1945 Chicago White Sox season

1945 Chicago White Sox
1945 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Grace Comiskey
General managers	Harry Grabiner
Managers	Jimmy Dykes
Radio	WJJD/WIND (AM); (Jack Brickhouse)
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The 1945 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 45th season in the major leagues, and their 46th season overall. They finished with a record of 71–78, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 15 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.

LeagueAmerican League

BallparkComiskey Park

OwnersGrace Comiskey

RadioWJJD/WIND (AM)
(Jack Brickhouse)

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	—	50‍–‍26	38‍–‍39
Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1½	46‍–‍31	41‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6	47‍–‍27	34‍–‍43
New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6½	48‍–‍28	33‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11	44‍–‍33	29‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15	44‍–‍29	27‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17½	42‍–‍35	29‍–‍48
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.347	34½	39‍–‍35	13‍–‍63

1945 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	11–11	12–10–1	6–16	14–8	8–14–1	11–11–1
Chicago	13–9	—	11–8–1	10–12	9–12	12–10	8–13	8–14
Cleveland	11–11	8–11–1	—	11–11	12–9	12–6–1	11–10	8–14
Detroit	10–12–1	12–10	11–11	—	15–7	15–7–1	15–6	10–12
New York	16–6	12–9	9–12	7–15	—	16–6	7–15	14–8
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–12–1	7–15–1	6–16	—	10–12–1	5–17
St. Louis	14–8–1	13–8	10–11	6–15	15–7	12–10–1	—	11–11–1
Washington	11–11–1	14–8	14–8	12–10	8–14	17–5	11–11–1	—

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luke Appling, SS	18	57	12	21	2	2	1	10	12	7	.368	1
Floyd Baker, 3B, 2B	82	208	22	52	8	0	0	19	23	12	.250	3
Vince Castino, C	26	36	2	8	1	0	0	4	3	7	.222	0
Tony Cuccinello, 3B	118	402	50	124	25	3	2	49	45	19	.308	6
Guy Curtright, OF	98	324	51	91	15	7	4	32	39	29	.281	3
Johnny Dickshot, LF	130	486	74	147	19	10	4	58	48	41	.302	18
Kerby Farrell, 1B	103	396	44	102	11	3	0	34	24	18	.258	4
Oris Hockett, CF	106	417	46	122	23	4	2	55	27	30	.293	10
Cass Michaels, SS	129	445	47	109	8	5	2	54	37	28	.245	8
Wally Moses, RF	140	569	79	168	35	15	2	50	69	33	.295	11
Bill Mueller, CF	13	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	1
Bill Nagel, 1B	67	220	21	46	10	3	3	27	15	41	.209	3
Joe Orengo, 3B	17	15	5	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	.067	0
Danny Reynolds, SS, 2B	29	72	6	12	2	1	0	4	3	8	.167	1
Roy Schalk, 2B	133	513	50	127	13	1	1	65	32	41	.248	3
Mike Tresh, C	150	458	50	114	12	0	0	47	65	37	.249	6

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Earl Caldwell, P	27	37	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	8	.216	0
Bill Dietrich, P	18	36	2	6	0	1	0	0	5	22	.167	0
Orval Grove, P	33	71	4	7	1	0	0	4	4	23	.099	0
Joe Haynes, P	15	40	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	.175	0
Johnny Humphries, P	22	54	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	19	.148	0
Johnny Johnson, P	29	14	1	4	2	0	0	2	3	6	.286	0
Thornton Lee, P	29	78	6	14	1	0	0	6	5	15	.179	0
Eddie Lopat, P	32	82	13	24	4	0	1	13	2	9	.293	0
Frank Papish, P	19	26	3	6	1	0	0	1	2	7	.231	0
Buck Ross, P	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.182	0
Clay Touchstone, P	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Team totals	150	5077	596	1330	204	55	22	544	470	467	.262	78

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Earl Caldwell	6	7	3.59	27	11	7	105.1	108	50	42	8	37	45
Bill Dietrich	7	10	4.19	18	16	0	122.1	136	61	57	4	36	43
Orval Grove	14	12	3.44	33	30	1	217.0	233	100	83	12	68	54
Joe Haynes	5	5	3.55	14	13	1	104.0	92	44	41	5	29	34
Johnny Humphries	6	14	4.24	22	21	1	153.0	172	83	72	11	48	33
Johnny Johnson	3	0	4.26	29	0	4	69.2	85	39	33	1	35	38
Thornton Lee	15	12	2.44	29	28	0	228.1	208	81	62	7	76	108
Eddie Lopat	10	13	4.11	26	24	1	199.1	226	101	91	8	56	74
Frank Papish	4	4	3.74	19	5	1	84.1	75	36	35	3	40	45
Buck Ross	1	1	5.79	13	2	0	37.1	51	28	24	3	17	8
Clay Touchstone	0	0	5.40	6	0	0	10.0	14	10	6	1	6	4
Team totals	71	78	3.69	150	150	13	1330.2	1400	633	546	63	448	486

1945 Chicago White Sox season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

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