1940 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1940 American League Comiskey Park Chicago Grace Comiskey Harry Grabiner Jimmy Dykes WGN (AM)(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)WCFL(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)WJJD(Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca)WBBM (AM)(John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) The 1940 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 40th season in the major leagues, and its 41st season overall. They finished with a record of 82–72, good enough tied for fourth place with the Boston Red Sox in the American League, 8 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers. Offseason December 8, 1939: Rip Radcliff was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Moose Solters.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference Regular season April 16, 1940: Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians threw what is, to date, the only Opening Day no-hitter in major league history against the White Sox. Feller walked five and struck out eight as the Indians beat the White Sox 1–0 at Comiskey Park.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM July 30, 2012 July 25, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080725053639/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ dead Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Bob Kennedy, 3B Joe Kuhel, 1B Mike Kreevich, CF Moose Solters, LF Luke Appling, SS Taffy Wright, RF Eric McNair, 2B Mike Tresh, C Eddie Smith, P Roster 1940 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 10,48 Pete Appleton 26 Clint Brown 18 Bill Dietrich -- Vallie Eaves 11,45 Orval Grove 28 Jack Hallett 24 Jack Knott 27 Thornton Lee 16 Ted Lyons 29 Johnny Rigney 23,46 Eddie Smith 19 Ed Weiland Catchers 14 Ken Silvestri 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Luke Appling  2 Jackie Hayes 36 Bob Kennedy 47 Don Kolloway  3 Joe Kuhel  7 Eric McNair 37 Skeeter Webb Outfielders  8 Mike Kreevich 12 Larry Rosenthal  9 Moose Solters  6 Taffy Wright Other batters -- Dave Short Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 33 Jimmy Austin 22 Mule Haas 38 Muddy Ruel 25 Monty Stratton 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 150 566 96 197 27 13 0 79 69 35 .348 3 Jackie Hayes, 2B 18 41 2 8 0 1 0 1 2 11 .195 0 Bob Kennedy, 3B 154 606 74 153 23 3 3 52 42 58 .252 3 Don Kolloway, 2B 10 40 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 3 .225 1 Mike Kreevich, CF 144 582 86 154 27 10 8 55 34 49 .265 15 Joe Kuhel, 1B 155 603 111 169 28 8 27 94 87 59 .280 12 Eric McNair, 2B 66 251 26 57 13 1 7 31 12 26 .227 1 Larry Rosenthal, OF 107 276 46 83 14 5 6 42 64 32 .301 2 Dave Short, PH 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 Ken Silvestri, C 28 24 5 6 2 0 2 10 4 7 .250 0 Moose Solters, LF 116 428 65 132 28 3 12 80 27 54 .308 3 Mike Tresh, C 135 480 62 135 15 5 1 64 49 40 .281 3 Tom Turner, C 37 96 11 20 1 2 0 6 3 12 .208 1 Skeeter Webb, 2B, SS 84 334 33 79 11 2 1 29 30 33 .237 3 Taffy Wright, RF 147 581 79 196 31 9 5 88 43 25 .337 4 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Pete Appleton, P 25 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .176 0 Clint Brown, P 37 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 .071 0 Bill Dietrich, P 23 50 5 12 1 0 1 8 7 14 .240 0 Vallie Eaves, P 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Orval Grove, P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Jack Hallett, P 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .400 0 Jack Knott, P 25 57 2 5 1 0 0 4 5 17 .088 0 Thornton Lee, P 28 84 7 23 4 0 0 5 4 30 .274 0 Ted Lyons, P 22 75 4 18 4 0 0 7 2 7 .240 0 Johnny Rigney, P 40 93 5 20 4 0 0 7 3 28 .215 1 Eddie Smith, P 34 88 6 19 4 0 0 3 8 19 .216 0 Ed Weiland, P 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 0 Team totals 155 5386 735 1499 238 63 73 671 497 569 .278 52 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 4 0 5.62 25 0 5 57.2 54 39 36 8 28 21 Clint Brown 4 6 3.68 37 0 10 66.0 75 30 27 5 16 23 Bill Dietrich 10 6 4.03 23 17 0 149.2 154 78 67 10 65 43 Vallie Eaves 0 2 6.75 5 3 0 18.2 22 16 14 2 24 11 Orval Grove 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 Jack Hallett 1 1 6.43 2 2 0 14.0 15 10 10 1 6 9 Jack Knott 11 9 4.56 25 23 0 158.0 166 88 80 12 52 44 Thornton Lee 12 13 3.47 28 27 0 228.0 223 100 88 13 56 87 Ted Lyons 12 8 3.24 22 22 0 186.1 188 85 67 17 37 72 Johnny Rigney 14 18 3.11 39 33 3 280.2 240 117 97 22 90 141 Eddie Smith 14 9 3.21 32 28 0 207.1 179 92 74 16 95 119 Ed Weiland 0 0 8.79 5 0 0 14.1 15 15 14 5 7 3 Team totals 82 72 3.74 155 155 18 1386.2 1335 672 576 111 480 574 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA St. Paul Saints American Association Babe Ganzel B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League John Fitzpatrick and Fred Bedore C Longview Texans East Texas League Tex Jeanes and Al Costello D Rayne Rice Birds Evangeline League Art Bartelli D Jonesboro White Sox Northeast Arkansas League Johnny Mostil D Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Fred Williams D Lubbock Hubbers West Texas–New Mexico League Charlie Engle D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Frank ParentiLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand ForksJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1940 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White