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1949 Chicago White Sox  (1948)  (1950) 84-70, 2nd in American League Scored 677 runs, Allowed 612 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .724 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 63-91 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Cass Michaels        23  154  592  101  188  26  13   7   83   9   5   97   67  .318  .411  .441  112   6.8  2e21       14  
 SS  Luke Appling         42  149  543   93  157  27   1  12   63  11  11  125   35  .289  .421  .409  105   6.8  2e28       -3  
 OF #Dave Philley         29  154  615   84  184  26   5   0   59  24  10   48   68  .299  .349  .358   79   4.4  3(0)e7     13  
 3B  Willie Jones         23  150  568   72  142  36   1  19   87   7   7   47   98  .250  .315  .417   74   4.5  2e28      -16  
 1B *Billy Goodman        23  141  483   45  138  19   2   0   45   1   5   54   29  .286  .363  .333   59   4.5  3e12      -49  
 OF *Gene Woodling        26   90  259   36   65  12   6   2   25   3   3   41   22  .251  .354  .367   34   4.6  2(+1)e7   -72  
 OF *Marv Rickert         28   51  145   20   54   9   2   4   31   0   3   16   21  .372  .439  .545   32   8.8  4(0)e9    193  
 OF *Ron Northey          29   93  244   24   57  14   0   4   37   2   1   39   15  .234  .337  .340   29   4.0  4(-2)e9   -84  
 OF  Johnny Ostrowski     31   62  171   22   45   9   5   5   33   5   2   17   61  .263  .339  .462   27   5.8  2(+1)e18   -1  
 OF *Al Zarilla           30   49  188   23   54  12   1   3   29   3   3   18   26  .287  .354  .410   25   4.8  3(-2)e4     0  
 C   Eddie Malone         29   75  193   22   53  10   3   0   17   4   4   21   28  .275  .347  .358   24   4.5  4(+2)e5   -25  
 OF  Roy Sievers          22   42  158   20   44   6   0   3   19   1   0   23   26  .278  .368  .373   22   5.1  4(+3)e11 -128  
 C   Don Wheeler          26   62  193   18   46  12   0   0   28   3   3   28   24  .238  .326  .301   20   3.4  4(-1)e8   -30  
 UT  Bobby Rhawn          30   50  103    9   23   1   0   0    6   0   2   19    9  .223  .339  .233    8   2.6             12  
 1B *Joe Collins          26    9   26    3    9   4   0   0    3   1   1   10    5  .346  .528  .500    8  12.1  2e30      490  
 C   Mike Tresh           35   62   78    3   20   0   0   0    7   1   0    8   18  .256  .318  .256    7   3.4  2(-2)e5    49  
 OF  Bob Kennedy          28   30   72   10   21   5   0   0   10   2   1    2   11  .292  .303  .361    7   3.3  2(-2)e7   -88  
 OF *Thurman Tucker       31   83   57   15   15   2   0   0    4   8   4    8    7  .263  .354  .298    6   4.0  1(0)e7     56  
 C   Ralph Weigel         27   32   90    7   16   1   0   0    9   0   0   12   10  .178  .269  .189    5   1.8  4(-1)e5  -132  
 OF *Jerry Scala          24   34   34    5   11   4   0   0    3   0   0    2    9  .324  .361  .441    5   5.8  2(+3)e7   104  
 1B *Fenton Mole          24    3   13    5    5   2   1   0    3   0   0    1    2  .385  .429  .692    3  13.4  4e17      521  
 PH *Bill Higdon          25   18   13    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    6    3  .308  .526  .385    3   8.4             28  
 PH *Taffy Wright         37    2    1    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0 1.000 1.000 2.000    2     ?           2323  
 1B *Ray Sanders          32    7   25    0    3   3   0   0    1   0   0    5   13  .120  .267  .240    1   2.4  3e21       36  
 1B *Rocky Nelson         24   14   33    2    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .152  .222  .182    1   1.5  3e13     -190  
 PH *Earl Rapp            28    6    6    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    1  .333  .429  .333    0   6.5            114  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           711                   -9

     * - 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  Bob Lemon            28  22  13  .629  38  38  13   0   0   0   6  302.2  212  111   96  21  128  157  2.85   93   2.7  -48  
  P *Ken Heintzelman      33  20   9  .690  38  37  11   1   0   1   4  274.1  246   93   68  11   92   95  2.23   97   3.1  -92  
  P  Randy Gumpert        31  14  10  .583  37  37   7   0   0   0   1  255.2  241  116  110  34   77  115  3.87  117   4.1  -28  
  P  Howie Judson         23   7   3  .700  41   1   0  19   1   4   0   67.0   62   33   29   4   36   28  3.90   31   4.2 -139  
  P  Schoolboy Rowe       39   6   6  .500  51   6   1  41  26   5   0  105.0  107   32   30   6   27   54  2.57   46   3.9  -57  
  P *Bob Kuzava           26   6   7  .462  35  18   1   8   2   2   1  137.2  122   54   51   9   73   87  3.33   63   4.1  -29  
  P  Joe Haynes           31   3   3  .500  32   2   0   8   1   2   0   55.2   50   26   15   2   32   15  2.43   26   4.1 -107  
  P *Billy Pierce         22   3  16  .158  36  15   0  12   4   2   0  105.1  119  100   83  13   69   71  7.09   76   6.5  174  
  P  Red Barrett          34   2   0 1.000  31   0   0  13   1   0   0   47.1   54   28   25   2   16   17  4.75   25   4.7 -158  
  P  Ed Klieman           31   1   3  .250  28   0   0  14   2   1   0   31.0   37   17   14   1   13    8  4.06   18   5.5  -41  
  P *Clyde Shoun          37   0   0  .000   3   0   0   0   0   1   0     .2    1    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0   4.5  291  
  P  Hal Gregg            27   0   0  .000   7   0   0   5   0   0   0    9.1    9    2    2   0    4    9  1.93    3   3.4 -145  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      600        -44

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Don Wheeler 485 56 60 251 18 6 2 .978 10 10 Eddie Malone 442 51 56 248 17 5 4 .981 25 7 Ralph Weigel 240 29 31 130 11 4 1 .972 5 6 Mike Tresh 224 18 58 107 7 1 2 .991 5 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Goodman 1152 129 139 1179 106 9 150 .993 10.04 Rocky Nelson 72 6 13 84 11 0 15 1.000 11.88 Joe Collins 64 8 8 61 5 1 8 .985 9.33 Ray Sanders 59 7 7 55 3 2 8 .967 8.80 Fenton Mole 24 3 3 19 3 0 1 1.000 8.25 Marv Rickert* 20 1 6 27 2 0 2 1.000 13.05 Ron Northey 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Jerry Scala 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cass Michaels 1392 154 154 427 485 19 156 .980 5.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Jones 1276 141 142 177 363 33 33 .942 3.81 Bobby Rhawn 113 13 13 23 27 2 3 .962 3.99 Johnny Ostrowski 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luke Appling 1290 143 149 290 463 19 126 .975 5.25 Bobby Rhawn 102 11 17 27 31 1 10 .983 5.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Woodling 523 59 64 144 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 Marv Rickert* 439 52 53 116 1 4 0 .967 2.40 Roy Sievers 345 42 42 68 0 4 0 .944 1.77 Johnny Ostrowski 188 22 24 44 1 3 0 .938 2.15 Dave Philley 28 0 10 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.58 Bob Kennedy 14 0 9 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 Jerry Scala 12 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 Al Zarilla* 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Ron Northey 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bill Higdon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Thurman Tucker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Philley 861 103 103 216 15 7 1 .971 2.42 Ron Northey 205 25 26 59 1 0 0 1.000 2.63 Thurman Tucker 168 9 51 51 1 0 0 1.000 2.79 Johnny Ostrowski 148 17 20 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.68 Jerry Scala 6 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.76 Bill Higdon 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50 Marv Rickert* 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Gene Woodling 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Al Zarilla* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Zarilla* 502 59 67 95 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 Dave Philley 493 51 68 92 1 3 0 .969 1.70 Ron Northey 308 37 38 59 3 0 2 1.000 1.81 Bob Kennedy 152 17 18 29 1 2 0 .938 1.78 Thurman Tucker 23 0 13 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 Johnny Ostrowski 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Earl Rapp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jerry Scala 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Schoolboy Rowe
Round 2 (#21):	Ron Northey
Round 3 (#34):	Red Barrett
Round 4 (#49):	Mike Tresh

Transactions

• 1949-01: traded Herb Adams to PHA for Taffy Wright
• 1949-01: acquired Ralph Weigel as a free agent
• 1949-02: acquired Joe Collins as a free agent
• 1949-05: released Joe Collins
• 1949-05: acquired Ray Sanders as a free agent
• 1949-06: acquired Fenton Mole as a free agent
• 1949-08: traded Al Zarilla to SLA for Marv Rickert, SLA#2
• 1949-09: acquired Earl Rapp as a free agent
• 1949-09: released Ray Sanders
• 1949-12: traded Gene Woodling to SLN for Bob Kennedy
• 1949-12: traded Marv Rickert, CHA#3 to NYA for Roy Sievers, Rocky Nelson
• 1949-14: released Fenton Mole
• 1949-14: acquired Hal Gregg as a free agent
• 1949 postseason: released Willie Jones, Ike Pearson, Jack Wallaesa

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