1940 Chicago White Sox season

1940 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (Charley Grimm, Lew Fonseca) WBBM (AM) (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan)
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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 82–72, good enough for 4th place 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	90	64	.584	--
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	1
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	2
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	8
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	8
St. Louis Browns	67	87	.435	23
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	26
Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	.351	36

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	8–14	11–11	9–13	18–4	12–10	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–16	13–9	11–11–1	16–6	13–9	12–10
Cleveland	14–8	16–6	—	11–11	10–12	14–8	11–11–1	13–9
Detroit	11–11	9–13	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4–1	16–6
New York	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	8–14	—	13–9	14–8	17–5
Philadelphia	4–18	6–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	8–14
St. Louis	10–12	9–13	11–11–1	4–18–1	8–14	14–8	—	11–11
Washington	9–13	10–12	9–13	6–16	5–17	14–8	11–11	—

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 Level Team League Manager 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 Papa Williams D Lubbock Hubbers West Texas–New Mexico League Charlie Engle D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Frank Parenti LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand Forks[3] References Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 External links 1940 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference