1947 Chicago White Sox season

1947 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 radio	WJJD/WIND (AM) (Bob Elson)
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The 1947 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 47th season in the major leagues, and their 48th season overall. They finished with a record 70–84, good enough for 6th place in the American League, 27 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• February 13, 1947: Frankie Hayes was released by the White Sox.^[1]
• Prior to 1947 season: Tod Davis was acquired by the White Sox from the Hollywood Stars as part of a minor league working agreement.^[2]

Regular season

• July 5: In a game against the White Sox, Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians became the first black player to appear in an American League game.^[3] Doby appeared in the seventh inning and struck out.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Detroit Tigers	85	69	.552	12
Boston Red Sox	83	71	.539	14
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	17
Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	.506	19
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	27
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	33
St. Louis Browns	59	95	.383	38

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6–1	9–13	12–10–1	9–13	10–12–1	15–7	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	—	11–11	7–15	10–12	11–11	11–11	14–8
Cleveland	13–9	11–11	—	8–14–2	7–15	11–11–1	17–5	13–9
Detroit	10–12–1	15–7	14–8–2	—	8–14–1	11–11	15–7	12–10
New York	13–9	12–10	15–7	14–8–1	—	13–9	15–7	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10–1	11–11	11–11–1	11–11	9–13	—	13–9	11–11
St. Louis	7–15	11–11	5–17	7–15	7–15	9–13	—	13–9
Washington	10–12	8–14	9–13	10–12	7–15	11–11	9–13	—

Opening Day lineup

Player	Position
Floyd Baker	3B
Luke Appling	SS
Dave Philley	CF
Bob Kennedy	RF
Ralph Hodgin	LF
Don Kolloway	1B
Cass Michaels	2B
Mike Tresh	C
Ed Lopat	P

Notable transactions

• April 23, 1947: Gus Zernial was purchased by the White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
• July 1947: Pete Wojey was acquired by the White Sox from the Hot Springs Bathers.^[5]

Roster

1947 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers -- Hi Bithorn 46 Earl Caldwell 28 Pete Gebrian 36 Bob Gillespie 45 Orval Grove 25,49 Earl Harrist 35 Joe Haynes 27 Thornton Lee 48 Ed Lopat 37 Gordon Maltzberger 17 Frank Papish 29 Johnny Rigney 34 Red Ruffing 49,18 Eddie Smith		Catchers 19 George Dickey 26 Joe Stephenson 15 Mike Tresh Infielders  4 Luke Appling  8 Floyd Baker  3 Jake Jones 47 Don Kolloway 28,7 Cass Michaels 7,12 Jack Wallaesa  3 Rudy York		Outfielders 5,24 Loyd Christopher 24,25 Ralph Hodgin 5,36 Bob Kennedy 38,9 Dave Philley  2 Thurman Tucker  6 Taffy Wright Other batters 14 Joe Kuhel		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
Luke Appling, SS	139	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	64	28	.306	8
Floyd Baker, 3B	105	371	61	98	12	3	0	22	66	28	.264	9
Loyd Christopher, LF	7	23	1	5	0	1	0	0	2	4	.217	0
George Dickey, C	83	211	15	47	6	0	1	27	34	25	.223	4
Ralph Hodgin, LF	59	180	26	53	10	3	1	24	13	4	.294	1
Bob Kennedy, RF,LF	115	428	47	112	19	3	6	48	18	38	.262	3
Don Kolloway, 2B,1B,3B	124	485	49	135	25	4	2	35	17	34	.278	11
Jake Jones, 1B	45	171	15	41	7	1	3	20	13	25	.240	1
Joe Kuhel, PH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Cass Michaels, 2B,3B	110	355	31	97	15	4	3	34	39	28	.273	10
Dave Philley, CF,LF,3B	143	551	55	142	25	11	2	45	35	39	.258	21
Joe Stephenson, C	16	35	3	5	0	0	0	3	1	7	.143	0
Mike Tresh, C	90	274	19	66	6	2	0	20	26	26	.241	2
Thurman Tucker, CF	89	254	28	60	9	4	1	17	38	25	.236	10
Jack Wallaesa, SS,LF	81	205	25	40	9	1	7	32	23	51	.195	2
Taffy Wright, RF,LF	124	401	48	130	13	0	4	54	48	17	.324	8
Rudy York, 1B	102	400	40	97	18	4	15	64	36	55	.243	1

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Earl Caldwell, P	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Pete Gebrian, P	27	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Bob Gillespie, P	25	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	12	.061	0
Orval Grove, P	25	48	2	7	2	0	0	1	5	16	.146	0
Earl Harrist, P	33	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	8	.208	0
Joe Haynes, P	29	65	7	17	2	0	0	6	0	7	.262	0
Thornton Lee, P	21	29	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	11	.207	0
Eddie Lopat, P	35	96	5	19	3	0	0	11	4	6	.198	0
Gordon Maltzberger, P	33	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	.143	0
Frank Papish, P	38	58	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	15	.086	0
Johnny Rigney, P	11	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Red Ruffing, P	14	24	2	5	0	0	0	3	1	3	.208	0
Eddie Smith, P	15	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	0
Team totals	155	5274	553	1350	211	41	53	519	491	528	.256	91

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
Hi Bithorn	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Caldwell	1	4	3.64	40	0	8	54.1	53	23	22	4	30	22
Pete Gebrian	2	3	4.48	27	4	5	66.1	61	40	33	7	33	17
Bob Gillespie	5	8	4.73	25	17	0	118.0	133	71	62	4	53	36
Orval Grove	6	8	4.44	25	19	0	135.2	158	78	67	10	70	33
Earl Harrist	3	8	3.56	33	4	5	93.2	85	48	37	3	49	55
Joe Haynes	14	6	2.42	29	22	0	182.0	174	65	49	5	61	50
Gordon Maltzberger	1	4	3.39	33	0	5	63.2	61	26	24	4	25	22
Thornton Lee	3	7	4.47	21	11	1	86.2	86	50	43	5	56	57
Eddie Lopat	16	13	2.81	31	31	0	252.2	241	88	79	17	73	109
Frank Papish	12	12	3.26	38	26	3	199.0	185	82	72	6	98	79
Johnny Rigney	2	3	1.95	11	7	0	50.2	42	15	11	3	15	19
Red Ruffing	3	5	6.11	9	9	0	53.0	63	39	36	7	16	11
Eddie Smith	1	3	7.29	15	5	0	33.1	40	36	27	1	24	12
Team totals	70	84	3.64	155	155	27	1391.0	1384	661	562	76	603	522

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hollywood Stars	Pacific Coast League	Jimmy Dykes
B	Fall River Indians	New England League	Joe Holden
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Johnny Mostil and Jack Onslow
C	Oil City Refiners	Middle Atlantic League	Charlie Engle
C	Superior Blues	Northern League	Red Treadwell
D	Madisonville Miners	KITTY League	Frank Zubik
D	Lima Terriers	Ohio State League	Merle Settlemire
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Tony Parisse

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo^[6]

References

1. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball-Reference
2. Tod Davis page at Baseball-Reference
3. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 184, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
4. Gus Zernial page at Baseball-Reference
5. Pete Wojey page at Baseball-Reference
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1947 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference