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1940 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103


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1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 78 163 12 1 8
2 1B Joe Kuhel* 34 155 703 603 111 169 28 8 27 94 12 5 87 59 .280 .374 .488 .861 119 294 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 52 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 .862 122 250 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 .832 113 260 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 76 225 18 0 21
8 OF Moose Solters 34 116 457 428 65 132 28 3 12 80 3 3 27 54 .308 .351 .472 .823 109 202 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 .885 128 125 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 61 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 .940 137 14 2 0 0
15 Dave Short* 23 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 119 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 1 0 4
21 P Bill Dietrich 30 23 60 50 5 12 1 0 1 8 0 0 7 14 .240 .333 .320 .653 69 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 3 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 .800 106 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 86 2082 123 10 110
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 3 8 5 7 6 1 7 6 3 4 6 6 6 8 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
* - 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 143 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 4 948 128 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 1 291 121 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 52 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 67 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 71 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 26 156 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 119 1.309 8.7 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.20
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 2 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Pete Appleton 36 25 0 0 13 4 8 1 1 .923 0.48 P
Luke Appling 33 150 150 148 780 307 436 37 83 .953 4.95 SS
Clint Brown 36 37 0 0 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Bill Dietrich 30 23 17 6 29 8 20 1 2 .966 1.22 P
Vallie Eaves 28 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Orval Grove 20 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Jack Hallett 25 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Jackie Hayes 33 15 9 9 54 21 32 1 8 .981 3.53 2B
Bob Kennedy 19 154 154 153 533 178 322 33 25 .938 3.25 3B
Jack Knott 33 25 23 4 36 4 29 3 2 .917 1.32 P
Don Kolloway 21 10 8 8 51 19 28 4 7 .922 4.70 2B
Mike Kreevich 32 144 140 140 448 428 12 8 3 .982 3.06 OF
Joe Kuhel 34 155 155 155 1504 1395 91 18 112 .988 9.59 1B
Thornton Lee 33 28 27 24 40 5 31 4 2 .900 1.29 P
Ted Lyons 39 22 22 17 39 12 24 3 1 .923 1.64 P
Eric McNair 31 66 66 63 318 130 171 17 27 .947 4.56 2B-3B
Johnny Rigney 25 39 33 19 50 4 46 0 2 1.000 1.28 P
Larry Rosenthal 30 93 74 70 217 208 4 5 0 .977 2.30 OF
Ken Silvestri 24 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 C
Eddie Smith 26 32 28 12 40 6 32 2 2 .950 1.19 P
Moose Solters 34 107 107 86 280 266 6 8 2 .971 2.54 OF
Mike Tresh 26 135 135 125 700 619 69 12 7 .983 5.10 13 43 25 37% C
Tom Turner 23 29 20 20 127 110 13 4 0 .969 4.24 2 12 6 33% C
Skeeter Webb 30 81 78 72 412 152 247 13 46 .968 4.87 2B-SS-3B
Ed Weiland 25 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 P
Taffy Wright 28 144 144 143 300 278 11 11 2 .963 2.01 OF
Team Totals 29.6 155 1395 1275 5993 4159 1649 185 334 .969 3.80 15 55 31 36%
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 7 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Pete Appleton 36 19 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Traded 1
Luke Appling 33 639 28 1 0 0 2 10 16 57 5.6 55 5.4 0.2 $ Purchased *6
Clint Brown* 36 19 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bill Dietrich 30 60 -2 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Vallie Eaves 28 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Orval Grove 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Jack Hallett 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Jackie Hayes 33 46 -5 0 0 0 1 1 1 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded 4
Bob Kennedy 19 655 -33 -2 0 0 5 0 17 -13 -1.2 -18 -1.8 0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Jack Knott 33 66 -11 0 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Don Kolloway 21 40 -4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded 4
Mike Kreevich 32 637 -18 3 0 0 10 -1 16 10 1.0 0 0.0 1.0 $ *8O
Joe Kuhel* 34 703 23 2 0 0 1 -7 17 36 3.5 35 3.4 0.1 $ Traded *3
Thornton Lee* 33 93 -5 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Traded 1
Ted Lyons# 39 79 -6 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Eric McNair 31 269 -14 -3 0 0 -2 3 7 -9 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Traded 4/5
Johnny Rigney 25 108 -10 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Larry Rosenthal* 30 346 18 -1 0 0 5 -4 9 27 2.7 22 2.2 0.5 $ Purchased O789
Dave Short* 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Ken Silvestri# 24 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Eddie Smith# 26 83 -5 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Moose Solters 34 457 8 0 0 0 10 -5 12 25 2.5 15 1.5 1.0 $ Traded *7O
Mike Tresh 26 538 -10 -3 0 0 -1 4 14 4 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded *2
Tom Turner 23 101 -10 1 0 0 -1 1 3 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Skeeter Webb 30 369 -21 -2 0 0 4 4 9 -6 -0.5 -10 -1.0 0.5 $ Traded 4/65
Ed Weiland* 25 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Taffy Wright* 28 627 18 -2 0 0 0 -7 16 25 2.5 25 2.5 0.0 $ Traded *O9
Team Total 29.5 6003 -66 -6 0 0 33 38 152 151 15.5 118 11.6 3.9 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Pete Appleton 36 57.2 0 39 38 1 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Traded
Clint Brown 36 66.0 0 30 43 1 1.0 13 1.2 $ Purchased
Bill Dietrich 30 149.2 17 78 98 2 1.0 20 1.7 $ Waivers
Vallie Eaves 28 18.2 3 16 12 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Orval Grove 20 6.0 0 2 4 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Jack Hallett 25 14.0 2 10 9 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Purchased
Jack Knott 33 158.0 23 88 103 3 1.0 15 1.3 $ Traded
Thornton Lee* 33 228.0 27 100 149 4 1.0 49 4.4 $ Traded
Ted Lyons 39 186.1 22 85 122 3 1.0 37 3.3 $ Free Agency
Johnny Rigney 25 280.2 33 117 184 5 1.0 67 6.0 $
Eddie Smith* 26 207.1 28 92 136 3 1.0 44 3.9 $ Waivers
Ed Weiland 25 14.1 0 15 9 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $ Free Agency
Team Total 30.8 1386.2 155 672 907 22 1.0 235 20.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics