1942 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1942 American League Comiskey Park Chicago Grace Comiskey Harry Grabiner Jimmy Dykes WGN (AM)(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)WCFL(Hal Totten)WJJD(Pat Flanagan, Jack L. Fitzpatrick) The 1942 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season. They finished with a record of 66–82, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 34 games behind the first place New York Yankees. Offseason December 9, 1941: Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wally Moses.Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Don Kolloway, 2B Wally Moses, CF Joe Kuhel, 1B Luke Appling, SS Bud Sketchley, RF Myril Hoag, LF Bob Kennedy, 3B Mike Tresh, C Johnny Rigney, P Roster 1942 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 48 Pete Appleton 18 Bill Dietrich 45 Orval Grove 35 Joe Haynes 26 Johnny Humphries 27 Thornton Lee 16 Ted Lyons 34 Len Perme 29 Johnny Rigney 19 Buck Ross 46 Eddie Smith 39,24 Jake Wade 39 Ed Weiland Catchers 14 George Dickey 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Luke Appling 20 Jimmy Grant -- Jake Jones 25 Bob Kennedy 47 Don Kolloway  3 Joe Kuhel  7 Dario Lodigiani 37 Skeeter Webb 36 Leo Wells Outfielders -- Val Heim  8 Myril Hoag  9 Wally Moses -- Bill Mueller 12 Bud Sketchley -- Thurman Tucker 34 Sam West  6 Taffy Wright Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 22 Mule Haas 33 Bing Miller 38 Muddy Ruel Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Luke Appling, SS 142 543 78 142 26 4 3 53 63 23 .262 17 George Dickey, C 59 116 6 27 3 0 1 17 9 11 .233 0 Jimmy Grant, 3B 12 36 0 6 1 1 0 1 5 6 .167 0 Val Heim, LF, RF 13 45 6 9 1 1 0 7 5 3 .200 1 Myril Hoag, CF, LF 113 412 47 99 18 2 2 37 36 21 .240 17 Jake Jones, 1B 7 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 .150 1 Bob Kennedy, 3B, LF 113 412 37 95 18 5 0 38 22 41 .231 11 Don Kolloway, 2B, 1B 147 601 72 164 40 4 3 60 30 39 .273 16 Joe Kuhel, 1B 115 413 60 103 14 4 4 52 60 22 .249 22 Dario Lodigiani, 3B, 2B 59 168 9 47 7 0 0 15 18 10 .280 3 Wally Moses, RF, CF 146 577 73 156 28 4 7 49 74 27 .270 16 Bill Mueller, CF, RF 26 85 5 14 1 0 0 5 12 9 .165 2 Bud Sketchley, RF 13 36 1 7 1 0 0 3 7 4 .194 0 Mike Tresh, C 72 233 21 54 8 1 0 15 28 24 .232 2 Thurman Tucker, CF 7 24 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 .125 0 Tom Turner, C 56 182 18 44 9 1 3 21 19 15 .242 0 Skeeter Webb, 2B 32 94 5 16 2 1 0 4 4 13 .170 1 Leo Wells, SS, 3B 35 62 8 12 2 0 1 4 4 5 .194 1 Sam West, CF, LF 49 151 14 35 5 0 0 25 31 18 .232 2 Taffy Wright, LF 85 300 43 100 13 5 0 47 48 9 .333 1 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Bill Dietrich, P 26 48 2 5 1 0 0 5 5 22 .104 0 Orval Grove, P 12 22 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 5 .227 0 Joe Haynes, P 40 28 3 5 0 0 0 5 2 5 .179 0 Johnny Humphries, P 28 80 9 18 6 1 0 5 4 33 .225 0 Thornton Lee, P 11 30 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 10 .200 0 Ted Lyons, P 20 67 10 16 4 0 0 10 3 7 .239 0 Len Perme, P 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 Johnny Rigney, P 7 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .053 0 Buck Ross, P 22 38 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 10 .158 0 Eddie Smith, P 29 73 2 9 0 1 0 0 3 15 .123 1 Jake Wade, P 15 29 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 8 .241 0 Ed Weiland, P 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Team totals 148 4949 538 1215 214 36 25 486 497 425 .246 114 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Pete Appleton 0 0 3.86 4 0 0 4.2 2 2 2 0 3 2 Bill Dietrich 6 11 4.89 26 23 0 160.0 173 92 87 16 70 39 Orval Grove 4 6 5.16 12 8 0 66.1 77 47 38 1 33 21 Joe Haynes 8 5 2.62 40 1 6 103.0 88 37 30 6 47 35 Johnny Humphries 12 12 2.68 28 28 0 228.1 227 85 68 9 59 71 Thornton Lee 2 6 3.32 11 8 0 76.0 82 38 28 4 31 25 Ted Lyons 14 6 2.10 20 20 0 180.1 167 52 42 11 26 50 Len Perme 0 1 1.38 4 1 0 13.0 5 2 2 0 4 4 Johnny Rigney 3 3 3.20 7 7 0 59.0 40 23 21 2 16 34 Buck Ross 5 7 5.00 22 14 1 113.1 118 63 63 6 39 37 Eddie Smith 7 20 3.98 29 28 1 215.0 223 112 95 17 86 78 Jake Wade 5 5 4.10 15 10 0 85.2 84 45 39 2 56 32 Ed Weiland 0 0 7.45 5 0 0 9.2 18 11 8 0 3 4 Team totals 66 82 3.58 148 148 8 1314.1 1304 609 523 74 473 432 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA St. Paul Saints American Association Truck Hannah and Bob Tarlton B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Johnny Mostil C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Larry Bettencourt C Superior Blues Northern League Art Haugher D Lockport White Sox PONY League Joe Martin and Bill Prince D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Frank Parenti and Roger ReinhartJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1942 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White