1941 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1941 American League Comiskey Park Chicago 77 77 y 3rd Grace Comiskey Harry Grabiner Jimmy Dykes WGN (AM)(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)WCFL(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)WJJD(Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan) The 1941 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 41st season in the major leagues, and their 42nd season overall. They finished with a record of 77–77, good enough for third place in the American League, 24 games behind the first place New York Yankees. Offseason November 6, 1940: Thurman Tucker was purchased by the White Sox from the Oklahoma City Indians.Thurman Tucker at Baseball Reference Regular season May 15, 1941: In a game against the Chicago White Sox, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees began his major league record 56-game hitting streak with a hit off Sox pitcher Eddie Smith.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 5, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Bill Knickerbocker, 2B Luke Appling, SS Joe Kuhel, 1B Moose Solters, LF Dario Lodigiani, 3B Larry Rosenthal, RF Mike Kreevich, CF Mike Tresh, C Bill Dietrich, P Notable transactions August 1941: Dave Philley was purchased by the White Sox from the Monroe White Sox.Dave Philley at Baseball Reference Roster 1941 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 48 Pete Appleton 18 Bill Dietrich 45 Orval Grove 28 Jack Hallett 35 Joe Haynes 26 Johnny Humphries 27 Thornton Lee 16 Ted Lyons 29 Johnny Rigney 19 Buck Ross 46 Eddie Smith Catchers 14 George Dickey 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Luke Appling -- Jake Jones 36 Bob Kennedy 2,12 Bill Knickerbocker 47 Don Kolloway  3 Joe Kuhel  7 Dario Lodigiani 37 Skeeter Webb Outfielders 45 Ben Chapman 24 Myril Hoag  8 Mike Kreevich 49 Dave Philley 12 Larry Rosenthal -- Dave Short  9 Moose Solters  6 Taffy Wright Other batters -- Stan Goletz 42 Chet Hajduk Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 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 154 592 93 186 26 8 1 57 82 32 .314 12 Ben Chapman, OF 57 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 19 14 .226 2 George Dickey, C 32 55 6 11 1 0 2 8 5 7 .200 0 Stan Goletz, PH 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 0 Chet Hajduk, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Myril Hoag, LF, CF 106 380 30 97 13 3 1 44 27 29 .255 6 Jake Jones, 1B 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 Bob Kennedy, 3B 76 257 16 53 9 3 1 29 17 23 .206 5 Bill Knickerbocker, 2B 89 343 51 84 23 2 7 29 41 27 .245 6 Don Kolloway, 2B, 1B 71 280 33 76 8 3 3 24 6 12 .271 11 Mike Kreevich, CF 121 436 44 101 16 8 0 37 35 26 .232 17 Joe Kuhel, 1B 153 600 99 150 39 5 12 63 70 55 .250 20 Dario Lodigiani, 3B 87 322 39 77 19 2 4 40 31 19 .239 0 Dave Philley, LF 7 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 .222 0 Larry Rosenthal, RF, CF 20 59 9 14 4 0 0 1 12 5 .237 0 Dave Short, LF 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 0 Moose Solters, LF 76 251 24 65 9 4 4 43 18 31 .259 3 Mike Tresh, C 115 390 38 98 10 1 0 33 38 27 .251 1 Tom Turner, C 38 126 7 30 5 0 0 8 9 15 .238 2 Skeeter Webb, 2B, SS, 3B 29 84 7 16 2 0 0 6 3 9 .190 1 Taffy Wright, RF 136 513 71 165 35 5 10 97 60 27 .322 5 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Pete Appleton, P 13 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 Bill Dietrich, P 19 34 4 3 1 0 0 1 7 11 .088 0 Orval Grove, P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Jack Hallett, P 22 26 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 6 .154 0 Joe Haynes, P 8 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 0 Johnny Humphries, P 14 23 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 12 .087 0 Thornton Lee, P 35 114 7 29 5 0 0 8 4 20 .254 0 Ted Lyons, P 22 74 8 20 2 0 0 6 2 6 .270 0 Johnny Rigney, P 30 84 8 17 1 1 0 5 6 27 .202 0 Buck Ross, P 20 32 2 7 1 0 0 2 2 5 .219 0 Eddie Smith, P 34 88 6 19 4 0 0 3 8 19 .216 0 Team totals 156 5404 638 1376 245 47 47 567 509 476 .255 91 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 3 5.27 13 0 1 27.1 27 21 16 4 17 12 Bill Dietrich 5 8 5.35 19 15 0 109.1 114 73 65 7 50 26 Orval Grove 0 0 10.29 2 0 0 7.0 9 8 8 2 5 5 Jack Hallett 5 5 6.03 22 6 0 74.2 96 57 50 7 38 25 Joe Haynes 0 0 3.86 8 0 0 28.0 30 13 12 0 11 18 Johnny Humphries 4 2 1.84 14 6 1 73.1 63 18 15 2 22 25 Thornton Lee 22 11 2.37 35 34 1 300.1 258 98 79 18 92 130 Ted Lyons 12 10 3.70 22 22 0 187.1 199 87 77 9 37 63 Johnny Rigney 13 13 3.84 30 29 0 237.0 224 116 101 21 92 119 Buck Ross 3 8 3.16 20 11 0 108.1 99 51 38 6 43 30 Eddie Smith 13 17 3.18 34 33 1 263.1 243 107 93 13 114 111 Team totals 77 77 3.52 156 156 4 1416.0 1362 649 554 89 521 564 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA St. Paul Saints American Association Red Kress B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Louis Brower and Johnny Mostil C Saginaw White Sox Michigan State League Bill Prince and Wally McMullen C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Larry Bettencourt D Jonesboro White Sox Northeast Arkansas League Johnny Mostil and Bill Prince D Lubbock Hubbers West Texas–New Mexico League Charlie Engle D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Frank ParentiJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1941 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White