1945 Chicago White Sox season

1945 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersGrace Comiskey
General managersHarry Grabiner
ManagersJimmy Dykes
RadioWJJD/WIND (AM)
(Jack Brickhouse)

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

American 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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1945 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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


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