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1919 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 69-71
Finish: 5th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 598
Runs Allowed: 609
Exp W-L: 69-71
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,865,157
Manager: Carl Mitchell

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-57, 5th in the American League
AA: 65-54, 3rd in the American League
A: 59-60, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Curt Walker 22 127 520 73 155 20 10 2 47 40 26 30 29 .298 .336 .387 .723 63.7 13.9 2.5
2B #Lee Magee 30 127 485 72 141 24 6 3 63 22 17 47 18 .291 .353 .384 .736 61.9 13.6 3.3
3B  Howie Shanks 28 132 487 78 147 20 9 1 53 29 16 44 31 .302 .361 .386 .747 63.3 14.2 2.7
CF  Jack Burnett 29 123 482 55 128 29 9 1 61 32 13 36 10 .266 .319 .369 .688 52.9 10.1 3.8
SS  Jimmy Esmond 29 119 467 54 130 21 3 3 52 19 10 33 64 .278 .324 .355 .680 50.9 9.5 5.0
C  Frank Owens 33 114 413 40 106 21 2 3 55 3 0 21 44 .257 .291 .339 .630 36.3 5.2 6.0
RF *Steve Evans 34 99 371 42 120 20 5 1 49 2 0 6 36 .323 .352 .412 .765 48.5 12.2 1.9
1B  Chick Gandil 32 57 246 49 77 8 3 4 36 29 9 9 5 .313 .344 .419 .762 35.1 8.5 0.9
1B *Butch Schmidt 32 51 184 17 53 7 0 1 26 0 1 5 36 .288 .304 .342 .646 18.2 3.1 0.8
3B *Chet Chadbourne 34 50 154 20 50 6 4 0 19 1 1 11 4 .325 .367 .416 .783 21.6 5.5 0.7
RF *Burt Shotton 34 51 112 14 22 4 1 0 14 6 4 15 12 .196 .292 .250 .542 9.2 0.3 0.7
SS #Buck Weaver 28 38 124 14 34 6 0 0 11 5 0 2 6 .274 .286 .323 .608 11.1 1.8 1.3
2B  Clyde Engle 35 39 109 8 27 8 1 0 12 7 7 3 13 .248 .268 .339 .607 7.8 0.5 0.7
C  Verne Clemons 27 35 98 12 25 4 2 0 15 0 0 7 6 .255 .302 .337 .639 9.0 1.1 1.5
P  Chief Bender 35 31 83 10 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .181 .209 .193 .402 2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Cheney 33 27 75 4 6 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 20 .080 .114 .107 .221 -1.6 0.0 0.0
LF *Del Young 33 20 68 7 15 1 0 0 7 0 0 6 6 .221 .284 .235 .519 4.2 0.2 0.5
P  Jakie May 23 21 55 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .036 .069 .055 .124 -2.8 0.0 0.0
RF *Doc Cook 33 15 57 6 16 3 0 0 7 3 0 3 15 .281 .333 .333 .667 6.0 1.1 0.2
P  Howard Ehmke 25 18 48 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Ray Caldwell 31 16 52 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .058 .057 .058 .114 -2.5 0.0 0.0
LF  Possum Whitted 29 14 51 6 16 3 0 0 8 0 1 2 4 .314 .340 .373 .712 5.8 1.3 0.3
P *Dickie Kerr 25 15 40 7 16 0 1 0 7 5 2 7 1 .400 .489 .450 .939 8.8 2.8 0.0
P  Ed Lafitte 33 12 35 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Keating 27 6 9 3 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .444 .444 1.000 1.444 2.7 1.2 0.0
P *Rube Benton 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Mercer 30 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 1389 4830 598 1323 212 57 19 559 203 107 295 433 .274 .317 .353 .670 513.8 106.2 32.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 4 5 2 1 7 4 1 7 7 3 5 5 3 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Chief Bender 35 13 15 .464 31 31 0 266.0 302 119 4 58 76 4.03 12.3
 Larry Cheney 33 11 13 .458 27 27 0 224.0 255 102 4 51 75 4.10 8.3
*Jakie May 23 10 6 .625 21 19 1 164.7 131 48 3 56 65 2.62 14.2
 Howard Ehmke 25 7 9 .438 18 18 0 156.0 151 57 0 60 53 3.29 9.5
 Ray Caldwell 31 9 7 .563 16 16 0 142.3 153 41 1 18 68 2.59 9.2
*Dickie Kerr 25 7 6 .538 15 15 0 129.3 144 51 1 35 46 3.55 8.0
 Ed Lafitte 33 2 5 .286 12 10 0 91.3 102 48 2 33 29 4.73 1.0
 Jack Mercer 30 7 5 .583 27 0 5 35.7 37 19 0 26 25 4.80 2.8
 Ray Keating 27 1 3 .250 6 4 0 30.0 39 16 4 8 5 4.80 0.0
*Lave Winham 37 1 2 .333 10 0 2 10.0 10 3 1 4 9 2.70 1.2
*Rube Benton 32 0 0 .000 5 0 0 8.7 10 1 0 1 6 1.04 1.1
 Bill James 32 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.7
Team Totals 30.3 69 71 .493 190 140 8 1260.3 1334 505 20 350 458 3.61 68.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 7 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 35.9
F.Owens 1007.3 112 113 366 115 14 0 .972 39.5
V.Clemons 253.0 28 30 117 15 4 0 .971 32.1
Team Total 1260.3 140 143 483 130 18 0 .971 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 13.15
C.Gandil 516.2 55 56 701 62 5 55 .993 13.30
B.Schmidt 428.0 48 48 596 49 6 51 .991 13.56
C.Chadbourne 285.0 31 33 356 43 7 31 .983 12.60
P.Whitted 37.0 4 4 43 3 0 6 1.000 11.19
L.Magee 4.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1270.2 138 142 1703 157 18 143 .990 13.18
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 6.73
L.Magee 1100.7 122 124 306 522 34 101 .961 6.77
C.Engle 150.7 18 18 34 86 5 9 .960 7.17
C.Chadbourne 9.0 0 2 3 6 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1260.3 140 144 343 614 39 110 .961 6.83
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.91
H.Shanks 1165.3 129 130 67 275 23 18 .937 2.64
B.Weaver 43.0 5 5 1 15 1 0 .941 3.35
C.Chadbourne 35.0 4 4 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.83
C.Engle 17.0 2 2 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.12
Team Total 1260.3 140 141 72 301 24 19 .940 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.70
J.Esmond 1037.3 116 116 214 480 43 85 .942 6.02
B.Weaver 220.0 24 24 38 104 6 15 .959 5.81
L.Magee 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Chadbourne 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1260.3 140 142 252 585 49 100 .945 5.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 1.89
C.Walker 1107.3 124 125 211 5 15 1 .935 1.76
B.Shotton 62.0 7 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
C.Engle 54.0 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Young 26.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
C.Chadbourne 9.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
S.Evans 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1260.3 140 144 244 5 15 1 .943 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.38
J.Burnett 1092.7 122 122 263 11 12 3 .958 2.26
B.Shotton 149.7 16 16 39 1 4 0 .909 2.41
C.Engle 18.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Team Total 1260.3 140 140 303 12 16 3 .952 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 1.79
S.Evans 860.3 97 97 164 3 14 2 .923 1.75
D.Cook 135.0 15 15 25 0 3 0 .893 1.67
D.Young 134.0 15 15 32 0 2 0 .941 2.15
P.Whitted 89.0 10 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.62
B.Shotton 39.0 3 8 8 1 2 0 .818 2.08
C.Walker 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1260.3 140 146 244 5 21 2 .922 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.72
C.Bender 266.0 31 31 23 55 4 4 .951 2.64
L.Cheney 224.0 27 27 21 53 6 2 .925 2.97
J.May 164.7 19 21 11 30 2 5 .953 2.24
H.Ehmke 156.0 18 18 14 34 1 2 .980 2.77
R.Caldwell 142.3 16 16 11 34 3 3 .938 2.85
D.Kerr 129.3 15 15 11 32 0 2 1.000 2.99
E.Lafitte 91.3 10 12 13 34 0 2 1.000 4.63
J.Mercer 35.7 0 27 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.28
R.Keating 30.0 4 6 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.40
L.Winham 10.0 0 10 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Benton 8.7 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.James 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1260.3 140 190 109 293 16 20 .962 2.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Shanks .302
On-Base Pct Shanks .361
Slugging Pct Walker .387
OPS Shanks .747
XR Walker 63.7
Games Shanks 132
At-Bats Walker 520
Runs Shanks 78
Hits Walker 155
Total Bases Walker 201
Singles Walker 123
Doubles Burnett 29
Triples Walker 10
Homeruns Gandil 4
RBIs Magee 63
Stolen Bases Walker 40
Caught Stealing Walker 26
Walks Magee 47
Strikeouts Esmond 64
ERA May 2.62
Wins Bender 13
Losses Bender 15
Winning Pct May .625
Saves Mercer 5
Games Pitched Bender 31
Games Started Bender 31
Complete Games Cheney 23
Shutouts May 3
Innings Pitched Bender 266.0
Hits Allowed Bender 302
Homeruns Allowed Bender, Cheney, Keating 4
Strikeouts Bender 76
Walks Allowed Ehmke 60
Walks per 9IP Bender 2.0
Hits per 9IP May 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP May 3.6
WHiP May 1.14
OAVG May .223
OOBP May .294
OSLG May .306
OOPS May .600
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jack Burnett $ 8,775,000
Doc Cook $ 7,511,000
Lee Magee $ 5,690,000
Frank Owens $ 4,900,000
Chet Chadbourne $ 4,160,000
Steve Evans $ 3,240,000
Burt Shotton $ 3,112,000
Jimmy Esmond $ 2,685,714
Chief Bender $ 2,610,000
Lave Winham $ 1,851,000
Jack Mercer $ 1,751,000
Howie Shanks $ 1,621,429
Buck Weaver $ 1,450,000
Ed Lafitte $ 1,330,000
Larry Cheney $ 1,112,000
Rube Benton $ 1,015,714
Armando Marsans $ 900,000
Clyde Engle $ 750,000
Tom Zachary $ 300,000
Ray Keating $ 300,000
Bill James $ 300,000
Jakie May $ 300,000
Butch Schmidt $ 300,000
Howard Ehmke $ 300,000
Curt Walker $ 300,000
Verne Clemons $ 300,000
Possum Whitted $ 300,000
Del Young $ 300,000
Dickie Kerr $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/15 Signed     Jack Mercer
2/17 Signed     Lave Winham
2/23 Signed     Doc Cook
3/6 Traded Ernie Groth
John Henry Lloyd		 Brooklyn Howard Ehmke
Jimmy Esmond
Gene Robertson
7/1 Traded Chick Gandil Boston (A) Bill Bayne
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Ray Caldwell Brooklyn Tom Zachary
Ivy Griffin
Round Draft Pick.
 
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