Regular Season Batters
City Series Batters 		1940 Pitchers
Regular Season 		City Series Results
City Series Pitchers
Ted Lyons       
39-year-old's 4 shutouts tops in AL 		12-8 20-13 Claude Passeau       
2.50 ERA is 2nd best in majors
Thornton Lee       
27 starts. 24 complete games 		12-13 13-9 Vern Olsen       
22-year-old southpaw posts 2.97 ERA
Edgar Smith       
3.21 ERA is 4th best in AL 		14-9 14-14 Larry French       
18 complete games, 246 innings, 3.29 ERA
John Rigney       
280+ innings, 19 completions, 3.11 ERA 		14-18 9-17 Bill Lee       
5.03 ERA is way up from last year's 3.45
Bill Dietrich       
17 starts, 6 complete games, 4.03 ERA 		10-6 7-9 Ken Raffensberger       
So-so career start for 22-year-old rookie
Sox notes:       
3 Sox pitchers finish in top 6 for ERA
Sox fielders commit 185 errors, Cubs 199 		Cub notes:       
Russell used at first after Cavvy sidelined again
Utility infielder Rabbit Warstler bats .226
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