1940 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics

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1940 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
82-72, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 735 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (82-72)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 660,336 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Mike Tresh	26	135	538	480	62	135	15	5	1	64	3	10	49	40	.281	.349	.340	.689	79	163	12	1	8
2	1B	Joe Kuhel*	34	155	703	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	12	5	87	59	.280	.374	.488	.861	120	294	11	3	10
3	2B	Skeeter Webb	30	84	369	334	33	79	11	2	1	29	3	6	30	33	.237	.299	.290	.590	53	97	4	0	5
4	SS	Luke Appling	33	150	639	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	3	5	69	35	.348	.420	.442	.862	123	250	11	1	3
5	3B	Bob Kennedy	19	154	655	606	74	153	23	3	3	52	3	7	42	58	.252	.301	.315	.616	59	191	17	0	7
6	OF	Taffy Wright*	28	147	627	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	4	7	43	25	.337	.385	.448	.832	114	260	9	2	1
7	OF	Mike Kreevich	32	144	637	582	86	154	27	10	8	55	15	7	34	49	.265	.305	.387	.692	77	225	18	0	21
8	OF	Moose Solters	34	116	457	428	65	132	28	3	12	80	3	3	27	54	.308	.351	.472	.823	110	202	10	1	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Larry Rosenthal*	30	107	346	276	46	83	14	5	6	42	2	3	64	32	.301	.432	.453	.885	129	125	3	0	6
10	2B	Eric McNair	31	66	269	251	26	57	13	1	7	31	1	7	12	26	.227	.265	.371	.636	62	93	8	1	5
11	C	Tom Turner	23	37	101	96	11	20	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	12	.208	.240	.260	.500	29	25	2	1	1
12	2B	Jackie Hayes	33	18	46	41	2	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	11	.195	.233	.244	.476	23	10	0	0	3
13	2B	Don Kolloway	21	10	40	40	5	9	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	.225	.225	.250	.475	22	10	1	0	0
14	C	Ken Silvestri#	24	28	28	24	5	6	2	0	2	10	0	0	4	7	.250	.357	.583	.940	138	14	2	0	0
15		Dave Short*	23	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	120	1	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
16	P	Johnny Rigney	25	40	108	93	5	20	4	0	0	7	1	0	3	28	.215	.240	.258	.498	28	24	3	0	12
17	P	Thornton Lee*	33	28	93	84	7	23	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	30	.274	.307	.321	.628	62	27	2	0	5
18	P	Eddie Smith#	26	32	83	69	7	15	3	1	0	4	0	0	6	15	.217	.280	.290	.570	47	20	2	0	8
19	P	Ted Lyons#	39	22	79	75	4	18	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	7	.240	.260	.293	.553	42	22	4	0	2
20	P	Jack Knott	33	25	66	57	2	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	17	.088	.161	.105	.267	-30	6	0	0	4
21	P	Bill Dietrich	30	23	60	50	5	12	1	0	1	8	0	0	7	14	.240	.333	.320	.653	70	16	1	0	3
22	P	Clint Brown*	36	37	19	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.071	.188	.071	.259	-30	1	1	0	3
23	P	Pete Appleton	36	25	19	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.176	.399	4	3	0	0	1
24	P	Vallie Eaves	28	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
25	P	Ed Weiland*	25	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1	0	0	0
26	P	Jack Hallett	25	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	107	2	1	0	0
27	P	Orval Grove	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	155	6003	5386	735	1499	238	63	73	671	52	60	497	569	.278	.340	.387	.727	87	2082	122	10	110
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	5	3	8	5	7		6	1	7	6	3	4	6	6		6
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary
Pete Appleton	36	19	15	1	1.8	112	.250	.176	.280	.222	.354	.176	.425	.399	.779	4	.132	-2.5	-0.2	.286	.059	.000		1
Luke Appling	33	639	388	103	7.0	112	.371	.348	.280	.420	.354	.442	.425	.862	.779	123	.656	21.8	2.0	.826	.212	.094	.0	*6
*Clint Brown	36	19	17	0	0.0	112	.083	.071	.280	.188	.354	.071	.425	.259	.779	-30	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.214	.143	.000		1
Bill Dietrich	30	60	42	5	3.2	112	.314	.240	.280	.333	.354	.320	.425	.653	.779	70	.305	-2.2	-0.2	.590	.220	.080	.0	1
Vallie Eaves	28	6	6	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.280	.000	.354	.000	.425	.000	.779	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Orval Grove	20	1	1	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.280	.000	.354	.000	.425	.000	.779	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000		/1
Jack Hallett	25	5	4	1	6.6	112	.500	.400	.280	.400	.354	.400	.425	.800	.779	107	.630	0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000		/1
Jackie Hayes	33	46	36	2	1.5	112	.267	.195	.280	.233	.354	.244	.425	.476	.779	23	.098	-5.0	-0.5	.364	.098	.049		4
Bob Kennedy	19	655	484	56	3.1	112	.275	.252	.280	.301	.354	.315	.425	.616	.779	59	.294	-37.6	-3.6	.480	.125	.063	3.0	*5
Jack Knott	33	66	56	1	0.5	112	.125	.088	.280	.161	.354	.105	.425	.267	.779	-30	.013	-11.3	-1.1	.212	.105	.018		1
Don Kolloway	21	40	32	2	1.7	112	.243	.225	.280	.225	.354	.250	.425	.475	.779	22	.119	-4.7	-0.5	.344	.050	.025	.0	4
Mike Kreevich	32	637	474	69	3.9	112	.278	.265	.280	.305	.354	.387	.425	.692	.779	77	.387	-22.2	-2.1	.589	.194	.122	10.4	*O
*Joe Kuhel	34	703	460	109	6.3	112	.275	.280	.280	.374	.354	.488	.425	.861	.779	120	.607	18.4	1.7	.869	.363	.207	16.6	*3
*Thornton Lee	33	93	68	8	3.1	112	.426	.274	.280	.307	.354	.321	.425	.628	.779	62	.300	-4.7	-0.4	.492	.095	.048		1
#Ted Lyons	39	79	63	6	2.5	112	.265	.240	.280	.260	.354	.293	.425	.553	.779	42	.226	-6.5	-0.6	.393	.080	.053		1
Eric McNair	31	269	214	22	2.7	112	.229	.227	.280	.265	.354	.371	.425	.636	.779	62	.251	-15.4	-1.5	.478	.167	.143	1.8	4/5
Johnny Rigney	25	108	88	6	1.8	112	.308	.215	.280	.240	.354	.258	.425	.498	.779	28	.136	-10.1	-1.0	.368	.086	.043	.0	1
*Larry Rosenthal	30	346	205	53	6.9	112	.324	.301	.280	.432	.354	.453	.425	.885	.779	129	.644	15.5	1.5	.945	.380	.152	3.0	O
*Dave Short	23	4	2	1	13.3	112	1.000	.333	.280	.500	.354	.333	.425	.833	.779	120	.858	0.2	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
#Ken Silvestri	24	28	20	5	6.6	112	.267	.250	.280	.357	.354	.583	.425	.940	.779	138	.630	1.3	0.1	.900	.500	.333	.0	/2
#Eddie Smith	26	83	64	6	2.5	112	.278	.217	.280	.280	.354	.290	.425	.570	.779	47	.221	-5.6	-0.5	.464	.159	.072		1
Moose Solters	34	457	310	70	6.0	112	.331	.308	.280	.351	.354	.472	.425	.823	.779	110	.586	5.5	0.5	.744	.227	.164	4.8	*O
Mike Tresh	26	538	375	54	3.8	112	.305	.281	.280	.349	.354	.340	.425	.689	.779	79	.383	-14.7	-1.4	.561	.146	.058	1.5	*2
Tom Turner	23	101	79	6	2.0	112	.238	.208	.280	.240	.354	.260	.425	.500	.779	29	.162	-10.7	-1.0	.385	.094	.052	.0	2
Skeeter Webb	30	369	270	28	2.8	112	.260	.237	.280	.299	.354	.290	.425	.590	.779	53	.254	-23.6	-2.3	.468	.135	.054	1.5	4/65
*Ed Weiland	25	5	4	0	0.0	112	.500	.200	.280	.200	.354	.200	.425	.400	.779	4	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000		/1
*Taffy Wright	28	627	402	97	6.4	112	.347	.337	.280	.385	.354	.448	.425	.832	.779	114	.615	12.2	1.2	.753	.179	.110	4.4	*O
League Average					4.9	111	.288	.271	.279	.342	.352	.407	.423	.749	.776	93	.495			.683	.243	.136
Team Total		6003	4179	711	4.5	112	.301	.278	.280	.340	.354	.387	.425	.727	.779	87	.457	-107.0	-10.3	.634	.199	.108	60.7
	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact
Pete Appleton	36	26	20	19	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.211	.250	.211	.461	1	25	25
Luke Appling	33	157	642	575	88	189	26	12	0	73	3		66	37	.329	.399	.416	.814	95	150	150
*Clint Brown	36	39	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.000	.118	.000	.118	0	37	37
Bill Dietrich	30	24	59	52	5	12	1	0	1	8	0		7	15	.231	.322	.308	.630	5	23	23
Vallie Eaves	28	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5	5
Orval Grove	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
Jack Hallett	25	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	2	2
Jackie Hayes	33	19	44	42	2	8	0	1	0	1	0		2	11	.190	.227	.238	.465	2	18	18
Bob Kennedy	19	161	659	619	68	146	22	3	3	48	3		40	61	.236	.282	.296	.578	51	154	154
Jack Knott	33	26	64	59	2	5	1	0	0	4	0		5	18	.085	.156	.102	.258	1	25	25
Don Kolloway	21	10	42	42	4	0	0	0	0	3	1		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	10	10
Mike Kreevich	32	151	629	596	79	149	26	10	8	50	15		33	51	.250	.289	.367	.657	63	144	144
*Joe Kuhel	34	162	704	617	102	163	27	8	26	86	12		84	62	.264	.355	.460	.815	100	155	155
*Thornton Lee	33	29	90	86	6	22	4	0	0	4	0		4	31	.256	.289	.302	.591	7	28	28
#Ted Lyons	39	23	79	77	4	17	4	0	0	6	0		2	7	.221	.241	.273	.513	5	22	22
Eric McNair	31	69	267	255	23	52	12	1	6	28	1		11	27	.204	.240	.329	.569	20	66	66
Johnny Rigney	25	42	98	95	4	19	4	0	0	6	1		3	29	.200	.224	.242	.467	5	40	40
*Larry Rosenthal	30	112	342	281	42	79	13	5	6	39	2		61	33	.281	.409	.427	.836	49	107	107
*Dave Short	23	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	4	4
#Ken Silvestri	24	29	27	24	4	5	2	0	2	8	0		3	7	.208	.296	.542	.838	4	28	28
#Eddie Smith	26	33	77	71	7	15	3	1	0	4	0		6	16	.211	.273	.282	.554	5	32	32
Moose Solters	34	121	464	437	60	128	27	3	12	74	3		26	56	.293	.334	.451	.785	65	116	116
Mike Tresh	26	141	536	489	57	128	14	5	1	59	3		46	42	.262	.326	.317	.643	50	135	135
Tom Turner	23	39	102	98	10	19	1	2	0	5	1		3	13	.194	.225	.245	.470	5	37	37
Skeeter Webb	30	88	372	343	31	76	11	2	1	27	3		29	34	.222	.282	.274	.556	26	84	84
*Ed Weiland	25	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5	5
*Taffy Wright	28	154	632	589	73	187	30	9	5	81	4		41	26	.317	.364	.424	.788	90	147	147
	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Pete Appleton	36	11	378	304	378	359	29	84	8	6	0	32	0	1	7	64	.234	.249	.290	.538	38	104	2	0	12	0	0
Luke Appling	33	11	5618	1334	5618	4877	791	1540	257	70	23	694	89	61	693	301	.316	.401	.411	.813	109	2006	22	5	43
*Clint Brown	36	13	508	389	508	439	41	89	17	2	2	44	1	0	43	49	.203	.277	.264	.541	38	116	3	2	24
Bill Dietrich	30	8	389	217	389	339	32	61	9	2	3	26	0	0	32	127	.180	.251	.245	.496	27	83	1	0	18	0	0
Vallie Eaves	28	3	16	10	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	-31	2	0	0	1
Orval Grove	20	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Jack Hallett	25	1	5	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	107	2	1	0	0
Jackie Hayes	33	14	4471	1091	4471	4040	494	1069	196	33	20	493	34	31	309	241	.265	.318	.344	.663	70	1391	5	9	113
Bob Kennedy	19	2	664	157	664	614	74	155	23	3	3	53	3	7	42	58	.252	.300	.314	.615	59	193	18	0	8
Jack Knott	33	8	447	275	447	388	23	49	3	0	0	18	0	0	17	156	.126	.165	.134	.299	-24	52	2	1	41
Don Kolloway	21	1	40	10	40	40	5	9	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	.225	.225	.250	.475	22	10	1	0	0
Mike Kreevich	32	7	3116	710	3116	2780	440	831	146	57	36	349	73	29	253	209	.299	.358	.431	.790	97	1199	32	5	78
*Joe Kuhel	34	11	5815	1321	5815	5128	833	1482	274	78	100	740	97	53	601	390	.289	.366	.431	.797	105	2212	18	23	63
*Thornton Lee	33	8	508	227	508	474	46	100	16	4	4	41	0	0	16	129	.211	.238	.287	.525	32	136	4	1	17
#Ted Lyons	39	18	1559	658	1559	1408	144	328	43	9	5	133	0	1	67	185	.233	.271	.287	.558	44	404	5	6	78
Eric McNair	31	12	4620	1168	4620	4289	574	1193	224	29	81	622	58	53	243	314	.278	.320	.401	.721	82	1718	21	24	64
Johnny Rigney	25	4	290	135	290	258	14	49	9	0	0	18	1	0	10	72	.190	.220	.225	.445	13	58	5	0	22
*Larry Rosenthal	30	5	1340	418	1340	1119	201	316	60	22	20	160	11	8	197	148	.282	.390	.429	.819	105	480	6	1	23
*Dave Short	23	1	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	120	1	0	0	0
#Ken Silvestri	24	2	111	50	111	99	11	19	5	0	4	15	0	1	10	20	.192	.273	.364	.636	60	36	2	1	1
#Eddie Smith	26	5	281	149	281	244	20	51	12	1	0	15	1	0	20	51	.209	.269	.266	.535	37	65	2	0	17	0	0
Moose Solters	34	7	3299	820	3299	3073	473	910	204	38	78	548	39	20	196	341	.296	.340	.463	.803	101	1424	13	8	22
Mike Tresh	26	3	1006	264	1006	861	114	233	22	7	1	104	6	12	121	74	.271	.363	.316	.679	75	272	20	4	20
Tom Turner	23	1	101	37	101	96	11	20	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	12	.208	.240	.260	.500	29	25	2	1	1
Skeeter Webb	30	4	727	186	727	661	72	166	27	3	3	57	5	7	53	64	.251	.308	.315	.622	61	208	8	1	12
*Ed Weiland	25	1	5	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1	0	0	0
*Taffy Wright	28	3	1455	376	1455	1343	193	442	78	30	11	217	6	11	94	61	.329	.376	.456	.832	115	613	16	7	11
	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics

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