1945 Chicago White Sox season

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

Opening Day lineup

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

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