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1940 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

82-72, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (82-72)
Scored 735 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Pete Appleton 36 R R 5' 11" 180 May 20, 1904 11 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Luke Appling HOF 33 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 11 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 All-Star
Clint Brown 36 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1903 13 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Bill Dietrich 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1910 8 23 17 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Vallie Eaves 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 6, 1911 3 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Orval Grove 20 R R 6' 3" 196 Aug 29, 1919 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Jack Hallett 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 13, 1914 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jackie Hayes 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Jul 19, 1906 14 18 9 18 15 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3
Bob Kennedy 19 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 2 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Jack Knott 33 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 2, 1907 8 25 23 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Don Kolloway 21 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 1st 10 8 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Mike Kreevich 32 R R 5' 7" 168 Jun 10, 1908 7 144 140 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 1 0.5
Joe Kuhel 34 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 25, 1906 11 155 155 155 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1
Thornton Lee 33 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 8 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7
Ted Lyons HOF 39 B R 5' 11" 200 Dec 28, 1900 18 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1
Eric McNair 31 R R 5' 8" 160 Apr 12, 1909 12 66 66 66 66 0 0 0 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Johnny Rigney 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 28, 1914 4 40 33 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.9
Larry Rosenthal 30 L L 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1910 5 107 74 107 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 15 12 93 14 6 2.4
Dave Short 23 L R 5' 11" 162 May 11, 1917 1st 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Ken Silvestri 24 B R 6' 1" 200 May 3, 1916 2 28 0 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0.2
Eddie Smith 26 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 5 32 28 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2
Moose Solters 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 22, 1906 7 116 107 116 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 107 9 0 2.1
Mike Tresh 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 3 135 135 135 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Tom Turner 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 8, 1916 1st 37 20 37 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 -0.7
Skeeter Webb 30 R R 5' 9" 150 Nov 4, 1909 4 84 78 84 81 0 0 0 74 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.7
Ed Weiland 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Nov 26, 1914 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Taffy Wright 28 L R 5' 10" 180 Aug 10, 1911 3 147 144 147 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 144 3 0 2.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers