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1947 Chicago White Sox  (1946)  (1948) 71-83, 5th in American League Scored 591 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .695 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 63-91   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 70-84 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         40  142  543   88  166  30   0  14   43  18   7   72   21  .306  .386  .438   95   6.4  2e41       28  
 OF *Taffy Wright         35  136  429   63  136  13   2   4   40  23   5   58   15  .317  .398  .385   68   5.8  3(-1)e9    -2  
 OF *Ron Northey          27  134  391   39  109  26   1  11   57   1   0   62   46  .279  .377  .435   65   5.9  4(-2)e10  -64  
 OF  Johnny Lindell       30  123  432   54  121  23   3  14   67   1   0   35   78  .280  .336  .444   61   5.1  4(+5)e9    47  
 C  #George Dickey        31   99  343   40   89  15   0   3   36  11   5   52   53  .259  .356  .329   42   4.2  4(+2)e6    89  
 3B  Buddy Blattner       27   75  152   30   47  19   3   0   17   7   1   28   23  .309  .430  .474   35   8.9  4e26      207  
 OF *Thurman Tucker       29  100  295   39   69  10   2   3   20  22   4   32   36  .234  .307  .312   31   3.5  2(0)e9    -32  
 2B  Johnny Berardino     30  103  324   29   74   9   1   0    9   9   4   44   33  .228  .325  .262   28   2.8  4e19     -120  
 OF *Ralph Hodgin         32   97  185   19   57   8   3   3   31   1   3   16    9  .308  .357  .432   27   5.2  2(+1)e8    38  
 3B *Bobby Brown          22   58  164   22   50   7   1   2   27   0   0   20   15  .305  .385  .396   23   5.2  3e22       18  
 2B *Sherry Robertson     28   89  287   24   60   8   2   5   24   4   2   27   65  .209  .279  .303   23   2.6  4e18      -36  
 OF  Bob Kennedy          26   92  284   21   70  11   2   4   38   3   4   12   36  .246  .273  .342   23   2.7  3(-2)e10  -39  
 1B  Billy Hitchcock      30  109  356   29   74   3   3   1   28   4   3   23   52  .208  .257  .242   22   2.0  4e30      -33  
 1B *Elbie Fletcher       31   65  154   17   34   6   0   1   25   7   3   39   33  .221  .381  .279   19   4.0  3e15      -35  
 3B  Willie Jones         21   38  125   10   38   5   0   0   11   2   1   20    1  .304  .395  .344   18   5.2  2e53      176  
 C   Mike Tresh           33   84  222   16   47   6   1   0   18   1   3   25   19  .212  .289  .248   17   2.4  2(-2)e7   -52  
 1B *John McHale          25   25   93   13   22   3   0   3    8   1   1    8   31  .237  .297  .366   10   3.9  4e15       82  
 3B *Merl Combs           27   19   65    7   18   2   0   2    6   0   0    9    9  .277  .373  .400   10   5.8  4e19      165  
 SS  Nanny Fernandez      28   18   51    3   14   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .275  .327  .294    4   3.0  4e41       86  
 2B  Stan Rojek           28   12   44    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .182  .234  .205    2   1.5  4e22     -171  
 OF  Clyde Vollmer        25    6   21    1    6   2   0   0    5   0   0    0    4  .286  .286  .381    1   3.2  4(+1)e8    97  
 1B  Pat Cooper           29    5   16    1    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    0    6  .250  .294  .312    0   1.8  4e15      -18  
 1B *Marv Rickert         26    9    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500  .667  .500    0  22.7  4e13      747  
 C   Roy Partee           29    7    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(+1)e8  -547  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           635                    5

     * - 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  Early Wynn           27  14  16  .467  37  36  11   1   1   0   1  270.2  286  120  112  14  117   95  3.72  138   4.6  -40  
  P  Red Barrett          32  11  13  .458  36  34   2   0   0   1   0  227.1  241  119  102  12   71   77  4.04  109   4.3    1  
  P *Bob Chipman          28   9   4  .692  48  11   1  14   3   1   0  126.1  139   60   51   6   52   55  3.63   64   4.5  -26  
  P  Joe Haynes           29   9   8  .529  29  27   2   2   0   0   1  192.0  216   82   68   5   55   62  3.19   90   4.2    5  
  P  Gordon Maltzberger   34   7   3  .700  47   0   0  19   3   3   0   69.0   67   22   21   6   20   34  2.74   29   3.8  -20  
  P *Stubby Overmire      28   7   9  .438  37  15   0  13   2   3   0  124.1  150   79   66  13   41   41  4.78   78   5.6  100  
  P *Oscar Judd           39   5   9  .357  32  17   1   8   1   0   0  128.2  127   64   49   9   57   55  3.43   64   4.4  -69  
  P  Schoolboy Rowe       37   4   8  .333  31  12   1   9   0   1   0  124.0  149   60   51  12   37   66  3.70   74   5.4  -64  
  P  Earl Caldwell        42   3   5  .375  41   0   0  18   0   1   0   53.2   40   24   22   3   28   24  3.69   18   3.0  -89  
  P  Johnny Rigney        32   2   6  .250  48   0   0  40  27  10   0   52.2   50   24   23   5   25   24  3.93   24   4.2   54  
  P *Thornton Lee         40   0   0  .000  10   1   0   4   0   0   0   17.2   21    7    7   2    7   12  3.57   10   5.5   35  
  P *Eddie Smith          33   0   1  .000   5   0   0   3   0   0   0    5.2    7    3    3   0    4    3  4.76    4   7.8   17  
  P  Orval Grove          27   0   1  .000  10   1   0   5   0   0   0   18.1   27   22   22   1   17    5 10.80   20  10.3  128  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      729        -11

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- George Dickey 830 91 98 391 41 12 2 .973 51 26 Mike Tresh 574 63 81 274 19 3 0 .990 9 5 Roy Partee 7 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Hitchcock 734 83 87 774 66 17 65 .980 10.30 Elbie Fletcher 425 43 58 421 49 8 56 .983 9.95 John McHale 204 24 24 194 16 3 18 .986 9.26 Pat Cooper 33 4 5 35 9 0 3 1.000 12.00 Marv Rickert 14 0 9 13 0 0 1 1.000 8.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Berardino 715 79 86 248 200 10 50 .978 5.64 Sherry Robertson 566 62 66 187 219 0 58 1.000 6.46 Stan Rojek 58 7 7 17 15 3 5 .914 4.97 Buddy Blattner 36 3 12 13 18 1 4 .969 7.68 Billy Hitchcock 36 3 11 8 13 0 3 1.000 5.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Brown 366 39 44 47 100 6 13 .961 3.61 Buddy Blattner 313 34 40 32 80 3 6 .974 3.22 Willie Jones 308 35 35 31 92 6 8 .953 3.59 Merl Combs 161 19 19 28 53 2 2 .976 4.53 Sherry Robertson 132 14 20 16 36 2 2 .963 3.54 Bob Kennedy 54 6 9 3 21 0 1 1.000 3.98 Billy Hitchcock 25 3 3 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.96 Nanny Fernandez 21 2 3 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.86 Stan Rojek 18 2 2 2 7 0 1 1.000 4.50 Ron Northey 7 0 6 3 1 0 1 1.000 5.14 Luke Appling 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luke Appling 1196 130 134 263 372 25 80 .962 4.78 Billy Hitchcock 94 11 12 17 29 1 8 .979 4.40 Nanny Fernandez 91 11 12 27 31 2 7 .967 5.74 Stan Rojek 19 2 3 2 4 1 1 .857 2.84 Bobby Brown 9 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 Sherry Robertson 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Lindell 885 100 104 254 0 2 0 .992 2.58 Taffy Wright 483 52 63 137 2 4 0 .972 2.59 Ralph Hodgin 14 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 Thurman Tucker 12 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Ron Northey 11 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 Bob Kennedy 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Thurman Tucker 639 67 82 197 7 6 0 .971 2.87 Bob Kennedy 416 50 53 143 8 3 0 .981 3.27 Ralph Hodgin 291 31 43 89 5 1 0 .989 2.91 Clyde Vollmer 39 5 5 8 3 0 0 1.000 2.54 Taffy Wright 25 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 Nanny Fernandez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Northey 828 97 97 142 7 4 0 .974 1.62 Taffy Wright 407 48 56 74 3 2 0 .975 1.70 Bob Kennedy 126 8 36 19 1 1 0 .952 1.43 Ralph Hodgin 31 0 8 9 1 1 0 .909 2.90 Clyde Vollmer 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 Johnny Lindell 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Bobby Brown 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Thurman Tucker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1947 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Elbie Fletcher
Round 2 (#22):	Johnny Berardino
Round 3 (#39):	Buddy Blattner
Round 4 (#45):	Roy Partee
Round 5 (#55):	Oscar Judd
Round 6 (#64):	Billy Hitchcock
Round 7 (#72):	Nanny Fernandez

Transactions

• 1947-01: traded Red Ruffing, Cass Michaels, Pete Gebrian to NYA for Bobby Brown, Bob Chipman, Johnny Lindell, Sherry Robertson, NYA#1
• 1947-01: acquired Marv Rickert as a free agent
• 1947-02: acquired Pat Cooper as a free agent
• 1947-08: released Pat Cooper
• 1947-08: acquired Willie Jones as a free agent
• 1947-12: acquired Merl Combs as a free agent
• 1947-12: released Willie Jones
• 1947-12: traded Marv Rickert to CIN for Clyde Vollmer
• 1947-12: traded Schoolboy Rowe, NYA#1 to DEA for John McHale, DEA#1
• 1947-16: released Merl Combs
• 1947-16: acquired Stan Rojek as a free agent
• 1947 postseason: released Johnny Berardino, Bob Chipman, Nanny Fernandez, Oscar Judd, Bob Kennedy, Roy Partee, Sherry Robertson, Stan Rojek, Clyde Vollmer

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