1948 Chicago White Sox season

1948 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
1948 Information
Owner(s) Grace Comiskey
General manager(s) Frank Lane
Manager(s) Ted Lyons
Local television WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Local radio WJJD/WEFM
(Bob Elson)
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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 record 51-101, 44.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians.

Contents

Offseason

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
Cleveland Indians 97 58 .626 --
Boston Red Sox 96 59 .619 1
New York Yankees 94 60 .610 2.5
Philadelphia Athletics 84 70 .545 12.5
Detroit Tigers 78 76 .506 18.5
St. Louis Browns 59 94 .386 37
Washington Senators 56 97 .366 40
Chicago White Sox 51 101 .336 44.5

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1948 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Robinson, AaronAaron Robinson 98 326 82 .252 8 39
2B Kolloway, DonDon Kolloway 119 417 114 .273 6 38
OF Seerey, PatPat Seerey 95 340 78 .229 18 64

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wight, BillBill Wight 34 223.1 9 20 4.80 68
Gettel, AlAl Gettel 22 148 8 10 4.01 49

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Caldwell, EarlEarl Caldwell 25 1 5 3 5.31 10
Bradley, FredFred Bradley 8 0 0 0 4.60 2

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 George 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]

Notes

  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, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

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