1945 Chicago White Sox season

1945 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WJJD (Jack Brickhouse)
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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 71–78, good enough for 6th place in the American League, 15 games behind the 1st place Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	--
Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1.5
St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6
New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6.5
Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11
Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15
Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17.5
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.357	34.5

Record vs. opponents

1945 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1945 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 46 Earl Caldwell 18 Bill Dietrich 45 Orval Grove 35 Joe Haynes 26 Johnny Humphries 23 Johnny Johnson 27 Thornton Lee 48 Ed Lopat 17 Frank Papish 19 Buck Ross 37 Clay Touchstone		Catchers 14 Vince Castino 15 Mike Tresh Infielders  4 Luke Appling  8 Floyd Baker 47 Tony Cuccinello 4,59 Kerby Farrell 28 Cass Michaels 24,7 Bill Nagel  3 Joe Orengo  2 Danny Reynolds  6 Roy Schalk		Outfielders 12 Guy Curtright 36 Johnny Dickshot 25 Oris Hockett  9 Wally Moses 34 Bill Mueller		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 22 Mule Haas 33 Bing Miller 38 Muddy Ruel

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

External links

• 1945 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference