1940 Chicago White Sox season

1940 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Grace Comiskey
General manager	Harry Grabiner
Managers	Jimmy Dykes
Radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca) WBBM (AM) (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan)
Seasons

The 1940 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 40th season in the major leagues, and its 41st season overall. They finished with a record of 82–72, good enough tied for fourth place with the Boston Red Sox in the American League, 8 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.

Offseason

• December 8, 1939: Rip Radcliff was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Moose Solters.

Regular season

• April 16, 1940: Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians threw what is, to date, the only Opening Day no-hitter in major league history against the White Sox. Feller walked five and struck out eight as the Indians beat the White Sox 1–0 at Comiskey Park.

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	90	64	.584	—	50‍–‍29	40‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	1	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍35
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	2	52‍–‍24	36‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	8	45‍–‍34	37‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	8	41‍–‍36	41‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns	67	87	.435	23	37‍–‍39	30‍–‍48
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	26	36‍–‍41	28‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	.351	36	29‍–‍42	25‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	8–14	11–11	9–13	18–4	12–10	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–16	13–9	11–11–1	16–6	13–9	12–10
Cleveland	14–8	16–6	—	11–11	10–12	14–8	11–11–1	13–9
Detroit	11–11	9–13	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4–1	16–6
New York	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	8–14	—	13–9	14–8	17–5
Philadelphia	4–18	6–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	8–14
St. Louis	10–12	9–13	11–11–1	4–18–1	8–14	14–8	—	11–11
Washington	9–13	10–12	9–13	6–16	5–17	14–8	11–11	—

Opening Day lineup

• Bob Kennedy, 3B
• Joe Kuhel, 1B
• Mike Kreevich, CF
• Moose Solters, LF
• Luke Appling, SS
• Taffy Wright, RF
• Eric McNair, 2B
• Mike Tresh, C
• Eddie Smith, P

Roster

1940 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 10,48 Pete Appleton 26 Clint Brown 18 Bill Dietrich -- Vallie Eaves 11,45 Orval Grove 28 Jack Hallett 24 Jack Knott 27 Thornton Lee 16 Ted Lyons 29 Johnny Rigney 23,46 Eddie Smith 19 Ed Weiland		Catchers 14 Ken Silvestri 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Luke Appling  2 Jackie Hayes 36 Bob Kennedy 47 Don Kolloway  3 Joe Kuhel  7 Eric McNair 37 Skeeter Webb		Outfielders  8 Mike Kreevich 12 Larry Rosenthal  9 Moose Solters  6 Taffy Wright Other batters -- Dave Short		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 33 Jimmy Austin 22 Mule Haas 38 Muddy Ruel 25 Monty Stratton

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	150	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	69	35	.348	3
Jackie Hayes, 2B	18	41	2	8	0	1	0	1	2	11	.195	0
Bob Kennedy, 3B	154	606	74	153	23	3	3	52	42	58	.252	3
Don Kolloway, 2B	10	40	5	9	1	0	0	3	0	3	.225	1
Mike Kreevich, CF	144	582	86	154	27	10	8	55	34	49	.265	15
Joe Kuhel, 1B	155	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	87	59	.280	12
Eric McNair, 2B	66	251	26	57	13	1	7	31	12	26	.227	1
Larry Rosenthal, OF	107	276	46	83	14	5	6	42	64	32	.301	2
Dave Short, PH	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	0
Ken Silvestri, C	28	24	5	6	2	0	2	10	4	7	.250	0
Moose Solters, LF	116	428	65	132	28	3	12	80	27	54	.308	3
Mike Tresh, C	135	480	62	135	15	5	1	64	49	40	.281	3
Tom Turner, C	37	96	11	20	1	2	0	6	3	12	.208	1
Skeeter Webb, 2B,SS	84	334	33	79	11	2	1	29	30	33	.237	3
Taffy Wright, RF	147	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	43	25	.337	4

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Pete Appleton, P	25	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	.176	0
Clint Brown, P	37	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.071	0
Bill Dietrich, P	23	50	5	12	1	0	1	8	7	14	.240	0
Vallie Eaves, P	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Orval Grove, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jack Hallett, P	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.400	0
Jack Knott, P	25	57	2	5	1	0	0	4	5	17	.088	0
Thornton Lee, P	28	84	7	23	4	0	0	5	4	30	.274	0
Ted Lyons, P	22	75	4	18	4	0	0	7	2	7	.240	0
Johnny Rigney, P	40	93	5	20	4	0	0	7	3	28	.215	1
Eddie Smith, P	34	88	6	19	4	0	0	3	8	19	.216	0
Ed Weiland, P	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	0
Team Totals	155	5386	735	1499	238	63	73	671	497	569	.278	52

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
Pete Appleton	4	0	5.62	25	0	5	57.2	54	39	36	8	28	21
Clint Brown	4	6	3.68	37	0	10	66.0	75	30	27	5	16	23
Bill Dietrich	10	6	4.03	23	17	0	149.2	154	78	67	10	65	43
Vallie Eaves	0	2	6.75	5	3	0	18.2	22	16	14	2	24	11
Orval Grove	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	1
Jack Hallett	1	1	6.43	2	2	0	14.0	15	10	10	1	6	9
Jack Knott	11	9	4.56	25	23	0	158.0	166	88	80	12	52	44
Thornton Lee	12	13	3.47	28	27	0	228.0	223	100	88	13	56	87
Ted Lyons	12	8	3.24	22	22	0	186.1	188	85	67	17	37	72
Johnny Rigney	14	18	3.11	39	33	3	280.2	240	117	97	22	90	141
Eddie Smith	14	9	3.21	32	28	0	207.1	179	92	74	16	95	119
Ed Weiland	0	0	8.79	5	0	0	14.1	15	15	14	5	7	3
Team Totals	82	72	3.74	155	155	18	1386.2	1335	672	576	111	480	574

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Babe Ganzel
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	John Fitzpatrick and Fred Bedore
C	Longview Texans	East Texas League	Tex Jeanes and Al Costello
D	Rayne Rice Birds	Evangeline League	Art Bartelli
D	Jonesboro White Sox	Northeast Arkansas League	Johnny Mostil
D	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	Fred Williams
D	Lubbock Hubbers	West Texas–New Mexico League	Charlie Engle
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Frank Parenti

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand Forks

External links

• 1940 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference