1943 Chicago White Sox season

1943 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Dick Enroth, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten) WJJD/WIND (AM) (Bert Wilson, Pat Flanagan)
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The 1943 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season in the major leagues, and their 44th season overall. They finished with a record 82–72, good enough for 4th place in the American League, 16 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Washington Senators	84	69	.549	13.5
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	15.5
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	16
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20
St. Louis Browns	72	80	.474	25
Boston Red Sox	68	84	.447	29
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	49

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

Opening Day lineup

• Thurman Tucker, cf
• Luke Appling, ss
• Joe Kuhel, 1b
• Moose Solters, lf
• Don Kolloway, 2b
• Wally Moses, rf
• Jimmy Grant, 3b
• Mike Tresh, c
• Bill Dietrich, p

Roster

1943 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 18 Bill Dietrich 45 Orval Grove 35 Joe Haynes 26 Johnny Humphries 27 Thornton Lee 37 Gordon Maltzberger 19 Buck Ross 46 Eddie Smith 29 Floyd Speer 48 Bill Swift 24 Jake Wade		Catchers 14 Vince Castino 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Luke Appling 47 Tony Cuccinello 28 Dick Culler  7 Jimmy Grant 34 Don Hanski 25 Ralph Hodgin 47 Don Kolloway  3 Joe Kuhel 29 Cass Michaels  2 Skeeter Webb		Outfielders 12 Guy Curtright  9 Wally Moses  6 Moose Solters  8 Thurman Tucker Other batters 36 Frank Kalin		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	155	585	63	192	33	2	3	80	90	29	.328	27
Vince Castino, C	33	101	14	23	1	0	2	16	12	11	.228	0
Tony Cuccinello, 3B	34	103	5	28	5	0	2	11	13	13	.272	3
Dick Culler, 3B,2B	53	148	9	32	5	1	0	11	16	11	.216	4
Guy Curtright, LF	138	488	67	142	20	7	3	48	69	60	.291	13
Jimmy Grant, 3B	58	197	23	51	9	2	4	22	18	34	.259	4
Don Hanski, 1B	9	21	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	5	.238	0
Ralph Hodgin, 3B,RF,LF	117	407	52	128	22	8	1	50	20	24	.314	3
Frank Kalin, PH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Don Kolloway, 2B	85	348	29	75	14	4	1	33	9	30	.216	11
Joe Kuhel, 1B	153	531	55	113	21	1	5	46	76	45	.213	14
Cass Michaels, 3B	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Wally Moses, RF,CF	150	599	82	147	22	12	3	48	55	47	.245	56
Moose Solters, LF,RF	42	97	6	15	0	0	1	8	7	5	.155	0
Mike Tresh, C	86	279	20	60	3	0	0	20	37	20	.215	2
Thurman Tucker, CF	139	528	81	124	15	6	3	39	79	72	.235	29
Tom Turner, C	51	154	16	37	7	1	2	11	13	21	.240	1
Skeeter Webb, 2B	58	213	15	50	5	2	0	22	6	19	.235	5
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Bill Dietrich, P 26 56 7 8 1 0 1 6 5 22 .143 0 Orval Grove, P 32 66 9 12 0 0 0 7 11 22 .182 0 Joe Haynes, P 35 34 5 9 0 0 0 4 3 9 .265 0 Johnny Humphries, P 28 69 6 20 6 0 0 5 3 25 .290 1 Thornton Lee, P 19 42 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 8 .071 0 Gordon Maltzberger, P 37 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 6 14 .120 0 Buck Ross, P 21 46 1 4 1 0 1 4 5 15 .087 0 Eddie Smith, P 25 69 4 11 1 0 1 8 2 9 .159 0 Bill Swift, P 18 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 .100 0 Jake Wade, P 21 27 2 4 1 0 0 3 3 9 .148 0 Team totals 155 5254 573 1297 193 46 33 508 561 582 .247 173 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 Bill Dietrich 12 10 2.80 26 26 0 186.2 180 72 58 4 53 52 Orval Grove 15 9 2.75 32 25 2 216.1 192 84 66 9 72 76 Don Hanski 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Haynes 7 2 2.96 35 2 3 109.1 114 51 36 2 32 37 Johnny Humphries 11 11 3.30 28 27 0 188.1 198 86 69 7 54 51 Thornton Lee 5 9 4.18 19 19 0 127.0 129 66 59 8 50 35 Gordon Maltzberger 7 4 2.46 37 0 14 98.2 86 29 27 8 24 48 Buck Ross 11 7 3.19 21 21 0 149.1 140 61 53 6 56 41 Eddie Smith 11 11 3.69 25 25 0 187.2 197 85 77 4 76 66 Floyd Speer 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 Bill Swift 0 2 4.21 18 1 0 51.1 48 25 24 3 27 28 Jake Wade 3 7 3.01 21 9 0 83.2 66 34 28 3 54 41 Team totals 82 72 3.20 155 155 19 1400.1 1352 594 498 54 501 476 External links 1943 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference