1940 Chicago White Sox

82-72 0.532 Win% 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
72 Losses
4th Rank
735 R 672 RA
Diff +63

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

735 Runs Scored
672 Runs Allowed
+63 Run Diff
731K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 3% above the 1940 league average (.271)
OBP .339 equal to the 1940 league average (.340)
SLG .318 4% below the 1940 league average (.332)
Team ERA 3.74 15% better than the 1940 league average (4.39)
Runs Scored 735 4% below the 1940 league average (768 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 731,977
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Avg per Game 9,384

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bob Kennedy 154 606 74 153 0 0 3 52 42 58 3 0.252
Joe Kuhel 155 603 111 169 0 0 27 94 87 59 12 0.280
Mike Kreevich 144 582 86 154 0 0 8 55 34 49 15 0.265
Taffy Wright 147 581 79 196 0 0 5 88 43 25 4 0.337
Luke Appling 150 566 96 197 0 0 0 79 69 35 3 0.348
Mike Tresh 135 480 62 135 0 0 1 64 49 40 3 0.281
Moose Solters 116 428 65 132 0 0 12 80 27 54 3 0.308
Skeeter Webb 84 334 33 79 0 0 1 29 30 33 3 0.237
Larry Rosenthal 107 276 46 83 0 0 6 42 64 32 2 0.301
Eric McNair 66 251 26 57 0 0 7 31 12 26 1 0.227
Tom Turner 37 96 11 20 0 0 0 6 3 12 1 0.208
Johnny Rigney 40 93 5 20 0 0 0 7 3 28 1 0.215
Thornton Lee 28 84 7 23 0 0 0 5 4 30 0 0.274
Ted Lyons 22 75 4 18 0 0 0 7 2 7 0 0.240
Eddie Smith 32 69 7 15 0 0 0 4 6 15 0 0.217
Jack Knott 25 57 2 5 0 0 0 4 5 17 0 0.088
Bill Dietrich 23 50 5 12 0 0 1 8 7 14 0 0.240
Jackie Hayes 18 41 2 8 0 0 0 1 2 11 0 0.195
Don Kolloway 10 40 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0.225
Ken Silvestri 28 24 5 6 0 0 2 10 4 7 0 0.250
Pete Appleton 25 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.176
Clint Brown 37 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.071
Vallie Eaves 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Hallett 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.400
Ed Weiland 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Dave Short 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.333
Orval Grove 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Rigney 14 18 3.11 39 33 3 280.2 90 141
Thornton Lee 12 13 3.47 28 27 0 228.0 56 87
Eddie Smith 14 9 3.21 32 28 0 207.1 95 119
Ted Lyons 12 8 3.24 22 22 0 186.1 37 72
Jack Knott 11 9 4.56 25 23 0 158.0 52 44
Bill Dietrich 10 6 4.03 23 17 0 149.2 65 43
Clint Brown 4 6 3.68 37 0 10 66.0 16 23
Pete Appleton 4 0 5.62 25 0 5 57.2 28 21
Vallie Eaves 0 2 6.75 5 3 0 18.2 24 11
Ed Weiland 0 0 8.79 5 0 0 14.1 7 3
Jack Hallett 1 1 6.43 2 2 0 14.0 6 9
Orval Grove 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 6.0 4 1