1947 Chicago White Sox Roster by Baseball Almanac

1947 Chicago White Sox Roster

The 1947 Chicago White Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1947 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1947 Chicago White Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1947 Chicago White Sox salary list, a 1947 Chicago White Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1947 Chicago White Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1947 Chicago White Sox 1947 Chicago White Sox Official Logo Complete Roster Roster Schedule Statmaster
#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
-	Hi Bithorn	6-01	200	Right	Right	1916-03-18
46	Earl Caldwell	6-01	178	Right	Right	1905-04-09
28	Pete Gebrian	6-00	170	Right	Right	1923-08-10
36	Bob Gillespie	6-04	187	Right	Right	1919-10-08
45	Orval Grove	6-03	196	Right	Right	1919-08-29
25, 49	Earl Harrist	6-00	178	Right	Right	1919-08-20
35	Joe Haynes	6-02�	190	Right	Right	1917-09-21
27	Thornton Lee	6-03	205	Left	Left	1906-09-13
48	Ed Lopat	5-10	185	Left	Left	1918-06-21
37	Gordon Maltzberger	6-00	170	Right	Right	1912-09-04
17	Frank Papish	6-02	192	Left	Right	1917-10-21
29	Johnny Rigney	6-02	190	Right	Right	1914-10-28
34	Red Ruffing	6-01�	205	Right	Right	1905-05-03
49, 18	Eddie Smith	5-10	174	Left	Both	1913-12-14
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
19	George Dickey	6-02	180	Right	Both	1915-07-10
26	Joe Stephenson	6-02	185	Right	Right	1921-06-30
15	Mike Tresh	5-11	170	Right	Right	1914-02-23
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
4	Luke Appling	5-10	183	Right	Right	1907-04-02
8	Floyd Baker	5-09	160	Right	Left	1916-10-10
3	Jake Jones	6-03	197	Right	Right	1920-11-23
47	Don Kolloway	6-03	200	Right	Right	1918-08-04
28, 7	Cass Michaels	5-11	175	Right	Right	1926-03-04
7, 12	Jack Wallaesa	6-03	191	Right	Both	1919-08-31
3	Rudy York	6-01	209	Right	Right	1913-08-17
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
5, 24	Loyd Christopher	6-02	190	Right	Right	1919-12-31
24, 25	Ralph Hodgin	5-10	170	Right	Left	1915-02-10
5, 36	Bob Kennedy	6-02	193	Right	Right	1920-08-18
38, 9	Dave Philley	6-00	188	Right	Both	1920-05-16
2	Thurman Tucker	5-11	170	Right	Left	1917-09-26
6	Taffy Wright	5-10	180	Right	Left	1911-08-10
#	Other Positions	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
14	Joe Kuhel	6-00	180	Left	Left	1906-06-25
1947 Chicago White Sox Roster

The 1947 Chicago White Sox played 154 games during the regular season, won 70 games, lost 84 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Comiskey Park (Park Factors: 96/99) where 876,948 fans witnessed their 1947 White Sox finish the season with a .455 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1947 Chicago White Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1947 Chicago White Sox salary list, a 1947 Chicago White Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1947 Chicago White Sox primary starters list:

1947 Chicago White Sox
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1947 Chicago White Sox
Most Games by Position
C Mike Tresh (89)
1B Rudy York (102)
2B Don Kolloway (99)
3B Floyd Baker (101)
SS Luke Appling (129)
LF Dave Philley (41)
CF Dave Philley (94)
RF Bob Kennedy (90)

SP Bob Gillespie
SP Orval Grove
SP Joe Haynes
SP Ed Lopat
SP Frank Papish

RP Pete Gebrian
RP Earl Harrist
RP Gordon Maltzberger
CL Earl Caldwell

1947 Chicago White Sox
Salaries
Luke Appling $16,000.00
Mike Tresh $14,000.00
Dave Philley $10,000.00
Joe Kuhel $9,000.00
Gordon Maltzberger $9,000.00

1947 Chicago White Sox
Uniform Numbers
#2 Thurman Tucker
#3 Jake Jones
#3 Rudy York
#4 Luke Appling
#5 Loyd Christopher
#5 Bob Kennedy
#6 Taffy Wright
#7 Cass Michaels
#7 Jack Wallaesa
#8 Floyd Baker
#9 Dave Philley
#12 Jack Wallaesa
#14 Joe Kuhel
#15 Mike Tresh
#17 Frank Papish
#18 Eddie Smith
#19 George Dickey
#24 Loyd Christopher
#24 Ralph Hodgin
#25 Earl Harrist
#25 Ralph Hodgin
#26 Joe Stephenson
#27 Thornton Lee
#28 Pete Gebrian
#28 Cass Michaels
#29 Johnny Rigney
#34 Red Ruffing
#35 Joe Haynes
#36 Bob Gillespie
#36 Bob Kennedy
#37 Gordon Maltzberger
#38 Dave Philley
#45 Orval Grove
#46 Earl Caldwell
#47 Don Kolloway
#48 Ed Lopat
#49 Earl Harrist
#49 Eddie Smith

Did you know that a 1947 Chicago White Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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