1947 Chicago White Sox

70-84 • 0.455 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
84 Losses
0.455 Win %
6th Rank
553 R 661 RA
Diff -108

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553 Runs Scored
661 Runs Allowed
-108 Run Diff
890K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 AL Average

Batting Avg .255 equal to the 1947 league average (.255)
OBP .319 4% below the 1947 league average (.331)
SLG .286 6% below the 1947 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.64 2% better than the 1947 league average (3.71)
Runs Scored 553 14% below the 1947 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 890,506
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Avg per Game 11,873

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Taffy Wright 0.324 2 Luke Appling 0.306 3 Ralph Hodgin 0.294 4 Don Kolloway 0.278 5 Cass Michaels 0.273

Home Runs

1 Rudy York 15 2 Luke Appling 8 3 Jack Wallaesa 7 4 Bob Kennedy 6 5 Taffy Wright 4

RBI

1 Rudy York 64 2 Taffy Wright 54 3 Luke Appling 49 4 Bob Kennedy 48 5 Dave Philley 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Philley 143 551 55 142 0 0 2 45 35 39 21 0.258
Luke Appling 139 503 67 154 0 0 8 49 64 28 8 0.306
Don Kolloway 124 485 49 135 0 0 2 35 17 34 11 0.278
Bob Kennedy 115 428 47 112 0 0 6 48 18 38 3 0.262
Taffy Wright 124 401 48 130 0 0 4 54 48 17 8 0.324
Rudy York 102 400 40 97 0 0 15 64 36 55 1 0.242
Floyd Baker 105 371 61 98 0 0 0 22 66 28 9 0.264
Cass Michaels 110 355 31 97 0 0 3 34 39 28 10 0.273
Mike Tresh 90 274 19 66 0 0 0 20 26 26 2 0.241
Thurman Tucker 89 254 28 60 0 0 1 17 38 25 10 0.236
George Dickey 83 211 15 47 0 0 1 27 34 25 4 0.223
Jack Wallaesa 81 205 25 40 0 0 7 32 23 51 2 0.195
Ralph Hodgin 59 180 26 53 0 0 1 24 13 4 1 0.294
Jake Jones 45 171 15 41 0 0 3 20 13 25 1 0.240
Eddie Lopat 35 96 5 19 0 0 0 11 4 6 0 0.198
Joe Haynes 29 65 7 17 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 0.262
Frank Papish 38 58 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 15 0 0.086
Orval Grove 25 48 2 7 0 0 0 1 5 16 0 0.146
Joe Stephenson 16 35 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 0.143
Bob Gillespie 25 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0.061
Thornton Lee 21 29 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 11 0 0.207
Earl Harrist 33 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.208
Red Ruffing 14 24 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0.208
Loyd Christopher 7 23 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.217
Johnny Rigney 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Pete Gebrian 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Earl Caldwell 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gordon Maltzberger 33 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.143
Eddie Smith 15 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Joe Kuhel 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Hiram Bithorn 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Rigney 1.95 2 Joe Haynes 2.42 3 Eddie Lopat 2.81 4 Frank Papish 3.26 5 Gordon Maltzberger 3.39

Wins

1 Eddie Lopat 16 2 Joe Haynes 14 3 Frank Papish 12 4 Orval Grove 6 5 Bob Gillespie 5

Strikeouts

1 Eddie Lopat 109 2 Frank Papish 79 3 Thornton Lee 57 4 Earl Harrist 55 5 Joe Haynes 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Eddie Lopat 16 13 2.81 31 31 0 252.2 73 109
Frank Papish 12 12 3.26 38 26 3 199.0 98 79
Joe Haynes 14 6 2.42 29 22 0 182.0 61 50
Orval Grove 6 8 4.44 25 19 0 135.2 70 33
Bob Gillespie 5 8 4.73 25 17 0 118.0 53 36
Earl Harrist 3 8 3.56 33 4 5 93.2 49 55
Thornton Lee 3 7 4.47 21 11 1 86.2 56 57
Pete Gebrian 2 3 4.48 27 4 5 66.1 33 17
Gordon Maltzberger 1 4 3.39 33 0 5 63.2 25 22
Earl Caldwell 1 4 3.64 40 0 8 54.1 30 22
Red Ruffing 3 5 6.11 9 9 0 53.0 16 11
Johnny Rigney 2 3 1.95 11 7 0 50.2 15 19
Eddie Smith 1 3 7.29 15 5 0 33.1 24 12
Hiram Bithorn 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0

👥 Roster (31)

Luke Appling Floyd Baker Hiram Bithorn Earl Caldwell Loyd Christopher George Dickey Pete Gebrian Bob Gillespie Orval Grove Earl Harrist Joe Haynes Ralph Hodgin +19 more

31 players

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