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1940 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Johnny Rigney 25 14 18 .438 3.11 39 33 6 19 2 3 280.2 240 117 97 22 90 141 2 0 5 1152 142 1.176 7.7 0.7 2.9 4.5 1.57
2 SP Thornton Lee* 33 12 13 .480 3.47 28 27 0 24 1 0 228.0 223 100 88 13 56 87 2 1 4 948 127 1.224 8.8 0.5 2.2 3.4 1.55
3 SP Eddie Smith* 26 14 9 .609 3.21 32 28 3 12 0 0 207.1 179 92 74 16 95 119 3 0 4 892 138 1.322 7.8 0.7 4.1 5.2 1.25
4 SP Ted Lyons 39 12 8 .600 3.24 22 22 0 17 4 0 186.1 188 85 67 17 37 72 0 0 6 789 137 1.208 9.1 0.8 1.8 3.5 1.95
5 SP Jack Knott 33 11 9 .550 4.56 25 23 2 4 2 0 158.0 166 88 80 12 52 44 2 1 1 686 97 1.380 9.5 0.7 3.0 2.5 0.85
6 SP Bill Dietrich 30 10 6 .625 4.03 23 17 3 6 1 0 149.2 154 78 67 10 65 43 0 0 4 652 110 1.463 9.3 0.6 3.9 2.6 0.66
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Clint Brown 36 4 6 .400 3.68 37 0 36 0 0 10 66.0 75 30 27 5 16 23 2 0 1 291 120 1.379 10.2 0.7 2.2 3.1 1.44
8 RP Pete Appleton 36 4 0 1.000 5.62 25 0 16 0 0 5 57.2 54 39 36 8 28 21 1 0 3 254 79 1.422 8.4 1.2 4.4 3.3 0.75
9 RP Ed Weiland 25 0 0 8.79 5 0 2 0 0 0 14.1 15 15 14 5 7 3 0 0 1 65 50 1.535 9.4 3.1 4.4 1.9 0.43
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Vallie Eaves 28 0 2 .000 6.75 5 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 22 16 14 2 24 11 1 0 2 98 66 2.464 10.6 1.0 11.6 5.3 0.46
11 Jack Hallett 25 1 1 .500 6.43 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 15 10 10 1 6 9 1 0 0 63 69 1.500 9.6 0.6 3.9 5.8 1.50
12 Orval Grove 20 0 0 3.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 26 147 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 1.5 0.25
Team Totals 30.8 82 72 .532 3.74 155 155 72 83 10 18 1386.2 1335 672 576 111 480 574 14 2 31 5916 118 1.309 8.7 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.20
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 1 5
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Pete Appleton 36 25 13 4 8 1 1 .923 0.48 P
Luke Appling 33 150 780 307 436 37 83 .953 4.95 SS
Clint Brown 36 37 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Bill Dietrich 30 23 29 8 20 1 2 .966 1.22 P
Vallie Eaves 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Orval Grove 20 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Jack Hallett 25 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Jackie Hayes 33 15 54 21 32 1 8 .981 3.53 2B
Bob Kennedy 19 154 533 178 322 33 25 .938 3.25 3B
Jack Knott 33 25 36 4 29 3 2 .917 1.32 P
Don Kolloway 21 10 51 19 28 4 7 .922 4.70 2B
Mike Kreevich 32 144 0 144 0 448 428 12 8 3 .982 3.06 OF
Joe Kuhel 34 155 1504 1395 91 18 112 .988 9.59 1B
Thornton Lee 33 28 40 5 31 4 2 .900 1.29 P
Ted Lyons 39 22 39 12 24 3 1 .923 1.64 P
Eric McNair 31 66 318 130 171 17 27 .947 4.56 2B-3B
Johnny Rigney 25 39 50 4 46 0 2 1.000 1.28 P
Larry Rosenthal 30 92 68 15 11 217 208 4 5 0 .977 2.30 OF
Ken Silvestri 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 C
Eddie Smith 26 32 40 6 32 2 2 .950 1.19 P
Moose Solters 34 107 107 0 0 280 266 6 8 2 .971 2.54 OF
Mike Tresh 26 135 700 619 69 12 7 .983 5.10 13 C
Tom Turner 23 29 127 110 13 4 0 .969 4.24 2 C
Skeeter Webb 30 82 412 152 247 13 46 .968 4.87 2B-SS-3B
Ed Weiland 25 5 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 P
Taffy Wright 28 144 0 0 144 300 278 11 11 2 .963 2.01 OF
Team Totals 29.6 155 5993 4159 1649 185 334 .969 3.80 15
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 7 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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