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 of 77–77, good enough for third place in the American League, 24 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason November 6, 1940: Thurman Tucker was purchased by the White Sox from the Oklahoma City Indians.Thurman Tucker at Baseball Reference

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.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 5, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.Dave Philley at Baseball Reference

Roster 1941 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters 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 154 592 93 186 26 8 1 57 82 32 .314 12 Ben Chapman, OF 57 190 26 43 9 1 2 19 19 14 .226 2 George Dickey, C 32 55 6 11 1 0 2 8 5 7 .200 0 Stan Goletz, PH 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 0 Chet Hajduk, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Myril Hoag, LF, CF 106 380 30 97 13 3 1 44 27 29 .255 6 Jake Jones, 1B 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 Bob Kennedy, 3B 76 257 16 53 9 3 1 29 17 23 .206 5 Bill Knickerbocker, 2B 89 343 51 84 23 2 7 29 41 27 .245 6 Don Kolloway, 2B, 1B 71 280 33 76 8 3 3 24 6 12 .271 11 Mike Kreevich, CF 121 436 44 101 16 8 0 37 35 26 .232 17 Joe Kuhel, 1B 153 600 99 150 39 5 12 63 70 55 .250 20 Dario Lodigiani, 3B 87 322 39 77 19 2 4 40 31 19 .239 0 Dave Philley, LF 7 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 .222 0 Larry Rosenthal, RF, CF 20 59 9 14 4 0 0 1 12 5 .237 0 Dave Short, LF 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 0 Moose Solters, LF 76 251 24 65 9 4 4 43 18 31 .259 3 Mike Tresh, C 115 390 38 98 10 1 0 33 38 27 .251 1 Tom Turner, C 38 126 7 30 5 0 0 8 9 15 .238 2 Skeeter Webb, 2B, SS, 3B 29 84 7 16 2 0 0 6 3 9 .190 1 Taffy Wright, RF 136 513 71 165 35 5 10 97 60 27 .322 5 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Pete Appleton, P 13 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 Bill Dietrich, P 19 34 4 3 1 0 0 1 7 11 .088 0 Orval Grove, P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Jack Hallett, P 22 26 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 6 .154 0 Joe Haynes, P 8 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 0 Johnny Humphries, P 14 23 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 12 .087 0 Thornton Lee, P 35 114 7 29 5 0 0 8 4 20 .254 0 Ted Lyons, P 22 74 8 20 2 0 0 6 2 6 .270 0 Johnny Rigney, P 30 84 8 17 1 1 0 5 6 27 .202 0 Buck Ross, P 20 32 2 7 1 0 0 2 2 5 .219 0 Eddie Smith, P 34 88 6 19 4 0 0 3 8 19 .216 0 156 5404 638 1376 245 47 47 567 509 476 .255 91

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 3 5.27 13 0 1 27.1 27 21 16 4 17 12 Bill Dietrich 5 8 5.35 19 15 0 109.1 114 73 65 7 50 26 Orval Grove 0 0 10.29 2 0 0 7.0 9 8 8 2 5 5 Jack Hallett 5 5 6.03 22 6 0 74.2 96 57 50 7 38 25 Joe Haynes 0 0 3.86 8 0 0 28.0 30 13 12 0 11 18 Johnny Humphries 4 2 1.84 14 6 1 73.1 63 18 15 2 22 25 Thornton Lee 22 11 2.37 35 34 1 300.1 258 98 79 18 92 130 Ted Lyons 12 10 3.70 22 22 0 187.1 199 87 77 9 37 63 Johnny Rigney 13 13 3.84 30 29 0 237.0 224 116 101 21 92 119 Buck Ross 3 8 3.16 20 11 0 108.1 99 51 38 6 43 30 Eddie Smith 13 17 3.18 34 33 1 263.1 243 107 93 13 114 111 77 77 3.52 156 156 4 1416.0 1362 649 554 89 521 564

Farm system

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

References

External links 1941 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference