1940 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 1940
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League West
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Comiskey Park
y4 = 1910
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Grace Comiskey
general manager = Harry Grabiner
managers = Jimmie Dykes
television = none
radio =WGN (AM)
(Bob Elson, Jack Brickhouse)
WCFL
(Hal Totten, Jimmy Dudley)
WJJD
(Charley Grimm, Lew Fonseca)
WBBM (AM)
(John Harrington, Pat Flanagan)|The 1940 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 41st season. They finished with a record 82-72, good enough for 4th place in the American League, 8 games behind of the 1st place Detroit Tigers.

Offseason

*December 8, 1939: Rip Radcliffe was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Moose Solters. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radclri01.shtml]

Regular season

On April 16, 1940, Bob Feller threw the only Opening Day no-hitter. Feller walked five and struck out eight as the Indians beat the White Sox 1-0 at Comiskey Park. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM ] ]

eason standings

Roster

1940 Opening Day Lineup

Bob Kennedy, 3b

Joe Kuhel, 1b

Mike Kreevich, cf

Moose Solters, lf

Luke Appling, ss

Taffy Wright, rf

Eric McNair, 2b

Mike Tresh, c

Edgar Smith, p

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