# 1942 Chicago White Sox season

The 1942 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season. They finished with a record of 66–82, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 34 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* December 9, 1941: Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wally Moses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | — | 58‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | .612 | 9 | 53‍–‍24 | 40‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | .543 | 19½ | 40‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍32 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 28 | 39‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | .474 | 30 | 43‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | .446 | 34 | 35‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | .411 | 39½ | 35‍–‍42 | 27‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | .357 | 48 | 25‍–‍51 | 30‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–7 |
| Chicago | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 6–13 | 13–7 |
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9–2 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 |
| New York | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 13–6 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 |
| Washington | 7–14 | 7–13 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Don Kolloway, 2B
* Wally Moses, CF
* Joe Kuhel, 1B
* Luke Appling, SS
* Bud Sketchley, RF
* Myril Hoag, LF
* Bob Kennedy, 3B
* Mike Tresh, C
* Johnny Rigney, P

### Roster
## 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 | 142 | 543 | 78 | 142 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 63 | 23 | .262 | 17 |
| George Dickey, C | 59 | 116 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | .233 | 0 |
| Jimmy Grant, 3B | 12 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .167 | 0 |
| Val Heim, LF,RF | 13 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .200 | 1 |
| Myril Hoag, CF,LF | 113 | 412 | 47 | 99 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 36 | 21 | .240 | 17 |
| Jake Jones, 1B | 7 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .150 | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy, 3B,LF | 113 | 412 | 37 | 95 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 41 | .231 | 11 |
| Don Kolloway, 2B,1B | 147 | 601 | 72 | 164 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 30 | 39 | .273 | 16 |
| Joe Kuhel, 1B | 115 | 413 | 60 | 103 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 60 | 22 | .249 | 22 |
| Dario Lodigiani, 3B,2B | 59 | 168 | 9 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 10 | .280 | 3 |
| Wally Moses, RF,CF | 146 | 577 | 73 | 156 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 74 | 27 | .270 | 16 |
| Bill Mueller, CF,RF | 26 | 85 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 9 | .165 | 2 |
| Bud Sketchley, RF | 13 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | .194 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh, C | 72 | 233 | 21 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 24 | .232 | 2 |
| Thurman Tucker, CF | 7 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .125 | 0 |
| Tom Turner, C | 56 | 182 | 18 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 15 | .242 | 0 |
| Skeeter Webb, 2B | 32 | 94 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .170 | 1 |
| Leo Wells, SS,3B | 35 | 62 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .194 | 1 |
| Sam West, CF,LF | 49 | 151 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 31 | 18 | .232 | 2 |
| Taffy Wright, LF | 85 | 300 | 43 | 100 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 48 | 9 | .333 | 1 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Bill Dietrich, P | 26 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | .104 | 0 |
| Orval Grove, P | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .227 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes, P | 40 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .179 | 0 |
| Johnny Humphries, P | 28 | 80 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 33 | .225 | 0 |
| Thornton Lee, P | 11 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .200 | 0 |
| Ted Lyons, P | 20 | 67 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .239 | 0 |
| Len Perme, P | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Johnny Rigney, P | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .053 | 0 |
| Buck Ross, P | 22 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .158 | 0 |
| Eddie Smith, P | 29 | 73 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .123 | 1 |
| Jake Wade, P | 15 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .241 | 0 |
| Ed Weiland, P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 148 | 4949 | 538 | 1215 | 214 | 36 | 25 | 486 | 497 | 425 | .246 | 114 |

### 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 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Bill Dietrich | 6 | 11 | 4.89 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 160.0 | 173 | 92 | 87 | 16 | 70 | 39 |
| Orval Grove | 4 | 6 | 5.16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 66.1 | 77 | 47 | 38 | 1 | 33 | 21 |
| Joe Haynes | 8 | 5 | 2.62 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 103.0 | 88 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 47 | 35 |
| Johnny Humphries | 12 | 12 | 2.68 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 228.1 | 227 | 85 | 68 | 9 | 59 | 71 |
| Thornton Lee | 2 | 6 | 3.32 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 76.0 | 82 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 31 | 25 |
| Ted Lyons | 14 | 6 | 2.10 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 180.1 | 167 | 52 | 42 | 11 | 26 | 50 |
| Len Perme | 0 | 1 | 1.38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Johnny Rigney | 3 | 3 | 3.20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 59.0 | 40 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 34 |
| Buck Ross | 5 | 7 | 5.00 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 113.1 | 118 | 63 | 63 | 6 | 39 | 37 |
| Eddie Smith | 7 | 20 | 3.98 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 215.0 | 223 | 112 | 95 | 17 | 86 | 78 |
| Jake Wade | 5 | 5 | 4.10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 85.2 | 84 | 45 | 39 | 2 | 56 | 32 |
| Ed Weiland | 0 | 0 | 7.45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 82 | 3.58 | 148 | 148 | 8 | 1314.1 | 1304 | 609 | 523 | 74 | 473 | 432 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Truck Hannah and Bob Tarlton |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Johnny Mostil |
| C | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | Larry Bettencourt |
| C | Superior Blues | Northern League | Art Haugher |
| D | Lockport White Sox | PONY League | Joe Martin and Bill Prince |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Frank Parenti and Roger Reinhart |