# 1945 Chicago White Sox season

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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1945 American League recordvte 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Wally Moses, RF
* Oris Hockett, CF
* Johnny Dickshot, LF
* Bill Nagel, 1B
* Tony Cuccinello, 3B
* Roy Schalk, 2B
* Cass Michaels, SS
* Mike Tresh, C
* Thornton Lee, 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 |
| 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 |

### 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 |
| 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 |