# 1941 Chicago White Sox season

The 1941 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 41st season in the major leagues, and their 42nd season overall. They finished with a record of 77–77, good enough for third place in the American League, 24 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* November 6, 1940: Thurman Tucker was purchased by the White Sox from the Oklahoma City Indians.

## Regular season

* May 15, 1941: In a game against the Chicago White Sox, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees began his major league record 56-game hitting streak with a hit off Sox pitcher Eddie Smith.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 51‍–‍26 | 50‍–‍27 |
| Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 17 | 47‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 24 | 38‍–‍39 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 42‍–‍35 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 | 40‍–‍37 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 | 40‍–‍37 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | .416 | 37 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1941 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 6–16 | — | 17–5 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 5–17 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 |
| New York | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 18–4 | 16–6–1 |
| Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | — | 11–11–1 |
| Washington | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Bill Knickerbocker, 2B
* Luke Appling, SS
* Joe Kuhel, 1B
* Moose Solters, LF
* Dario Lodigiani, 3B
* Larry Rosenthal, RF
* Mike Kreevich, CF
* Mike Tresh, C
* Bill Dietrich, P

### Notable transactions

* August 1941: Dave Philley was purchased by the White Sox from the Monroe White Sox.

### 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 | 154 | 592 | 93 | 186 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 82 | 32 | .314 | 12 |
| Ben Chapman, OF | 57 | 190 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 14 | .226 | 2 |
| George Dickey, C | 32 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | .200 | 0 |
| Stan Goletz, PH | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .600 | 0 |
| Chet Hajduk, PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Myril Hoag, LF,CF | 106 | 380 | 30 | 97 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 27 | 29 | .255 | 6 |
| Jake Jones, 1B | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy, 3B | 76 | 257 | 16 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 23 | .206 | 5 |
| Bill Knickerbocker, 2B | 89 | 343 | 51 | 84 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 41 | 27 | .245 | 6 |
| Don Kolloway, 2B,1B | 71 | 280 | 33 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 12 | .271 | 11 |
| Mike Kreevich, CF | 121 | 436 | 44 | 101 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 35 | 26 | .232 | 17 |
| Joe Kuhel, 1B | 153 | 600 | 99 | 150 | 39 | 5 | 12 | 63 | 70 | 55 | .250 | 20 |
| Dario Lodigiani, 3B | 87 | 322 | 39 | 77 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 31 | 19 | .239 | 0 |
| Dave Philley, LF | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .222 | 0 |
| Larry Rosenthal, RF,CF | 20 | 59 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .237 | 0 |
| Dave Short, LF | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Moose Solters, LF | 76 | 251 | 24 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 31 | .259 | 3 |
| Mike Tresh, C | 115 | 390 | 38 | 98 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 38 | 27 | .251 | 1 |
| Tom Turner, C | 38 | 126 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 15 | .238 | 2 |
| Skeeter Webb, 2B,SS,3B | 29 | 84 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | .190 | 1 |
| Taffy Wright, RF | 136 | 513 | 71 | 165 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 97 | 60 | 27 | .322 | 5 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Pete Appleton, P | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
| Bill Dietrich, P | 19 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .088 | 0 |
| Orval Grove, P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Jack Hallett, P | 22 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .154 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes, P | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | 0 |
| Johnny Humphries, P | 14 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | .087 | 0 |
| Thornton Lee, P | 35 | 114 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 | .254 | 0 |
| Ted Lyons, P | 22 | 74 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .270 | 0 |
| Johnny Rigney, P | 30 | 84 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 27 | .202 | 0 |
| Buck Ross, P | 20 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .219 | 0 |
| Eddie Smith, P | 34 | 88 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | .216 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 156 | 5404 | 638 | 1376 | 245 | 47 | 47 | 567 | 509 | 476 | .255 | 91 |

### 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 | 3 | 5.27 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 27.1 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 12 |
| Bill Dietrich | 5 | 8 | 5.35 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 109.1 | 114 | 73 | 65 | 7 | 50 | 26 |
| Orval Grove | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Jack Hallett | 5 | 5 | 6.03 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 74.2 | 96 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 38 | 25 |
| Joe Haynes | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| Johnny Humphries | 4 | 2 | 1.84 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 73.1 | 63 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 25 |
| Thornton Lee | 22 | 11 | 2.37 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 300.1 | 258 | 98 | 79 | 18 | 92 | 130 |
| Ted Lyons | 12 | 10 | 3.70 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 187.1 | 199 | 87 | 77 | 9 | 37 | 63 |
| Johnny Rigney | 13 | 13 | 3.84 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 237.0 | 224 | 116 | 101 | 21 | 92 | 119 |
| Buck Ross | 3 | 8 | 3.16 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 108.1 | 99 | 51 | 38 | 6 | 43 | 30 |
| Eddie Smith | 13 | 17 | 3.18 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 263.1 | 243 | 107 | 93 | 13 | 114 | 111 |
| Team Totals | 77 | 77 | 3.52 | 156 | 156 | 4 | 1416.0 | 1362 | 649 | 554 | 89 | 521 | 564 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Red Kress |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Louis Brower and Johnny Mostil |
| C | Saginaw White Sox | Michigan State League | Bill Prince and Wally McMullen |
| C | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | Larry Bettencourt |
| D | Jonesboro White Sox | Northeast Arkansas League | Johnny Mostil and Bill Prince |
| D | Lubbock Hubbers | West Texas–New Mexico League | Charlie Engle |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | Frank Parenti |