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1954 Chicago White Sox  (1953)  (1955) 93-61, 1st in American League Scored 694 runs, Allowed 531 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .730 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 96-58   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 94-60 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Minnie Minoso        28  154  587  110  187  20  18  22  104  12   8   66   39  .319  .404  .526  121   7.5  1(-2)e9   -16  
 3B *Eddie Mathews        22  150  510   96  126  15  10  42  132   4   1  123   81  .247  .389  .563  120   8.0  4e17      -74  
 2B *Nellie Fox           26  139  531   89  167  25   5   1   38  24   8   53   15  .315  .380  .386   82   5.7  2e10        2  
 OF  Jim Busby            27  154  609   96  169  20  11   7   63   5   0   40   59  .278  .326  .381   79   4.4  1(-1)e6   -24  
 1B *Dee Fondy            29  134  492   60  148  27   8   6   59  23   3   22   88  .301  .328  .425   67   5.0  2e11       28  
 SS  Granny Hamner        27  102  321   39   94  23   2   4   33   2   5   28   20  .293  .347  .414   44   5.0  3e88      -57  
 OF  Wally Post           24  113  352   39   84  18   3   7   43   2   2   33   71  .239  .307  .366   37   3.6  2(-3)e15  -58  
 C  *Toby Atwell          30  107  318   24   77   9   1   4   36   1   1   47   21  .242  .345  .314   36   3.8  3(+2)e3  -101  
 SS  George Strickland    28  117  348   40   70  17   2   4   33   1   1   47   61  .201  .292  .296   30   2.7  2e31      -40  
 OF  Wally Westlake       33   74  219   27   53  12   4   7   50   0   0   29   28  .242  .323  .429   28   4.2  3(0)e13   -39  
 C   Les Moss             29   65  198   16   46   7   0   0   18   0   0   17   29  .232  .293  .268   15   2.7  4(+2)e14  -31  
 OF *Walt Moryn           28   63   79   14   20   3   2   3   11   0   0   13    8  .253  .366  .456   11   4.9  3(-1)e25   63  
 1B *Phil Cavarretta      37   31   59   10   19   4   0   0    5   1   0   11    4  .322  .423  .390   11   7.5  3e11      -16  
 1B  Sam Mele             32   40   96    8   26   5   1   2   15   0   2    8   13  .271  .324  .406   11   3.9  4e10      -23  
 1B  Steve Bilko          25   14   26    0    8   1   1   0    1   0   0    2    4  .308  .357  .423    4   6.2  4e13       30  
 2B  Harmon Killebrew     18    9    7    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .429  .600  .571    2  19.4  4e54      387  
 PH  Mel Clark            30    8    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .286  .375  .286    0   4.6             18  
 C   Bob Oldis            26    8   25    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .160  .192  .200    0   1.0  4(+4)e16 -343  
 OF  Tom Umphlett         23   29   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .077  .077  .077    0    .2  2(0)e3   -370  
 PR  Jim Pendleton        30    3    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?           -502  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           709                  -32

     * - 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            33  24   7  .774  36  36  10   0   0   0   5  277.1  248   87   77  19   91  134  2.50  107   3.4  -13  
  P *Billy Pierce         27  13   9  .591  32  26   4   4   0   1   2  194.2  178   83   72  12   82  149  3.33   85   3.9  -69  
  P  Bob Keegan           33  13  12  .520  32  31   2   1   0   0   2  209.2  230   94   86  15   86   49  3.69  113   4.8  -11  
  P  Harry Dorish         32  12   6  .667  45   5   2  22   3   2   2   89.2   76   24   23   9   26   54  2.31   31   3.2  -17  
  P *Don Mossi            25   9   2  .818  42   4   0  27   9   1   0   80.0   34   14   12   3   40   42  1.35   14   1.6 -125  
  P  Sandy Consuegra      33   7   7  .500  32  15   5   8   1   0   2  148.0  147   49   39  11   35   42  2.37   61   3.7   -5  
  P  Don Johnson          27   5   6  .455  29  16   1   8   0   0   0  116.2  112   58   50  14   37   42  3.86   53   4.1   18  
  P  Herm Wehmeier        27   4   5  .444  11   9   2   0   0   0   0   65.1   51   27   26   4   26   22  3.58   25   3.5  -87  
  P  Mike Fornieles       22   2   0 1.000  19   1   1   6   0   3   1   42.0   42   25   24   5   15   18  5.14   22   4.7   21  
  P *Don Liddle           29   2   3  .400  19  11   0   4   0   0   0   75.1   72   43   38   3   34   34  4.54   36   4.2   52  
  P *Charlie Gorin        26   1   0 1.000  13   0   0   2   0   0   0    8.1    4    0    0   0    5    6  0.00    2   2.5   16  
  P  Ray Narleski         25   1   2  .333  42   0   0  37  24   0   0   47.1   32    9    9   3   17   28  1.71   12   2.3  -78  
  P  George Spencer       28   0   0  .000   8   0   0   4   0   0   0    7.1    3    3    3   1    3    2  3.68    1   1.4 -152  
  P  Bob Darnell          23   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.1    1    1    1   1    2    1  2.70    1   3.3 -204  
  P  Johnny Klippstein    26   0   2  .000   8   0   0   3   0   1   0   11.1   16   14   11   1   11    6  8.74   10   8.0  102  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      577        -24

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Toby Atwell 844 96 102 449 32 3 1 .994 30 16 Les Moss 479 52 65 254 18 2 2 .993 14 8 Bob Oldis 54 6 8 36 1 1 1 .974 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dee Fondy 1072 117 126 1145 151 10 111 .992 10.88 Sam Mele 153 18 18 176 22 2 16 .990 11.62 Phil Cavarretta 108 13 14 107 18 1 7 .992 10.42 Steve Bilko 43 6 6 49 5 0 6 1.000 11.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 1146 127 133 322 377 12 85 .983 5.49 Granny Hamner 226 27 29 72 83 3 21 .981 6.16 Harmon Killebrew 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Mathews 1316 147 149 140 363 14 19 .973 3.44 Minnie Minoso 61 7 9 5 16 1 3 .955 3.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Strickland 946 105 116 204 370 16 66 .973 5.46 Granny Hamner 431 49 54 91 168 29 38 .899 5.41 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Minnie Minoso 1314 147 148 296 9 9 2 .971 2.09 Wally Westlake 61 7 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.19 Sam Mele 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tom Umphlett 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Busby 1370 154 154 408 19 2 0 .995 2.81 Wally Post 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 Minnie Minoso 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Post 783 90 93 144 4 8 2 .949 1.70 Wally Westlake 429 49 54 76 0 3 0 .962 1.60 Walt Moryn 85 11 12 17 0 2 0 .895 1.80 Tom Umphlett 46 0 25 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.99 Sam Mele 34 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1954 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Hal Newhouser
Round 2 (#24):	Wally Westlake
Round 3 (#38):	Les Moss
Round 4 (#50):	Jim Pendleton
Round 5 (#62):	Chuck Harmon
Round 6 (#73):	Walt Moryn
Round 7 (#83):	Johnny Klippstein

Transactions

• 1954-01: traded Hal Newhouser, Cass Michaels, Chuck Harmon, Joe Nuxhall to DEA for Eddie Mathews, Don Mossi, Ray Narleski
• 1954-01: traded Willard Marshall to CIN for Wally Post
• 1954-01: acquired Charlie Gorin as a free agent
• 1954-01: traded George Kell, Dick Hall to BOA for Jackie Jensen
• 1954-01: traded Jackie Jensen, Ed McGhee to WAA for Jim Busby, Steve Bilko
• 1954-02: acquired Harmon Killebrew as a free agent
• 1954-04: acquired Bob Oldis as a free agent
• 1954-07: acquired George Spencer as a free agent
• 1954-08: acquired Bob Darnell as a free agent
• 1954-08: released Bob Oldis
• 1954-08: traded Phil Cavarretta, Herm Wehmeier, Steve Bilko to CHN for Don Liddle, Sam Mele, CHN#1
• 1954 postseason: released Wally Post, Bud Sheely

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