# 1943 Chicago White Sox season

The 1943 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season in the major leagues, and their 44th season overall. They finished with a record of 82–72, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 16 games behind the first place New York Yankees. The White Sox played a record 44 doubleheaders over the course of the season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | .549 | 13½ | 44‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 15½ | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 40‍–‍36 | 42‍–‍36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 33‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | .474 | 25 | 44‍–‍33 | 28‍–‍47 |
| Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 | 39‍–‍36 | 29‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 49 | 27‍–‍51 | 22‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 |
| New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 |
| St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 |
| Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Thurman Tucker, CF
* Luke Appling, SS
* Joe Kuhel, 1B
* Moose Solters, LF
* Don Kolloway, 2B
* Wally Moses, RF
* Jimmy Grant, 3B
* Mike Tresh, C
* Bill Dietrich, 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 | 155 | 585 | 63 | 192 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 90 | 29 | .328 | 27 |
| Vince Castino, C | 33 | 101 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | .228 | 0 |
| Tony Cuccinello, 3B | 34 | 103 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 13 | .272 | 3 |
| Dick Culler, 3B,2B | 53 | 148 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 11 | .216 | 4 |
| Guy Curtright, LF | 138 | 488 | 67 | 142 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 69 | 60 | .291 | 13 |
| Jimmy Grant, 3B | 58 | 197 | 23 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 34 | .259 | 4 |
| Don Hanski, 1B | 9 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .238 | 0 |
| Ralph Hodgin, 3B,RF,LF | 117 | 407 | 52 | 128 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 24 | .314 | 3 |
| Frank Kalin, PH | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Don Kolloway, 2B | 85 | 348 | 29 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 30 | .216 | 11 |
| Joe Kuhel, 1B | 153 | 531 | 55 | 113 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 76 | 45 | .213 | 14 |
| Cass Michaels, 3B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Wally Moses, RF,CF | 150 | 599 | 82 | 147 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 48 | 55 | 47 | .245 | 56 |
| Moose Solters, LF,RF | 42 | 97 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | .155 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh, C | 86 | 279 | 20 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 37 | 20 | .215 | 2 |
| Thurman Tucker, CF | 139 | 528 | 81 | 124 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 79 | 72 | .235 | 29 |
| Tom Turner, C | 51 | 154 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 21 | .240 | 1 |
| Skeeter Webb, 2B | 58 | 213 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 19 | .235 | 5 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Bill Dietrich, P | 26 | 56 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | .143 | 0 |
| Orval Grove, P | 32 | 66 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 22 | .182 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes, P | 35 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .265 | 0 |
| Johnny Humphries, P | 28 | 69 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | .290 | 1 |
| Thornton Lee, P | 19 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .071 | 0 |
| Gordon Maltzberger, P | 37 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .120 | 0 |
| Buck Ross, P | 21 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | .087 | 0 |
| Eddie Smith, P | 25 | 69 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .159 | 0 |
| Bill Swift, P | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .100 | 0 |
| Jake Wade, P | 21 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .148 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 155 | 5254 | 573 | 1297 | 193 | 46 | 33 | 508 | 561 | 582 | .247 | 173 |

### 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 |
| Bill Dietrich | 12 | 10 | 2.80 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 186.2 | 180 | 72 | 58 | 4 | 53 | 52 |
| Orval Grove | 15 | 9 | 2.75 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 216.1 | 192 | 84 | 66 | 9 | 72 | 76 |
| Don Hanski | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes | 7 | 2 | 2.96 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 109.1 | 114 | 51 | 36 | 2 | 32 | 37 |
| Johnny Humphries | 11 | 11 | 3.30 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 188.1 | 198 | 86 | 69 | 7 | 54 | 51 |
| Thornton Lee | 5 | 9 | 4.18 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 127.0 | 129 | 66 | 59 | 8 | 50 | 35 |
| Gordon Maltzberger | 7 | 4 | 2.46 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 98.2 | 86 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 48 |
| Buck Ross | 11 | 7 | 3.19 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 149.1 | 140 | 61 | 53 | 6 | 56 | 41 |
| Eddie Smith | 11 | 11 | 3.69 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 187.2 | 197 | 85 | 77 | 4 | 76 | 66 |
| Floyd Speer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Swift | 0 | 2 | 4.21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 51.1 | 48 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 28 |
| Jake Wade | 3 | 7 | 3.01 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 83.2 | 66 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 54 | 41 |
| Team Totals | 82 | 72 | 3.20 | 155 | 155 | 19 | 1400.1 | 1352 | 594 | 498 | 54 | 501 | 476 |