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1940 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941) 82-72, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 735 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Managed by Jimmie Dykes Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 660,336 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Mike Tresh          26  135  480   62  135  15  5   1   64  49   40  .281  .349  .340   3  10  12   1   8           79
1B *Joe Kuhel           34  155  603  111  169  28  8  27   94  87   59  .280  .374  .488  12   5  11   3  10          120
2B  Skeeter Webb        30   84  334   33   79  11  2   1   29  30   33  .237  .299  .290   3   6   4   0   5           53
3B  Bob Kennedy         19  154  606   74  153  23  3   3   52  42   58  .252  .301  .315   3   7  17   0   7           59
SS  Luke Appling        33  150  566   96  197  27 13   0   79  69   35  .348  .420  .442   3   5  11   1   3          123
OF  Mike Kreevich       32  144  582   86  154  27 10   8   55  34   49  .265  .305  .387  15   7  18   0  21           77
OF *Taffy Wright        28  147  581   79  196  31  9   5   88  43   25  .337  .385  .448   4   7   9   2   1          114
OF  Moose Solters       34  116  428   65  132  28  3  12   80  27   54  .308  .351  .472   3   3  10   1   1          110
   *Larry Rosenthal     30  107  276   46   83  14  5   6   42  64   32  .301  .432  .453   2   3   3   0   6          129
    Eric McNair         31   66  251   26   57  13  1   7   31  12   26  .227  .265  .371   1   7   8   1   5           62
    Tom Turner          23   37   96   11   20   1  2   0    6   3   12  .208  .240  .260   1   0   2   1   1           29
    Jackie Hayes        33   18   41    2    8   0  1   0    1   2   11  .195  .233  .244   0   0   0   0   3           23
    Don Kolloway        21   10   40    5    9   1  0   0    3   0    3  .225  .225  .250   1   0   1   0   0           22
   #Ken Silvestri       24   28   24    5    6   2  0   2   10   4    7  .250  .357  .583   0   0   2   0   0          138
   *Dave Short          23    4    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .333  .500  .333   0   0   0   0   0          120

    Johnny Rigney       25   40   93    5   20   4  0   0    7   3   28  .215  .240  .258   1   0   3   0  12           28
   *Thornton Lee        33   28   84    7   23   4  0   0    5   4   30  .274  .307  .321   0   0   2   0   5           62
   #Ted Lyons           39   22   75    4   18   4  0   0    7   2    7  .240  .260  .293   0   0   4   0   2           42
   #Eddie Smith         26   32   69    7   15   3  1   0    4   6   15  .217  .280  .290   0   0   2   0   8           47
    Jack Knott          33   25   57    2    5   1  0   0    4   5   17  .088  .161  .105   0   0   0   0   4          -30
    Bill Dietrich       30   23   50    5   12   1  0   1    8   7   14  .240  .333  .320   0   0   1   0   3           70
    Pete Appleton       36   25   17    2    3   0  0   0    0   1    5  .176  .222  .176   0   0   0   0   1            4
   *Clint Brown         36   37   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    2  .071  .188  .071   0   0   1   0   3          -30
    Vallie Eaves        28    5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Jack Hallett        25    2    5    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   0   1   0   0          107
   *Ed Weiland          25    5    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0            4
    Orval Grove         20    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  155 5386  735 1499 238 63  73  671 496  569  .278  .339  .387  52  60 122  10 110           92
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    5    3   8  5   7        7    6     3     4     6   6   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Johnny Rigney       25  39   3.11  14  18  3  33   6  19   2  280.7  240  117   97  22   90  141 1152   5   2  0     142
SP *Eddie Smith         26  32   3.21  14   9  0  28   3  12   0  207.3  179   92   74  16   95  119  892   4   3  0     138
SP *Thornton Lee        33  28   3.47  12  13  0  27   0  24   1  228.0  223  100   88  13   56   87  948   4   2  1     127
SP  Jack Knott          33  25   4.56  11   9  0  23   2   4   2  158.0  166   88   80  12   52   44  686   1   2  1      97
SP  Ted Lyons           39  22   3.24  12   8  0  22   0  17   4  186.3  188   85   67  17   37   72  789   6   0  0     137
SP  Bill Dietrich       30  23   4.03  10   6  0  17   3   6   1  149.7  154   78   67  10   65   43  652   4   0  0     110

CL  Clint Brown         36  37   3.68   4   6 10   0  36   0   0   66.0   75   30   27   5   16   23  291   1   2  0     120
RP  Pete Appleton       36  25   5.62   4   0  5   0  16   0   0   57.7   54   39   36   8   28   21  254   3   1  0      79
RP  Ed Weiland          25   5   8.79   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   14.3   15   15   14   5    7    3   65   1   0  0      50

    Vallie Eaves        28   5   6.75   0   2  0   3   1   0   0   18.7   22   16   14   2   24   11   98   2   1  0      66
    Jack Hallett        25   2   6.43   1   1  0   2   0   1   0   14.0   15   10   10   1    6    9   63   0   1  0      69
    Orval Grove         20   3   3.00   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    6.0    4    2    2   0    4    1   26   0   0  0     147
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.8 155   3.74  82  72 18 155  72  83  10 1386.0 1335  672  576 111  480  574 5916  31  14  2     118
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   4   4  3           1   2      1    2    3        4    1    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MTresh 135 619 69 12 7 .983 13 TTurner 29 110 13 4 0 .969 2 KSilvestri 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 730 82 16 7 .981 15 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKuhel 155 1395 91 18 112 .988 9.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1395 91 18 112 .988 9.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SWebb 74 143 229 12 44 .969 5.03 EMcNair 65 128 170 13 27 .958 4.58 JHayes 15 21 32 1 8 .981 3.53 DKolloway 10 19 28 4 7 .922 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 311 459 30 86 .963 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .937 3.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BKennedy 154 178 322 33 25 .938 3.25 EMcNair 1 2 1 4 0 .429 3.00 SWebb 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 180 323 37 25 .931 3.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .949 4.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LAppling 150 307 436 37 83 .953 4.95 SWebb 7 9 18 1 2 .964 3.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 316 454 38 85 .953 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .970 2.32 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MKreevich 144 428 12 8 3 .982 3.06 0 144 0 TWright 144 278 11 11 2 .963 2.01 0 0 144 MSolters 107 266 6 8 2 .971 2.54 107 0 0 LRosenthal 92 208 4 5 0 .977 2.30 68 15 11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1180 33 32 7 .974 2.63 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRigney 39 4 46 0 2 1.000 1.60 TLee 28 5 31 4 2 .900 1.42 ESmith 32 6 32 2 2 .950 1.65 TLyons 22 12 24 3 1 .923 1.74 JKnott 25 4 29 3 2 .917 1.88 BDietrich 23 8 20 1 2 .966 1.68 CBrown 37 2 14 0 0 1.000 2.18 PAppleton 25 4 8 1 1 .923 1.87 VEaves 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EWeiland 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.63 JHallett 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 OGrove 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 47 207 14 12 .948 1.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Appling .348 On-base % Rosenthal .432 Slugging % Kuhel .488 OPS Rosenthal .885 Games Kuhel 155 At Bats Kennedy 606 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kuhel 703 Runs Kuhel 111 Hits Appling 197 Total Bases Kuhel 294 Doubles Wright 31 Triples Appling 13 Home Runs Kuhel 27 RBI Kuhel 94 Bases on Balls Kuhel 87 Strikeouts Kuhel 59 Stolen Bases Kreevich 15 Singles Appling 157 Adjusted OPS+ Rosenthal 129 Runs Created Kuhel 109 Adjusted Batting Runs Appling 22 Batting Wins Appling 2.0 Extra-Base Hits Kuhel 63 Times on Base Appling 267 Offensive Win% Appling .656 Hit By Pitch Kuhel 3 Sac. Hits Kreevich 21 Grounded into Double Plays Kreevich 18 Caught Stealing Tresh 10 Power/Speed Number Kuhel 16.6 At Bats per Strikeout Wright 23.2 At Bats per Home Run Kuhel 22.3 Outs Kennedy 484

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Rigney 3.11 Wins Rigney and Smith 14 Won-Loss % Dietrich .625 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rigney 1.176 Hits Allowed/9IP Rigney 7.70 Bases on Balls/9IP Lyons 1.79 Strikeouts/9IP Smith 5.17 Games Rigney 39 Saves Brown 10 Innings Rigney 280.7 Strikeouts Rigney 141 Games Started Rigney 33 Comp. Games Lee 24 Shutouts Lyons 4 Home Runs Allow. Rigney 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Smith 95 Hits Allowed Rigney 240 SO to Walk Lyons 1.95 Losses Rigney 18 Earned Runs Allow. Rigney 97 Wild Pitches Lyons 6 Hit Batsmen Smith 3 Batters Faced Rigney 1152 Games Finished Brown 36 Adjusted ERA+ Rigney 142

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