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1952 Chicago White Sox  (1951)  (1953)
101-53, 1st in American League
Scored 694 runs, Allowed 492 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-52
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .742
Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 93-61   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-73
Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

Lost to Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Minnie Minoso        26  154  592   91  175  34   4  20   89  41   4   65   55  .296  .366  .468  107   6.4  1(-2)e7    36  
 1B *Eddie Robinson       31  154  586   79  161  40   1  22   91   6   5   64   67  .275  .346  .459   92   5.5  3e14      -43  
 C  *Smoky Burgess        25  117  383   68  120  34   2  14   64  15  10   59   21  .313  .408  .522   80   7.5  4(+1)e8   122  
 3B *Eddie Mathews        20  144  553   84  138  23   7  29   81   4  11   45  146  .250  .310  .474   79   4.9  3e20       18  
 2B *Nellie Fox           24  154  663   90  195  24   9   0   47  16   6   26   25  .294  .320  .357   77   4.2  2e13      -22  
 SS  Chico Carrasquel     26  124  354   43   96  13   5   2   44  11   5   42   36  .271  .351  .353   45   4.4  1e29       91  
 OF  Peanuts Lowrey       34  112  392   38  106  12   1   0   40   9   5   26   26  .270  .314  .306   37   3.3  3(+1)e6   -85  
 OF *Bud Stewart          36   87  231   35   65  14   2   4   28  13   2   22   25  .281  .344  .411   34   5.1  3(-1)e7    27  
 C   Joe Tipton           30   58  161   29   36   9   0   6   21   1   0   30   34  .224  .351  .391   22   4.6  4(0)e6    -39  
 OF *Bob Addis            26   64  197   21   57   9   0   2   17   3   2    7   32  .289  .316  .365   21   3.9  2(+1)e7   -28  
 OF  Mel Clark            28   75  160   20   50   4   3   1   16   3   1    4   17  .312  .335  .394   21   5.1  3(-2)e7   -80  
 UT  Jim Piersall         22   64  145   19   33   5   0   1   13   3   3   31   31  .228  .367  .283   16   3.9            -64  
 OF  Sam Mele             30   52  170   21   33   4   1   5   20   0   0   22   23  .194  .279  .318   15   2.9  2(-1)e1  -159  
 3B  Hank Majeski         35   47   64   10   19   3   1   1    9   0   1   10    9  .297  .395  .422   10   6.1  4e25       97  
 OF  Jim Busby            25   33   88   12   22   2   1   0   10   1   2    2    9  .250  .272  .295    6   2.2  2(-1)e3   -11  
 OF *Earl Rapp            31    8   22    1    8   4   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .364  .417  .545    4   8.5  3(+1)e9   383  
 3B  Hector Rodriguez     32   21   22    3    6   1   0   0    3   1   1    0    4  .273  .273  .318    1   2.7  1e21      -62  
 OF  Bob Cerv             27    6   14    1    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    5  .214  .294  .286    1   2.5  3(+1)e7   -89  
 1B *Dee Fondy            27   26   16    1    3   0   0   0    4   2   0    0    2  .188  .167  .188    0   1.4  2e15     -404  
 1B *Charlie Maxwell      25    6    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333  .500  .333    0   8.5  4e30      478  
 C   Phil Masi            36    2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(-1)e15 -658  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           678                   -1

     * - 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            31  28   9  .757  41  39  17   1   0   1   9  313.2  218   86   71  20   98  164  2.04   84   2.4  -55  
  P *Billy Pierce         25  20   8  .714  36  34  12   0   0   1   2  266.0  201   84   71  10   85  180  2.40   72   2.4  -77  
  P  Joe Dobson           35  17   6  .739  28  28   9   0   0   0   2  210.2  159   70   54  20   64  131  2.31   65   2.8  -14  
  P  Duane Pillette       29  11  11  .500  26  26   6   0   0   0   1  173.0  174   85   78  12   59   72  4.06   78   4.1  -82  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         23   6   6  .500  20  13   0   3   0   0   0   83.1   83   36   33   6   47   49  3.56   42   4.5   -2  
  P  Lou Kretlow          31   5   3  .625  33   0   0  17   3   3   0   54.1   45   22   12   1   31   40  1.99   20   3.3   -5  
  P  Randy Gumpert        34   5   4  .556  18  11   2   3   0   0   2   82.1   73   32   32  13   18   45  3.50   33   3.6  -91  
  P  Luis Aloma           28   4   1  .800  30   0   0  10   0   0   0   31.1   21   10    8   2   10   17  2.30    8   2.5 -254  
  P *Ken Heintzelman      36   3   2  .600  29   0   0  13   2   1   0   35.2   36   12   10   1   11   26  2.52   15   3.8  -15  
  P  Ken Holcombe         33   1   1  .500  21   3   0   9   3   0   0   54.1   52   32   29   4   29   24  4.80   29   4.8  -34  
  P  Harry Dorish         30   1   2  .333  48   0   0  45  36   3   0   54.1   39   13   12   1   27   27  1.99   15   2.5  -33  
  P *Johnny Schmitz       31   0   0  .000  12   0   0   6   1   0   0   19.0   17    8    6   1   16    5  2.84   10   4.8    6  
  P  Howie Judson         26   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.0    4    2    2   1    0    4  9.00    2  12.6  362  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      478        -53

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Smoky Burgess         953 109 109  619   38  11   5  .984  37  19
 Joe Tipton            417  44  53  254   14   2   2  .993  14   5
 Phil Masi              10   1   2    8    0   0   0 1.000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Robinson 1356 154 154 1349 136 15 123 .990 9.86 Dee Fondy 22 0 10 23 3 0 2 1.000 10.64 Charlie Maxwell 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1380 154 154 351 425 17 102 .979 5.06 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mathews 1222 143 143 133 320 20 32 .958 3.34 Hank Majeski 85 9 13 3 14 1 0 .944 1.80 Hector Rodriguez 59 2 19 5 16 1 1 .955 3.19 Mel Clark 9 0 6 2 0 1 0 .667 2.08 Jim Piersall 6 0 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chico Carrasquel 980 107 124 197 343 17 61 .969 4.96 Jim Piersall 217 25 29 41 72 5 13 .958 4.68 Minnie Minoso 186 22 24 27 69 5 14 .950 4.65 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Minnie Minoso        1189 132 140  332    8   1   0  .997  2.57
 Peanuts Lowrey         99  12  13   33    2   1   0  .972  3.19
 Bud Stewart            37   4   5    9    0   0   0 1.000  2.17
 Mel Clark              25   3   6    9    1   0   0 1.000  3.60
 Jim Piersall           18   2   5    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
 Bob Cerv               11   1   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.64
 Bob Addis               9   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
 Earl Rapp               9   1   1    5    0   0   0 1.000  5.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Stewart 415 50 54 99 5 2 0 .981 2.26 Bob Addis 394 44 48 98 4 0 0 1.000 2.33 Mel Clark 215 23 31 60 1 0 0 1.000 2.56 Jim Busby 210 20 33 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.06 Jim Piersall 118 11 25 19 1 2 0 .909 1.53 Peanuts Lowrey 17 3 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 5.82 Bob Cerv 15 3 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Peanuts Lowrey 784 90 92 152 7 1 0 .994 1.83 Sam Mele 434 49 51 99 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 Bud Stewart 75 8 10 12 1 2 0 .867 1.57 Earl Rapp 50 5 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 Bob Addis 20 1 5 5 0 1 0 .833 2.25 Mel Clark 16 1 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bob Cerv 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1952 Draft


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