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.Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1942 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference