1933 Chicago White Sox season

The 1933 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 33rd season in the major leagues, and its 34th season overall. They finished with a record of 67–83, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 31 games behind the first place Washington Senators.

1933 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	J. Louis Comiskey
General manager	Harry Grabiner
Managers	Lew Fonseca
Radio	WGN (Bob Elson) WIND (Johnny O'Hara) WMAQ (Hal Totten)
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	.651	—	46‍–‍30	53‍–‍23
New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7	51‍–‍23	40‍–‍36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	.523	19½	46‍–‍29	33‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	.497	23½	45‍–‍32	30‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	25	43‍–‍35	32‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	.447	31	35‍–‍41	32‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	.423	34½	32‍–‍40	31‍–‍46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	43½	30‍–‍46	25‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Roster

1933 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 17 Ed Durham 18 Red Faber 19 Vic Frazier 23 Milt Gaston 24 Paul Gregory 24 Hal Haid 25 Joe Heving 34 Ira Hutchinson 28 Sam Jones 29 Chad Kimsey 16 Ted Lyons 38 Jake Miller 35 George Murray 35 Les Tietje 19 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 15 Charlie Berry 14 Frank Grube Infielders  4 Luke Appling  7 Jimmy Dykes  8 Charlie English  1 Lew Fonseca  2 Jackie Hayes  3 Red Kress 12 Hal Rhyne 36 Billy Sullivan		Outfielders 27 Milt Bocek  8 Liz Funk  6 Mule Haas  5 Al Simmons 17 John Stoneham  9 Evar Swanson 34 Earl Webb Other batters -- Mem Lovett		Manager  1 Lew Fonseca Coaches 37 Jimmy Austin

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Frank Grube	85	256	59	.230	0	23
1B	Red Kress	129	467	116	.248	10	78
2B	Jackie Hayes	138	535	138	.258	2	47
SS	Luke Appling	151	612	197	.322	6	85
3B	Jimmy Dykes	151	554	144	.260	1	68
OF	Al Simmons	146	605	200	.331	14	119
OF	Evar Swanson	144	539	165	.306	1	63
OF	Mule Haas	146	585	168	.287	1	51

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Charlie Berry	86	271	69	.255	2	28
Billy Sullivan	54	125	24	.192	0	13
Earl Webb	58	107	31	.290	1	8
Hal Rhyne	39	83	22	.265	0	10
Lew Fonseca	23	59	12	.203	2	15
John Stoneham	10	25	3	.120	1	3
Milt Bocek	11	22	8	.364	1	3
Charlie English	3	9	4	.444	0	1
Liz Funk	10	9	2	.222	0	0
Mem Lovett	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ted Lyons	36	228.0	10	21	4.38	74
Sad Sam Jones	27	176.2	10	12	3.36	60
Milt Gaston	30	167.0	8	12	4.85	39
Ed Durham	24	138.2	10	6	4.48	65
Paul Gregory	23	103.2	4	11	4.95	18
Les Tietje	3	22.1	2	0	2.42	9
Ira Hutchinson	1	4.0	0	0	13.50	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jake Miller	26	105.2	5	6	5.62	30
Whit Wyatt	26	87.2	3	4	4.62	31

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Heving	40	7	5	6	2.67	47
Red Faber	36	3	4	5	3.44	18
Chad Kimsey	28	4	1	0	5.53	19
Vic Frazier	10	1	1	0	8.85	4
Hal Haid	6	0	0	0	7.98	7
George Murray	2	0	0	0	7.71	0

External links

• 1933 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference