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1940 American League
Team Record GB
Detroit Tigers 90 - 64
Cleveland Indians 89 - 65 1.0
New York Yankees 88 - 66 2.0
Boston Red Sox 82 - 72 8.0
Chicago White Sox 82 - 72 8.0
St. Louis Browns 67 - 87 23.0
Washington Senators 64 - 90 26.0
Philadelphia Athletics 54 - 100 36.0

5th (AL)
Runs Scored: 735
Runs Allowed: 672
Attendance: 660,336

1940 Chicago White Sox Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Mike Tresh C 26 135 480 62 135 15 5 1 64 49 0 40 3 10 8 1 12 .281 .349 .340 .689
Joe Kuhel 1B 34 155 603 111 169 28 8 27 94 87 0 59 12 5 10 3 11 .280 .374 .488 .862
Skeeter Webb 2B 30 84 334 33 79 11 2 1 29 30 0 33 3 6 5 0 4 .237 .299 .290 .589
Bob Kennedy 3B 19 154 606 74 153 23 3 3 52 42 0 58 3 7 7 0 17 .252 .301 .315 .616
Luke Appling SS 33 150 566 96 197 27 13 0 79 69 0 35 3 5 3 1 11 .348 .420 .442 .862
Moose Solters LF 34 116 428 65 132 28 3 12 80 27 0 54 3 3 1 1 10 .308 .351 .472 .823
Mike Kreevich CF 32 144 582 86 154 27 10 8 55 34 0 49 15 7 21 0 18 .265 .305 .387 .692
Taffy Wright RF 28 147 581 79 196 31 9 5 88 43 0 25 4 7 1 2 9 .337 .385 .448 .833

1940 Chicago White Sox Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Larry Rosenthal 30 107 276 46 83 14 5 6 42 64 0 32 2 3 6 0 3 .301 .432 .453 .885
Eric McNair 31 66 251 26 57 13 1 7 31 12 0 26 1 7 5 1 8 .227 .265 .371 .636
Tom Turner 23 37 96 11 20 1 2 0 6 3 0 12 1 0 1 1 2 .208 .240 .260 .500
Eddie Smith 26 32 69 7 15 3 1 0 4 6 0 15 0 0 8 0 2 .217 .280 .290 .570
Ken Silvestri 24 28 24 5 6 2 0 2 10 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .357 .583 .940
Pete Appleton 36 25 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .222 .176 .398
Ted Lyons 39 22 75 4 18 4 0 0 7 2 0 7 0 0 2 0 4 .240 .260 .293 .553
Jackie Hayes 33 18 41 2 8 0 1 0 1 2 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 .195 .233 .244 .477
Don Kolloway 21 10 40 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 .225 .225 .250 .475
Dave Short 23 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833

1940 Chicago White Sox Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Johnny Rigney P 25 40 93 5 20 4 0 0 7 3 0 28 1 1 12 0 3 .215 .240 .258 .498
Thornton Lee P 33 28 84 7 23 4 0 0 5 4 0 30 0 0 5 0 2 .274 .307 .321 .628
Jack Knott P 33 25 57 2 5 1 0 0 4 5 0 17 0 0 4 0 0 .088 .161 .105 .266
Bill Dietrich P 30 23 50 5 12 1 0 1 8 7 0 14 0 0 3 0 1 .240 .333 .320 .653
Clint Brown P 36 37 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 .071 .188 .071 .259
Vallie Eaves P 28 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jack Hallett P 25 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800
Ed Weiland P 25 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Orval Grove P 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1940 Chicago White Sox Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Johnny Rigney 25 39 33 14 18 .438 3.11 280.2 117 97 240 22 90 141 .226 2 5 19 2 3 4.00
Eddie Smith 26 32 28 14 9 .609 3.21 207.1 92 74 179 16 95 119 .225 3 4 12 0 0 4.27
Thornton Lee 33 28 27 12 13 .480 3.47 228.0 100 88 223 13 56 87 .251 2 4 24 1 0 3.74
Jack Knott 33 25 23 11 9 .550 4.56 158.0 88 80 166 12 52 44 .263 2 1 4 2 0 4.46
Ted Lyons 39 22 22 12 8 .600 3.24 186.1 85 67 188 17 37 72 .250 0 6 17 4 0 4.01
Bill Dietrich 30 23 17 10 6 .625 4.03 149.2 78 67 154 10 65 43 .262 0 4 6 1 0 4.60
Vallie Eaves 28 5 3 0 2 .000 6.75 18.2 16 14 22 2 24 11 .301 1 2 0 0 0 7.23
Jack Hallett 25 2 2 1 1 .500 6.43 14.0 10 10 15 1 6 9 .268 1 0 1 0 0 4.14

1940 Chicago White Sox Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Clint Brown 36 37 0 4 6 .400 3.68 66.0 30 27 75 5 16 23 .275 2 1 0 0 10 4.11
Pete Appleton 36 25 0 4 0 1.000 5.62 57.2 39 36 54 8 28 21 .240 1 3 0 0 5 5.58
Ed Weiland 25 5 0 0 0 .000 8.79 14.1 15 14 15 5 7 3 .259 0 1 0 0 0 8.58
Orval Grove 20 3 0 0 0 .000 3.00 6.0 2 2 4 0 4 1 .182 0 0 0 0 0 4.67