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1940 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1940
league	American League
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago
owners	Grace Comiskey
general_manager	Harry Grabiner
managers	Jimmy Dykes
radio	WGN (AM)
(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)
WCFL
(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)
WJJD
(Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca)
WBBM (AM)
(John Harrington, Pat Flanagan)

(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca) WBBM (AM) (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) |}} 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 of 82–72, good enough tied for fourth place with the Boston Red Sox 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.

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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

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
	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
	82	72	3.74	155	155	18	1386.2	1335	672	576	111	480	574

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radclri01.shtml Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference]
[https://archive.today/20120730110708/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ 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

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