1940 Chicago White Sox season
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1940 Chicago White Sox season
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| Owner(s) | Grace Comiskey | |
| General manager(s) | Harry Grabiner | |
| Manager(s) | Jimmy Dykes | |
| Local radio | WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (Charley Grimm, Lew Fonseca) WBBM (AM) (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan) |
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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 82-72, good enough for 4th place in the American League, 8 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.
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Offseason
- December 8, 1939: Rip Radcliff was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Moose Solters.[1]
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.[2]
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 64 | .584 | -- |
| Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 1 |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 87 | .435 | 23 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 26 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 100 | .351 | 36 |
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
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| 1B | Joe Kuhel | 155 | 603 | 169 | .280 | 27 | 94 |
| 3B | Bob Kennedy | 154 | 606 | 153 | .252 | 3 | 52 |
| OF | Moose Solters | 116 | 428 | 132 | .308 | 12 | 80 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Clint Brown | 37 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3.68 | 23 |
| Pete Appleton | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5.62 | 21 |
Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Babe Ganzel |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League | John Fitzpatrick and Fred Bedore |
| C | Longview Texans | East Texas League | Tex Jeanes and Al Costello |
| D | Rayne Rice Birds | Evangeline League | Art Bartelli |
| D | Jonesboro White Sox | Northeast Arkansas League | Johnny Mostil |
| D | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | Papa Williams |
| D | Lubbock Hubbers | West Texas-New Mexico League | Charlie Engle |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Frank Parenti |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand Forks[3]
Notes
- ^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 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, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
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