1946 Chicago White Sox season

1946 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
General manager(s)	Leslie O'Connor
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes and Ted Lyons
Local radio	WJJD (Bob Elson)
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The 1946 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 46th season in the major leagues, and their 47th season overall. They finished with a record 74–80, good enough for 5th place in the American League, 30 games behind the first place Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

December 8, 1945: Tony Cuccinello was released by the White Sox.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	104	50	.675	--
Detroit Tigers	92	62	.597	12
New York Yankees	87	67	.565	17
Washington Senators	76	78	.494	28
Chicago White Sox	74	80	.481	30
Cleveland Indians	68	86	.442	36
St. Louis Browns	66	88	.429	38
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	55

Record vs. opponents

1946 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	15–7	15–7–1	14–8	17–5	14–8–1	16–6
Chicago	9–13	—	13–9–1	10–12	8–14	12–10	12–10	10–12
Cleveland	7–15	9–13–1	—	5–17	10–12	15–7	15–7–1	7–15
Detroit	7–15–1	12–10	17–5	—	13–9	17–5	14–8	12–10
New York	8–14	14–8	12–10	9–13	—	16–6	14–8	14–8
Philadelphia	5–17	10–12	7–15	5–17	6–16	—	10–12	6–16–1
St. Louis	8–14–1	10–12	7–15–1	8–14	8–14	12–10	—	13–9
Washington	6–16	12–10	15–7	10–12	8–14	16–6–1	9–13	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

July 4, 1946: Tom Jordan was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Indians completed the deal by sending Frankie Hayes to the White Sox on July 15, 1946.^[2]
July 23, 1946: Wally Moses was purchased from the White Sox by the Boston Red Sox.^[3]

Roster

1946 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

46 Earl Caldwell

18 Bill Dietrich

45 Orval Grove

8,26 Ralph Hamner

35 Joe Haynes

59 Al Hollingsworth

27 Thornton Lee

48 Ed Lopat

16 Ted Lyons

38 Gordon Maltzberger

38 Emmett O'Neill

17 Frank Papish

34 Len Perme

29 Johnny Rigney

49 Eddie Smith

Catchers

19 George Dickey

25 Ed Fernandes

26 Frankie Hayes

26 Tom Jordan

15 Mike Tresh

Infielders

4 Luke Appling

8 Floyd Baker

3 Jake Jones

47 Don Kolloway

14 Joe Kuhel

39 Dario Lodigiani

28 Cass Michaels

7 Hal Trosky

37 Leo Wells

34 Frank Whitman

Outfielders

12 Guy Curtright

24 Ralph Hodgin

36 Bob Kennedy

9 Wally Moses

38 Dave Philley

23,5 Whitey Platt

-- Joe Smaza

2 Thurman Tucker

6 Taffy Wright

Manager

5 Jimmy Dykes

16 Ted Lyons

Coaches

23 Red Faber

22 Mule Haas

33 Bing Miller

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luke Appling, SS	149	582	59	180	27	5	1	55	71	41	.309	6
Floyd Baker, 3B	9	24	2	6	1	0	0	3	2	3	.250	0
Guy Curtright, OF	23	55	7	11	2	0	0	5	11	14	.200	0
George Dickey, C	37	78	8	15	1	0	0	1	12	13	.192	0
Ed Fernandes, C	14	32	4	8	2	0	0	4	8	7	.250	0
Frankie Hayes, C	53	179	15	38	6	0	2	16	29	33	.212	1
Ralph Hodgin, LF,RF	87	258	32	65	10	1	0	25	19	6	.252	0
Bob Kennedy, LF,3B,RF,CF	113	411	43	106	13	5	5	34	24	42	.258	6
Don Kolloway, 2B,3B	123	482	45	135	23	4	3	53	9	29	.280	14
Jake Jones, 1B	24	79	10	21	5	1	3	13	2	13	.266	0
Tom Jordan, C	10	15	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	.267	0
Joe Kuhel, 1B	64	238	24	65	9	3	4	20	21	24	.273	4
Dario Lodigiani, 3B	44	155	12	38	8	0	0	13	16	14	.245	4
Cass Michaels, 2B,3B,SS	91	291	37	75	8	0	1	22	29	36	.258	9
Wally Moses, RF,CF	56	168	20	46	9	1	4	16	17	20	.274	2
Dave Philley, LF	17	68	10	24	2	3	0	17	4	4	.353	5
Whitey Platt, OF	84	247	28	62	8	5	3	32	17	34	.251	1
Joe Smaza, RF	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	0
Mike Tresh, C	80	217	28	47	5	2	0	21	36	24	.217	0
Hal Trosky, 1B	88	299	22	76	12	3	2	31	34	37	.254	4
Thurman Tucker, CF	121	438	62	126	20	3	1	36	54	45	.288	9
Leo Wells, 3B	45	127	11	24	4	1	1	11	12	34	.189	3
Frank Whitman, SS,1B,2B	17	16	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	.063	0
Taffy Wright, RF,LF	115	422	46	116	19	4	7	52	42	17	.275	10

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Earl Caldwell, P	39	18	2	3	0	0	0	2	5	4	.167	0
Bill Dietrich, P	11	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	.053	0
Orval Grove, P	33	65	2	7	0	1	0	2	5	27	.108	0
Ralph Hamner, P	25	18	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	7	.167	0
Joe Haynes, P	32	57	4	14	4	0	0	6	1	10	.246	0
Al Hollingsworth, P	21	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0
Thornton Lee, P	7	15	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	4	.267	0
Eddie Lopat, P	30	87	10	22	2	1	0	10	8	7	.253	0
Ted Lyons, P	5	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0
Gordon Maltzberger, P	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	0
Emmett O'Neill, P	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Frank Papish, P	31	43	3	8	1	0	0	2	1	7	.186	0
Johnny Rigney, P	15	26	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	7	.154	0
Eddie Smith, P	24	45	2	8	1	0	0	3	3	9	.178	0
Team totals	155	5312	562	1364	206	44	37	515	499	602	.257	78

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Earl Caldwell	13	4	2.08	39	0	8	90.2	60	28	21	2	29	42
Bill Dietrich	3	3	2.61	11	9	1	62.0	63	21	18	4	24	20
Orval Grove	8	13	3.02	33	26	0	205.1	213	96	69	10	78	60
Ralph Hamner	2	7	4.42	25	7	1	71.1	80	47	35	2	39	29
Joe Haynes	7	9	3.76	32	23	2	177.1	203	80	74	14	60	60
Al Hollingsworth	3	2	4.58	21	2	1	55.0	63	29	28	2	22	22
Gordon Maltzberger	2	0	1.59	19	0	2	39.2	30	7	7	3	6	17
Thornton Lee	2	4	3.53	7	7	0	43.1	39	24	17	1	23	23
Eddie Lopat	13	13	2.73	29	29	0	231.0	216	80	70	18	48	89
Ted Lyons	1	4	2.32	5	5	0	42.2	38	17	11	2	9	10
Emmett O'Neill	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.2	4	2	0	0	5	0
Frank Papish	7	5	2.74	31	15	0	138.0	122	52	42	7	63	66
Len Perme	0	0	8.31	4	0	0	4.1	6	4	4	0	7	2
Johnny Rigney	5	5	4.03	15	11	0	82.2	76	37	37	6	35	51
Eddie Smith	8	11	2.85	24	21	1	145.1	135	71	46	9	60	59
Team totals	74	80	3.10	155	155	16	1392.1	1348	595	479	80	508	550

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Milwaukee Brewers	American Association	Nick Cullop
AA	Little Rock Travelers	Southern Association	Willis Hudlin
AA	Shreveport Sports	Texas League	Salty Parker and Hub Northen
A	Greenville Spinners	Sally League	Ivy Griffin
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Johnny Mostil
C	Texarkana Bears	East Texas League	Gabby Lusk and Joe Kracher
C	Superior Blues	Northern League	Fred Hensley and Red Treadwell
D	Brewton Millers	Alabama State League	Ben Catchings
D	New River Rebels	Appalachian League	Jack Crosswhite
D	Alexandria Aces	Evangeline League	Carl Kott
D	Cordele White Sox	Georgia–Florida League	Joe Holden
D	Madisonville Miners	KITTY League	Frank Zubik
D	Lima Terriers	Ohio State League	Charles Moore
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Charlie Engle

References

↑ Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
↑ Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
↑ Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

1946 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1946 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1946 All-Star Game 1946 World Series

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