Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

1941 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 / 1942

77-77, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
View League Standings and Leaders

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (77-77)
Scored 638 runs, Allowed 649 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · 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 - 93, Pitching - 93


BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)


1940 / 1942 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs  · Mouseover bar for details  · Click for box score  · Grouped by Month

Team Batting

More Stats

Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats
 · League Register
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 53 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 2 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

More Stats

Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats
 · League Register
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 Thornton Lee* 34 22 11 .667 2.37 35 34 1 30 3 1 300.1 258 98 79 18 92 130 4 0 2 1224 174 1.165 7.7 0.5 2.8 3.9 1.41
2 SP Eddie Smith* 27 13 17 .433 3.18 34 33 1 21 1 1 263.1 243 107 93 13 114 111 5 0 6 1125 129 1.356 8.3 0.4 3.9 3.8 0.97
3 SP Johnny Rigney 26 13 13 .500 3.84 30 29 0 18 3 0 237.0 224 116 101 21 92 119 2 0 7 1005 107 1.333 8.5 0.8 3.5 4.5 1.29
4 SP Ted Lyons 40 12 10 .545 3.70 22 22 0 19 2 0 187.1 199 87 77 9 37 63 4 0 2 795 111 1.260 9.6 0.4 1.8 3.0 1.70
5 SP Bill Dietrich 31 5 8 .385 5.35 19 15 4 4 1 0 109.1 114 73 65 7 50 26 4 0 4 497 77 1.500 9.4 0.6 4.1 2.1 0.52
6 SP Buck Ross 26 3 8 .273 3.16 20 11 7 7 0 0 108.1 99 51 38 6 43 30 1 0 1 465 131 1.311 8.2 0.5 3.6 2.5 0.70
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 RP Jack Hallett 26 5 5 .500 6.03 22 6 11 3 0 0 74.2 96 57 50 7 38 25 3 0 4 362 68 1.795 11.6 0.8 4.6 3.0 0.66
8 RP Johnny Humphries 26 4 2 .667 1.84 14 6 7 4 4 1 73.1 63 18 15 2 22 25 1 0 0 300 224 1.159 7.7 0.2 2.7 3.1 1.14
9 RP Joe Haynes 23 0 0 3.86 8 0 8 0 0 0 28.0 30 13 12 0 11 18 0 0 3 120 108 1.464 9.6 0.0 3.5 5.8 1.64
10 RP Pete Appleton 37 0 3 .000 5.27 13 0 11 0 0 1 27.1 27 21 16 4 17 12 2 0 1 127 79 1.610 8.9 1.3 5.6 4.0 0.71
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
11 Orval Grove 21 0 0 10.29 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 8 8 2 5 5 0 0 1 35 42 2.000 11.6 2.6 6.4 6.4 1.00
Team Totals 30.2 77 77 .500 3.52 156 156 50 106 14 4 1416.0 1362 649 554 89 521 564 26 0 31 6055 117 1.330 8.7 0.6 3.3 3.6 1.08
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 1 1 1 8 1 2 2 2 6 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

More Stats

Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Pete Appleton 37 13 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.54 P
Luke Appling 34 154 154 151 809 294 473 42 95 .948 4.98 SS
Ben Chapman 32 49 47 43 127 122 4 1 1 .992 2.57 OF
George Dickey 25 17 8 8 61 56 5 0 1 1.000 3.59 1 4 0 0% C
Bill Dietrich 31 19 15 4 25 10 13 2 1 .920 1.21 P
Orval Grove 21 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Jack Hallett 26 22 6 3 16 2 14 0 2 1.000 0.73 P
Joe Haynes 23 8 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Myril Hoag 33 99 94 91 231 215 6 10 1 .957 2.23 OF
Johnny Humphries 26 14 6 4 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 0.79 P
Jake Jones 20 3 2 2 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 8.33 1B
Bob Kennedy 20 71 68 67 258 88 153 17 12 .934 3.39 3B
Bill Knickerbocker 29 88 87 80 438 204 221 13 58 .970 4.83 2B
Don Kolloway 22 65 60 55 355 152 185 18 29 .949 5.11 2B-1B
Mike Kreevich 33 113 109 106 311 302 7 2 2 .994 2.73 OF
Joe Kuhel 35 151 151 149 1562 1444 108 10 113 .994 10.28 1B
Thornton Lee 34 35 34 30 67 10 52 5 2 .925 1.77 P
Dario Lodigiani 25 86 86 83 319 120 187 12 22 .962 3.57 3B
Ted Lyons 40 22 22 19 54 17 36 1 3 .981 2.41 P
Dave Philley 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Johnny Rigney 26 30 29 18 58 13 42 3 2 .948 1.83 P
Larry Rosenthal 31 18 17 17 32 27 3 2 0 .938 1.67 OF
Buck Ross 26 20 11 7 19 3 14 2 2 .895 0.85 P
Dave Short 24 2 2 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 OF
Eddie Smith 27 34 33 21 62 10 51 1 3 .984 1.79 P
Moose Solters 35 63 63 62 147 135 7 5 1 .966 2.25 OF
Mike Tresh 27 115 115 105 580 488 81 11 12 .981 4.95 13 40 34 46% C
Tom Turner 24 35 33 32 191 166 21 4 3 .979 5.34 5 10 12 55% C
Skeeter Webb 31 26 16 16 129 55 64 10 13 .922 4.58 2B-SS-3B
Taffy Wright 29 134 134 133 295 279 8 8 3 .973 2.14 OF
Team Totals 29.9 156 1404 1308 6201 4247 1774 180 382 .971 3.98 19 54 46 46%
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 6 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 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Luke Appling 34 677 15 0 0 0 6 10 17 48 4.8 42 4.2 0.6 $ Purchased *6
Ben Chapman 32 210 -9 0 0 0 2 -1 6 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ Free Agency O87/9
George Dickey# 25 60 -3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Bill Dietrich 31 43 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Stan Goletz* 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased
Orval Grove 21 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Chet Hajduk 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Jack Hallett 26 29 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Joe Haynes 23 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Myril Hoag 33 411 -17 -4 0 0 -1 -4 11 -15 -1.5 -14 -1.4 -0.1 $ Purchased O78
Johnny Humphries 26 24 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jake Jones 20 11 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased /3
Bob Kennedy 20 282 -21 -1 0 0 1 0 7 -14 -1.4 -15 -1.5 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 5
Bill Knickerbocker 29 396 -4 -1 0 0 -1 4 10 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $ Traded 4
Don Kolloway 22 291 -11 1 0 0 1 3 8 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded 4/3
Mike Kreevich 33 484 -25 2 0 0 4 -1 13 -7 -0.7 -11 -1.1 0.4 $ *8O
Joe Kuhel* 35 678 -5 4 0 0 9 -7 17 18 1.8 9 0.9 0.9 $ Traded *3
Thornton Lee* 34 119 -7 -1 0 0 0 10 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded 1
Dario Lodigiani 25 365 -9 -2 0 0 3 0 9 1 0.2 -2 -0.2 0.4 $ Traded 5
Ted Lyons# 40 78 -4 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Dave Philley# 21 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /7O
Johnny Rigney 26 92 -8 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Larry Rosenthal* 31 71 -1 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased O9/8
Buck Ross 26 38 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Dave Short* 24 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /7O
Eddie Smith# 27 100 -7 0 0 0 0 8 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Moose Solters 35 271 -6 -1 0 0 1 -3 7 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded O7/9
Mike Tresh 27 433 -19 0 0 0 -1 4 12 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Traded *2
Tom Turner 24 135 -8 0 0 0 -1 1 4 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
Skeeter Webb 31 88 -10 0 0 0 -1 1 2 -8 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ Traded 4/65
Taffy Wright* 29 580 26 -2 0 0 3 -6 15 36 3.6 33 3.3 0.3 $ Traded *O9
Team Total 30.0 6011 -155 -5 0 0 23 43 156 62 6.3 39 3.9 2.4 $
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 37 27.1 0 21 17 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $ Traded
Bill Dietrich 31 109.1 15 73 67 1 1.0 -6 -0.7 $ Waivers
Orval Grove 21 7.0 0 8 4 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Jack Hallett 26 74.2 6 57 46 1 1.0 -11 -1.2 $ Purchased
Joe Haynes 23 28.0 0 13 17 0 1.0 4 0.4 $ Purchased
Johnny Humphries 26 73.1 6 18 45 1 1.0 27 2.6 $ Traded
Thornton Lee* 34 300.1 34 98 185 3 1.0 87 8.2 $ Traded
Ted Lyons 40 187.1 22 87 116 2 1.0 29 2.5 $ Free Agency
Johnny Rigney 26 237.0 29 116 146 3 1.0 30 2.6 $
Buck Ross 26 108.1 11 51 67 1 1.0 16 1.4 $ Purchased
Eddie Smith* 27 263.1 33 107 162 3 1.0 55 5.1 $ Waivers
Team Total 30.2 1416.0 156 649 872 15 1.0 223 20.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1940 / 1942 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics