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1940 Chicago White Sox season

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Owner(s)
  
Grace Comiskey

Manager(s)
  
Jimmy Dykes

Local radio
  
WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse) WCFL (Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (Charley Grimm, Lew Fonseca) WBBM (AM) (John Harrington, Pat Flanagan)

The 1940 Chicago White Sox 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, 8 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 8, 1939: Rip Radcliff was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Moose Solters.

    • Regular season

  • April 16, 1940: Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians threw what is, to date, the only Opening Day 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, 3b
  • Joe Kuhel, 1b
  • Mike Kreevich, cf
  • Moose Solters, lf
  • Luke Appling, ss
  • Taffy Wright, rf
  • Eric McNair, 2b
  • Mike Tresh, c
  • Eddie Smith, p

    • 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

    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

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Grand Forks

    References

    1940 Chicago White Sox season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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