The 1946 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 46th season in the major leagues, and their 47th season overall. They finished with a record of 74–80, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 30 games behind the first place Boston Red Sox.

Offseason December 8, 1945: Tony Cuccinello was released by the White Sox.Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Wally Moses, RF Floyd Baker, 3B Taffy Wright, LF Luke Appling, SS Hal Trosky, 1B Don Kolloway, 2B Thurman Tucker, CF Mike Tresh, C Bill Dietrich, P

Notable transactions July 4, 1946: Tom Jordan was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Indians completed the deal by sending Frankie Hayes to the White Sox on July 15, 1946.Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference July 23, 1946: Wally Moses was purchased from the White Sox by the Boston Red Sox.Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1946 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 149 582 59 180 27 5 1 55 71 41 .309 6 Floyd Baker, 3B 9 24 2 6 1 0 0 3 2 3 .250 0 Guy Curtright, OF 23 55 7 11 2 0 0 5 11 14 .200 0 George Dickey, C 37 78 8 15 1 0 0 1 12 13 .192 0 Ed Fernandes, C 14 32 4 8 2 0 0 4 8 7 .250 0 Frankie Hayes, C 53 179 15 38 6 0 2 16 29 33 .212 1 Ralph Hodgin, LF, RF 87 258 32 65 10 1 0 25 19 6 .252 0 Bob Kennedy, LF, 3B, RF, CF 113 411 43 106 13 5 5 34 24 42 .258 6 Don Kolloway, 2B, 3B 123 482 45 135 23 4 3 53 9 29 .280 14 Jake Jones, 1B 24 79 10 21 5 1 3 13 2 13 .266 0 Tom Jordan, C 10 15 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 .267 0 Joe Kuhel, 1B 64 238 24 65 9 3 4 20 21 24 .273 4 Dario Lodigiani, 3B 44 155 12 38 8 0 0 13 16 14 .245 4 Cass Michaels, 2B, 3B, SS 91 291 37 75 8 0 1 22 29 36 .258 9 Wally Moses, RF, CF 56 168 20 46 9 1 4 16 17 20 .274 2 Dave Philley, LF 17 68 10 24 2 3 0 17 4 4 .353 5 Whitey Platt, OF 84 247 28 62 8 5 3 32 17 34 .251 1 Joe Smaza, RF 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 Mike Tresh, C 80 217 28 47 5 2 0 21 36 24 .217 0 Hal Trosky, 1B 88 299 22 76 12 3 2 31 34 37 .254 4 Thurman Tucker, CF 121 438 62 126 20 3 1 36 54 45 .288 9 Leo Wells, 3B 45 127 11 24 4 1 1 11 12 34 .189 3 Frank Whitman, SS, 1B, 2B 17 16 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 .063 0 Taffy Wright, RF, LF 115 422 46 116 19 4 7 52 42 17 .275 10 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Earl Caldwell, P 39 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 5 4 .167 0 Bill Dietrich, P 11 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 .053 0 Orval Grove, P 33 65 2 7 0 1 0 2 5 27 .108 0 Ralph Hamner, P 25 18 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 7 .167 0 Joe Haynes, P 32 57 4 14 4 0 0 6 1 10 .246 0 Al Hollingsworth, P 21 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 Thornton Lee, P 7 15 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 .267 0 Eddie Lopat, P 30 87 10 22 2 1 0 10 8 7 .253 0 Ted Lyons, P 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 Gordon Maltzberger, P 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 0 Emmett O'Neill, P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Frank Papish, P 31 43 3 8 1 0 0 2 1 7 .186 0 Johnny Rigney, P 15 26 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 7 .154 0 Eddie Smith, P 24 45 2 8 1 0 0 3 3 9 .178 0 155 5312 562 1364 206 44 37 515 499 602 .257 78

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 Earl Caldwell 13 4 2.08 39 0 8 90.2 60 28 21 2 29 42 Bill Dietrich 3 3 2.61 11 9 1 62.0 63 21 18 4 24 20 Orval Grove 8 13 3.02 33 26 0 205.1 213 96 69 10 78 60 Ralph Hamner 2 7 4.42 25 7 1 71.1 80 47 35 2 39 29 Joe Haynes 7 9 3.76 32 23 2 177.1 203 80 74 14 60 60 Al Hollingsworth 3 2 4.58 21 2 1 55.0 63 29 28 2 22 22 Gordon Maltzberger 2 0 1.59 19 0 2 39.2 30 7 7 3 6 17 Thornton Lee 2 4 3.53 7 7 0 43.1 39 24 17 1 23 23 Eddie Lopat 13 13 2.73 29 29 0 231.0 216 80 70 18 48 89 Ted Lyons 1 4 2.32 5 5 0 42.2 38 17 11 2 9 10 Emmett O'Neill 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.2 4 2 0 0 5 0 Frank Papish 7 5 2.74 31 15 0 138.0 122 52 42 7 63 66 Len Perme 0 0 8.31 4 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 0 7 2 Johnny Rigney 5 5 4.03 15 11 0 82.2 76 37 37 6 35 51 Eddie Smith 8 11 2.85 24 21 1 145.1 135 71 46 9 60 59 74 80 3.10 155 155 16 1392.1 1348 595 479 80 508 550

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New RiverJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1946 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference