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1941 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1941
league	American League
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago
record
league_place	3rd
owners	Grace Comiskey
general_manager	Harry Grabiner
managers	Jimmy Dykes
radio	WGN (AM)
(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)
WCFL
(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)
WJJD
(Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan)

(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan) |}} 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 of 77–77, good enough for third 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.

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.

Roster

1941 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	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
	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
	77	77	3.52	156	156	4	1416.0	1362	649	554	89	521	564

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tucketh01.shtml 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
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley] at ''Baseball Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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