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1920 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 81-73
Finish: 3rd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 802
Runs Allowed: 752
Exp W-L: 82-72
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,804,188
Manager: Carl Mitchell

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-54, 2nd in the American League
AA: 76-55, 3rd in the American League
A: 63-68, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
2B #Lee Magee 31 139 569 86 177 23 5 8 75 31 24 48 6 .311 .363 .411 .775 78.1 15.9 4.0
LF *Curt Walker 23 138 569 94 188 30 16 4 67 40 39 47 24 .330 .380 .460 .841 84.5 18.5 3.1
3B  Howie Shanks 29 139 556 95 190 18 14 2 93 29 23 53 23 .342 .399 .435 .834 83.3 18.9 3.2
SS  Jimmy Esmond 30 139 533 72 152 20 9 2 63 28 5 43 73 .285 .339 .368 .706 66.1 12.9 5.0
1B *Vic Saier 29 125 465 83 126 21 7 2 58 18 6 65 32 .271 .371 .359 .730 61.2 11.8 2.1
C  Frank Owens 34 120 459 59 121 16 3 7 65 1 3 30 37 .264 .308 .357 .666 44.8 5.5 5.5
RF *Doc Cook 34 90 339 59 112 6 3 1 48 2 1 43 44 .330 .404 .375 .778 51.5 12.0 1.8
CF *Guy Zinn 33 93 319 49 92 17 5 1 51 2 3 40 22 .288 .378 .382 .760 46.0 9.8 2.5
CF  Jack Burnett 30 76 271 48 82 7 10 1 50 13 10 21 4 .303 .357 .413 .770 36.7 7.2 2.1
RF  Armando Marsans 32 43 153 13 39 5 2 0 25 2 2 5 16 .255 .280 .314 .593 12.6 0.8 1.2
C  Verne Clemons 28 42 129 20 42 5 0 0 24 0 2 16 6 .326 .397 .364 .762 16.6 3.3 1.6
1B *Ivy Griffin 23 48 126 25 43 5 5 1 21 0 1 5 12 .341 .381 .484 .865 22.4 5.4 0.5
SS #Buck Weaver 29 40 112 8 36 4 2 0 19 3 1 4 4 .321 .345 .393 .738 13.6 2.9 0.6
2B *Gene Robertson 21 47 111 15 37 5 0 3 25 0 0 5 4 .333 .362 .459 .822 17.1 4.3 0.6
P  Chief Bender 36 34 100 10 18 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 20 .180 .226 .210 .436 3.7 0.0 0.0
3B  Possum Whitted 30 36 93 15 29 8 2 0 15 0 1 3 7 .312 .327 .441 .767 11.9 2.3 0.6
LF *Burt Shotton 35 35 86 14 28 3 2 0 10 7 6 11 8 .326 .408 .407 .815 13.5 3.1 0.7
P  Howard Ehmke 26 28 78 8 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 19 .205 .215 .244 .459 2.8 0.0 0.0
P *Dickie Kerr 26 28 64 11 22 4 2 0 14 5 6 5 4 .344 .391 .469 .860 10.0 2.2 0.0
P  Jakie May 24 20 59 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .068 .067 .102 .168 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Slim Harriss 23 18 51 7 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .235 .255 .235 .490 3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Heitmann 23 15 43 5 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 12 .233 .233 .326 .558 3.3 0.2 0.0
P  Rip Hagerman 32 9 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .040 .040 .040 .080 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Cheney 34 24 24 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .292 .492 1.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Steve Evans 35 6 18 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .238 .111 .349 0.3 0.0 0.1
1B *Butch Schmidt 33 6 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Mercer 31 51 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Rube Benton 33 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Bill James 33 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lave Winham 38 35 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 1649 5378 802 1586 207 88 33 750 181 133 453 423 .295 .352 .385 .736 679.6 137.4 35.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 2 2 7 2 6 3 3 8 2 2 2 1 2 2 2  
* - 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 36 12 20 .375 34 34 0 282.3 313 126 3 86 76 4.02 12.8
 Howard Ehmke 26 13 10 .565 28 28 0 220.0 228 85 2 74 61 3.48 14.3
*Dickie Kerr 26 12 9 .571 27 23 0 179.3 238 113 4 64 65 5.67 2.2
*Jakie May 24 10 6 .625 20 20 0 164.3 191 83 4 61 69 4.55 5.4
 Slim Harriss 23 9 7 .563 18 18 0 142.0 147 57 5 30 53 3.61 8.4
 Harry Heitmann 23 9 2 .818 15 15 0 105.7 86 38 3 41 33 3.24 8.5
 Larry Cheney 34 3 5 .375 24 7 1 83.0 95 35 1 19 27 3.80 4.7
 Rip Hagerman 32 7 2 .778 9 9 0 70.3 53 20 2 39 44 2.56 6.0
 Jack Mercer 31 3 6 .333 51 0 11 62.7 55 32 0 48 35 4.60 4.1
*Lave Winham 38 1 4 .200 35 0 12 33.3 38 21 5 21 14 5.67 0.9
*Rube Benton 33 1 2 .333 19 0 0 25.3 23 10 0 10 5 3.55 1.4
 Bill James 33 1 0 1.000 6 0 1 12.0 12 3 0 5 4 2.25 1.5
Team Totals 29.9 81 73 .526 286 154 25 1380.3 1479 623 29 498 486 4.06 70.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 1 3 2 4 2 4 7 3 4  
* - 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 .971 36.7
F.Owens 1056.7 119 120 407 91 14 4 .973 34.9
V.Clemons 323.7 35 41 121 19 1 2 .993 34.1
Team Total 1380.3 154 161 528 110 15 6 .977 34.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 13.24
V.Saier 1102.3 124 124 1440 126 13 118 .992 12.79
I.Griffin 258.3 28 31 339 30 2 29 .995 12.86
B.Schmidt 17.0 2 2 24 2 0 4 1.000 13.76
P.Whitted 2.7 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1380.3 154 159 1807 158 15 152 .992 12.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.76
L.Magee 1201.3 133 135 313 565 25 101 .972 6.58
G.Robertson 173.0 21 21 44 84 3 13 .977 6.66
B.Weaver 6.0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1380.3 154 157 357 654 28 114 .973 6.59
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.93
H.Shanks 1230.7 137 137 70 293 21 22 .945 2.65
P.Whitted 80.0 9 9 8 13 1 2 .955 2.36
B.Weaver 69.7 8 8 1 13 2 0 .875 1.81
Team Total 1380.3 154 154 79 319 24 24 .943 2.60
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.85
J.Esmond 1240.3 138 139 234 550 47 104 .943 5.69
B.Weaver 140.0 16 16 24 57 6 11 .931 5.21
Team Total 1380.3 154 155 258 607 53 115 .942 5.64
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 1.84
C.Walker 1170.0 131 131 256 11 16 5 .943 2.05
B.Shotton 96.7 11 11 28 0 1 0 .966 2.61
P.Whitted 74.7 8 8 17 1 1 0 .947 2.17
L.Magee 27.0 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00
G.Zinn 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Shanks 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1380.3 154 155 310 12 19 5 .944 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.41
G.Zinn 770.7 88 88 211 4 15 3 .935 2.51
J.Burnett 598.3 66 69 164 9 12 0 .935 2.60
C.Walker 6.3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.42
L.Magee 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1380.3 154 160 377 13 28 3 .933 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.95
D.Cook 755.0 87 87 164 6 13 3 .929 2.03
A.Marsans 386.7 43 43 96 1 1 0 .990 2.26
B.Shotton 97.7 10 15 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
S.Evans 54.0 6 6 11 2 2 1 .867 2.17
P.Whitted 50.3 5 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
C.Walker 34.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
G.Zinn 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1380.3 154 166 320 9 16 4 .954 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 2.73
C.Bender 282.3 34 34 25 81 2 4 .981 3.38
H.Ehmke 220.0 28 28 20 53 1 4 .986 2.99
D.Kerr 179.3 23 27 13 38 4 5 .927 2.56
J.May 164.3 20 20 9 37 2 2 .958 2.52
S.Harriss 142.0 18 18 7 22 2 0 .935 1.84
H.Heitmann 105.7 15 15 6 33 1 2 .975 3.32
L.Cheney 83.0 7 24 4 21 0 0 1.000 2.71
R.Hagerman 70.3 9 9 5 13 1 1 .947 2.30
J.Mercer 62.7 0 51 1 14 0 0 1.000 2.15
L.Winham 33.3 0 35 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Benton 25.3 0 19 3 4 1 0 .875 2.49
B.James 12.0 0 6 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1380.3 154 286 94 325 14 19 .968 2.73
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Shanks .342
On-Base Pct Shanks .399
Slugging Pct Walker .460
OPS Walker .841
XR Walker 84.5
Games Magee, Shanks, Esmond 139
At-Bats Walker, Magee 569
Runs Shanks 95
Hits Shanks 190
Total Bases Walker 262
Singles Shanks 156
Doubles Walker 30
Triples Walker 16
Homeruns Magee 8
RBIs Shanks 93
Stolen Bases Walker 40
Caught Stealing Walker 39
Walks Saier 65
Strikeouts Esmond 73
ERA Ehmke 3.48
Wins Ehmke 13
Losses Bender 20
Winning Pct May .625
Saves Winham 12
Games Pitched Mercer 51
Games Started Bender 34
Complete Games Bender 24
Shutouts Bender 2
Innings Pitched Bender 282.3
Hits Allowed Bender 313
Homeruns Allowed Harriss, Winham 5
Strikeouts Bender 76
Walks Allowed Bender 86
Walks per 9IP Bender 2.7
Hits per 9IP Ehmke 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP May 3.8
WHiP Ehmke 1.37
OAVG Ehmke .273
OOBP Ehmke .337
OSLG Ehmke .337
OOPS Ehmke .674
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jack Burnett $ 8,775,000
Vic Saier $ 8,610,000
Rip Hagerman $ 8,000,000
Doc Cook $ 7,511,000
Jimmy Esmond $ 7,150,000
Lee Magee $ 5,690,000
Frank Owens $ 4,900,000
Howie Shanks $ 4,000,000
Guy Zinn $ 3,400,000
Burt Shotton $ 3,112,000
Chief Bender $ 2,490,000
Jack Mercer $ 1,751,000
Larry Cheney $ 1,112,000
Lave Winham $ 1,020,000
Buck Weaver $ 1,000,000
Armando Marsans $ 500,000
Bill James $ 350,000
Butch Schmidt $ 350,000
Possum Whitted $ 350,000
Harry Heitmann $ 300,000
Slim Harriss $ 300,000
Ivy Griffin $ 300,000
Gene Robertson $ 300,000
Howard Ehmke $ 300,000
Verne Clemons $ 300,000
Curt Walker $ 300,000
Dickie Kerr $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/19 Signed     Vic Saier
3/2 Signed     Armando Marsans
3/5 Signed     Guy Zinn
3/20 Released Del Young    
3/20 Released Ray Keating    
4/22 Claimed   Boston (A) Hap Myers
5/4 Released Steve Evans    
7/16 Traded Jakie May
Babe Twombly
Ralph Miller
Round Draft Pick.		 St. Louis (A) Rip Hagerman
Round Draft Pick.
7/19 Waived Fred Smith Philadelphia (N)  
9/24 Released Ed Lafitte    
9/24 Released Rube Benton    
 
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