1933 Chicago White Sox season

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The 1933 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 33rd season in the major leagues and its 34th season overall. In their second season under manager Lew Fonseca, the White Sox compiled a 67–83 record and finished in sixth place in the American League, 31 games behind the first place Washington Senators.

The team had three players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame:

  • Outfielder Al Simmons was inducted in 1953. He led the 1933 team in batting average (.331), hits (200), home runs (14), and RBIs (119). He also ranked first among the American League's left fielders in assists (16), putouts (344), range factor (2.50), and fielding percentage (.989).[1] He was also named to the 1933 American League All-Star team and finished eighth in the American League MVP voting.[2]
  • Shortstop Luke Appling was inducted in 1964. In 1933, he ranked second on the team in batting average (.322) and led the team in doubles (35) and triples (10).[1] He also ranked first among the American League's shortstops in assists (534), range factor (5.62), and errors (55).[3]
  • Pitcher Ted Lyons was inducted in 1955. He led the 1933 team in wins (10), losses (21), innings pitched (228), and strikeouts (74).[1] His 21 losses also led the American League.[4]

The team's other statistical leaders included outfielder Evar Swanson (102 runs scored, 93 walks, .411 on-base percentage, 19 stolen bases), third baseman Jimmy Dykes (12 times hit by pitch to lead the American League), and relief pitcher Joe Heving (2.67 ERA).[1]

The team was owned by J. Louis Comiskey and played its home games at Comiskey Park.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 9953 .651 — 46‍–‍30 53‍–‍23
New York Yankees 9159 .607 7 51‍–‍23 40‍–‍36
Philadelphia Athletics 7972 .523 19½ 46‍–‍29 33‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 7576 .497 23½ 45‍–‍32 30‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 7579 .487 25 43‍–‍35 32‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox 6783 .447 31 35‍–‍41 32‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 6386 .423 34½ 32‍–‍40 31‍–‍46
St. Louis Browns 5596 .364 43½ 30‍–‍46 25‍–‍50
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Record vs. opponents

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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —11–76–1611–118–1414–89–134–17
Chicago 7–11—9–1310–127–15–112–1015–77–15
Cleveland 16–613–9—10–127–136–1615–78–13
Detroit 11–1112–1012–10—7–1511–1114–8–18–14
New York 14–815–7–113–715–7—12–914–7–18–14
Philadelphia 8–1410–1216–611–119–12—14–611–11–1
St. Louis 13–97–157–158–14–17–14–16–14—7–15
Washington 17–415–713–814–814–811–11–115–7—
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Roster

1933 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CFrank Grube8525659.230023
1BRed Kress129467116.2481078
2BJackie Hayes138535138.258247
SSLuke Appling151612197.322685
3BJimmy Dykes151554144.260168
OFAl Simmons146605200.33114119
OFEvar Swanson144539165.306163
OFMule Haas146585168.287151
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Charlie Berry8627169.255228
Billy Sullivan5412524.192013
Earl Webb5810731.29018
Hal Rhyne398322.265010
Lew Fonseca235912.203215
John Stoneham10253.12013
Milt Bocek11228.36413
Charlie English394.44401
Liz Funk1092.22200
Mem Lovett110.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Lyons36228.010214.3874
Sad Sam Jones27176.210123.3660
Milt Gaston30167.08124.8539
Ed Durham24138.21064.4865
Paul Gregory23103.24114.9518
Les Tietje322.1202.429
Ira Hutchinson14.00013.502
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jake Miller26105.2565.6230
Whit Wyatt2687.2344.6231
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Joe Heving407562.6747
Red Faber363453.4418
Chad Kimsey284105.5319
Vic Frazier101108.854
Hal Haid60007.987
George Murray20007.710
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