1949 Chicago White Sox roster

36 players appeared for the Chicago White Sox in the 1949 MLB season.

1949 White Sox roster: batting

1949 Chicago White Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Dave Philley1465988417104413.286.347.693
Cass Michaels154561731736835.308.417.837
Luke Appling142492821485587.301.439.833
Floyd Baker125388381011403.260.392.719
Catfish Metkovich9333850805455.237.321.652
Steve Souchock8425229597375.234.303.712
Herb Adams5620826610161.293.323.669
Gus Zernial7319829635380.318.366.866
Don Wheeler6719217461222.240.333.656
Joe Tipton6719120393191.204.306.615
Eddie Malone5517017461162.271.377.730
Johnny Ostrowski4915819425314.266.333.802
Gordon Goldsberry3914525361132.248.331.649
Jerry Scala3712017301133.250.348.698
Billy Bowers2678515061.192.232.475
Rocky Krsnich1655712190.218.295.659
Fred Hancock395277090.135.262.474
Dick Lane124245040.119.213.332
Bill Higdon112337011.304.448.883
George Yankowski121803020.167.167.389
Jim Baumer81024020.400.5711.271
Pat Seerey4410000.000.429.429

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1949 White Sox roster: pitching

1949 Chicago White Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bill WightP353315133.31245.0781.431
Randy GumpertP343213163.81234.0781.311
Billy PierceP32267153.88171.2951.500
Bob KuzavaP29181064.02156.2831.470
Marino PierettiP399465.51116.0251.594
Howie JudsonP26121144.58108.0361.701
Max SurkontP442354.7896.0381.584
Bob CainP60002.4511.051.091
Jack BrunerP42128.227.242.350
Bill EvansP40017.116.112.210
Ernest GrothP30015.405.011.000
Alex CarrasquelP300014.733.213.270
Fred BradleyP110013.502.003.500
Orval GroveP100054.000.217.500

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.