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.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand ForksJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1940 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference