# 1933 Chicago White Sox season

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). He was also named to the 1933 American League All-Star team and finished eighth in the American League MVP voting.
* 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). He also ranked first among the American League's shortstops in assists (534), range factor (5.62), and errors (55).
* Pitcher Ted Lyons was inducted in 1955. He led the 1933 team in wins (10), losses (21), innings pitched (228), and strikeouts (74). His 21 losses also led the American League.
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).
The team was owned by J. Louis Comiskey and played its home games at Comiskey Park.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 53‍–‍23 |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19½ | 46‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 45‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34½ | 32‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43½ | 30‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1933 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–7 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 4–17 |
| Chicago | 7–11 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Cleveland | 16–6 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 7–13 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 8–14 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 14–7–1 | 8–14 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 9–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 7–14–1 | 6–14 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 17–4 | 15–7 | 13–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — |

### Roster
## 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
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Frank Grube | 85 | 256 | 59 | .230 | 0 | 23 |
| 1B | Red Kress | 129 | 467 | 116 | .248 | 10 | 78 |
| 2B | Jackie Hayes | 138 | 535 | 138 | .258 | 2 | 47 |
| SS | Luke Appling | 151 | 612 | 197 | .322 | 6 | 85 |
| 3B | Jimmy Dykes | 151 | 554 | 144 | .260 | 1 | 68 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 146 | 605 | 200 | .331 | 14 | 119 |
| OF | Evar Swanson | 144 | 539 | 165 | .306 | 1 | 63 |
| OF | Mule Haas | 146 | 585 | 168 | .287 | 1 | 51 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Charlie Berry | 86 | 271 | 69 | .255 | 2 | 28 |
| Billy Sullivan | 54 | 125 | 24 | .192 | 0 | 13 |
| Earl Webb | 58 | 107 | 31 | .290 | 1 | 8 |
| Hal Rhyne | 39 | 83 | 22 | .265 | 0 | 10 |
| Lew Fonseca | 23 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 2 | 15 |
| John Stoneham | 10 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 1 | 3 |
| Milt Bocek | 11 | 22 | 8 | .364 | 1 | 3 |
| Charlie English | 3 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 1 |
| Liz Funk | 10 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Mem Lovett | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Ted Lyons | 36 | 228.0 | 10 | 21 | 4.38 | 74 |
| Sad Sam Jones | 27 | 176.2 | 10 | 12 | 3.36 | 60 |
| Milt Gaston | 30 | 167.0 | 8 | 12 | 4.85 | 39 |
| Ed Durham | 24 | 138.2 | 10 | 6 | 4.48 | 65 |
| Paul Gregory | 23 | 103.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.95 | 18 |
| Les Tietje | 3 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 2.42 | 9 |
| Ira Hutchinson | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jake Miller | 26 | 105.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.62 | 30 |
| Whit Wyatt | 26 | 87.2 | 3 | 4 | 4.62 | 31 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Joe Heving | 40 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2.67 | 47 |
| Red Faber | 36 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3.44 | 18 |
| Chad Kimsey | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.53 | 19 |
| Vic Frazier | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.85 | 4 |
| Hal Haid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.98 | 7 |
| George Murray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |