# 1948 Chicago White Sox season

The 1948 Major League Baseball season was the Chicago White Sox' 48th season in the major leagues, and its 49th season overall. They finished eighth (last) in the American League with a 51–101 record, 44.5 games behind the first place Cleveland Indians. In 114 seasons, the White Sox have only once (in 1932) had a worse winning percentage. This was the first year of many for White Sox television broadcasts on WGN-TV channel 9.

## Offseason

* November 19, 1947: Pete Wojey was drafted from the White Sox by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 minor league draft.
* January 27, 1948: Thurman Tucker was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Ralph Weigel.
* February 24, 1948: Ed Lopat was traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Bill Wight, Fred Bradley, and Aaron Robinson.
* Prior to 1948 season: Ed McGhee was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.

## Regular season

Frank Lane was in his first season as White Sox general manager. Over the next seven years with the White Sox, Lane would make 241 trades. He would gain the nicknames "Trader" Lane and "Frantic Frank".
On July 18, Pat Seerey hit four home runs in an eleven inning game against the Philadelphia Athletics. The White Sox won, 12–11.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 97 | 58 | .626 | — | 48‍–‍30 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Boston Red Sox | 96 | 59 | .619 | 1 | 55‍–‍23 | 41‍–‍36 |
| New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | 2½ | 50‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 70 | .545 | 12½ | 36‍–‍41 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 18½ | 39‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | .386 | 37 | 34‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Washington Senators | 56 | 97 | .366 | 40 | 29‍–‍48 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Chicago White Sox | 51 | 101 | .336 | 44½ | 27‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1948 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 14–8 | 11–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 8–13–1 | 9–12–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–11 | 16–6 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 |
| Detroit | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 |
| New York | 8–14 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 10–12 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 18–4 | 14–8 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 13–8–1 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 4–18 | — | 10–12 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 12–9–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Don Kolloway, 2B
* Luke Appling, 3B
* Tony Lupien, 1B
* Bob Kennedy, RF
* Taffy Wright, LF
* Jack Wallaesa, SS
* Dave Philley, CF
* Mike Tresh, C
* Joe Haynes, P

### 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 |
| Herb Adams, RF,CF | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 | 0 |
| Luke Appling, 3B,SS | 139 | 497 | 63 | 156 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 94 | 35 | .314 | 10 |
| Floyd Baker, 3B,2B | 104 | 335 | 47 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 73 | 26 | .215 | 4 |
| Jim Delsing, CF | 20 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | .190 | 0 |
| Ralph Hodgin, OF | 114 | 331 | 28 | 88 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 11 | .266 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy, LF,RF | 30 | 113 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 17 | .248 | 0 |
| Don Kolloway, 2B,3B | 119 | 417 | 60 | 114 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 18 | .273 | 2 |
| Tony Lupien, 1B | 154 | 617 | 69 | 152 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 74 | 38 | .246 | 11 |
| Cass Michaels, SS,2B | 145 | 484 | 47 | 120 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 69 | 42 | .248 | 8 |
| Dave Philley, CF,LF | 137 | 488 | 51 | 140 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 50 | 33 | .287 | 8 |
| Aaron Robinson, C | 98 | 326 | 47 | 82 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 46 | 30 | .252 | 0 |
| Jerry Scala, CF | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Pat Seerey, LF,CF | 95 | 340 | 44 | 78 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 64 | 61 | 94 | .229 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh, C | 39 | 108 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | .250 | 0 |
| Jack Wallaesa, SS | 33 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | .188 | 0 |
| Ralph Weigel, C,LF | 66 | 163 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 18 | .233 | 1 |
| Frank Whitman, SS | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Taffy Wright, RF,LF | 134 | 455 | 50 | 127 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 38 | 18 | .279 | 2 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Fred Bradley, P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Earl Caldwell, P | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Al Gettel, P | 24 | 54 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .241 | 0 |
| Bob Gillespie, P | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim Goodwin, P | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| Orval Grove, P | 32 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .095 | 0 |
| Randy Gumpert, P | 16 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .138 | 0 |
| Earl Harrist, P | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes, P | 27 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .160 | 0 |
| Howie Judson, P | 41 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .103 | 0 |
| Glen Moulder, P | 33 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 | 0 |
| Frank Papish, P | 32 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .185 | 0 |
| Ike Pearson, P | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 0 |
| Marino Pieretti, P | 32 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .179 | 0 |
| Marv Rotblatt, P | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Bill Wight, P | 34 | 73 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | .082 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 154 | 5192 | 558 | 1303 | 172 | 39 | 55 | 532 | 594 | 528 | .251 | 46 |

### 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 |
| Fred Bradley | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Earl Caldwell | 1 | 5 | 5.31 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 39.0 | 53 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 10 |
| Al Gettel | 8 | 10 | 4.01 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 148.0 | 154 | 76 | 66 | 7 | 60 | 49 |
| Bob Gillespie | 0 | 4 | 5.13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 72.0 | 81 | 45 | 41 | 3 | 33 | 19 |
| Jim Goodwin | 0 | 0 | 8.71 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10.1 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Orval Grove | 2 | 10 | 6.16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 87.2 | 110 | 64 | 60 | 6 | 42 | 18 |
| Randy Gumpert | 2 | 6 | 3.79 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 97.1 | 103 | 43 | 41 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| Earl Harrist | 1 | 3 | 5.87 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
| Joe Haynes | 9 | 10 | 3.97 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 149.2 | 167 | 79 | 66 | 13 | 52 | 40 |
| Howie Judson | 4 | 5 | 4.78 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 107.1 | 102 | 60 | 57 | 7 | 56 | 38 |
| Glen Moulder | 3 | 6 | 6.41 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 85.2 | 108 | 67 | 61 | 8 | 54 | 26 |
| Frank Papish | 2 | 8 | 5.00 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 95.1 | 97 | 65 | 53 | 7 | 75 | 41 |
| Ike Pearson | 2 | 3 | 4.92 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 53.0 | 62 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 12 |
| Marino Pieretti | 8 | 10 | 4.95 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 120.0 | 117 | 70 | 66 | 6 | 52 | 28 |
| Marv Rotblatt | 0 | 1 | 7.85 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18.1 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| Bill Wight | 9 | 20 | 4.80 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 223.1 | 238 | 132 | 119 | 9 | 135 | 68 |
| Team Totals | 51 | 101 | 4.89 | 154 | 154 | 23 | 1345.2 | 1454 | 814 | 731 | 89 | 673 | 403 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hollywood Stars | Pacific Coast League | Jimmy Dykes, Lou Stringer and Mule Haas |
| AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern Association | Jack Onslow |
| A | Muskegon Clippers | Central League | Bennie Huffman |
| B | Fall River Indians | New England League | Frank Zubik and Luke Urban |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Pete Fox |
| C | Hot Springs Bathers | Cotton States League | Joe Holden and Chips Sobek |
| C | Oil City Refiners | Middle Atlantic League | Ray Dahlstrom and Otto Denning |
| C | Superior Blues | Northern League | Johnny Mostil |
| D | Kingsport Cherokees | Appalachian League | Red Mincy, Joe DiMasi and John Russ |
| D | Madisonville Miners | KITTY League | George Mathauser, Conrad Juelke and Bob Balance |
| D | Lima Terriers | Ohio–Indiana League | Charlie Engle |
| D | Seminole Oilers | Sooner State League | Hugh Willingham |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Frank Parenti, Frank Demaree and John Kerr |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hot Springs, Seminole