1948 Chicago White Sox season

The 1948 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 48th season in the major leagues, and its 49th season overall. They finished eighth (last) in the American League with a 51–101 record, 44.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians. In 114 seasons, the White Sox have only once (in 1932) had a worse winning percentage. This was the first year of many for White Sox television broadcasts on WGN-TV channel 9.

1948 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)	Ted Lyons
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Local radio	WJJD/WEFM (Bob Elson)
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Offseason

• November 19, 1947: Pete Wojey was drafted from the White Sox by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 minor league draft.[1]
• January 27, 1948: Thurman Tucker was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Ralph Weigel.[2]
• February 24, 1948: Ed Lopat was traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Bill Wight, Fred Bradley, and Aaron Robinson.[3]
• Prior to 1948 season: Ed McGhee was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.[4]

Regular season

Frank Lane was in his first season as White Sox general manager. Over the next seven years with the White Sox, Lane would make 241 trades.[5] He would gain the nicknames "Trader" Lane and "Frantic Frank".

On July 18, Pat Seerey hit four home runs in an eleven inning game against the Philadelphia Athletics.[6] The White Sox won, 12–11.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	97	58	0.626	—	48–30	49–28
Boston Red Sox	96	59	0.619	1	55–23	41–36
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	2½	50–27	44–33
Philadelphia Athletics	84	70	0.545	12½	36–41	48–29
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	18½	39–38	39–38
St. Louis Browns	59	94	0.386	37	34–42	25–52
Washington Senators	56	97	0.366	40	29–48	27–49
Chicago White Sox	51	101	0.336	44½	27–48	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1948 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	14–8	11–12	15–7	14–8	12–10	15–7	15–7
Chicago	8–14	—	6–16	8–14	6–16	6–16	8–13–1	9–12–1
Cleveland	12–11	16–6	—	13–9	10–12	16–6	14–8–1	16–6
Detroit	7–15	14–8	9–13	—	9–13	12–10	11–11	16–6
New York	8–14	16–6	12–10	13–9	—	12–10	16–6	17–5
Philadelphia	10–12	16–6	6–16	10–12	10–12	—	18–4	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	13–8–1	8–14–1	11–11	6–16	4–18	—	10–12
Washington	7–15	12–9–1	6–16	6–16	5–17	8–14	12–10	—

Opening Day lineup

• Don Kolloway, 2B
• Luke Appling, 3B
• Tony Lupien, 1B
• Bob Kennedy, RF
• Taffy Wright, LF
• Jack Wallaesa, SS
• Dave Philley, CF
• Mike Tresh, C
• Joe Haynes, P

Roster

1948 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 39 Fred Bradley 46 Earl Caldwell 28 Al Gettel 36 Bob Gillespie 37 Jim Goodwin 45 Orval Grove 46 Randy Gumpert 49 Earl Harrist 35 Joe Haynes 48 Howie Judson 38 Glen Moulder 17 Frank Papish 19,38 Ike Pearson 49,15,14 Marino Pieretti 37,40 Marv Rotblatt 29 Bill Wight		Catchers 18 Aaron Robinson 15 Mike Tresh 26 Ralph Weigel Infielders  4 Luke Appling  8 Floyd Baker 47 Don Kolloway  3 Tony Lupien  7 Cass Michaels 12 Jack Wallaesa -- Frank Whitman		Outfielders  2 Herb Adams  2 Jim Delsing 25 Ralph Hodgin  5 Bob Kennedy  9 Dave Philley 14 Jerry Scala  5 Pat Seerey  6 Taffy Wright		Manager 16 Ted Lyons Coaches 23 Red Faber 33 Bing Miller 22 Buster Mills

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
Herb Adams, RF,CF	5	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.273	0
Luke Appling, 3B,SS	139	497	63	156	16	2	0	47	94	35	.314	10
Floyd Baker, 3B,2B	104	335	47	72	8	3	0	18	73	26	.215	4
Jim Delsing, CF	20	63	5	12	0	0	0	5	5	12	.190	0
Ralph Hodgin, OF	114	331	28	88	11	5	1	34	21	11	.266	0
Bob Kennedy, LF,RF	30	113	4	28	8	1	0	14	4	17	.248	0
Don Kolloway, 2B,3B	119	417	60	114	14	4	6	38	18	18	.273	2
Tony Lupien, 1B	154	617	69	152	19	3	6	54	74	38	.246	11
Cass Michaels, SS,2B	145	484	47	120	12	6	5	56	69	42	.248	8
Dave Philley, CF,LF	137	488	51	140	28	3	5	42	50	33	.287	8
Aaron Robinson, C	98	326	47	82	14	2	8	39	46	30	.252	0
Jerry Scala, CF	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Pat Seerey, LF,CF	95	340	44	78	11	0	18	64	61	94	.229	0
Mike Tresh, C	39	108	10	27	1	0	1	11	9	9	.250	0
Jack Wallaesa, SS	33	48	2	9	0	0	1	3	1	12	.188	0
Ralph Weigel, C,LF	66	163	8	38	7	3	0	26	13	18	.233	1
Frank Whitman, SS	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Taffy Wright, RF,LF	134	455	50	127	15	6	4	61	38	18	.279	2

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Fred Bradley, P	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Earl Caldwell, P	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.000	0
Al Gettel, P	24	54	4	13	2	0	0	3	0	6	.241	0
Bob Gillespie, P	25	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	.000	0
Jim Goodwin, P	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Orval Grove, P	32	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	.095	0
Randy Gumpert, P	16	29	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	10	.138	0
Earl Harrist, P	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Joe Haynes, P	27	50	5	8	2	0	0	1	3	8	.160	0
Howie Judson, P	41	29	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	13	.103	0
Glen Moulder, P	33	20	3	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	.300	0
Frank Papish, P	32	27	1	5	2	0	0	4	0	6	.185	0
Ike Pearson, P	23	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	0
Marino Pieretti, P	32	39	5	7	0	0	0	3	4	6	.179	0
Marv Rotblatt, P	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Bill Wight, P	34	73	2	6	0	0	0	3	3	31	.082	0
Team totals	154	5192	558	1303	172	39	55	532	594	528	.251	46

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
Fred Bradley	0	0	4.60	8	0	0	15.2	11	12	8	2	4	2
Earl Caldwell	1	5	5.31	25	1	3	39.0	53	25	23	3	22	10
Al Gettel	8	10	4.01	22	19	1	148.0	154	76	66	7	60	49
Bob Gillespie	0	4	5.13	25	6	0	72.0	81	45	41	3	33	19
Jim Goodwin	0	0	8.71	8	1	1	10.1	9	11	10	0	12	3
Orval Grove	2	10	6.16	32	11	1	87.2	110	64	60	6	42	18
Randy Gumpert	2	6	3.79	16	11	0	97.1	103	43	41	6	13	31
Earl Harrist	1	3	5.87	11	1	0	23.0	23	17	15	4	13	14
Joe Haynes	9	10	3.97	27	22	0	149.2	167	79	66	13	52	40
Howie Judson	4	5	4.78	40	5	8	107.1	102	60	57	7	56	38
Glen Moulder	3	6	6.41	33	9	2	85.2	108	67	61	8	54	26
Frank Papish	2	8	5.00	32	14	4	95.1	97	65	53	7	75	41
Ike Pearson	2	3	4.92	23	2	1	53.0	62	32	29	8	27	12
Marino Pieretti	8	10	4.95	21	18	1	120.0	117	70	66	6	52	28
Marv Rotblatt	0	1	7.85	7	2	0	18.1	19	16	16	0	23	4
Bill Wight	9	20	4.80	34	32	1	223.1	238	132	119	9	135	68
Team totals	51	101	4.89	154	154	23	1345.2	1454	814	731	89	673	403

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hollywood Stars	Pacific Coast League	Jimmy Dykes, Lou Stringer and Mule Haas
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern Association	Jack Onslow
A	Muskegon Clippers	Central League	Bennie Huffman
B	Fall River Indians	New England League	Frank Zubik and Luke Urban
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Pete Fox
C	Hot Springs Bathers	Cotton States League	Joe Holden and Chips Sobek
C	Oil City Refiners	Middle Atlantic League	Ray Dahlstrom and Otto Denning
C	Superior Blues	Northern League	Johnny Mostil
D	Kingsport Cherokees	Appalachian League	Red Mincy, Joe DiMasi and John Russ
D	Madisonville Miners	KITTY League	George Mathauser, Conrad Juelke and Bob Balance
D	Lima Terriers	Ohio–Indiana League	Charlie Engle
D	Seminole Oilers	Sooner State League	Hugh Willingham
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Frank Parenti, Frank Demaree and John Kerr

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hot Springs, Seminole[7]

References

1. Pete Wojey page at Baseball Reference
2. Thurman Tucker page at Baseball Reference
3. Ed Lopat page at Baseball-Reference
4. Ed McGhee page at Baseball Reference
5. Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 93, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
6. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1948 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference