1945 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1945 American League Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois Grace Comiskey Harry Grabiner Jimmy Dykes WJJD/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 Record vs. opponents CWS 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 Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White