1945 Chicago White Sox season

Summary

The 1945 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 45th season in the major leagues, and their 46th season overall. They finished with a record of 71–78, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 15 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.

1945 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersGrace Comiskey
General managersHarry Grabiner
ManagersJimmy Dykes
RadioWJJD/WIND (AM)
(Jack Brickhouse)
← 1944 Seasons 1946 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 88 65 0.575 50–26 38–39
Washington Senators 87 67 0.565 46–31 41–36
St. Louis Browns 81 70 0.536 6 47–27 34–43
New York Yankees 81 71 0.533 48–28 33–43
Cleveland Indians 73 72 0.503 11 44–33 29–39
Chicago White Sox 71 78 0.477 15 44–29 27–49
Boston Red Sox 71 83 0.461 17½ 42–35 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics 52 98 0.347 34½ 39–35 13–63

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 9–13 11–11 12–10–1 6–16 14–8 8–14–1 11–11–1
Chicago 13–9 11–8–1 10–12 9–12 12–10 8–13 8–14
Cleveland 11–11 8–11–1 11–11 12–9 12–6–1 11–10 8–14
Detroit 10–12–1 12–10 11–11 15–7 15–7–1 15–6 10–12
New York 16–6 12–9 9–12 7–15 16–6 7–15 14–8
Philadelphia 8–14 10–12 6–12–1 7–15–1 6–16 10–12–1 5–17
St. Louis 14–8–1 13–8 10–11 6–15 15–7 12–10–1 11–11–1
Washington 11–11–1 14–8 14–8 12–10 8–14 17–5 11–11–1


Opening Day lineup edit

Roster edit

1945 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

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 18 57 12 21 2 2 1 10 12 7 .368 1
Floyd Baker, 3B,2B 82 208 22 52 8 0 0 19 23 12 .250 3
Vince Castino, C 26 36 2 8 1 0 0 4 3 7 .222 0
Tony Cuccinello, 3B 118 402 50 124 25 3 2 49 45 19 .308 6
Guy Curtright, OF 98 324 51 91 15 7 4 32 39 29 .281 3
Johnny Dickshot, LF 130 486 74 147 19 10 4 58 48 41 .302 18
Kerby Farrell, 1B 103 396 44 102 11 3 0 34 24 18 .258 4
Oris Hockett, CF 106 417 46 122 23 4 2 55 27 30 .293 10
Cass Michaels, SS 129 445 47 109 8 5 2 54 37 28 .245 8
Wally Moses, RF 140 569 79 168 35 15 2 50 69 33 .295 11
Bill Mueller, CF 13 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 1
Bill Nagel, 1B 67 220 21 46 10 3 3 27 15 41 .209 3
Joe Orengo, 3B 17 15 5 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 .067 0
Danny Reynolds, SS,2B 29 72 6 12 2 1 0 4 3 8 .167 1
Roy Schalk, 2B 133 513 50 127 13 1 1 65 32 41 .248 3
Mike Tresh, C 150 458 50 114 12 0 0 47 65 37 .249 6
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Earl Caldwell, P 27 37 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 8 .216 0
Bill Dietrich, P 18 36 2 6 0 1 0 0 5 22 .167 0
Orval Grove, P 33 71 4 7 1 0 0 4 4 23 .099 0
Joe Haynes, P 15 40 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 .175 0
Johnny Humphries, P 22 54 1 8 0 0 0 2 2 19 .148 0
Johnny Johnson, P 29 14 1 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 .286 0
Thornton Lee, P 29 78 6 14 1 0 0 6 5 15 .179 0
Eddie Lopat, P 32 82 13 24 4 0 1 13 2 9 .293 0
Frank Papish, P 19 26 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 7 .231 0
Buck Ross, P 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .182 0
Clay Touchstone, P 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Team Totals
150 5077 596 1330 204 55 22 544 470 467 .262 78

Pitching edit

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 6 7 3.59 27 11 7 105.1 108 50 42 8 37 45
Bill Dietrich 7 10 4.19 18 16 0 122.1 136 61 57 4 36 43
Orval Grove 14 12 3.44 33 30 1 217.0 233 100 83 12 68 54
Joe Haynes 5 5 3.55 14 13 1 104.0 92 44 41 5 29 34
Johnny Humphries 6 14 4.24 22 21 1 153.0 172 83 72 11 48 33
Johnny Johnson 3 0 4.26 29 0 4 69.2 85 39 33 1 35 38
Thornton Lee 15 12 2.44 29 28 0 228.1 208 81 62 7 76 108
Eddie Lopat 10 13 4.11 26 24 1 199.1 226 101 91 8 56 74
Frank Papish 4 4 3.74 19 5 1 84.1 75 36 35 3 40 45
Buck Ross 1 1 5.79 13 2 0 37.1 51 28 24 3 17 8
Clay Touchstone 0 0 5.40 6 0 0 10.0 14 10 6 1 6 4
Team Totals
71 78 3.69 150 150 13 1330.2 1400 633 546 63 448 486

External links edit

  • 1945 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference