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1942 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941 / 1943)
66-82, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 538 runs, Allowed 609 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-82
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (66-82)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 425,734 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

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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 28 72 266 233 21 54 8 1 0 15 2 0 28 24 .232 .314 .275 .589 68 64 6 0 5
2 1B Joe Kuhel* 36 115 482 413 60 103 14 4 4 52 22 9 60 22 .249 .347 .332 .679 93 137 5 2 7
3 2B Don Kolloway 23 147 644 601 72 164 40 4 3 60 16 14 30 39 .273 .311 .368 .678 92 221 13 3 10
4 SS Luke Appling 35 142 613 543 78 142 26 4 3 53 17 5 63 23 .262 .342 .341 .682 94 185 7 3 4
5 3B Bob Kennedy 21 113 442 412 37 95 18 5 0 38 11 7 22 41 .231 .270 .299 .568 61 123 13 0 8
6 OF Taffy Wright* 30 85 353 300 43 100 13 5 0 47 1 8 48 9 .333 .432 .410 .842 139 123 5 4 1
7 OF Wally Moses* 31 146 652 577 73 156 28 4 7 49 16 10 74 27 .270 .353 .369 .722 105 213 5 0 1
8 OF Myril Hoag 34 113 457 412 47 99 18 2 2 37 17 8 36 21 .240 .301 .308 .610 73 127 14 0 9
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 C Tom Turner 25 56 206 182 18 44 9 1 3 21 0 1 19 15 .242 .313 .352 .665 88 64 4 0 5
10 3B Dario Lodigiani 26 59 191 168 9 47 7 0 0 15 3 4 18 10 .280 .353 .321 .674 92 54 4 1 4
11 OF Sam West* 37 49 188 151 14 35 5 0 0 25 2 0 31 18 .232 .363 .265 .628 79 40 1 0 6
12 C George Dickey# 26 59 126 116 6 27 3 0 1 17 0 0 9 11 .233 .288 .284 .572 63 33 3 0 1
13 2B Skeeter Webb 32 32 101 94 5 16 2 1 0 4 1 2 4 13 .170 .204 .213 .417 18 20 1 0 3
14 OF Bill Mueller 21 26 98 85 5 14 1 0 0 5 2 1 12 9 .165 .276 .176 .452 30 15 5 1 0
15 IF Leo Wells 24 35 67 62 8 12 2 0 1 4 1 0 4 5 .194 .242 .274 .517 46 17 1 0 1
16 OF Val Heim* 21 13 51 45 6 9 1 1 0 7 1 0 5 3 .200 .294 .267 .561 60 12 1 1 0
17 OF Bud Sketchley* 23 13 45 36 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 4 .194 .326 .222 .548 57 8 0 0 2
18 3B Jimmy Grant* 23 12 41 36 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 .167 .268 .250 .518 47 9 0 0 0
19 OF Thurman Tucker* 24 7 24 24 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .208 .333 -6 5 0 0 0
20 1B Jake Jones 21 7 22 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .150 .227 .200 .427 22 4 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
21 P Johnny Humphries 27 28 87 80 9 18 6 1 0 5 0 0 4 33 .225 .262 .325 .587 66 26 2 0 3
22 P Eddie Smith# 28 29 79 73 2 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 15 .123 .158 .151 .309 -12 11 0 0 3
23 P Ted Lyons# 41 20 73 67 10 16 4 0 0 10 0 0 3 7 .239 .282 .299 .580 65 20 2 1 2
24 P Bill Dietrich 32 26 60 48 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 22 .104 .189 .125 .314 -10 6 2 0 7
25 P Buck Ross 27 22 41 38 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .158 .179 .237 .416 17 9 3 0 2
26 P Joe Haynes 24 40 31 28 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 .179 .233 .179 .412 18 5 0 0 1
27 P Jake Wade* 30 15 30 29 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .241 .267 .241 .508 45 7 0 0 0
28 P Thornton Lee* 35 11 30 30 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .200 .200 .267 .467 32 8 2 0 0
29 P Orval Grove 22 12 25 22 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .227 .227 .364 .591 66 8 0 0 3
30 P Johnny Rigney 27 7 22 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 3 0 2
31 P Len Perme* 24 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 1 0 0 0
32 P Ed Weiland* 27 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Pete Appleton 38 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.3 148 5552 4949 538 1215 214 36 25 486 114 70 497 425 .246 .316 .318 .635 80 1576 102 16 90 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 8 7 8 8 1 2 7 8 7 6 8 7 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 38 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Luke Appling 35 613 417 64 4.1 93 .269 .262 .263 .342 .337 .341 .369 .682 .706 94 .500 -3.0 -0.3 .637 .217 .079 5.1 *6
#George Dickey 26 126 93 10 2.9 93 .250 .233 .263 .288 .337 .284 .368 .572 .706 63 .343 -5.9 -0.6 .457 .129 .052 .0 2
Bill Dietrich 32 60 52 1 0.5 93 .192 .104 .263 .189 .337 .125 .368 .314 .706 -10 .022 -7.0 -0.8 .244 .125 .021 1
*Jimmy Grant 23 41 30 2 1.8 93 .200 .167 .263 .268 .337 .250 .368 .518 .706 47 .179 -2.6 -0.3 .467 .222 .083 5
Orval Grove 22 25 20 2 2.7 93 .250 .227 .263 .227 .337 .364 .368 .591 .706 66 .313 -1.2 -0.1 .471 .136 .136 .0 1
Joe Haynes 24 31 24 1 1.1 93 .217 .179 .263 .233 .337 .179 .368 .412 .706 18 .084 -3.1 -0.3 .304 .071 .000 1
*Val Heim 21 51 37 4 2.9 93 .214 .200 .263 .294 .337 .267 .368 .561 .706 60 .345 -2.4 -0.3 .514 .200 .067 .0 O
Myril Hoag 34 457 344 39 3.0 93 .249 .240 .263 .301 .337 .308 .368 .610 .706 73 .364 -14.9 -1.6 .513 .177 .068 3.6 *O
Johnny Humphries 27 87 67 7 2.8 93 .383 .225 .263 .262 .337 .325 .368 .587 .706 66 .330 -3.9 -0.4 .469 .150 .100 1
Jake Jones 21 22 17 1 1.6 93 .167 .150 .263 .227 .337 .200 .368 .427 .706 22 .148 -2.1 -0.2 .412 .200 .050 .0 /3
Bob Kennedy 21 442 345 33 2.6 93 .256 .231 .263 .270 .337 .299 .368 .568 .706 61 .297 -22.7 -2.4 .442 .131 .068 .0 5O
Don Kolloway 23 644 474 66 3.7 93 .288 .273 .263 .311 .337 .368 .368 .678 .706 92 .456 -7.8 -0.8 .552 .148 .095 5.1 *43
*Joe Kuhel 36 482 331 49 4.0 93 .256 .249 .263 .347 .337 .332 .368 .679 .706 93 .483 -2.1 -0.2 .654 .259 .082 6.8 *3
*Thornton Lee 35 30 26 2 2.1 93 .300 .200 .263 .200 .337 .267 .368 .467 .706 32 .220 -2.8 -0.3 .308 .067 .067 1
Dario Lodigiani 26 191 133 18 3.6 93 .297 .280 .263 .353 .337 .321 .368 .674 .706 92 .442 -1.1 -0.1 .558 .143 .042 .0 5/4
#Ted Lyons 41 73 55 5 2.4 93 .267 .239 .263 .282 .337 .299 .369 .580 .706 65 .277 -3.2 -0.3 .453 .104 .060 1
*Wally Moses 31 652 437 75 4.6 93 .274 .270 .263 .353 .337 .369 .368 .722 .706 105 .551 5.4 0.6 .672 .237 .099 9.7 *O
Bill Mueller 21 98 77 4 1.4 93 .184 .165 .263 .276 .337 .176 .368 .452 .706 30 .120 -7.6 -0.8 .377 .165 .012 .0 O
*Len Perme 24 3 2 0 0.0 93 .333 .333 .263 .333 .337 .333 .369 .667 .706 89 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000 /1
Johnny Rigney 27 22 23 0 0.0 93 .067 .053 .263 .100 .337 .053 .369 .153 .706 -56 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .095 .053 .000 /1
Buck Ross 27 41 37 2 1.4 93 .214 .158 .263 .179 .337 .237 .368 .416 .706 17 .129 -4.2 -0.4 .286 .105 .079 1
*Bud Sketchley 23 45 32 2 1.7 93 .219 .194 .263 .326 .337 .222 .368 .548 .706 57 .162 -1.7 -0.2 .467 .194 .028 O
#Eddie Smith 28 79 67 2 0.8 93 .155 .123 .263 .158 .337 .151 .368 .309 .706 -12 .048 -11.2 -1.2 .234 .082 .027 .0 1
Mike Tresh 28 266 190 20 2.8 93 .258 .232 .263 .314 .337 .275 .368 .589 .706 68 .333 -9.3 -1.0 .508 .172 .043 .0 2
*Thurman Tucker 24 24 21 1 1.3 93 .150 .125 .263 .125 .337 .208 .368 .333 .706 -6 .105 -3.6 -0.4 .238 .083 .083 /O
Tom Turner 25 206 148 20 3.6 93 .250 .242 .263 .313 .337 .352 .368 .665 .706 88 .442 -2.9 -0.3 .573 .209 .110 .0 2
*Jake Wade 30 30 22 2 2.4 93 .333 .241 .263 .267 .337 .241 .368 .508 .706 45 .277 -2.2 -0.2 .364 .034 .000 1
Skeeter Webb 32 101 84 4 1.3 93 .198 .170 .263 .204 .337 .213 .368 .417 .706 18 .105 -10.6 -1.1 .284 .074 .043 .0 4
*Ed Weiland 27 2 2 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .264 .000 .337 .000 .368 .000 .706 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Leo Wells 24 67 52 4 2.1 93 .196 .194 .263 .242 .337 .274 .368 .517 .706 46 .220 -4.6 -0.5 .431 .161 .081 1.0 6/5
*Sam West 37 188 123 15 3.3 93 .263 .232 .263 .363 .337 .265 .368 .628 .706 79 .396 -2.2 -0.2 .624 .252 .033 .0 O
*Taffy Wright 30 353 214 50 6.3 93 .344 .333 .263 .432 .337 .410 .368 .842 .706 139 .683 18.9 1.9 .789 .213 .077 .0 O
League Average 4.1 94 .274 .256 .266 .329 .340 .356 .372 .685 .712 93 .494 .604 .207 .100
Team Total 5552 3996 505 3.4 93 .265 .246 .263 .316 .337 .318 .368 .635 .706 80 .412 -126.3 -13.4 .546 .182 .073 41.0
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 38 19 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 .167 .286 .500 .786 1 18 18
Luke Appling 35 150 656 583 88 158 29 4 3 59 19 70 24 .271 .352 .350 .702 72 142 142
#George Dickey 26 62 133 123 7 29 3 0 1 19 0 10 12 .236 .293 .285 .578 11 59 59
Bill Dietrich 32 28 56 51 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 5 23 .098 .179 .118 .296 1 26 26
*Jimmy Grant 23 13 45 39 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 6 6 .179 .289 .256 .545 3 12 12
Orval Grove 22 13 23 23 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 12 12
Joe Haynes 24 42 31 29 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 5 .172 .226 .172 .398 1 40 40
*Val Heim 21 14 56 49 7 11 1 1 0 8 1 6 3 .224 .321 .286 .607 4 13 13
Myril Hoag 34 120 480 440 53 109 20 2 2 42 19 40 22 .248 .310 .316 .626 43 113 113
Johnny Humphries 27 30 89 85 10 19 6 1 0 5 0 4 35 .224 .258 .318 .576 7 28 28
Jake Jones 21 7 23 21 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 .143 .217 .190 .408 1 7 7
Bob Kennedy 21 120 464 440 42 104 20 5 0 43 12 24 43 .236 .276 .305 .580 37 113 113
Don Kolloway 23 156 673 638 80 175 43 4 3 67 17 32 41 .274 .312 .368 .680 73 147 147
*Joe Kuhel 36 122 510 442 67 114 15 4 4 58 24 66 23 .258 .357 .337 .694 54 115 115
*Thornton Lee 35 12 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 11 11
Dario Lodigiani 26 62 198 178 10 50 7 0 0 17 3 19 11 .281 .354 .320 .674 20 59 59
#Ted Lyons 41 21 76 72 12 18 4 0 0 12 0 3 7 .250 .289 .306 .595 6 20 20
*Wally Moses 31 155 697 616 81 170 31 4 8 55 17 81 29 .276 .360 .378 .738 84 146 146
Bill Mueller 21 28 104 90 5 15 1 0 0 5 2 13 10 .167 .279 .178 .457 4 26 26
*Len Perme 24 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Johnny Rigney 27 7 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .048 .000 .048 0 7 7
Buck Ross 27 23 42 41 3 7 4 0 0 4 0 1 11 .171 .190 .268 .459 2 22 22
*Bud Sketchley 23 14 47 39 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 8 4 .205 .340 .231 .571 3 13 13
#Eddie Smith 28 31 81 78 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 3 16 .128 .160 .154 .314 2 29 29
Mike Tresh 28 76 281 250 24 60 9 1 0 17 2 31 25 .240 .324 .284 .608 23 72 72
*Thurman Tucker 24 7 25 25 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 7 7
Tom Turner 25 59 215 194 20 48 10 1 3 24 0 21 16 .247 .321 .356 .677 22 56 56
*Jake Wade 30 16 32 31 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .258 .281 .258 .539 2 15 15
Skeeter Webb 32 34 104 100 6 17 2 1 0 4 1 4 14 .170 .202 .210 .412 4 32 32
*Ed Weiland 27 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Leo Wells 24 37 69 65 8 12 2 0 1 4 1 4 5 .185 .232 .262 .493 4 35 35
*Sam West 37 52 197 162 16 39 6 0 0 28 2 35 19 .241 .376 .278 .653 17 49 49
*Taffy Wright 30 90 374 319 49 107 14 5 0 53 1 51 10 .335 .433 .411 .844 56 85 85
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 38 13 389 335 389 369 30 86 8 7 0 33 0 1 8 65 .233 .249 .293 .542 39 108 2 0 12 0 0
Luke Appling 35 13 6908 1630 6908 6012 962 1868 309 82 27 804 118 74 838 356 .311 .396 .403 .799 108 2422 39 9 49
#George Dickey 26 4 223 106 223 205 13 39 5 0 3 26 0 0 17 24 .190 .252 .259 .511 39 53 4 0 1
Bill Dietrich 32 10 492 262 492 421 38 69 11 2 3 32 0 0 44 160 .164 .245 .221 .466 21 93 3 1 26 0 0
*Jimmy Grant 23 1 41 12 41 36 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 .167 .268 .250 .518 47 9 0 0 0
Orval Grove 22 3 28 17 28 25 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .320 .520 45 8 0 0 3
Joe Haynes 24 4 134 97 134 125 13 24 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 27 .192 .223 .200 .423 14 25 1 0 4
*Val Heim 21 1 51 13 51 45 6 9 1 1 0 7 1 0 5 3 .200 .294 .267 .561 60 12 1 1 0
Myril Hoag 34 11 2951 896 2951 2694 336 737 126 27 27 367 51 40 206 256 .274 .327 .370 .698 82 998 45 10 41
Johnny Humphries 27 5 160 121 160 145 13 23 10 1 0 9 0 0 7 65 .159 .203 .241 .444 20 35 3 1 7
Jake Jones 21 2 33 10 33 31 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 .097 .152 .129 .281 -22 4 0 0 0
Bob Kennedy 21 4 1388 346 1388 1283 127 303 50 11 4 120 19 17 81 122 .236 .282 .302 .583 56 387 35 0 24
Don Kolloway 23 3 975 228 975 921 110 249 49 7 6 87 28 18 36 54 .270 .301 .358 .660 82 330 22 5 13
*Joe Kuhel 36 13 6975 1589 6975 6141 992 1735 327 87 116 855 139 67 731 467 .283 .361 .421 .782 103 2584 40 28 75
*Thornton Lee 35 10 657 273 657 618 53 135 23 4 4 51 0 0 20 159 .218 .244 .288 .532 36 178 10 1 18
Dario Lodigiani 26 5 1375 361 1375 1209 130 317 63 7 16 143 8 8 125 72 .262 .340 .366 .705 85 442 25 17 24
#Ted Lyons 41 20 1710 700 1710 1549 162 364 49 9 5 149 0 1 72 198 .235 .272 .288 .560 46 446 9 7 82
*Wally Moses 31 8 4656 1046 4656 4157 667 1291 261 59 68 403 71 43 454 240 .311 .380 .451 .830 115 1874 19 9 36
Bill Mueller 21 1 98 26 98 85 5 14 1 0 0 5 2 1 12 9 .165 .276 .176 .452 30 15 5 1 0
*Len Perme 24 1 3 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 1 0 0 0
Johnny Rigney 27 6 404 172 404 361 23 67 10 1 0 23 1 1 17 103 .186 .222 .219 .441 14 79 12 0 26
Buck Ross 27 7 406 183 406 365 22 61 10 0 2 22 0 0 15 120 .167 .204 .211 .415 7 77 6 2 24
*Bud Sketchley 23 1 45 13 45 36 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 4 .194 .326 .222 .548 57 8 0 0 2
#Eddie Smith 28 7 460 212 460 405 28 79 16 2 0 18 2 0 31 85 .195 .252 .244 .497 30 99 5 0 24 0 0
Mike Tresh 28 5 1705 451 1705 1484 173 385 40 9 1 152 9 12 187 125 .259 .344 .301 .645 70 446 39 5 29
*Thurman Tucker 24 1 24 7 24 24 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .208 .333 -6 5 0 0 0
Tom Turner 25 3 442 131 442 404 36 94 15 3 3 35 3 1 31 42 .233 .289 .307 .596 62 124 9 1 6
*Jake Wade 30 5 164 112 164 155 8 24 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 66 .155 .196 .161 .358 -8 25 0 0 1
Skeeter Webb 32 6 916 247 916 839 84 198 31 4 3 67 7 9 60 86 .236 .289 .293 .582 52 246 10 2 15
*Ed Weiland 27 2 7 10 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 0
Leo Wells 24 1 67 35 67 62 8 12 2 0 1 4 1 0 4 5 .194 .242 .274 .517 46 17 1 0 1
*Sam West 37 16 6972 1753 6972 6148 934 1838 347 101 75 838 53 56 696 540 .299 .371 .425 .796 104 2612 6 5 123
*Taffy Wright 30 5 2388 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 122 976 29 17 13
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

1941 / 1943 Batting Statistics