1941 Chicago White Sox season

1941 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 (Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan)
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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 77–77, good enough for 3rd 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	17
Chicago White Sox	77	77	.500	24
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	26
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	26
St. Louis Browns	70	84	.455	31
Washington Senators	70	84	.455	31
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	.416	37

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

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.^[3]

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 Level Team League Manager 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 Parenti [4] References Thurman Tucker at Baseball Reference Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 5, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7 Dave Philley at Baseball Reference Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 External links 1941 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference