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1941 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(Alan Hale, Pat Flanagan)

The 1941 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 41st season in the major leagues, and their 42nd season overall. They finished with a record 77–77, good enough for 3rd place in the American League, 24 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Contents

Offseason

  • November 6, 1940: Thurman Tucker was purchased by the White Sox from the Oklahoma City Indians.

    • Regular season

  • May 15, 1941: In a game against the Chicago White Sox, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees began his major league record 56-game hitting streak with a hit off Sox pitcher Eddie Smith.

    • Opening Day lineup

  • Bill Knickerbocker, 2b
  • Luke Appling, ss
  • Joe Kuhel, 1b
  • Moose Solters, lf
  • Dario Lodigiani, 3b
  • Larry Rosenthal, rf
  • Mike Kreevich, cf
  • Mike Tresh, c
  • Bill Dietrich, p

    • Notable transactions

  • August 1941: Dave Philley was purchased by the White Sox from the Monroe White Sox.

    • 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

    References

    1941 Chicago White Sox season Wikipedia
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