1947 Chicago White Sox
70 - 84
1946 / 1948 (Organization)
6th place in the AL (27 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		32 - 43 (.427)
38 - 41 (.481)		 -8.5 wins
+1.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 553 / 632 ( -79 )
Allowed/Expected: 661 / 628 ( -33 )
Pyth Record: 65 - 89 (+5)
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Attendance: 876,948 Avg Att: 11,693 (0.77)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 15,226
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.91 R/L HR: 0.91 / 0.91
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Luke Appling
SS
40.2
4.6
21.9
9.0
17
Y
8
19
1930
 Purchased Atlanta (Southern Asso
2 Thornton Lee
SP
40.8
-0.2
2.0
-1.2
11
N
12
10
1936
 Trade CLE AL
3 Mike Tresh
C
33.4
0.1
4.4
-2.8
10
Y
12
2
1937
 Trade DET AL
4 Johnny Rigney
SP
32.7
1.0
4.8
3.0
8
Y
Not Available
5 Orval Grove
SP
27.8
-0.6
3.7
-1.2
8
Y
Not Available
6 Eddie Smith
SP
33.5
-1.5
0.0
-1.3
7
N
4
27
1939
 Waivers PHA AL
7 Joe Haynes
SP
29.8
4.2
17.0
10.5
7
N
1
4
1941
 Purchased WS1 AL
8 Bob Kennedy
RF
26.9
-0.7
6.7
-1.6
6
Y
1
1
1937
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Don Kolloway
2B
28.9
1.1
9.9
-1.1
6
Y
12
29
1939
 Trade Oklahoma City (Texas)
10 Taffy Wright
RF
35.9
1.9
15.4
7.0
5
N
12
8
1939
 Trade WS1 AL
11 Thurman Tucker
CF
29.8
0.2
7.0
1.1
5
Y
11
6
1940
 Purchased Oklahoma City (Texas)
12 Cass Michaels
2B
21.3
2.0
11.5
2.7
5
Y
1
1
1943
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Gordon Maltzberger
RP
34.8
1.1
4.6
1.8
4
Y
Not Available
14 Ed Lopat
SP
29.0
5.7
21.1
12.2
4
Y
1
1
1939
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Shreveport (Texas)
15 George Dickey
C
32.0
0.1
4.8
-1.3
4
N
8
15
1940
 Purchased Oklahoma City (Texas)
16 Jake Jones
1B
26.6
-0.2
3.0
-0.3
4
Y
8
22
1941
 Purchased Shreveport (Texas)
17 Ralph Hodgin
LF
32.4
0.8
5.7
2.1
4
N
11
2
1942
 Draft (Rule 5) San Francisco (PCL)
18 Earl Caldwell
RP
42.2
0.6
3.7
1.3
3
N
Not Available
19 Frank Papish
SP
29.7
1.8
14.1
7.0
3
Y
1
1
1937
 Purchased Rock Island (Western)
20 Dave Philley
CF
27.1
0.3
10.6
-1.1
3
Y
7
18
1941
 Purchased Shreveport (Texas)
21 Floyd Baker
3B
30.7
2.6
13.8
4.9
3
N
12
30
1944
 Purchased SLA AL
22 Joe Kuhel
-
41.0
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
2
N
6
12
1946
 Free Agency
23 Joe Stephenson
C
26.0
-0.4
0.2
-0.7
1
N
Not Available
24 Bob Gillespie
SP
27.7
-1.4
2.2
-2.0
1
N
11
1
1946
 Draft (Rule 5) DET AL
25 Loyd Christopher
LF
27.5
-0.1
0.3
-0.2
1
N
11
1
1946
 Draft (Rule 5) CHN NL
26 Earl Harrist
RP
27.9
0.1
4.9
1.1
1
N
11
1
1946
 Draft (Rule 5) CIN NL
27 Pete Gebrian
SW
23.9
-0.7
2.1
-0.5
1
Y
11
1
1946
 Draft (Rule 5) BSN NL
28 Red Ruffing
SP
42.2
-0.8
0.0
-1.9
1
N
12
5
1946
 Free Agency
29 Jack Wallaesa
SS
27.8
0.4
4.2
-0.5
1
N
12
13
1946
 Purchased PHA AL
30 Hi Bithorn
RP
31.3
0.1
0.6
0.5
1
N
3
22
1947
 Waivers PIT NL
31 Rudy York
1B
33.9
1.0
10.0
2.4
1
N
6
14
1947
 Trade BOS AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Luke Appling SS Atlanta, GA (US)
Floyd Baker 3B Luray, VA (USA)
Hi Bithorn RP Santurce (P.R.)
Earl Caldwell RP Holland, TX (US)
Loyd Christopher LF Richmond CA, CA (US)
George Dickey C Searcy, AR (US)
Pete Gebrian SW Bayonne, NJ (US)
Bob Gillespie SP Columbus, OH (USA)
Orval Grove SP Mineral, KS (USA)
Earl Harrist RP Dubach, LA (USA)
Joe Haynes SP Lincolnton, GA (USA)
Ralph Hodgin LF Greensboro, NC (USA)
Jake Jones 1B Epps, LA (USA)
Bob Kennedy RF Chicago, IL (US)
Don Kolloway 2B Blue Island, IL (US)
Joe Kuhel - Cleveland, OH (US)
Thornton Lee SP San Luis Obispo, CA (US)
Ed Lopat SP New York, NY (US)
Gordon Maltzberger RP Utopia, TX (USA)
Cass Michaels 2B Hamtramck, MI (US)
Frank Papish SP Pueblo, CO (USA)
Dave Philley CF Paris, TX (USA)
Johnny Rigney SP Oak Park, IL (USA)
Red Ruffing SP Granville, IL (USA)
Eddie Smith SP Columbus, NJ (US)
Joe Stephenson C Detroit, MI (USA)
Mike Tresh C Detroit, MI (US)
Thurman Tucker CF Gordon, TX (USA)
Jack Wallaesa SS Easton, PA (USA)
Taffy Wright RF Tabor City, NC (USA)
Rudy York 1B Ragland, AL (USA)

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