1940 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 82-72-1, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (82-72-1)

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 660,336 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 83-71, 735 Runs, 672 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	79	163	12	1	8		7
2	1B	Joe Kuhel*	34	155	703	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	12	5	87	59	.280	.374	.488	.861	120	294	11	3	10		1
3	2B	Skeeter Webb	30	84	371	334	33	79	11	2	1	29	3	6	30	33	.237	.299	.290	.590	53	97	4	0	5		0
4	SS	Luke Appling	33	150	640	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	3	5	69	35	.348	.420	.442	.862	123	250	11	1	3		6
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		4
6	OF	Mike Kreevich	32	144	637	582	86	154	27	10	8	55	15	7	34	49	.265	.305	.387	.692	77	225	18	0	21		3
7	OF	Taffy Wright*	28	147	627	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	4	7	43	25	.337	.385	.448	.832	114	260	9	2	1		5
8	OF	Moose Solters	34	116	458	428	65	132	28	3	12	80	3	3	27	54	.308	.351	.472	.823	110	202	10	1	1		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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	129	125	3	0	6		2
10	2B	Eric McNair	31	66	269	251	26	57	13	1	7	31	1	7	12	26	.227	.265	.371	.636	62	93	8	1	5		3
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		0
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		0
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		0
14	C	Ken Silvestri#	24	28	28	24	5	6	2	0	2	10	0	0	4	7	.250	.357	.583	.940	138	14	2	0	0		0
15		Dave Short*	23	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	120	1	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
21	P	Bill Dietrich	30	23	60	50	5	12	1	0	1	8	0	0	7	14	.240	.333	.320	.653	70	16	1	0	3		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
25	P	Ed Weiland*	25	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1	0	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	107	2	1	0	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		0
		Team Totals	29.6	155	6007	5386	735	1499	238	63	73	671	52	60	497	569	.278	.340	.387	.727	87	2082	123	10	110		32
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	5	3	8	5	7		6	8	7	3	3	4	6	6		6		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	155	5463	4911	702	1399	221	62	72	634	51	60	467	446	.285	.348	.399	.747	92	1960	108	10	71		32
		Pitcher Totals	30.9	155	544	475	33	100	17	1	1	37	1	0	30	123	.211	.257	.257	.514	33	122	15	0	39		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Johnny Rigney	25	14	18	.438	3.11	39	33	6	19	2	3	280.2	240	117	97	22	90	12	141	2	0	5	1152	143	3.99	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	9	87	2	1	4	948	128	3.74	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	6	119	3	0	4	892	138	4.27	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	1	72	0	0	6	789	137	4.01	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	4	44	2	1	1	686	97	4.45	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	2	43	0	0	4	652	110	4.59	1.463	9.3	0.6	3.9	2.6	0.66
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Clint Brown	36	4	6	.400	3.68	37	0	36	0	0	10	66.0	75	30	27	5	16	7	23	2	0	1	291	121	4.10	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	2	21	1	0	3	254	79	5.58	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	0	3	0	0	1	65	52	8.58	1.535	9.4	3.1	4.4	1.9	0.43
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Vallie Eaves	28	0	2	.000	6.75	5	3	1	0	0	0	18.2	22	16	14	2	24	0	11	1	0	2	98	67	7.23	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	1	9	1	0	0	63	71	4.14	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	0	1	0	0	0	26	156	4.66	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	44	574	14	2	31	5916	119	4.28	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W