   24    3    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    3    1  .250  .333  .250    2   2.9  3(+3)e8     9  
 PH *Kerby Farrell        31   18   16    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .250  .294  .312    1   2.6              6  
 OF  Stan Benjamin        31    7   10    3    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   1.4  3(-3)e8  -362  
 C   Vince Castino        27    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(-1)e6  -532  
 SS  Ed Walczak           29    1    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   -.0  4e75     -549  
 OF *Eddie Carnett        28    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  2(+1)e9  -565  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                           565                  -29

     * - 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 *Thornton Lee         38  17  10  .630  36  34   8   0   0   0   4  244.1  220   95   88   9   71  144  3.24   85   3.1  -63  
  P  Roger Wolff          34  13  12  .520  27  27   5   0   0   0   3  202.1  180   64   55  10   43  101  2.45   70   3.1   32  
  P  Orval Grove          25  10  17  .370  36  36   0   0   0   0   0  227.1  273  141  128  15   70   60  5.07  130   5.0   10  
  P  Ed Heusser           36   9  19  .321  36  36   5   0   0   0   2  227.2  283  139  111  12   66   75  4.39  131   5.1  -33  
  P  Joe Haynes           27   7   5  .583  47   6   2  37  25   7   2  100.0   87   34   34   7   39   34  3.06   38   3.5  -47  
  P *Stubby Overmire      26   6   6  .500  37  13   1   8   1   0   0  113.2  130   40   37   7   32   36  2.93   58   4.6    1  
  P  Frank Barrett        32   4   4  .500  48   0   0  28   7   2   0   60.2   59   23   21   0   23   21  3.12   22   3.3    3  
  P  Earl Caldwell        40   2   2  .500  30   2   0  16   3   0   0   50.2   45   22   15   4   21   24  2.66   20   3.7 -130  
  P *Al Smith             37   2   6  .250  47   0   0  25   4   0   0   80.0  108   56   51   7   29   35  5.74   58   6.5  129  
  P  Johnny Humphries     30   1   0 1.000   9   0   0   3   0   0   0   11.2    7    2    2   0    4    4  1.54    1   1.4 -303  
  P  Pete Center          33   1   0 1.000  33   0   0  15   0   0   0   41.0   52   25   22   0   16   24  4.83   28   6.2  114  
  P  Buck Ross            30   1   0 1.000   6   0   0   1   0   0   0    8.0   13    9    8   0    5    3  9.00    8   9.7   77  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                                      655         -8

     * - 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 1140 131 133 567 46 9 4 .986 21 15 Al Lopez 224 23 35 113 12 4 1 .969 3 6 Vince Castino 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Babe Dahlgren 1361 154 154 1370 159 4 129 .997 10.11 George Binks 4 0 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 Kerby Farrell 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Schalk 1310 149 149 359 455 20 92 .976 5.59 Kermit Wahl 42 5 5 11 16 1 3 .964 5.79 Eddie Basinski 8 0 4 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.56 Glenn Crawford 7 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Cuccinello 962 106 116 132 250 8 17 .979 3.58 Bill Nagel 356 42 45 49 78 4 6 .969 3.21 Kermit Wahl 44 5 7 6 9 0 1 1.000 3.07 Joe Cronin 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Kerby Farrell 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Glenn Crawford 689 76 86 155 206 26 45 .933 4.72 Eddie Basinski 543 63 72 127 183 16 36 .951 5.13 Luke Appling 130 15 18 33 32 9 10 .878 4.49 Bill Nagel 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Ed Walczak 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Kermit Wahl 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Dickshot 1042 122 122 227 12 9 1 .964 2.06 Johnny Lindell 257 29 31 60 0 2 0 .968 2.10 Guy Curtright 36 0 18 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25 Paul O'Dea 28 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 George Binks 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 Eddie Carnett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Oris Hockett 947 107 110 264 22 3 2 .990 2.72 Guy Curtright 394 45 46 101 10 1 1 .991 2.54 George Binks 19 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32 Johnny Lindell 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Paul O'Dea 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Glenn Crawford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Johnny Dickshot 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Binks 1204 139 139 343 11 4 1 .989 2.65 Johnny Dickshot 106 12 12 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 Guy Curtright 22 0 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.03 Oris Hockett 21 2 5 5 0 1 0 .833 2.11 Stan Benjamin 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Johnny Lindell 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Glenn Crawford 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1945 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Al Smith
Round 2 (#23):	Babe Dahlgren
Round 3 (#34):	Glenn Crawford
Round 4 (#45):	Frank Barrett
Round 5 (#57):	Eddie Basinski
Round 6 (#68):	Paul O'Dea
Round 7 (#77):	Eddie Carnett
Round 8 (#83):	Kermit Wahl

Transactions

• 1945-01: acquired Joe Cronin as a free agent
• 1945-02: acquired Stan Benjamin as a free agent
• 1945-12: traded Roger Wolff to PHA for PHA#3
• 1945-12: acquired Ed Walczak as a free agent
• 1945-12: released Joe Cronin
• 1945 postseason: released Frank Barrett, Eddie Basinski

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