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1953 Chicago White Sox  (1952)  (1954)
108-46, 1st in American League
Scored 813 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-52
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .716
Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 101-53   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-65
Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

Defeated Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series, 4 games to 3.

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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B *Eddie Mathews        21  154  579  125  171  28  13  48  152   4   2  102   83  .295  .396  .637  143   8.7  3e29        1  
 OF  Minnie Minoso        27  150  601  121  186  23   7  14   86  35   6   73   61  .309  .383  .441  106   6.5  1(-2)e10  -52  
 1B *Dee Fondy            28  154  603   77  197  24   4  10   92  31   6   54  136  .327  .380  .430  104   6.5  2e18      -25  
 OF  Jim Busby            26  146  638  105  194  36   5  10   69  26   9   45   70  .304  .348  .423   92   5.2  2(-1)e6    -2  
 2B *Nellie Fox           25  154  660   91  181  23   9   4   65   8   8   45   33  .274  .320  .355   75   3.9  2e15      -45  
 OF  Sam Mele             31  122  434   73  124  30  10  13   85   5   6   47   52  .286  .355  .491   74   6.1  3(-1)e1    56  
 OF  Wally Westlake       32   88  209   35   70   4   2   8   34   2   1   42   39  .335  .449  .488   48   8.8  3(0)e10    14  
 C  *Smoky Burgess        26   69  217   28   72  22   3   3   26   3   4   29   13  .332  .414  .502   43   7.5  4(+1)e7   129  
 SS  George Strickland    27   86  247   22   62   7   4   2   28   0   0   32   40  .251  .338  .336   28   3.9  2e21      -67  
 SS  Chico Carrasquel     27   83  294   26   67  10   4   0   29   2   1   15   28  .228  .270  .289   23   2.6  1e18     -130  
 OF  Mel Clark            29   74   74   12   31   5   4   0   13   0   0    4    6  .419  .456  .595   20  12.3  3(-2)e7   323  
 C   Les Moss             28   37  115    7   29   4   1   0   11   0   0    8   21  .252  .296  .304    9   2.8  4(+2)e7   -97  
 C  *Toby Atwell          29   29   95   14   22   3   0   2   13   0   0   11    4  .232  .315  .326    9   3.2  3(+2)e16    1  
 C   Joe Tipton           31   50   90   12   15   1   0   5   16   0   0   13   14  .167  .271  .344    8   2.9  4(0)e6   -156  
 OF *Bud Stewart          37   27   41   12   10   4   0   1    4   0   0   13    5  .244  .436  .415    8   7.1  3(-1)e7    33  
 C   Frank Sacka          28    7   17    2   10   1   0   0    6   0   0    5    3  .588  .682  .647    8  31.7  4(-1)e6   670  
 UT  Jim Pendleton        29   28   22   12    9   0   1   1    5   3   0    1    3  .409  .435  .636    6  14.3            286  
 OF  Bob Elliott          36   14   25    4    8   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .320  .414  .400    4   7.3  2(-2)e25   62  
 SS  Granny Hamner        26   26   48    8   10   1   0   1    8   0   0    6    5  .208  .296  .292    4   2.9  2e46     -180  
 C   Pete Naton           21    8   25    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .200  .323  .280    2   3.7  4(+3)e7   150  
 1B *Eddie Robinson       32    3    4    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2  4e16     -235  
 C   Nick Koback          17    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  4(-1)e7  -426  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           824                  -11

     * - 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 *Billy Pierce         26  27   5  .844  36  36  12   0   0   0   4  287.2  180   66   51  19   95  249  1.60   68   2.1 -130  
  P  Bob Lemon            32  20   9  .690  37  36   9   0   0   0   1  272.2  268  139  122  19  114  116  4.03  128   4.2   -4  
  P  Sandy Consuegra      32  10   3  .769  39   5   0  22   5   2   0   77.2   84   30   30   8   22   29  3.48   40   4.7    0  
  P *Johnny Antonelli     23  10   8  .556  27  27   2   0   0   0   2  174.2  175   82   75  12   80  146  3.86   91   4.6    8  
  P  Mike Fornieles       21   8   2  .800  40  14   1  12   2   0   0  125.2  127   56   52   4   57   73  3.72   58   4.2  -53  
  P  Bob Keegan           32   8   3  .727  48   0   0  44  27   4   0   69.0   47   14   11   1   21   24  1.43   14   1.9 -128  
  P *Don Liddle           28   6   4  .600  34  13   0  10   2   0   0  102.0   96   37   32   5   40   56  2.82   43   3.8  -33  
  P  Harry Dorish         31   6   4  .600  40   4   0  12   3   4   0   87.2   71   33   25   5   32   39  2.57   30   3.1 -105  
  P  Joe Dobson           36   4   5  .444  16  13   1   2   0   0   0   74.0   87   47   40   9   34   44  4.86   47   5.7   98  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         24   3   2  .600  13   4   0   4   0   0   0   41.2   43   18   16   6   14   29  3.46   21   4.6   69  
  P  Luis Aloma           29   2   1  .667  20   0   0   5   0   0   0   31.0   32   20   17   4   16   22  4.94   19   5.8  -83  
  P  Joey Jay             17   1   0 1.000   6   0   0   3   1   0   0    6.1    4    3    3   0    5    1  4.26    2   3.3  149  
  P  Rinty Monahan        25   1   0 1.000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0     .1    0    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0    .0 -709  
  P  Johnny Klippstein    25   1   0 1.000   1   1   1   0   0   0   0    9.0    4    1    1   1    5    9  1.00    2   2.5 -198  
  P  Lou Kretlow          32   1   0 1.000  16   0   0   7   2   0   0   29.1   29   24   19   2   24   21  5.83   19   5.9  -30  
  P *Gene Bearden         32   0   0  .000  12   1   0   6   0   0   0   22.2   18   12   10   3    6   11  3.97    8   3.4  -67  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      598        -40

     * - 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         543  65  65  368   20   7   2  .982  27   8
 Les Moss              283  31  37  189   12   6   0  .971  19   7
 Toby Atwell           239  27  29  171   11   2   0  .989   9   6
 Joe Tipton            237  20  47  151   10   0   1 1.000   5   5
 Pete Naton             62   7   8   40    4   1   0  .978   0   2
 Frank Sacka            46   4   7   43    0   1   0  .977   0   0
 Nick Koback             1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dee Fondy 1407 154 154 1395 103 19 129 .987 9.58 Eddie Robinson 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 Sam Mele 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1411 154 154 331 406 14 97 .981 4.70 Granny Hamner 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 27.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mathews 1407 154 154 168 404 20 33 .966 3.66 Bob Elliott 402 45 51 33 93 6 7 .955 2.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chico Carrasquel 713 79 83 141 266 14 47 .967 5.14 George Strickland 624 68 82 137 198 11 32 .968 4.83 Granny Hamner 72 7 12 14 29 1 3 .977 5.38 Jim Pendleton 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Minnie Minoso        1356 150 150  276    4  12   1  .959  1.86
 Bob Elliott           394  45  47   89    1   7   0  .928  2.05
 Wally Westlake         36   3   7    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
 Mel Clark              10   1   4    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Jim Pendleton           5   0   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  3.60
 Sam Mele                2   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
 Bud Stewart             2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Busby 1309 145 145 334 30 9 2 .976 2.50 Bud Stewart 73 8 10 18 1 1 0 .950 2.33 Sam Mele 16 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Wally Westlake 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Mel Clark 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Elliott 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Mele 959 105 108 253 5 0 1 1.000 2.42 Wally Westlake 398 45 47 100 1 3 0 .971 2.28 Bob Elliott 37 5 6 11 0 3 0 .786 2.70 Mel Clark 18 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Jim Pendleton 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bud Stewart 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1953 Draft


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