The 1933 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 33rd season in the major leagues and its 34th season overall. In their second season under manager Lew Fonseca, the White Sox compiled a 67–83 record and finished in sixth place in the American League, 31 games behind the first place Washington Senators.

The team had three players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame:

  • Outfielder Al Simmons was inducted in 1953. He led the 1933 team in batting average (.331), hits (200), home runs (14), and RBIs (119). He also ranked first among the American League's left fielders in assists (16), putouts (344), range factor (2.50), and fielding percentage (.989).[1] He was also named to the 1933 American League All-Star team and finished eighth in the American League MVP voting.[2]
  • Shortstop Luke Appling was inducted in 1964. In 1933, he ranked second on the team in batting average (.322) and led the team in doubles (35) and triples (10).[1] He also ranked first among the American League's shortstops in assists (534), range factor (5.62), and errors (55).[3]
  • Pitcher Ted Lyons was inducted in 1955. He led the 1933 team in wins (10), losses (21), innings pitched (228), and strikeouts (74).[1] His 21 losses also led the American League.[4]

The team's other statistical leaders included outfielder Evar Swanson (102 runs scored, 93 walks, .411 on-base percentage, 19 stolen bases), third baseman Jimmy Dykes (12 times hit by pitch to lead the American League), and relief pitcher Joe Heving (2.67 ERA).[1]

The team was owned by J. Louis Comiskey and played its home games at Comiskey Park.

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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1933 Chicago White Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  2. ^ "Al Simmons". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  3. ^ "Luke Appling". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  4. ^ "Ted Lyons". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
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