1941 Chicago White Sox season

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.

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

Notable transactions

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

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

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
Team Totals	77	77	3.52	156	156	4	1416.0	1362	649	554	89	521	564