1942 Chicago White Sox season

1942 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten) WJJD (Pat Flanagan, Jack L. Fitzpatrick)
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The 1942 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season. They finished with a record 66–82, good enough for 6th place in the American League, 34 games behind the 1st place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 9, 1941: Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wally Moses.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	103	51	.669	--
Boston Red Sox	93	59	.612	9
St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	19.5
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	28
Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	30
Chicago White Sox	66	82	.446	34
Washington Senators	62	89	.411	39.5
Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	.357	48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–8	14–8	15–7	12–10	14–8	11–11	14–7
Chicago	8–13	—	11–11	9–13	7–15	12–10	6–13	13–7
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	9–13–2	7–15	16–6	9–13	15–7
Detroit	7–15	13–9	13–9–2	—	7–15	13–9	11–11	9–13
New York	10–12	15–7	15–7	15–7	—	16–6	15–7	17–5
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	6–16	10–12
St. Louis	11–11	13–6	13–9	11–11	7–15	16–6	—	11–11
Washington	7–14	7–13	7–15	13–9	5–17	12–10	11–11	—

Opening Day lineup

• Don Kolloway, 2b
• Wally Moses, cf
• Joe Kuhel, 1b
• Luke Appling, ss
• Bud Sketchley, rf
• Myril Hoag, lf
• Bob Kennedy, 3b
• Mike Tresh, c
• Johnny Rigney, p

Roster

1942 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 48 Pete Appleton 18 Bill Dietrich 45 Orval Grove 35 Joe Haynes 26 Johnny Humphries 27 Thornton Lee 16 Ted Lyons 34 Len Perme 29 Johnny Rigney 19 Buck Ross 46 Eddie Smith 39,24 Jake Wade 39 Ed Weiland		Catchers 14 George Dickey 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Luke Appling 20 Jimmy Grant -- Jake Jones 25 Bob Kennedy 47 Don Kolloway  3 Joe Kuhel  7 Dario Lodigiani 37 Skeeter Webb 36 Leo Wells		Outfielders -- Val Heim  8 Myril Hoag  9 Wally Moses -- Bill Mueller 12 Bud Sketchley -- Thurman Tucker 34 Sam West  6 Taffy Wright		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 22 Mule Haas 33 Bing Miller 38 Muddy Ruel

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	142	543	78	142	26	4	3	53	63	23	.262	17
George Dickey, C	59	116	6	27	3	0	1	17	9	11	.233	0
Jimmy Grant, 3B	12	36	0	6	1	1	0	1	5	6	.167	0
Val Heim, LF,RF	13	45	6	9	1	1	0	7	5	3	.200	1
Myril Hoag, CF,LF	113	412	47	99	18	2	2	37	36	21	.240	17
Jake Jones, 1B	7	20	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	.150	1
Bob Kennedy, 3B,LF	113	412	37	95	18	5	0	38	22	41	.231	11
Don Kolloway, 2B,1B	147	601	72	164	40	4	3	60	30	39	.273	16
Joe Kuhel, 1B	115	413	60	103	14	4	4	52	60	22	.249	22
Dario Lodigiani, 3B,2B	59	168	9	47	7	0	0	15	18	10	.280	3
Wally Moses, RF,CF	146	577	73	156	28	4	7	49	74	27	.270	16
Bill Mueller, CF,RF	26	85	5	14	1	0	0	5	12	9	.165	2
Bud Sketchley, RF	13	36	1	7	1	0	0	3	7	4	.194	0
Mike Tresh, C	72	233	21	54	8	1	0	15	28	24	.232	2
Thurman Tucker, CF	7	24	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	4	.125	0
Tom Turner, C	56	182	18	44	9	1	3	21	19	15	.242	0
Skeeter Webb, 2B	32	94	5	16	2	1	0	4	4	13	.170	1
Leo Wells, SS,3B	35	62	8	12	2	0	1	4	4	5	.194	1
Sam West, CF,LF	49	151	14	35	5	0	0	25	31	18	.232	2
Taffy Wright, LF	85	300	43	100	13	5	0	47	48	9	.333	1

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Bill Dietrich, P	26	48	2	5	1	0	0	5	5	22	.104	0
Orval Grove, P	12	22	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	5	.227	0
Joe Haynes, P	40	28	3	5	0	0	0	5	2	5	.179	0
Johnny Humphries, P	28	80	9	18	6	1	0	5	4	33	.225	0
Thornton Lee, P	11	30	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	10	.200	0
Ted Lyons, P	20	67	10	16	4	0	0	10	3	7	.239	0
Len Perme, P	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Johnny Rigney, P	7	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.053	0
Buck Ross, P	22	38	2	6	3	0	0	3	1	10	.158	0
Eddie Smith, P	29	73	2	9	0	1	0	0	3	15	.123	1
Jake Wade, P	15	29	0	7	0	0	0	1	1	8	.241	0
Ed Weiland, P	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Team totals	148	4949	538	1215	214	36	25	486	497	425	.246	114

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	0	3.86	4	0	0	4.2	2	2	2	0	3	2
Bill Dietrich	6	11	4.89	26	23	0	160.0	173	92	87	16	70	39
Orval Grove	4	6	5.16	12	8	0	66.1	77	47	38	1	33	21
Joe Haynes	8	5	2.62	40	1	6	103.0	88	37	30	6	47	35
Johnny Humphries	12	12	2.68	28	28	0	228.1	227	85	68	9	59	71
Thornton Lee	2	6	3.32	11	8	0	76.0	82	38	28	4	31	25
Ted Lyons	14	6	2.10	20	20	0	180.1	167	52	42	11	26	50
Len Perme	0	1	1.38	4	1	0	13.0	5	2	2	0	4	4
Johnny Rigney	3	3	3.20	7	7	0	59.0	40	23	21	2	16	34
Buck Ross	5	7	5.00	22	14	1	113.1	118	63	63	6	39	37
Eddie Smith	7	20	3.98	29	28	1	215.0	223	112	95	17	86	78
Jake Wade	5	5	4.10	15	10	0	85.2	84	45	39	2	56	32
Ed Weiland	0	0	7.45	5	0	0	9.2	18	11	8	0	3	4
Team totals	66	82	3.58	148	148	8	1314.1	1304	609	523	74	473	432

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Truck Hannah and Bob Tarlton
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Johnny Mostil
C	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	Larry Bettencourt
C	Superior Blues	Northern League	Art Haugher
D	Lockport White Sox	PONY League	Joe Martin and Bill Prince
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Frank Parenti and Roger Reinhart

^[2]

References

1. Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1942 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference