# 1947 Chicago White Sox season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍22 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 71 | .539 | 14 | 49‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | .519 | 17 | 38‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 76 | .506 | 19 | 39‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27 | 32‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38 | 29‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 8–14–2 | 7–15 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 |
| Detroit | 10–12–1 | 15–7 | 14–8–2 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |

### 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
## 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 |
| Team Totals | 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 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 84 | 3.64 | 155 | 155 | 27 | 1391.0 | 1384 | 661 | 562 | 76 | 603 | 522 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hollywood Stars | Pacific Coast League | Jimmy Dykes |
| B | Fall River Indians | New England League | Joe Holden |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Johnny Mostil and Jack Onslow |
| C | Oil City Refiners | Middle Atlantic League | Charlie Engle |
| C | Superior Blues | Northern League | George Treadwell |
| D | Madisonville Miners | KITTY League | Frank Zubik |
| D | Lima Terriers | Ohio State League | Merle Settlemire |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Tony Parisse |
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