1940 Chicago White Sox season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1940
1940 Major League Baseball season
-Awards and honors:*Most Valuable Player**Hank Greenberg – OF, Detroit Tigers**Frank McCormick – 1B, Cincinnati Reds*The Sporting News Player of the Year Award**Bob Feller – P, Cleveland Indians...

Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

season was the team's 40th season in the major leagues, and its 41st season overall. They finished with a record 82-72, good enough for 4th place in the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

, 8 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers

1940 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers season was their 40th since they entered the American League in . The team won the American League pennant with a record of 90-64, finishing just one game ahead of the Cleveland Indians and just two games ahead of the New York Yankees. It was the sixth American League pennant...

Offseason

December 8, 1939: Rip Radcliff
Rip Radcliff
Raymond Allen Radcliff was a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played mainly for the Chicago White Sox, but also played for the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers. His best season came in when he batted .342 and finished 9th in AL MVP voting...

was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

for Moose Solters
Moose Solters
Julius Joseph "Moose" Solters was a major league outfielder between 1934 and 1943.-Career:...

.

Regular season

April 16, 1940: Bob Feller
Bob Feller
On December 8, 1941, Feller enlisted in the Navy, volunteering immediately for combat service, becoming the first Major League Baseball player to do so following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. Feller served as Gun Captain aboard the USS Alabama, and missed four seasons during his service...

of the Cleveland Indians
1940 Cleveland Indians season
The Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 89-65, just one game behind the Detroit Tigers.- Regular season :...

threw what is, to date, the only Opening Day no-hitter
No-hitter
A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a 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.

Opening Day lineup

Bob Kennedy
Bob Kennedy
Robert Daniel Kennedy was a right fielder/third baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball.From 1939-1957, Kennedy played for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Baltimore Orioles , Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers . He batted and threw right-handed...

, 3b
Joe Kuhel
Joe Kuhel
Joseph Anthony Kuhel was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. From 1930 through 1946, Kuhel played for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox . He batted and threw left-handed. Following his playing career, Kuhel managed the Washington Senators...

, 1b
Mike Kreevich
Mike Kreevich
Michael Andreas "Mike" Kreevich was an American Major League Baseball player who was primarily an outfielder during the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Mount Olive, Illinois, and batted and threw right-handed.-Career:...

, cf
Moose Solters
Moose Solters
Julius Joseph "Moose" Solters was a major league outfielder between 1934 and 1943.-Career:...

, lf
Luke Appling
Luke Appling
Lucius Benjamin Appling was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....

, ss
Taffy Wright
Taffy Wright
Taft Shedron "Taffy" Wright was an outfielder in professional baseball from 1938 to 1949. Wright made a splash in his rookie season, leading the American League in batting with a .350 average...

, rf
Eric McNair
Eric McNair
Donald Eric McNair , was a Major League Baseball shortstop from 1929-1942. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox...

, 2b
Mike Tresh
Mike Tresh
Michael "Mike" Tresh was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1938 through 1949, he played for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians . Tresh batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania...

, c
Eddie Smith
Eddie Smith
Edgar Smith was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . Smith was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...

, p

Roster

1940 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		valign="top" \| Manager Coaches

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
1B	155	603	169	.280	27	94
3B	154	606	153	.252	3	52
OF	116	428	132	.308	12	80

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	37	4	6	10	3.68	23
	25	4	0	5	5.62	21

Farm system

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