1940 Chicago White Sox Roster

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The 1940 Chicago White Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1940 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1940 Chicago White Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1940 Chicago White Sox salary list, a 1940 Chicago White Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1940 Chicago White Sox primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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1940 Chicago White Sox Roster

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10, 48 Pete Appleton 5-11 180 Right Right 1904-05-20
26 Clint Brown 6-01 190 Right Left 1903-07-08
18 Bill Dietrich 6-00 185 Right Right 1910-03-29
- Vallie Eaves 6-02½ 180 Right Right 1911-09-06
11, 45 Orval Grove 6-03 196 Right Right 1919-08-29
28 Jack Hallett 6-04 215 Right Right 1914-11-13
24 Jack Knott 6-02½ 200 Right Right 1907-03-02
27 Thornton Lee 6-03 205 Left Left 1906-09-13
16 Ted Lyons 5-11 200 Right Both 1900-12-28
29 Johnny Rigney 6-02 190 Right Right 1914-10-28
23, 46 Eddie Smith 5-10 174 Left Both 1913-12-14
19 Ed Weiland 5-11 180 Right Left 1914-11-26
14 Ken Silvestri 6-01 200 Right Both 1916-05-03
15 Mike Tresh 5-11 170 Right Right 1914-02-23
17 Tom Turner 6-02 195 Right Right 1916-09-08
4 Luke Appling 5-10 183 Right Right 1907-04-02
2 Jackie Hayes 5-10½ 165 Right Right 1906-07-19
36 Bob Kennedy 6-02 193 Right Right 1920-08-18
47 Don Kolloway 6-03 200 Right Right 1918-08-04
3 Joe Kuhel 6-00 180 Left Left 1906-06-25
7 Eric McNair 5-08½ 160 Right Right 1909-04-12
37 Skeeter Webb 5-09½ 150 Right Right 1909-11-04
8 Mike Kreevich 5-07½ 168 Right Right 1908-06-10
12 Larry Rosenthal 6-00½ 190 Left Left 1910-05-21
9 Moose Solters 6-00 190 Right Right 1906-03-22
6 Taffy Wright 5-10 180 Right Left 1911-08-10
- Dave Short 5-11½ 162 Right Left 1917-05-11
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The 1940 Chicago White Sox played 154 games during the regular season, won 82 games, lost 72 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Comiskey Park (Park Factors: 101/101) where 660,336 fans witnessed their 1940 White Sox finish the season with a .532 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1940 Chicago White Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1940 Chicago White Sox salary list, a 1940 Chicago White Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1940 Chicago White Sox primary starters list:

1940 Chicago White Sox
Opening Day Starters

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1940 Chicago White Sox
Most Games by Position

C Mike Tresh (135)
1B Joe Kuhel (155)
2B Skeeter Webb (74)
3B Bob Kennedy (154)
SS Luke Appling (150)
LF Moose Solters (107)
CF Mike Kreevich (144)
RF Taffy Wright (144)
  
SP Bill Dietrich
SP Jack Knott
SP Thornton Lee
SP Ted Lyons
SP Johnny Rigney
SP Eddie Smith
  
RP Pete Appleton
CL Clint Brown

1940 Chicago White Sox
Salaries

Luke Appling $13,500.00
Mike Kreevich $13,000.00
Eric McNair $12,000.00
Thornton Lee $10,500.00
Joe Kuhel $10,000.00
Ted Lyons $10,000.00
Pete Appleton $8,000.00
Jack Knott $8,000.00
Larry Rosenthal $7,000.00
Mike Tresh $6,500.00
Bill Dietrich $6,000.00
Tom Turner $2,400.00

1940 Chicago White Sox
Uniform Numbers

#2 Jackie Hayes
#3 Joe Kuhel
#4 Luke Appling
#6 Taffy Wright
#7 Eric McNair
#8 Mike Kreevich
#9 Moose Solters
#10 Pete Appleton
#11 Orval Grove
#12 Larry Rosenthal
#14 Ken Silvestri
#15 Mike Tresh
#16 Ted Lyons
#17 Tom Turner
#18 Bill Dietrich
#19 Ed Weiland
#23 Eddie Smith
#24 Jack Knott
#26 Clint Brown
#27 Thornton Lee
#28 Jack Hallett
#29 Johnny Rigney
#36 Bob Kennedy
#37 Skeeter Webb
#45 Orval Grove
#46 Eddie Smith
#47 Don Kolloway
#48 Pete Appleton

Did you know that a 1940 Chicago White Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?