1949 Chicago White Sox

63-91 • .409 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
91 Losses
.409 Win %
6th Rank
648 R 737 RA
Diff -89

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648 Runs Scored
737 Runs Allowed
-89 Run Diff
938K Attendance

📈 vs. 1949 AL Average

Batting Avg .257 2% below the 1949 league average (.263)
OBP .347 2% below the 1949 league average (.353)
SLG .347 8% below the 1949 league average (.378)
Team ERA 4.30 2% worse than the 1949 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 648 10% below the 1949 league average (722 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 938,362
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Avg per Game 12,186

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1949

Batting Avg

1 Gus Zernial 0.318 2 Cass Michaels 0.308 3 Luke Appling 0.301 4 Herb Adams 0.293 5 Dave Philley 0.286

Home Runs

1 Bud Souchock 7 2 Cass Michaels 6 3 Luke Appling 5 4 George Metkovich 5 5 Johnny Ostrowski 5

RBI

1 Cass Michaels 83 2 Luke Appling 58 3 George Metkovich 45 4 Chuck Kress 44 5 Dave Philley 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Philley 146 598 84 171 20 8 0 44 54 51 13 0.286
Cass Michaels 154 561 73 173 27 9 6 83 101 50 5 0.308
Luke Appling 142 492 82 148 21 5 5 58 121 24 7 0.301
Floyd Baker 125 388 38 101 15 4 1 40 84 32 3 0.260
Chuck Kress 97 353 45 98 17 6 1 44 39 44 6 0.278
George Metkovich 93 338 50 80 9 4 5 45 41 24 5 0.237
Bud Souchock 84 252 29 59 13 5 7 37 25 38 5 0.234
Herb Adams 56 208 26 61 5 3 0 16 9 16 1 0.293
Gus Zernial 73 198 29 63 17 2 5 38 15 26 0 0.318
Don Wheeler 67 192 17 46 9 2 1 22 27 19 2 0.240
Joe Tipton 67 191 20 39 5 3 3 19 27 17 1 0.204
Eddie Malone 55 170 17 46 7 2 1 16 29 19 2 0.271
Johnny Ostrowski 49 158 19 42 9 4 5 31 15 41 4 0.266
Gordon Goldsberry 39 145 25 36 3 2 1 13 18 9 2 0.248
Jerry Scala 37 120 17 30 7 1 1 13 17 19 3 0.250
Bill Wight 35 85 7 14 3 0 0 6 6 27 0 0.165
Randy Gumpert 34 84 7 16 1 0 0 6 3 16 0 0.190
Billy Bowers 26 78 5 15 2 1 0 6 4 5 1 0.192
Bobby Rhawn 24 73 12 15 4 1 0 5 12 8 0 0.205
Bob Kuzava 29 56 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 19 0 0.036
Rocky Krsnich 16 55 7 12 3 1 1 9 6 4 0 0.218
Earl Rapp 19 54 3 14 1 1 0 11 5 6 1 0.259
Fred Hancock 39 52 7 7 2 1 0 9 8 9 0 0.135
Billy Pierce 39 51 7 9 0 0 0 2 5 15 0 0.176
Dick Lane 12 42 4 5 0 0 0 4 5 3 0 0.119
Marino Pieretti 48 38 6 9 1 0 0 3 0 7 0 0.237
Howie Judson 26 31 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 11 0 0.065
Mickey Haefner 14 23 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0.261
Bill Higdon 11 23 3 7 3 0 0 1 6 3 1 0.304
Max Surkont 44 22 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 12 0 0.045
Al Gettel 19 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.167
George Yankowski 12 18 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.167
Jim Baumer 8 10 2 4 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0.400
Ed Klieman 18 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Clyde Shoun 16 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.200
Don Kolloway 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Pat Seerey 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.000
Bob Cain 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fred Bradley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Bruner 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Evans 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alex Carrasquel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ernest Groth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Orval Grove 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1949

ERA

1 Ed Klieman 3.00 2 Bill Wight 3.31 3 Randy Gumpert 3.81 4 Billy Pierce 3.88 5 Bob Kuzava 4.02

Wins

1 Bill Wight 15 2 Randy Gumpert 13 3 Bob Kuzava 10 4 Billy Pierce 7 5 Mickey Haefner 4

Strikeouts

1 Billy Pierce 95 2 Bob Kuzava 83 3 Randy Gumpert 78 4 Bill Wight 78 5 Max Surkont 38
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bill Wight 15 13 3.31 35 33 1 245.0 254 90 96 78
Randy Gumpert 13 16 3.81 34 32 1 234.0 223 99 83 78
Billy Pierce 7 15 3.88 32 26 0 171.2 145 74 112 95
Bob Kuzava 10 6 4.02 29 18 0 156.2 139 70 91 83
Marino Pieretti 4 6 5.51 39 9 4 116.0 131 71 54 25
Howie Judson 1 14 4.58 26 12 1 108.0 114 55 70 36
Max Surkont 3 5 4.78 44 2 4 96.0 92 51 60 38
Mickey Haefner 4 6 4.37 14 12 1 80.1 84 39 41 17
Al Gettel 2 5 6.43 19 7 1 63.0 69 45 26 22
Ed Klieman 2 0 3.00 18 0 3 33.0 33 11 15 9
Clyde Shoun 1 1 5.79 16 0 0 23.1 37 15 13 8
Bob Cain 0 0 2.45 6 0 1 11.0 7 3 5 5
Jack Bruner 1 2 8.22 4 2 0 7.2 10 7 8 4
Bill Evans 0 1 7.11 4 0 0 6.1 6 5 8 1
Ernest Groth 0 1 5.40 3 0 0 5.0 2 3 3 1
Alex Carrasquel 0 0 14.73 3 0 0 3.2 8 6 4 1
Fred Bradley 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 2.0 4 3 3 0
Orval Grove 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0.2 4 4 1 1

👥 Roster (44)

Herb Adams Luke Appling Floyd Baker Jim Baumer Billy Bowers Fred Bradley Jack Bruner Bob Cain Alex Carrasquel Bill Evans Al Gettel Gordon Goldsberry +32 more

44 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1949 Chicago White Sox

What was the 1949 Chicago White Sox record?
The 1949 Chicago White Sox finished 63-91 (.409 win pct).
Who led the 1949 Chicago White Sox in home runs?
Bud Souchock led the 1949 Chicago White Sox with 7 home runs.
What was the 1949 Chicago White Sox team ERA?
The 1949 Chicago White Sox posted a team ERA of 4.30.
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