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1941 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942)
77-77, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 638 runs, Allowed 649 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (77-77)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 677,077 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94

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1940 / 1942 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 27 115 433 390 38 98 10 1 0 33 1 0 38 27 .251 .319 .282 .601 61 110 13 1 4
2 1B Joe Kuhel* 35 153 678 600 99 150 39 5 12 63 20 5 70 55 .250 .331 .392 .723 91 235 17 3 5
3 2B Bill Knickerbocker 29 89 396 343 51 84 23 2 7 29 6 5 41 27 .245 .329 .385 .714 89 132 4 2 10
4 SS Luke Appling 34 154 677 592 93 186 26 8 1 57 12 8 82 32 .314 .399 .390 .789 110 231 10 1 2
5 3B Dario Lodigiani 25 87 365 322 39 77 19 2 4 40 0 4 31 19 .239 .316 .348 .663 76 112 12 5 7
6 OF Taffy Wright* 29 136 580 513 71 165 35 5 10 97 5 4 60 27 .322 .399 .468 .867 129 240 8 6 1
7 OF Mike Kreevich 33 121 484 436 44 101 16 8 0 37 17 5 35 26 .232 .289 .305 .594 58 133 10 0 13
8 OF Myril Hoag 33 106 411 380 30 97 13 3 1 44 6 10 27 29 .255 .306 .313 .620 65 119 11 1 3
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 2B Don Kolloway 22 71 291 280 33 76 8 3 3 24 11 4 6 12 .271 .292 .354 .645 71 99 8 2 3
10 3B Bob Kennedy 20 76 282 257 16 53 9 3 1 29 5 3 17 23 .206 .255 .276 .532 41 71 4 0 8
11 OF Moose Solters 35 76 271 251 24 65 9 4 4 43 3 2 18 31 .259 .311 .375 .686 81 94 8 1 1
12 OF Ben Chapman 32 57 210 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 2 2 19 14 .226 .297 .316 .612 63 60 2 0 1
13 C Tom Turner 24 38 135 126 7 30 5 0 0 8 2 0 9 15 .238 .289 .278 .567 51 35 3 0 0
14 2B Skeeter Webb 31 29 88 84 7 16 2 0 0 6 1 0 3 9 .190 .227 .214 .442 18 18 1 1 0
15 OF Larry Rosenthal* 31 20 71 59 9 14 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 5 .237 .366 .305 .671 80 18 3 0 0
16 C George Dickey# 25 32 60 55 6 11 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 7 .200 .267 .327 .594 57 18 1 0 0
17 OF Dave Philley# 21 7 12 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .222 .417 .333 .750 101 3 0 0 0
18 1B Jake Jones 20 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
19 OF Dave Short* 24 3 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0
20 Stan Goletz* 23 5 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .600 1.200 219 3 0 0 0
21 Chet Hajduk 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
22 P Thornton Lee* 34 35 119 114 7 29 5 0 0 8 0 0 4 20 .254 .280 .298 .578 54 34 4 0 1
23 P Eddie Smith# 27 34 100 88 6 19 4 0 0 3 0 0 8 19 .216 .281 .261 .543 45 23 3 0 4
24 P Johnny Rigney 26 30 92 84 8 17 1 1 0 5 0 1 6 27 .202 .256 .238 .494 32 20 4 0 2
25 P Ted Lyons# 40 22 78 74 8 20 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 6 .270 .289 .297 .587 56 22 2 0 2
26 P Bill Dietrich 31 19 43 34 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 11 .088 .262 .118 .380 4 4 0 1 1
27 P Buck Ross 26 20 38 32 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .219 .265 .250 .515 37 8 0 0 4
28 P Jack Hallett 26 22 29 26 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 .154 .214 .231 .445 18 6 1 0 1
29 P Johnny Humphries 26 14 24 23 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .087 .087 .174 .261 -32 4 0 0 1
30 P Joe Haynes 23 8 11 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 45 3 0 0 0
31 P Pete Appleton 37 13 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0 0
32 P Orval Grove 21 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.0 156 6011 5404 638 1376 245 47 47 567 91 53 509 476 .255 .322 .343 .665 77 1856 129 24 74
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 8 7 6 8 8 1 1 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
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 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 37 4 3 0 0.0 106 .250 .250 .274 .250 .351 .250 .404 .500 .755 33 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 1
Luke Appling 34 677 426 92 5.8 106 .331 .314 .274 .399 .351 .390 .404 .789 .755 110 .590 12.3 1.2 .750 .221 .076 1.8 *6
Ben Chapman 32 210 152 18 3.2 106 .236 .226 .274 .297 .351 .316 .404 .612 .755 63 .325 -10.4 -1.0 .523 .189 .089 2.0 O
#George Dickey 25 60 45 5 3.0 106 .196 .200 .274 .267 .351 .327 .404 .594 .755 57 .299 -3.7 -0.4 .511 .218 .127 .0 2
Bill Dietrich 31 43 32 1 0.8 106 .130 .088 .274 .262 .351 .118 .404 .380 .755 4 .041 -4.6 -0.4 .387 .235 .029 1
*Stan Goletz 23 5 2 2 26.7 106 1.000 .600 .274 .600 .351 .600 .404 1.200 .755 219 .960 0.8 0.1 1.500 .000 .000
Orval Grove 21 2 2 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .274 .000 .351 .000 .404 .000 .755 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Chet Hajduk 22 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .274 .000 .351 .000 .404 .000 .755 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Jack Hallett 26 29 24 1 1.1 106 .200 .154 .274 .214 .351 .231 .404 .445 .755 18 .066 -3.3 -0.3 .348 .154 .077 1
Joe Haynes 23 11 8 1 3.3 106 .300 .273 .274 .273 .351 .273 .404 .545 .755 45 .346 -0.9 -0.1 .375 .000 .000 /1
Myril Hoag 33 411 307 34 3.0 106 .274 .255 .274 .306 .351 .313 .404 .620 .755 65 .298 -19.8 -1.9 .470 .118 .058 1.7 O
Johnny Humphries 26 24 22 0 0.0 106 .182 .087 .274 .087 .351 .174 .404 .261 .755 -32 .000 -4.4 -0.4 .190 .087 .087 1
Jake Jones 20 11 11 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .274 .000 .351 .000 .404 .000 .755 -100 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /3
Bob Kennedy 20 282 219 18 2.2 106 .223 .206 .274 .255 .351 .276 .404 .532 .755 41 .198 -22.7 -2.2 .427 .144 .070 1.7 5
Bill Knickerbocker 29 396 278 42 4.0 106 .249 .245 .274 .329 .351 .385 .404 .714 .755 89 .428 -5.1 -0.5 .657 .262 .140 6.5 4
Don Kolloway 22 291 219 29 3.5 106 .275 .271 .274 .292 .351 .354 .404 .645 .755 71 .370 -13.4 -1.3 .528 .129 .082 4.7 4/3
Mike Kreevich 33 484 363 40 3.0 106 .246 .232 .274 .289 .351 .305 .404 .594 .755 58 .296 -27.8 -2.7 .514 .181 .073 .0 *O
*Joe Kuhel 35 678 477 79 4.4 106 .259 .250 .274 .331 .351 .392 .404 .723 .755 91 .470 -7.3 -0.7 .684 .283 .142 15.0 *3
*Thornton Lee 34 119 90 10 3.0 106 .309 .254 .274 .280 .351 .298 .404 .578 .755 54 .299 -7.8 -0.8 .427 .079 .044 1
Dario Lodigiani 25 365 268 33 3.3 106 .244 .239 .274 .316 .351 .348 .404 .663 .755 76 .340 -11.0 -1.1 .552 .193 .109 .0 5
#Ted Lyons 40 78 58 6 2.8 106 .294 .270 .274 .289 .351 .297 .404 .587 .755 56 .273 -4.8 -0.5 .429 .054 .027 1
#Dave Philley 21 12 7 1 3.8 106 .333 .222 .274 .417 .351 .333 .404 .750 .755 101 .404 0.3 0.0 .857 .444 .111 /O
Johnny Rigney 26 92 74 5 1.8 106 .298 .202 .274 .256 .351 .238 .404 .494 .755 32 .147 -8.6 -0.8 .347 .095 .036 1
*Larry Rosenthal 31 71 48 7 3.9 106 .259 .237 .274 .366 .351 .305 .404 .671 .755 80 .413 -1.0 -0.1 .625 .271 .068 O
Buck Ross 26 38 29 2 1.8 106 .259 .219 .274 .265 .351 .250 .404 .515 .755 37 .151 -2.9 -0.3 .400 .094 .031 1
*Dave Short 24 10 8 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .274 .200 .351 .000 .404 .200 .755 -43 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .250 .250 .000 /O
#Eddie Smith 27 100 76 6 2.1 106 .275 .216 .274 .281 .351 .261 .404 .543 .755 45 .186 -6.9 -0.7 .431 .136 .045 1
Moose Solters 35 271 197 29 3.9 106 .282 .259 .274 .311 .351 .375 .404 .686 .755 81 .417 -7.8 -0.8 .582 .191 .116 3.4 O
Mike Tresh 27 433 309 35 3.0 106 .270 .251 .274 .319 .351 .282 .404 .601 .755 61 .307 -21.5 -2.1 .492 .131 .031 .0 *2
Tom Turner 24 135 99 10 2.7 106 .270 .238 .274 .289 .351 .278 .404 .567 .755 51 .264 -8.9 -0.9 .465 .127 .040 .0 2
Skeeter Webb 31 88 69 4 1.6 106 .213 .190 .274 .227 .351 .214 .404 .442 .755 18 .115 -10.2 -1.0 .333 .071 .024 .0 4/65
*Taffy Wright 29 580 361 94 7.0 106 .326 .322 .274 .399 .351 .468 .404 .867 .755 129 .670 23.8 2.3 .853 .265 .146 6.7 *O
League Average 4.7 107 .283 .266 .276 .341 .352 .387 .406 .727 .758 92 .492 .659 .233 .121
Team Total 6011 4284 604 3.8 106 .272 .255 .274 .322 .351 .343 .404 .665 .755 77 .398 -183.8 -18.1 .576 .190 .089 62.0
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 37 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
Luke Appling 34 160 690 607 91 185 26 8 1 56 12 82 33 .305 .388 .379 .767 89 154 154
Ben Chapman 32 88 339 310 35 72 15 1 3 29 4 29 21 .232 .298 .316 .614 29 85 85
#George Dickey 25 33 63 58 6 12 1 0 2 9 0 5 7 .207 .270 .328 .597 5 32 32
Bill Dietrich 31 20 43 35 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 11 .086 .256 .114 .370 1 19 19
*Stan Goletz 23 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5 5
Orval Grove 21 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Chet Hajduk 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Jack Hallett 26 23 29 27 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 .148 .207 .222 .429 1 22 22
Joe Haynes 23 8 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8 8
Myril Hoag 33 111 416 389 29 94 13 3 1 43 6 26 30 .242 .291 .298 .589 33 107 107
Johnny Humphries 26 15 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14 14
Jake Jones 20 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Bob Kennedy 20 79 282 265 16 53 9 3 1 28 5 17 24 .200 .248 .268 .516 18 76 76
Bill Knickerbocker 29 92 396 353 50 84 23 2 7 28 6 41 28 .238 .321 .374 .695 42 89 89
Don Kolloway 22 74 297 289 32 77 8 3 3 23 11 6 12 .266 .286 .346 .632 28 71 71
Mike Kreevich 33 126 487 451 43 103 16 8 0 36 17 36 27 .228 .285 .299 .585 38 121 121
*Joe Kuhel 35 159 693 619 96 152 40 5 12 61 20 71 57 .246 .326 .384 .711 77 153 153
*Thornton Lee 34 36 121 117 7 29 5 0 0 8 0 4 21 .248 .273 .291 .563 9 35 35
Dario Lodigiani 25 90 364 329 38 75 19 2 4 39 0 30 20 .228 .302 .334 .637 32 87 87
#Ted Lyons 40 23 78 76 8 20 2 0 0 6 0 2 6 .263 .282 .289 .572 6 22 22
#Dave Philley 21 7 12 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 .222 .417 .333 .750 1 7 7
Johnny Rigney 26 31 93 87 8 17 1 1 0 5 0 6 28 .195 .247 .230 .477 5 30 30
*Larry Rosenthal 31 68 159 138 19 28 7 1 1 9 1 21 16 .203 .308 .290 .598 12 65 65
Buck Ross 26 22 36 34 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 .206 .250 .235 .485 2 21 21
*Dave Short 24 3 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 3 3
#Eddie Smith 27 35 99 91 6 19 4 0 0 3 0 8 20 .209 .273 .253 .525 6 34 34
Moose Solters 35 79 277 258 23 65 9 4 4 42 3 18 32 .252 .303 .364 .668 28 76 76
Mike Tresh 27 119 440 401 37 98 10 1 0 32 1 38 28 .244 .311 .274 .586 34 115 115
Tom Turner 24 39 140 131 7 31 5 0 0 8 2 9 16 .237 .286 .275 .561 10 38 38
Skeeter Webb 31 30 92 88 7 17 2 0 0 6 1 3 9 .193 .228 .216 .444 4 29 29
*Taffy Wright 29 141 591 525 69 164 35 5 10 95 5 60 28 .312 .389 .455 .844 91 136 136
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 37 12 382 317 382 363 29 85 8 6 0 32 0 1 7 64 .234 .249 .289 .538 38 105 2 0 12 0 0
Luke Appling 34 12 6295 1488 6295 5469 884 1726 283 78 24 751 101 69 775 333 .316 .401 .409 .810 109 2237 32 6 45
Ben Chapman 32 12 7298 1659 7298 6366 1126 1925 401 107 90 959 286 135 815 550 .302 .384 .441 .825 114 2810 47 26 91
#George Dickey 25 3 97 47 97 89 7 12 2 0 2 9 0 0 8 13 .135 .206 .225 .431 11 20 1 0 0
Bill Dietrich 31 9 432 236 432 373 36 64 10 2 3 27 0 0 39 138 .172 .252 .233 .485 25 87 1 1 19 0 0
*Stan Goletz 23 1 5 5 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .600 1.200 219 3 0 0 0
Orval Grove 21 2 3 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Chet Hajduk 22 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Jack Hallett 26 2 34 24 34 31 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 7 .194 .242 .258 .500 32 8 2 0 1
Joe Haynes 23 3 103 57 103 97 10 19 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 22 .196 .220 .206 .426 13 20 1 0 3
Myril Hoag 33 10 2494 783 2494 2282 289 638 108 25 25 330 34 32 170 235 .280 .332 .382 .714 83 871 31 10 32
Johnny Humphries 26 4 73 93 73 65 4 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 32 .077 .130 .138 .269 -30 9 1 1 4
Jake Jones 20 1 11 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Bob Kennedy 20 3 946 233 946 871 90 208 32 6 4 82 8 10 59 81 .239 .287 .303 .590 54 264 22 0 16
Bill Knickerbocker 29 9 3425 820 3425 3129 398 870 186 27 27 349 24 44 215 208 .278 .326 .381 .707 79 1191 8 8 73
Don Kolloway 22 2 331 81 331 320 38 85 9 3 3 27 12 4 6 15 .266 .284 .341 .624 64 109 9 2 3
Mike Kreevich 33 8 3600 831 3600 3216 484 932 162 65 36 386 90 34 288 235 .290 .349 .414 .763 92 1332 42 5 91
*Joe Kuhel 35 12 6493 1474 6493 5728 932 1632 313 83 112 803 117 58 671 445 .285 .362 .427 .790 103 2447 35 26 68
*Thornton Lee 34 9 627 262 627 588 53 129 21 4 4 49 0 0 20 149 .219 .246 .289 .535 36 170 8 1 18
Dario Lodigiani 25 4 1184 302 1184 1041 121 270 56 7 16 128 5 4 107 62 .259 .338 .373 .710 84 388 21 16 20
#Ted Lyons 40 19 1637 680 1637 1482 152 348 45 9 5 139 0 1 69 191 .235 .272 .287 .559 45 426 7 6 80
#Dave Philley 21 1 12 7 12 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .222 .417 .333 .750 101 3 0 0 0
Johnny Rigney 26 5 382 165 382 342 22 66 10 1 0 23 1 1 16 99 .193 .229 .228 .457 18 78 9 0 24
*Larry Rosenthal 31 6 1497 483 1497 1253 220 344 67 23 21 169 12 8 218 163 .275 .382 .415 .797 101 520 10 1 25
Buck Ross 26 6 365 161 365 327 20 55 7 0 2 19 0 0 14 110 .168 .207 .208 .415 6 68 3 2 22
*Dave Short 24 2 14 7 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .091 .286 .091 .377 3 1 0 0 0
#Eddie Smith 27 6 381 183 381 332 26 70 16 1 0 18 1 0 28 70 .211 .272 .265 .537 39 88 5 0 21 0 0
Moose Solters 35 8 3570 896 3570 3324 497 975 213 42 82 591 42 22 214 372 .293 .338 .457 .794 99 1518 21 9 23
Mike Tresh 27 4 1439 379 1439 1251 152 331 32 8 1 137 7 12 159 101 .265 .350 .305 .655 71 382 33 5 24
Tom Turner 24 2 236 75 236 222 18 50 6 2 0 14 3 0 12 27 .225 .268 .270 .538 42 60 5 1 1
Skeeter Webb 31 5 815 215 815 745 79 182 29 3 3 63 6 7 56 73 .244 .299 .303 .602 56 226 9 2 12
*Taffy Wright 29 4 2035 512 2035 1856 264 607 113 35 21 314 11 15 154 88 .327 .383 .460 .842 119 853 24 13 12
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

1940 / 1942 Batting Statistics