1949 CHICAGO WHITE SOX

| Level: MLB

Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 63-91 .409
Result: 6th in American League
Manager(s): Jack Onslow
General Manager:
Stadium: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 937,151
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago White Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Luke Appling (42)
Youngest Player: Jim Baumer (18)
Longest Tenure: Luke Appling (19)
Top Hitter: Cass Michaels (15)
Top Pitcher: Randy Gumpert (8)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 51.95%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Boston	96	58	.623	1.0
Cleveland	89	65	.578	8.0
Detroit	87	67	.565	10.0
Philadelphia	81	73	.526	16.0
Chi White Sox	63	91	.409	34.0
St. Louis	53	101	.344	44.0
Washington	50	104	.325	47.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
9	Dave Philley	of	24	29	-	MLB	146	598	84	171	20	8	0	44	13	4	54	51	2		6		12	.286	.000	.346	346	207			-	-
7	Cass Michaels	2b-ss	15	23	-	MLB	154	561	73	173	27	9	6	83	5	7	101	50	3		7		20	.308	.000	.421	421	236			-	-
4	Luke Appling	ss	19	42	-	MLB	142	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	7	12	121	24	0		6		23	.301	.000	.394	394	194			-	-
8	Floyd Baker	3b-2b	49	32	-	MLB	125	388	38	101	15	4	1	40	3	1	84	32	0		2		3	.260	.000	.327	327	127			-	-
25	Chuck Kress	1b	39	27	-	MLB	97	353	45	98	17	6	1	44	6	7	39	44	0		17		7	.278	.000	.368	368	130			-	-
47	Catfish Metkovich	of-1b	-	28	-	MLB	93	338	50	80	9	4	5	45	5	4	41	24	1		1		18	.237	.000	.331	331	112			-	-
63	Steve Souchock	of-1b	-	30	-	MLB	84	252	29	59	13	5	7	37	5	2	25	38	0		0		5	.234	.000	.409	409	103			-	-
24	Herb Adams	of	-	21	-	MLB	56	208	26	61	5	3	0	16	1	2	9	16	0		1		3	.293	.000	.346	346	72			-	-
6	Gus Zernial	of	-	26	-	MLB	73	198	29	63	17	2	5	38	0	1	15	26	0		0		2	.318	.000	.500	500	99			-	-
38	Don Wheeler	c	-	26	-	MLB	67	192	17	46	9	2	1	22	2	0	27	19	0		1		5	.240	.000	.323	323	62			-	-
15	Joe Tipton	c	-	27	-	MLB	67	191	20	39	5	3	3	19	1	1	27	17	1		0		5	.204	.000	.309	309	59			-	-
28	Eddie Malone	c	-	29	-	MLB	55	170	17	46	7	2	1	16	2	1	29	19	0		1		4	.271	.000	.353	353	60			-	-
2	Johnny Ostrowski	of-3b	-	31	-	MLB	49	158	19	42	9	4	5	31	4	3	15	41	1		1		4	.266	.000	.468	468	74			-	-
25	Gordon Goldsberry	1b	-	21	-	MLB	39	145	25	36	3	2	1	13	2	0	18	9	0		0		3	.248	.000	.317	317	46			-	-
2	Jerry Scala	of	-	24	-	MLB	37	120	17	30	7	1	1	13	3	3	17	19	1		1		0	.250	.000	.350	350	42			-	-
29	Bill Wight	p	-	27	-	MLB	35	85	7	14	3	0	0	6	0	1	6	27	0		9		1	.165	.000	.200	200	17			-	-
18	Randy Gumpert	p	-	31	-	MLB	34	84	7	16	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	16	0		6		3	.190	.000	.202	202	17			-	-
12	Billy Bowers	of	-	26	-	MLB	26	78	5	15	2	1	0	6	1	1	4	5	0		1		4	.192	.000	.244	244	19			-	-
2	Bobby Rhawn	3b-ss	-	30	-	MLB	24	73	12	15	4	1	0	5	0	1	12	8	0		1		1	.205	.000	.288	288	21			-	-
46	Bob Kuzava	p	-	26	-	MLB	29	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	0		5		1	.036	.000	.036	36	2			-	-
24	Rocky Krsnich	3b	-	21	-	MLB	16	55	7	12	3	1	1	9	0	1	6	4	0		0		1	.218	.000	.364	364	20			-	-
26	Earl Rapp	of	-	28	-	MLB	19	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	5	6	0		0		1	.259	.000	.315	315	17			-	-
26,59	Fred Hancock	ss	-	29	-	MLB	39	52	7	7	2	1	0	9	0	1	8	9	1		0		2	.135	.000	.212	212	11			-	-
19	Billy Pierce	p	-	22	-	MLB	39	51	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	15	0		6		2	.176	.000	.176	176	9			-	-
12	Dick Lane	of	-	22	-	MLB	12	42	4	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	3	0		0		1	.119	.000	.119	119	5			-	-
14	Marino Pieretti	p	-	28	-	MLB	48	38	6	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	1		1		0	.237	.000	.263	263	10			-	-
48	Howie Judson	p	-	23	-	MLB	26	31	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	0		3		2	.065	.000	.097	97	3			-	-
58	Bill Higdon	of	-	25	-	MLB	11	23	3	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	0		0		0	.304	.000	.435	435	10			-	-
12	Mickey Haefner	p	66	36	-	MLB	14	23	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0		6		0	.261	.000	.261	261	6			-	-
16	Max Surkont	p	-	27	-	MLB	44	22	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	12	0		0		0	.045	.000	.045	45	1			-	-
28	Al Gettel	p	-	31	-	MLB	19	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		0		1	.167	.000	.167	167	3			-	-
58	George Yankowski	c	-	26	-	MLB	12	18	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0		2	.167	.000	.222	222	4			-	-
58	Jim Baumer	2b-ss	-	18	-	MLB	8	10	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	2		0		0	.400	.000	.700	700	7			-	-
35,39,49	Ed Klieman	p	-	31	-	MLB	18	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2		0	.250	.000	.250	250	2			-	-
37,40	Clyde Shoun	p	-	37	-	MLB	16	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.200	.000	.200	200	1			-	-
47	Don Kolloway	2b-1b	36	30	-	MLB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
5	Pat Seerey	of	-	26	-	MLB	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
56	Bob Cain	p	-	24	-	MLB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
49	Jack Bruner	p	-	24	-	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
56	Bill Evans	p	-	30	-	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
39	Fred Bradley	p	-	26	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
29	Bill Wight	14	27	-	MLB	15	13	3.31	35	33	14	3	1	1	245.0	254	106	90	9	96	78	3	1	1.43	9.33	0.33	3.53	2.87	1.23	--	--
18	Randy Gumpert	8	31	-	MLB	13	16	3.81	34	32	18	3	2	1	234.0	223	111	99	22	83	78	1	0	1.31	8.58	0.85	3.19	3.00	1.06	--	--
19	Billy Pierce	24	22	-	MLB	7	15	3.88	32	26	8	0	4	0	171.2	145	89	74	11	112	95	5	2	1.50	7.60	0.58	5.87	4.98	1.18	--	--
46	Bob Kuzava	23	26	-	MLB	10	6	4.02	29	18	9	1	3	0	156.2	139	76	70	6	91	83	2	0	1.47	7.99	0.34	5.23	4.77	1.10	--	--
14	Marino Pieretti	35	28	-	MLB	4	6	5.51	39	9	0	0	15	4	116.0	131	77	71	10	54	25	4	0	1.59	10.16	0.78	4.19	1.94	2.16	--	--
48	Howie Judson	49	23	-	MLB	1	14	4.58	26	12	3	0	8	1	108.0	114	65	55	13	70	36	4	1	1.70	9.50	1.08	5.83	3.00	1.94	--	--
16	Max Surkont	30	27	-	MLB	3	5	4.78	44	2	0	0	23	4	96.0	92	61	51	9	60	38	3	0	1.58	8.63	0.84	5.63	3.56	1.58	--	--
12	Mickey Haefner	51	36	-	MLB	4	6	4.37	14	12	4	1	2	1	80.1	84	40	39	9	41	17	2	0	1.56	9.41	1.01	4.59	1.90	2.41	--	--
28	Al Gettel	44	31	-	MLB	2	5	6.43	19	7	1	1	6	1	63.0	69	48	45	12	26	22	1	0	1.51	9.86	1.71	3.71	3.14	1.18	--	--
35,39,49	Ed Klieman	45	31	-	MLB	2	0	3.00	18	0	0	0	13	3	33.0	33	15	11	2	15	9	0	0	1.45	9.00	0.55	4.09	2.45	1.67	--	--
37,40	Clyde Shoun	-	37	-	MLB	1	1	5.79	16	0	0	0	10	0	23.1	37	17	15	1	13	8	0	0	2.14	14.27	0.39	5.01	3.09	1.63	--	--
56	Bob Cain	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	2.45	6	0	0	0	4	1	11.0	7	3	3	0	5	5	0	0	1.09	5.73	0.00	4.09	4.09	1.00	--	--
49	Jack Bruner	-	24	-	MLB	1	2	8.22	4	2	0	0	1	0	7.2	10	7	7	0	8	4	0	0	2.35	11.74	0.00	9.39	4.70	2.00	--	--
56	Bill Evans	-	30	-	MLB	0	1	7.11	4	0	0	0	1	0	6.1	6	6	5	0	8	1	1	0	2.21	8.53	0.00	11.37	1.42	8.00	--	--
36	Ernest Groth	-	27	-	MLB	0	1	5.40	3	0	0	0	3	0	5.0	2	3	3	2	3	1	1	0	1.00	3.60	3.60	5.40	1.80	3.00	--	--
34	Alex Carrasquel	-	36	-	MLB	0	0	14.73	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	8	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	3.27	19.64	2.45	9.82	2.45	4.00	--	--
39	Fred Bradley	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.50	18.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	--	--	--
45	Orval Grove	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	7.50	54.00	13.50	13.50	13.50	1.00	--	--
Totals: (41 players)						63	91	4.30	154	154	57	9	97	17	1,363	1362	737	651	43	693	502	27	4	1.50	8.99	0.71	4.57	3.31	1.38	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Wheeler	C	58		210	36	6	4	.976	0.00
Joe Tipton	C	53		203	32	2	4	.992	0.00
Eddie Malone	C	51		186	22	2	2	.990	0.00
George Yankowski	C	6		15	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chuck Kress	1B	95		907	66	6	103	.994	0.00
Gordon Goldsberry	1B	38		359	24	4	37	.990	0.00
Steve Souchock	1B	30		250	20	1	30	.996	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cass Michaels	2B	154		392	484	22	135	.976	0.00
Floyd Baker	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Floyd Baker	3B	122		106	269	9	31	.977	0.00
Bobby Rhawn	3B	19		28	43	3	4	.959	0.00
Rocky Krsnich	3B	16		18	40	4	4	.935	0.00
Johnny Ostrowski	3B	8		4	9	1	0	.929	0.00
Fred Hancock	3B	3		1	4	1	0	.833	0.00
Don Kolloway	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Luke Appling	SS	141		253	450	26	95	.964	0.00
Fred Hancock	SS	27		21	24	1	10	.978	0.00
Jim Baumer	SS	7		3	12	1	4	.937	0.00
Floyd Baker	SS	3		5	11	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bobby Rhawn	SS	3		2	6	1	1	.889	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Philley	OF	145		282	16	7	3	.977	0.00
Catfish Metkovich	OF	87		212	1	7	0	.968	0.00
Herb Adams	OF	48		112	4	3	1	.975	0.00
Gus Zernial	OF	46		73	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Johnny Ostrowski	OF	41		81	3	5	0	.944	0.00
Steve Souchock	OF	39		96	1	5	0	.951	0.00
Jerry Scala	OF	37		83	1	1	0	.988	0.00
Billy Bowers	OF	20		46	2	1	0	.980	0.00
Earl Rapp	OF	13		36	2	1	0	.974	0.00
Dick Lane	OF	11		25	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Higdon	OF	6		9	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Pat Seerey	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Fred Hancock	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Max Surkont	P	44	96	4	13	0	0	1.000	1.59
Marino Pieretti	P	39	116	7	31	2	1	.950	2.95
Bill Wight	P	35	245	10	50	5	3	.923	2.20
Randy Gumpert	P	34	234	15	43	1	6	.983	2.23
Billy Pierce	P	32	171	12	33	4	2	.918	2.37
Bob Kuzava	P	29	156	8	17	3	1	.893	1.44
Howie Judson	P	26	108	2	24	2	0	.929	2.17
Al Gettel	P	19	63	4	8	0	1	1.000	1.71
Ed Klieman	P	18	33	3	9	0	1	1.000	3.27
Clyde Shoun	P	16	23	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.34
Mickey Haefner	P	14	80	2	17	2	3	.905	2.13
Bob Cain	P	6	11	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82
Jack Bruner	P	4	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bill Evans	P	4	6	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Alex Carrasquel	P	3	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.81
Ernest Groth	P	3	5	1	0	1	0	.500	1.80
Fred Bradley	P	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Orval Grove	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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