# 1946 Chicago White Sox season

The 1946 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 46th season in the major leagues, and their 47th season overall. They finished with a record of 74–80, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 30 games behind the first place Boston Red Sox.

## Offseason

* December 8, 1945: Tony Cuccinello was released by the White Sox.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 61‍–‍16 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 62 | .597 | 12 | 48‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍32 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 67 | .565 | 17 | 47‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | .494 | 28 | 38‍–‍38 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 30 | 40‍–‍38 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86 | .442 | 36 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 66 | 88 | .429 | 38 | 35‍–‍41 | 31‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 55 | 31‍–‍46 | 18‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1946 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | — | 13–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 |
| Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 5–17 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 |
| Detroit | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 12–10 |
| New York | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 10–12 | 6–16–1 |
| St. Louis | 8–14–1 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Wally Moses, RF
* Floyd Baker, 3B
* Taffy Wright, LF
* Luke Appling, SS
* Hal Trosky, 1B
* Don Kolloway, 2B
* Thurman Tucker, CF
* Mike Tresh, C
* Bill Dietrich, P

### Notable transactions

* July 4, 1946: Tom Jordan was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Indians completed the deal by sending Frankie Hayes to the White Sox on July 15, 1946.
* July 23, 1946: Wally Moses was purchased from the White Sox by the Boston Red Sox.

### 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 | 149 | 582 | 59 | 180 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 71 | 41 | .309 | 6 |
| Floyd Baker, 3B | 9 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .250 | 0 |
| Guy Curtright, OF | 23 | 55 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | .200 | 0 |
| George Dickey, C | 37 | 78 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .192 | 0 |
| Ed Fernandes, C | 14 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | .250 | 0 |
| Frankie Hayes, C | 53 | 179 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 33 | .212 | 1 |
| Ralph Hodgin, LF,RF | 87 | 258 | 32 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 6 | .252 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy, LF,3B,RF,CF | 113 | 411 | 43 | 106 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 42 | .258 | 6 |
| Don Kolloway, 2B,3B | 123 | 482 | 45 | 135 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 9 | 29 | .280 | 14 |
| Jake Jones, 1B | 24 | 79 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 13 | .266 | 0 |
| Tom Jordan, C | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 | 0 |
| Joe Kuhel, 1B | 64 | 238 | 24 | 65 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 24 | .273 | 4 |
| Dario Lodigiani, 3B | 44 | 155 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 14 | .245 | 4 |
| Cass Michaels, 2B,3B,SS | 91 | 291 | 37 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 29 | 36 | .258 | 9 |
| Wally Moses, RF,CF | 56 | 168 | 20 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 20 | .274 | 2 |
| Dave Philley, LF | 17 | 68 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | .353 | 5 |
| Whitey Platt, OF | 84 | 247 | 28 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 34 | .251 | 1 |
| Joe Smaza, RF | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh, C | 80 | 217 | 28 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 36 | 24 | .217 | 0 |
| Hal Trosky, 1B | 88 | 299 | 22 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 34 | 37 | .254 | 4 |
| Thurman Tucker, CF | 121 | 438 | 62 | 126 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 54 | 45 | .288 | 9 |
| Leo Wells, 3B | 45 | 127 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 34 | .189 | 3 |
| Frank Whitman, SS,1B,2B | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .063 | 0 |
| Taffy Wright, RF,LF | 115 | 422 | 46 | 116 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 42 | 17 | .275 | 10 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Earl Caldwell, P | 39 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .167 | 0 |
| Bill Dietrich, P | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .053 | 0 |
| Orval Grove, P | 33 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 | .108 | 0 |
| Ralph Hamner, P | 25 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .167 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes, P | 32 | 57 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | .246 | 0 |
| Al Hollingsworth, P | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Thornton Lee, P | 7 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .267 | 0 |
| Eddie Lopat, P | 30 | 87 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | .253 | 0 |
| Ted Lyons, P | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Gordon Maltzberger, P | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Emmett O'Neill, P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Frank Papish, P | 31 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .186 | 0 |
| Johnny Rigney, P | 15 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .154 | 0 |
| Eddie Smith, P | 24 | 45 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .178 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 155 | 5312 | 562 | 1364 | 206 | 44 | 37 | 515 | 499 | 602 | .257 | 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 | 13 | 4 | 2.08 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 90.2 | 60 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 42 |
| Bill Dietrich | 3 | 3 | 2.61 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 62.0 | 63 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 20 |
| Orval Grove | 8 | 13 | 3.02 | 33 | 26 | 0 | 205.1 | 213 | 96 | 69 | 10 | 78 | 60 |
| Ralph Hamner | 2 | 7 | 4.42 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 71.1 | 80 | 47 | 35 | 2 | 39 | 29 |
| Joe Haynes | 7 | 9 | 3.76 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 177.1 | 203 | 80 | 74 | 14 | 60 | 60 |
| Al Hollingsworth | 3 | 2 | 4.58 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 55.0 | 63 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 22 |
| Gordon Maltzberger | 2 | 0 | 1.59 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 39.2 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| Thornton Lee | 2 | 4 | 3.53 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 43.1 | 39 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| Eddie Lopat | 13 | 13 | 2.73 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 231.0 | 216 | 80 | 70 | 18 | 48 | 89 |
| Ted Lyons | 1 | 4 | 2.32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 42.2 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| Emmett O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Papish | 7 | 5 | 2.74 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 138.0 | 122 | 52 | 42 | 7 | 63 | 66 |
| Len Perme | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Johnny Rigney | 5 | 5 | 4.03 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 82.2 | 76 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 35 | 51 |
| Eddie Smith | 8 | 11 | 2.85 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 145.1 | 135 | 71 | 46 | 9 | 60 | 59 |
| Team Totals | 74 | 80 | 3.10 | 155 | 155 | 16 | 1392.1 | 1348 | 595 | 479 | 80 | 508 | 550 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Milwaukee Brewers | American Association | Nick Cullop |
| AA | Little Rock Travelers | Southern Association | Willis Hudlin |
| AA | Shreveport Sports | Texas League | Salty Parker and Hub Northen |
| A | Greenville Spinners | Sally League | Ivy Griffin |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Johnny Mostil |
| C | Texarkana Bears | East Texas League | Gabby Lusk and Joe Kracher |
| C | Superior Blues | Northern League | Fred Hensley and George Treadwell |
| D | Brewton Millers | Alabama State League | Ben Catchings |
| D | New River Rebels | Appalachian League | Jack Crosswhite |
| D | Alexandria Aces | Evangeline League | Carl Kott |
| D | Cordele White Sox | Georgia–Florida League | Joe Holden |
| D | Madisonville Miners | KITTY League | Frank Zubik |
| D | Lima Terriers | Ohio State League | Charles Moore |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Charlie Engle |
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