1941 Chicago White Sox season
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1941 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 (Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan) |
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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 77-77, good enough for 3rd place in the American League, 24 games behind the first place New York Yankees.
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Offseason
- November 6, 1940: Thurman Tucker was purchased by the White Sox from the Oklahoma City Indians.[1]
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.[2]
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | -- |
| Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 17 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 24 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 |
| St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 |
| Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | .416 | 37 |
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.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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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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| 2B | Bill Knickerbocker | 89 | 343 | 84 | .245 | 7 | 29 |
| SS | Luke Appling | 154 | 592 | 186 | .314 | 1 | 57 |
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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| Eddie Smith | 34 | 263.1 | 13 | 17 | 3.18 | 111 |
| Bill Dietrich | 19 | 109.1 | 5 | 8 | 5.35 | 26 |
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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| Pete Appleton | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.27 | 12 |
Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Red Kress |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League | Louis Brower and Johnny Mostil |
| C | Saginaw White Sox | Michigan State League | Bill Prince and Wally McMullen |
| C | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | Larry Bettencourt |
| D | Jonesboro White Sox | Northeast Arkansas League | Johnny Mostil and Bill Prince |
| D | Lubbock Hubbers | West Texas-New Mexico League | Charlie Engle |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Frank Parenti |
Notes
- ^ Thurman Tucker page 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
- ^ Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
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