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1940 Chicago White Sox (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
Managed by Jimmie Dykes

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 660,336 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   82-72 , Final Rank: 4, GB:    8.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          14 (last on September 18)
Most Games under .500:           9 (last on July 2)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       12.0 (last on July 3)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (September 11 to September 15)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (June 12 to June 16)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (June 16)
Most Runs Scored:               19 (July 20)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        82  72     735     672    .532

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           41  36     357     363    .532
Road           41  36     378     309    .532

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           3   7      44      47    .300
May            13  14     134     138    .481
June           11  13     106     119    .458
July           19  10     183     137    .655
August         17  16     127     121    .515
September      19  12     141     110    .613

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     32  37     337     348    .464
Second Half    50  35     398     324    .588
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        31  32     248     248    .492

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        18  10     202     149    .643

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            11  11     109     106    .500
CLE             6  16      67      92    .273
DET            13   9     108      88    .591
NYY            11  11      92     102    .500
PHA            16   6     126      81    .727
SLB            13   9     116     104    .591
WSH            12  10     117      99    .545

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     CHW  CLE  L   0-1        0-1     5     1.0       B Feller                   14,000 -
  2 Sat, Apr 20     CHW @SLB  L   1-11       0-2     7     2.0       E Auker                     4,775 --
  3 Sun, Apr 21     CHW @SLB  W   6-2        1-2     7     1.5       T Lyons                     7,140 +
  4 Mon, Apr 22     CHW  DET  L   5-6        1-3     7     2.0       D Conger                    5,009 -
  5 Wed, Apr 24     CHW  DET  L   1-2        1-4     7     3.0       T Bridges                   1,500 --
  6 Thu, Apr 25     CHW @CLE  L   1-3        1-5     8     4.0       B Feller                    4,000 ---
  7 Fri, Apr 26     CHW @CLE  W  11-1        2-5     7     3.0       T Lee                       7,000 +
  8 Sat, Apr 27     CHW  SLB  L   2-6        2-6     8     4.0       J Kramer                    1,500 -
  9 Sun, Apr 28     CHW  SLB  L   8-11       2-7     8     5.0       B Harris                    8,500 --
 10 Tue, Apr 30     CHW @BOS  W   9-4        3-7     7     4.5       J Rigney                    7,600 +
 11 Wed, May  1     CHW @BOS  L   4-12       3-8     8     4.5       H Hash                      6,800 -
 12 Fri, May  3     CHW @NYY  L   4-8        3-9     8     5.5       M Breuer                   11,291 --
 13 Sat, May  4     CHW @NYY  W  10-3        4-9     8     5.5       T Lee                       2,303 +
 14 Sun, May  5     CHW @PHA  W   6-5        5-9     8     5.0       P Appleton                 16,174 ++
 15 Mon, May  6     CHW @PHA  L   2-3        5-10    8     5.5       N Potter                    1,500 -
 16 Tue, May  7     CHW @PHA  W   6-3        6-10    7     5.5       J Knott                     4,500 +
 17 Wed, May  8     CHW @WSH  W   6-3        7-10    5     5.5       E Smith                     3,000 ++
 18 Thu, May  9     CHW @WSH  L   4-8        7-11    7     6.5       D Leonard                   2,500 -
 19 Fri, May 10     CHW @DET  L   0-3        7-12    7     7.5       B Newsom                    4,342 --
 20 Sat, May 11     CHW @DET  W   1-0        8-12    6     7.5       J Knott                    24,525 +
 21 Sun, May 12     CHW @DET  W   4-3        9-12    5     6.5       T Lyons                    18,517 ++
 22 Tue, May 14     CHW  BOS  L   6-7        9-13    7     7.5       E Dickman                   6,000 -
 23 Fri, May 17     CHW  NYY  L   1-6        9-14    7     8.5       M Breuer                    6,000 --
 24 Sat, May 18     CHW  NYY  L   0-3        9-15    8     9.0       M Pearson                   6,000 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 19     CHW  WSH  L  10-12       9-16    8     9.5       D Leonard                   6,700 ----
 26 Mon, May 20     CHW  WSH  W   5-4       10-16    7     8.5       J Rigney                    3,134 +
 27 Tue, May 21     CHW  WSH  W   9-8       11-16    7     8.5       C Brown                     2,000 ++
 28 Wed, May 22     CHW  PHA  W  10-1       12-16    6     7.5       E Smith                     2,500 +++
 29 Thu, May 23     CHW  PHA  W  13-4       13-16    4     7.0       T Lee                       2,000 ++++
 30 Fri, May 24     CHW  DET  W   2-1       14-16    4     6.5       J Rigney                    2,000 +++++
 31 Sat, May 25     CHW  DET  L   4-10      14-17    4     7.0       D Trout                     7,000 -
 32 Mon, May 27     CHW @SLB  W   7-5       15-17    4     6.0       T Lyons                       733 +
 33 Tue, May 28     CHW @SLB  L   9-10      15-18    5     7.5       V Kennedy                         -
 34                 CHW @SLB  L   5-7       15-19    5     7.5       B Harris                    1,789 --
 35 Wed, May 29     CHW @SLB  W   4-3       16-19    5     7.5       B Dietrich                    879 +
 36 Thu, May 30     CHW @CLE  L   1-3       16-20    5     8.5       A Smith                           -
 37                 CHW @CLE  L   1-3       16-21    5     8.5       A Milnar                   18,162 --
 38 Sat, Jun  1     CHW @BOS  L   1-2       16-22    5     9.5       M Harris                    9,500 ---
 39 Sun, Jun  2     CHW @BOS  W   6-0       17-22    5     9.5       T Lyons                           +
 40                 CHW @BOS  L   8-10      17-23    5     9.5       J Bagby                    33,500 -
 41 Mon, Jun  3     CHW @BOS  W   7-4       18-23    5     8.5       B Dietrich                  4,000 +
 42 Tue, Jun  4     CHW @NYY  W   7-3       19-23    5     7.5       E Smith                     6,650 ++
 43 Wed, Jun  5     CHW @NYY  L   5-7       19-24    5     7.5       M Pearson                   5,756 -
 44 Thu, Jun  6     CHW @NYY  W   4-3       20-24    5     7.5       J Rigney                    5,089 +
 45 Fri, Jun  7     CHW @WSH  L   2-3       20-25    5     7.5       D Leonard                   9,000 -
 46 Sat, Jun  8     CHW @WSH  W  12-6       21-25    5     7.0       B Dietrich                  6,000 +
 47 Sun, Jun  9     CHW @WSH  W   4-3       22-25    5     6.0       J Rigney                    7,000 ++
 48 Tue, Jun 11     CHW @PHA  W   5-4       23-25    5     6.0       J Rigney                   10,144 +++
 49 Wed, Jun 12     CHW @PHA  L   2-3       23-26    5     7.0       N Potter                   10,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 14     CHW  BOS  L   1-5       23-27    5     8.0       D Galehouse                40,104 --
 51 Sat, Jun 15     CHW  BOS  L   2-5       23-28    5     9.0       H Hash                      4,835 ---
 52 Sun, Jun 16     CHW  BOS  L   3-4       23-29    5    11.0       J Bagby                           ----
 53                 CHW  BOS  L   5-14      23-30    5    11.0       J Wilson                   26,210 -----
 54 Tue, Jun 18     CHW  NYY  W   5-3       24-30    5    10.0       E Smith                     5,112 +
 55 Wed, Jun 19     CHW  NYY  W   1-0       25-30    5     9.0       T Lee                       8,126 ++
 56 Thu, Jun 20     CHW  NYY  -*T 1-0       25-30    6     9.0                                   6,980 ++
 57 Fri, Jun 21     CHW  PHA  L   1-12      25-31    6    10.0       B Ross                      9,321 -
 58 Tue, Jun 25     CHW  WSH  L   6-7       25-32    6    12.0       S Hudson                   21,233 --
 59 Wed, Jun 26     CHW  WSH  W   7-6       26-32    6    11.0       B Dietrich                  3,000 +
 60 Sat, Jun 29     CHW  CLE  L   3-7       26-33    6    12.0       B Feller                    8,001 -
 61 Sun, Jun 30     CHW  CLE  L   5-7       26-34    6    12.0       A Smith                           --
 62                 CHW  CLE  W   3-1       27-34    6    12.0       E Smith                    20,054 +
 63 Mon, Jul  1     CHW @DET  L   1-3       27-35    6    12.0       B Newsom                    5,018 -
 64 Tue, Jul  2     CHW @DET  L   9-10      27-36    6    12.0       A Benton                    4,663 --
 65 Wed, Jul  3     CHW @DET  W  12-7       28-36    6    12.0       J Knott                     5,171 +
 66 Thu, Jul  4     CHW  SLB  W   7-3       29-36    5    11.0       T Lee                             ++
 67                 CHW  SLB  W   8-5       30-36    5    11.0       E Smith                    19,519 +++
 68 Fri, Jul  5     CHW  SLB  W  10-8       31-36    5    10.5       P Appleton                  4,000 ++++
 69 Sat, Jul  6     CHW @CLE  L   3-7       31-37    5    11.5       M Harder                    9,000 -
 70 Sun, Jul  7     CHW @CLE  W   3-1       32-37    5    11.0       T Lyons                    18,812 +
 71 Thu, Jul 11     CHW @BOS  L   2-3       32-38    5    11.5       E Dickman                   3,700 -
 72 Sat, Jul 13     CHW @BOS  W   5-0       33-38    5    11.5       T Lyons                           +
 73                 CHW @BOS  W   7-0       34-38    5    11.5       J Knott                    16,700 ++
 74 Sun, Jul 14     CHW @NYY  L   0-4       34-39    5    11.5       R Ruffing                  18,729 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Mon, Jul 15     CHW @NYY  W   3-2       35-39    5    10.5       E Smith                     5,800 +
 76 Tue, Jul 16     CHW @NYY  W   5-1       36-39    5     9.5       J Rigney                    5,426 ++
 77 Wed, Jul 17     CHW @WSH  L   2-5       36-40    5     9.5       D Leonard                   2,500 -
 78 Thu, Jul 18     CHW @WSH  L   4-5       36-41    5    10.0       A Carrasquel                2,000 --
 79 Fri, Jul 19     CHW @WSH  W   9-1       37-41    5    10.0       T Lee                       9,000 +
 80 Sat, Jul 20     CHW @PHA  W  19-7       38-41    5    10.0       E Smith                     1,000 ++
 81 Sun, Jul 21     CHW @PHA  W  10-8       39-41    5    10.0       T Lyons                           +++
 82                 CHW @PHA  W   7-2       40-41    5    10.0       J Rigney                   11,200 ++++
 83 Tue, Jul 23     CHW  BOS  W   8-7       41-41    5     9.0       P Appleton                  4,810 +++++
 84 Wed, Jul 24     CHW  BOS  W  12-10      42-41    5     9.0       B Dietrich                  4,000 ++++++
 85 Thu, Jul 25     CHW  BOS  W   6-4       43-41    5     9.0       J Knott                     4,581 +++++++
 86 Fri, Jul 26     CHW  NYY  L   2-10      43-42    5     9.0       S Chandler                 48,104 -
 87 Sat, Jul 27     CHW  NYY  W   6-5       44-42    5     9.5       J Rigney                    7,199 +
 88 Sun, Jul 28     CHW  NYY  L   9-10      44-43    5     9.0       O Hildebrand                      -
 89                 CHW  NYY  W   8-4       45-43    5     9.0       T Lee                      39,537 +
 90 Tue, Jul 30     CHW  PHA  W   3-1       46-43    5     7.5       J Knott                     3,512 ++
 91 Wed, Jul 31     CHW  PHA  L   3-4       46-44    5     8.5       B Beckmann                 22,923 -
 92 Thu, Aug  1     CHW  PHA  W   5-4       47-44    4     8.5       C Brown                     3,105 +
 93 Fri, Aug  2     CHW  WSH  W  10-2       48-44    4     7.5       T Lee                       4,331 ++
 94 Sat, Aug  3     CHW  WSH  W   7-6       49-44    4     8.0       J Knott                     4,016 +++
 95 Sun, Aug  4     CHW  WSH  L   3-4       49-45    4     8.5       D Leonard                         -
 96                 CHW  WSH  L   0-1       49-46    4     8.5       K Chase                    15,866 --
 97 Mon, Aug  5     CHW  CLE  L   1-10      49-47    4     9.0       M Harder                    3,128 ---
 98 Tue, Aug  6     CHW  CLE  W   5-1       50-47    4     9.5       T Lee                             +
 99                 CHW  CLE  L   2-3       50-48    4     9.5       J Allen                    12,843 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Aug  7     CHW  CLE  L   3-9       50-49    4    10.5       A Smith                     4,169 --
101 Fri, Aug  9     CHW  DET  W   3-2       51-49    4     9.5       E Smith                    36,713 +
102 Sat, Aug 10     CHW  DET  L   2-5       51-50    4    10.5       S Rowe                     17,247 -
103 Sun, Aug 11     CHW  DET  W   4-3       52-50    4     8.5       T Lyons                           +
104                 CHW  DET  W   4-3       53-50    4     8.5       C Brown                    32,032 ++
105 Mon, Aug 12     CHW @SLB  W   6-5       54-50    4     8.5       C Brown                     4,454 +++
106 Tue, Aug 13     CHW @SLB  W   4-3       55-50    4     8.5       P Appleton                    713 ++++
107 Wed, Aug 14     CHW @CLE  L   0-4       55-51    5     9.5       A Smith                    59,058 -
108 Thu, Aug 15     CHW @CLE  L   4-5       55-52    5    10.5       J Allen                     5,000 --
109 Fri, Aug 16     CHW @DET  W  13-4       56-52    4    10.5       J Rigney                   10,013 +
110 Sat, Aug 17     CHW @DET  W   9-5       57-52    4     9.5       J Knott                    13,706 ++
111 Sun, Aug 18     CHW @DET  W   7-5       58-52    4     9.0       T Lyons                    19,292 +++
112 Tue, Aug 20     CHW @PHA  W   6-1       59-52    4     9.0       E Smith                           ++++
113                 CHW @PHA  L   3-4       59-53    4     9.0       E Heusser                   5,500 -
114 Wed, Aug 21     CHW @PHA  L   0-3       59-54    5    10.0       B Beckmann                  2,500 --
115 Fri, Aug 23     CHW @WSH  L   2-3       59-55    5     9.5       K Chase                    10,000 ---
116 Sat, Aug 24     CHW @WSH  W   4-2       60-55    5     8.0       J Knott                           +
117                 CHW @WSH  W   2-1       61-55    5     8.0       E Smith                     9,000 ++
118 Sun, Aug 25     CHW @NYY  W   1-0       62-55    5     7.5       T Lyons                           +++
119                 CHW @NYY  L   1-3       62-56    5     7.5       T Bonham                   70,740 -
120 Tue, Aug 27     CHW @NYY  L   4-5       62-57    5     8.5       J Murphy                    6,942 --
121 Wed, Aug 28     CHW @BOS  W   3-2       63-57    5     8.0       B Dietrich                  7,600 +
122 Thu, Aug 29     CHW @BOS  L   3-4       63-58    5     8.5       J Wilson                    5,400 -
123 Fri, Aug 30     CHW  CLE  L   2-4       63-59    5     9.5       B Feller                   44,877 --
124 Sat, Aug 31     CHW  CLE  L   4-5       63-60    5    10.5       J Allen                     5,442 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Sep  1     CHW  CLE  L   4-7       63-61    5    11.5       J Dobson                   14,968 ----
126 Mon, Sep  2     CHW  DET  W   2-1       64-61    5     9.5       B Dietrich                        +
127                 CHW  DET  W   4-0       65-61    5     9.5       J Rigney                   27,654 ++
128 Tue, Sep  3     CHW  DET  W  10-2       66-61    5     9.0       J Knott                     2,681 +++
129 Wed, Sep  4     CHW  SLB  L   1-4       66-62    5     9.0       B Harris                          -
130 Thu, Sep  5     CHW  SLB  W   4-2       67-62    5     8.0       E Smith                    14,749 +
131 Fri, Sep  6     CHW  SLB  W   6-3       68-62    5     7.0       J Rigney                    1,420 ++
132 Sat, Sep  7     CHW @CLE  W   5-4       69-62    5     6.0       B Dietrich                  7,000 +++
133 Sun, Sep  8     CHW @CLE  L   4-5       69-63    5     7.0       B Feller                   15,671 -
134 Mon, Sep  9     CHW @CLE  W   2-1       70-63    5     6.5       T Lee                       2,500 +
135 Tue, Sep 10     CHW  WSH  L   2-5       70-64    5     6.5       K Chase                     1,276 -
136 Wed, Sep 11     CHW  WSH  W   7-4       71-64    5     6.5       J Rigney                      866 +
137 Thu, Sep 12     CHW  PHA  W   1-0       72-64    4     6.0       B Dietrich                        ++
138                 CHW  PHA  W   4-3       73-64    4     6.0       E Smith                     1,703 +++
139 Fri, Sep 13     CHW  PHA  W   6-2       74-64    4     5.5       T Lee                             ++++
140                 CHW  PHA  W   8-4       75-64    4     5.5       J Hallett                   2,767 +++++
141 Sat, Sep 14     CHW  PHA  W   6-3       76-64    4     4.5       J Knott                     1,875 ++++++
142 Sun, Sep 15     CHW  BOS  W   5-1       77-64    4     4.0       T Lyons                           +++++++
143                 CHW  BOS  W   4-2       78-64    4     4.0       J Rigney                          ++++++++
144 Mon, Sep 16     CHW  BOS  L   2-6       78-65    4     4.5       J Wilson                    2,940 -
145 Wed, Sep 18     CHW  NYY  W   6-3       79-65    4     5.0       T Lee                             +
146                 CHW  NYY  L   8-9       79-66    4     5.0       S Sundra                   37,331 -
147 Thu, Sep 19     CHW  NYY  L   1-10      79-67    4     6.0       R Ruffing                   7,572 --
148 Fri, Sep 20     CHW @SLB  L   6-7       79-68    4     7.0       M Newlin                    7,572 ---
149 Sat, Sep 21     CHW @SLB  L   2-3       79-69    4     8.0       V Kennedy                   1,179 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 22     CHW @SLB  W  10-0       80-69    4     7.0       T Lyons                     4,711 +
151 Wed, Sep 25     CHW @DET  L   9-10      80-70    4     9.0       B Newsom                          -
152                 CHW @DET  L   2-3       80-71    4     9.0       B Newsom                   21,566 --
153 Fri, Sep 27     CHW  SLB  W   4-3       81-71    4     9.0       B Dietrich                    655 +
154 Sat, Sep 28     CHW  SLB  W   5-1       82-71    4     8.0       E Smith                     1,341 ++
155 Sun, Sep 29     CHW  SLB  L   1-2       82-72    4     8.0       E Auker                     2,931 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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