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1947 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1947
league	American League
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago
owners	Grace Comiskey
general_managers	Leslie O'Connor
managers	Ted Lyons
radio	WJJD/WIND (AM)
(Bob Elson)

(Bob Elson) |}} The 1947 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 47th season in the major leagues, and their 48th season overall. They finished with a record of 70–84, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 27 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

February 13, 1947: Frankie Hayes was released by the White Sox.
Prior to 1947 season: Tod Davis was acquired by the White Sox from the Hollywood Stars as part of a minor league working agreement.

Regular season

July 5: In a game against the White Sox, Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians became the first black player to appear in an American League game. Doby appeared in the seventh inning and struck out.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Player	Position
Floyd Baker	3B
Luke Appling	SS
Dave Philley	CF
Bob Kennedy	RF
Ralph Hodgin	LF
Don Kolloway	1B
Cass Michaels	2B
Mike Tresh	C
Ed Lopat	P

Notable transactions

April 23, 1947: Gus Zernial was purchased by the White Sox from the Cleveland Indians.
July 1947: Pete Wojey was acquired by the White Sox from the Hot Springs Bathers.

Roster

1947 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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	139	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	64	28	.306	8
Floyd Baker, 3B	105	371	61	98	12	3	0	22	66	28	.264	9
Loyd Christopher, LF	7	23	1	5	0	1	0	0	2	4	.217	0
George Dickey, C	83	211	15	47	6	0	1	27	34	25	.223	4
Ralph Hodgin, LF	59	180	26	53	10	3	1	24	13	4	.294	1
Bob Kennedy, RF, LF	115	428	47	112	19	3	6	48	18	38	.262	3
Don Kolloway, 2B, 1B, 3B	124	485	49	135	25	4	2	35	17	34	.278	11
Jake Jones, 1B	45	171	15	41	7	1	3	20	13	25	.240	1
Joe Kuhel, PH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Cass Michaels, 2B, 3B	110	355	31	97	15	4	3	34	39	28	.273	10
Dave Philley, CF, LF, 3B	143	551	55	142	25	11	2	45	35	39	.258	21
Joe Stephenson, C	16	35	3	5	0	0	0	3	1	7	.143	0
Mike Tresh, C	90	274	19	66	6	2	0	20	26	26	.241	2
Thurman Tucker, CF	89	254	28	60	9	4	1	17	38	25	.236	10
Jack Wallaesa, SS, LF	81	205	25	40	9	1	7	32	23	51	.195	2
Taffy Wright, RF, LF	124	401	48	130	13	0	4	54	48	17	.324	8
Rudy York, 1B	102	400	40	97	18	4	15	64	36	55	.243	1

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Earl Caldwell, P	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Pete Gebrian, P	27	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Bob Gillespie, P	25	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	12	.061	0
Orval Grove, P	25	48	2	7	2	0	0	1	5	16	.146	0
Earl Harrist, P	33	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	8	.208	0
Joe Haynes, P	29	65	7	17	2	0	0	6	0	7	.262	0
Thornton Lee, P	21	29	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	11	.207	0
Eddie Lopat, P	35	96	5	19	3	0	0	11	4	6	.198	0
Gordon Maltzberger, P	33	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	.143	0
Frank Papish, P	38	58	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	15	.086	0
Johnny Rigney, P	11	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Red Ruffing, P	14	24	2	5	0	0	0	3	1	3	.208	0
Eddie Smith, P	15	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	0
	155	5274	553	1350	211	41	53	519	491	528	.256	91

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
Hi Bithorn	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Caldwell	1	4	3.64	40	0	8	54.1	53	23	22	4	30	22
Pete Gebrian	2	3	4.48	27	4	5	66.1	61	40	33	7	33	17
Bob Gillespie	5	8	4.73	25	17	0	118.0	133	71	62	4	53	36
Orval Grove	6	8	4.44	25	19	0	135.2	158	78	67	10	70	33
Earl Harrist	3	8	3.56	33	4	5	93.2	85	48	37	3	49	55
Joe Haynes	14	6	2.42	29	22	0	182.0	174	65	49	5	61	50
Gordon Maltzberger	1	4	3.39	33	0	5	63.2	61	26	24	4	25	22
Thornton Lee	3	7	4.47	21	11	1	86.2	86	50	43	5	56	57
Eddie Lopat	16	13	2.81	31	31	0	252.2	241	88	79	17	73	109
Frank Papish	12	12	3.26	38	26	3	199.0	185	82	72	6	98	79
Johnny Rigney	2	3	1.95	11	7	0	50.2	42	15	11	3	15	19
Red Ruffing	3	5	6.11	9	9	0	53.0	63	39	36	7	16	11
Eddie Smith	1	3	7.29	15	5	0	33.1	40	36	27	1	24	12
	70	84	3.64	155	155	27	1391.0	1384	661	562	76	603	522

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesfr01.shtml Frankie Hayes page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisto01.shtml Tod Davis page at Baseball-Reference]
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 184, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-7432-9461-4
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zernigu01.shtml Gus Zernial page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wojeype01.shtml Pete Wojey page at Baseball-Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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