1943 Chicago White Sox season
The 1943 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season in the major leagues, and their 44th season overall. They finished with a record of 82–72, good enough for 4th place in the American League, 16 games behind the first place New York Yankees. The White Sox played a record 44 doubleheaders over the course of the season.[1]
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Owners | Grace Comiskey |
General managers | Harry Grabiner |
Managers | Jimmy Dykes |
Local radio | WGN (AM) (Jack Brickhouse, Dick Enroth) WCFL (Hal Totten) WJJD/WIND (AM) (Bert Wilson, Pat Flanagan) |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 54–23 | 44–33 |
Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 13½ | 44–32 | 40–37 |
Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 15½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 16 | 40–36 | 42–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | 0.474 | 25 | 44–33 | 28–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | 0.447 | 29 | 39–36 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | 0.318 | 49 | 27–51 | 22–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Opening Day lineup
- Thurman Tucker, CF
- Luke Appling, SS
- Joe Kuhel, 1B
- Moose Solters, LF
- Don Kolloway, 2B
- Wally Moses, RF
- Jimmy Grant, 3B
- Mike Tresh, C
- Bill Dietrich, P
Roster
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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 |
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Luke Appling, SS | 155 | 585 | 63 | 192 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 90 | 29 | .328 | 27 |
Vince Castino, C | 33 | 101 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | .228 | 0 |
Tony Cuccinello, 3B | 34 | 103 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 13 | .272 | 3 |
Dick Culler, 3B,2B | 53 | 148 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 11 | .216 | 4 |
Guy Curtright, LF | 138 | 488 | 67 | 142 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 69 | 60 | .291 | 13 |
Jimmy Grant, 3B | 58 | 197 | 23 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 34 | .259 | 4 |
Don Hanski, 1B | 9 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .238 | 0 |
Ralph Hodgin, 3B,RF,LF | 117 | 407 | 52 | 128 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 24 | .314 | 3 |
Frank Kalin, PH | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Don Kolloway, 2B | 85 | 348 | 29 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 30 | .216 | 11 |
Joe Kuhel, 1B | 153 | 531 | 55 | 113 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 76 | 45 | .213 | 14 |
Cass Michaels, 3B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Wally Moses, RF,CF | 150 | 599 | 82 | 147 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 48 | 55 | 47 | .245 | 56 |
Moose Solters, LF,RF | 42 | 97 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | .155 | 0 |
Mike Tresh, C | 86 | 279 | 20 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 37 | 20 | .215 | 2 |
Thurman Tucker, CF | 139 | 528 | 81 | 124 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 79 | 72 | .235 | 29 |
Tom Turner, C | 51 | 154 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 21 | .240 | 1 |
Skeeter Webb, 2B | 58 | 213 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 19 | .235 | 5 |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Bill Dietrich, P | 26 | 56 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | .143 | 0 |
Orval Grove, P | 32 | 66 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 22 | .182 | 0 |
Joe Haynes, P | 35 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .265 | 0 |
Johnny Humphries, P | 28 | 69 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | .290 | 1 |
Thornton Lee, P | 19 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .071 | 0 |
Gordon Maltzberger, P | 37 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .120 | 0 |
Buck Ross, P | 21 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | .087 | 0 |
Eddie Smith, P | 25 | 69 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .159 | 0 |
Bill Swift, P | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .100 | 0 |
Jake Wade, P | 21 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .148 | 0 |
Team Totals |
155 | 5254 | 573 | 1297 | 193 | 46 | 33 | 508 | 561 | 582 | .247 | 173 |
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 |
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Bill Dietrich | 12 | 10 | 2.80 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 186.2 | 180 | 72 | 58 | 4 | 53 | 52 |
Orval Grove | 15 | 9 | 2.75 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 216.1 | 192 | 84 | 66 | 9 | 72 | 76 |
Don Hanski | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Haynes | 7 | 2 | 2.96 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 109.1 | 114 | 51 | 36 | 2 | 32 | 37 |
Johnny Humphries | 11 | 11 | 3.30 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 188.1 | 198 | 86 | 69 | 7 | 54 | 51 |
Thornton Lee | 5 | 9 | 4.18 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 127.0 | 129 | 66 | 59 | 8 | 50 | 35 |
Gordon Maltzberger | 7 | 4 | 2.46 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 98.2 | 86 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 48 |
Buck Ross | 11 | 7 | 3.19 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 149.1 | 140 | 61 | 53 | 6 | 56 | 41 |
Eddie Smith | 11 | 11 | 3.69 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 187.2 | 197 | 85 | 77 | 4 | 76 | 66 |
Floyd Speer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Bill Swift | 0 | 2 | 4.21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 51.1 | 48 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 28 |
Jake Wade | 3 | 7 | 3.01 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 83.2 | 66 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 54 | 41 |
Team Totals |
82 | 72 | 3.20 | 155 | 155 | 19 | 1400.1 | 1352 | 594 | 498 | 54 | 501 | 476 |
References
- Karpinski, David (September 12, 2017). "Another Episode of How the Game Has Changed". baseballroundtable.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.