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1940 Chicago White Sox  (1939)  (1941)
87-67, 3rd in American League
Scored 768 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .713
Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 107 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 87-67   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-72
Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Taffy Wright         28  148  615   81  213  39  16   6  106  13   4   41   37  .346  .388  .491  117   7.5  3(-1)e11   47  
 1B *Elbie Fletcher       24  154  533   91  154  18   6  21  108  12   9  125   73  .289  .419  .463  112   7.3  3e11       27  
 SS  Luke Appling         33  154  616  110  205  20  17   0   79  20   7   66   42  .333  .394  .420  106   5.9  2e37      -47  
 OF *Wally Moses          29  149  595   98  173  36  14   4   76  14   6   60   55  .291  .354  .418   89   5.3  3(0)e9    -92  
 2B  Joe Gordon           25  154  636   86  161  31  11  20  117  17   8   40   85  .253  .298  .431   78   4.1  1e22     -123  
 3B  Pinky May            29  136  498   43  161  25   2   1   55   0  11   52   36  .323  .388  .388   73   5.3  3e23       49  
 OF *Larry Rosenthal      30   87  298   70   90  12   5   4   26   6   5   64   48  .302  .427  .416   55   6.7  3(-1)e11  -42  
 OF *Max West             23  106  305   38   81  12   7   4   36   0   4   29   47  .266  .328  .390   39   4.5  3(-1)e9     2  
 C   Mike Tresh           26  116  351   34   96  14   0   0   29  10   4   26   30  .274  .327  .313   36   3.6  2(-2)e6   -48  
 C   Al Lopez             31  112  281   35   78  10   0   4   28   7   5   23   30  .278  .336  .356   32   4.1  1(-2)e8    19  
 OF  Moose Solters        34   55  127   17   38   5   1   5   19   2   0    6   19  .299  .333  .472   18   5.3  4(0)e11   -17  
 3B *Lew Riggs            30   31   90   10   28   8   1   0   14   0   0    5    6  .311  .351  .422   13   5.7  2e27        4  
 OF  Gee Walker           32   16   31    4    7   2   0   2    5   1   1    1    3  .226  .250  .484    2   3.1  3(0)e11   -23  
 1B *George McQuinn       30   40   34    4    7   0   0   0    1   2   0    3    4  .206  .270  .206    1   1.8  1e13     -326  
 PH  Tom Turner           23   29   25    1    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .240  .269  .280    1   2.3             49  
 3B  Eric McNair          31   18   19    1    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .211  .211  .316    0   1.6  2e65     -109  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           781                  -25

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Johnny Rigney        25  20  10  .667  40  39  10   1   0   0   5  296.2  235   99   87  21   79  183  2.64   91   2.8  -98  
  P *Eddie Smith          26  17   6  .739  33  32  10   0   0   0   3  230.0  212  102   89  22  107  163  3.48  110   4.3   -1  
  P *Thornton Lee         33  15  11  .577  31  30  10   0   0   0   4  235.0  245   96   86  13   57  119  3.29  102   3.9  -27  
  P  Ted Lyons            39  12  11  .522  28  28   4   0   0   0   1  198.0  230  109   98  26   42   83  4.45  113   5.1   43  
  P *Al Smith             32  10  13  .435  44  23   8  15   5   2   3  183.2  193   82   79  12   57   67  3.87   91   4.5  -34  
  P  Jack Knott           33   6   4  .600  36   2   0  21   2   1   0   69.2   74   35   33   8   28   17  4.26   39   5.0  -36  
  P  Cy Blanton           32   3   1  .750  22   0   0  13   2   0   0   34.1   36   17   14   2   12   13  3.67   17   4.5  -76  
  P *Milt Shoffner        34   2   0 1.000  34   0   0  16   2   1   0   56.1   52   20   18   1   18   23  2.88   22   3.5 -100  
  P  Ira Hutchinson       29   1   1  .500  18   0   0   9   0   0   0   29.2   30   17   15   3    7    9  4.55   13   3.9  -31  
  P  Hy Vandenberg        34   1   5  .167  20   0   0  12   8   7   0   20.2   27   18   18   5    7   11  7.84   18   8.0  271  
  P  Van Lingle Mungo     29   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    4.1    3    2    2   0    2    1  4.15    0   2.0 -208  
  P  Lou Fette            33   0   1  .000  10   0   0   6   1   0   0   13.1   10    5    4   1   12    5  2.70    5   3.5 -189  
  P  Clint Brown          37   0   4  .000  30   0   0  18   6   3   0   33.1   42   29   27   7   15   14  7.29   28   7.8  140  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      655        -26

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Mike Tresh            799  93  94  437   31   7   2  .985   7   5
 Al Lopez              605  61  72  346   16   3   3  .992  16   5
 Tom Turner              1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elbie Fletcher 1314 154 154 1310 136 7 118 .995 9.90 George McQuinn 91 0 37 91 14 1 9 .991 10.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Gordon 1405 154 154 275 460 12 99 .984 4.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pinky May 1167 133 134 181 331 11 32 .979 3.95 Lew Riggs 203 21 30 31 48 3 4 .963 3.50 Eric McNair 32 0 12 9 9 0 1 1.000 5.06 Larry Rosenthal 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luke Appling 1394 154 154 295 417 31 81 .958 4.60 Pinky May 11 0 3 2 2 1 1 .800 3.27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Max West              621  64  83  152    3   2   1  .987  2.25
 Larry Rosenthal       543  63  66  143    7   4   0  .974  2.49
 Moose Solters         234  27  29   67    2   1   0  .986  2.65
 Gee Walker              5   0   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  3.60
 Taffy Wright            2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Moses 1304 146 147 358 18 7 2 .982 2.59 Max West 47 6 7 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.26 Gee Walker 44 2 10 17 0 1 0 .944 3.50 Moose Solters 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Larry Rosenthal 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Taffy Wright 1302 144 145 346 6 9 0 .975 2.43 Larry Rosenthal 90 10 12 26 1 1 0 .964 2.70 Wally Moses 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Max West 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Gee Walker 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Moose Solters 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1940 Draft


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