1942 Chicago White Sox roster

32 players appeared for the Chicago White Sox in the 1942 MLB season.

1942 White Sox roster: batting

1942 Chicago White Sox batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Don Kolloway1476017216436016.273.311.678
Wally Moses1465777315674916.270.353.722
Luke Appling1425437814235317.262.342.682
Joe Kuhel1154136010345222.249.347.679
Bob Kennedy113412379503811.231.270.568
Myril Hoag113412479923717.240.301.610
Taffy Wright85300431000471.333.432.842
Mike Tresh7223321540152.232.314.589
Tom Turner5618218443210.242.313.665
Dario Lodigiani591689470153.280.353.674
Sam West4915114350252.232.363.628
George Dickey591166271170.233.288.572
Skeeter Webb3294516041.170.204.417
Bill Mueller2685514052.165.276.452
Leo Wells3562812141.194.242.517
Val Heim134569071.200.294.561
Jimmy Grant123606010.167.268.518
Bud Sketchley133617030.194.326.548
Thurman Tucker72423010.125.125.333
Jake Jones72023001.150.227.427

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1942 White Sox roster: pitching

1942 Chicago White Sox pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Johnny HumphriesP282812122.68228.1711.250
Eddie SmithP29287203.98215.0781.441
Ted LyonsP20201462.10180.1501.070
Bill DietrichP26236114.89160.0391.520
Buck RossP2214575.00113.1371.391
Joe HaynesP401852.62103.0351.316
Jake WadeP1510554.1085.2321.630
Thornton LeeP118263.3276.0251.490
Orval GroveP128465.1666.1211.660
Johnny RigneyP77333.2059.0340.950
Len PermeP41011.3813.040.690
Ed WeilandP50007.459.242.170

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.