1946 Chicago White Sox season

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.

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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Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	104	50	0.675	—	61–16	43–34
Detroit Tigers	92	62	0.597	12	48–30	44–32
New York Yankees	87	67	0.565	17	47–30	40–37
Washington Senators	76	78	0.494	28	38–38	38–40
Chicago White Sox	74	80	0.481	30	40–38	34–42
Cleveland Indians	68	86	0.442	36	36–41	32–45
St. Louis Browns	66	88	0.429	38	35–41	31–47
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	0.318	55	31–46	18–59

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

• Wally Moses, RF
• Floyd Baker, 3B
• Taffy Wright, LF
• Luke Appling, SS
• Hal Trosky, 1B
• Don Kolloway, 2B
• Thurman Tucker, CF
• Mike Tresh, C
• Bill Dietrich, P

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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 George 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New River[4]

References

1. Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
2. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
3. Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
4. 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