# 1940 Chicago White Sox season

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.

## 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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 64 | .584 | — | 50‍–‍29 | 40‍–‍35 |
| Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 1 | 51‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍35 |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2 | 52‍–‍24 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 45‍–‍34 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 41‍–‍36 | 41‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 87 | .435 | 23 | 37‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍48 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 26 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 100 | .351 | 36 | 29‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1940 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10 |
| Cleveland | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4–1 | 16–6 |
| New York | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 8–14 |
| St. Louis | 10–12 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 4–18–1 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 |
| Washington | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — |

## 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
## 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 |
| Team Totals | 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 |
| Team Totals | 82 | 72 | 3.74 | 155 | 155 | 18 | 1386.2 | 1335 | 672 | 576 | 111 | 480 | 574 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Babe Ganzel |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | John Fitzpatrick and Fred Bedore |
| C | Longview Texans | East Texas League | Tex Jeanes and Al Costello |
| D | Rayne Rice Birds | Evangeline League | Art Bartelli |
| D | Jonesboro White Sox | Northeast Arkansas League | Johnny Mostil |
| D | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | Fred Williams |
| D | Lubbock Hubbers | West Texas–New Mexico League | Charlie Engle |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Frank Parenti |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand Forks