1942 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1942
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey
General Manager:	Harry Grabiner
Managers:	Jimmy Dykes
Radio:	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten) WJJD (Pat Flanagan, Jack L. Fitzpatrick)

The 1942 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 43rd season. They finished with a record of 66–82, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 34 games behind the first 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

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1942 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
	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
	66	82	3.58	148	148	8	1314.1	1304	609	523	74	473	432

Farm system

External links

1942 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moseswa01.shtml Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997