1939 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 85-69-1, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (85-69-1)

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 594,104 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107

Pythagorean W-L: 79-75, 755 Runs, 737 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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155. Oct 1, CHW (85-69) lost to SLB, 3-4

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Mike Tresh	25	119	430	352	49	91	5	2	0	38	3	2	64	30	.259	.377	.284	.661	69	100	8	3	11		4
2	1B	Joe Kuhel*	33	139	624	546	107	164	24	9	15	56	18	5	64	51	.300	.376	.460	.836	110	251	7	2	11		1
3	2B	Ollie Bejma	31	90	354	307	52	77	9	3	8	44	1	3	36	27	.251	.331	.378	.709	79	116	5	1	10		0
4	SS	Luke Appling	32	148	633	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	16	9	105	37	.314	.430	.368	.798	103	190	11	0	9		5
5	3B	Eric McNair	30	129	528	479	62	155	18	5	7	82	17	9	38	41	.324	.375	.426	.800	102	204	13	1	10		3
6	OF	Gee Walker	31	149	645	598	95	174	30	11	13	111	17	6	28	43	.291	.330	.443	.773	94	265	16	7	12		4
7	OF	Mike Kreevich	31	145	622	541	85	175	30	8	5	77	23	10	59	40	.323	.390	.436	.826	108	236	14	0	22		0
8	OF	Larry Rosenthal*	29	107	387	324	50	86	21	5	10	51	6	4	53	46	.265	.369	.454	.822	107	147	3	0	10		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Rip Radcliff*	33	113	436	397	49	105	25	2	2	53	6	4	26	21	.264	.313	.353	.666	68	140	5	2	10		2
10	2B	Jackie Hayes	32	72	305	269	34	67	12	3	0	23	0	3	27	10	.249	.320	.316	.636	61	85	5	1	8		0
11	3B	Marv Owen	33	58	218	194	22	46	9	0	0	15	4	5	16	15	.237	.302	.284	.585	49	55	3	2	6		0
12	OF	Hank Steinbacher*	26	71	133	111	16	19	2	1	1	15	0	0	21	8	.171	.303	.234	.537	38	26	1	0	1		1
13	C	Ken Silvestri#	23	22	83	75	6	13	3	0	2	5	0	1	6	13	.173	.244	.293	.537	35	22	0	1	1		0
14	C	Norm Schlueter	22	34	60	56	5	13	2	1	0	8	2	0	1	11	.232	.246	.304	.549	38	17	4	0	3		0
15	C	Tony Rensa	37	14	27	25	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.200	.231	.200	.431	10	5	3	0	1		0
16	3B	Bob Kennedy	18	3	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	27	2	1	0	1		0
17	3B	Johnny Gerlach	22	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	407	2	0	0	0		0
18	3B	Jimmy Dykes	42	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
19		Tommy Thompson*	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Thornton Lee*	32	33	95	91	8	15	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	18	.165	.200	.198	.398	1	18	2	0	0		0
21	P	Johnny Rigney	24	35	87	80	4	16	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	18	.200	.220	.250	.470	18	20	2	0	5		0
22	P	Ted Lyons#	38	21	72	61	5	18	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	7	.295	.348	.344	.693	76	21	1	0	6		0
23	P	Eddie Smith#	25	29	66	52	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	9	15	.115	.246	.135	.381	-1	7	0	0	5		0
24	P	Johnny Marcum*	29	38	62	57	7	16	0	0	0	12	0	0	5	1	.281	.339	.281	.619	58	16	0	0	0		0
25	P	Jack Knott	32	25	59	53	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	.151	.167	.151	.318	-19	8	2	1	5		0
26	P	Bill Dietrich	29	25	44	37	5	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	4	12	.216	.293	.378	.671	68	14	0	0	2		0
27	P	Clint Brown*	35	61	27	19	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	.211	.348	.211	.558	44	4	2	0	4		0
28	P	John Whitehead	30	7	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
29	P	Vic Frazier	34	10	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	45	2	0	0	0		0
30	P	Vallie Eaves	27	2	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	69	2	0	0	0		0
31	P	Art Herring	33	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-45	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Harry Boyles	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Jess Dobernic	21	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	30.6	155	6039	5279	755	1451	220	56	64	679	113	61	579	502	.275	.349	.374	.723	83	1975	108	21	154		24
		Rank in 8 AL teams				8	5	7	8	5	7		1	8	4	2	6	5	8	7		8		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.7	155	5498	4801	717	1356	206	56	63	638	113	61	545	395	.282	.358	.388	.746	88	1863	99	20	127		24
		Pitcher Totals	30.2	155	541	478	38	95	14	0	1	41	0	0	34	107	.199	.253	.234	.488	24	112	9	1	27		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Thornton Lee*	32	15	11	.577	4.21	33	29	4	15	2	3	235.0	260	121	110	15	70	3	81	3	1	2	1008	113	3.67	1.404	10.0	0.6	2.7	3.1	1.16
2	SP	Johnny Rigney	24	15	8	.652	3.70	35	29	4	11	2	0	218.2	208	103	90	10	84	6	119	2	1	3	946	129	3.28	1.335	8.6	0.4	3.5	4.9	1.42
3	SP	Eddie Smith*	25	9	11	.450	3.67	29	22	5	7	1	0	176.2	161	83	72	11	90	3	67	4	0	3	762	130	4.24	1.421	8.2	0.6	4.6	3.4	0.74
4	SP	Ted Lyons	38	14	6	.700	2.76	21	21	0	16	0	0	172.2	162	71	53	7	26	1	65	1	0	0	702	173	2.84	1.089	8.4	0.4	1.4	3.4	2.50
5	SP	Jack Knott	32	11	6	.647	4.15	25	23	0	8	0	0	149.2	157	71	69	13	41	4	56	1	1	4	641	115	3.82	1.323	9.4	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.37
6	SP	Bill Dietrich	29	7	8	.467	5.22	25	19	4	2	0	0	127.2	134	81	74	15	56	3	43	2	0	5	560	91	4.81	1.488	9.4	1.1	3.9	3.0	0.77
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Clint Brown	35	11	10	.524	3.88	61	0	56	0	0	18	118.1	127	58	51	8	27	7	41	0	0	1	498	123	3.46	1.301	9.7	0.6	2.1	3.1	1.52
8	RP	Johnny Marcum	29	3	3	.500	6.00	19	6	8	2	0	0	90.0	125	66	60	14	19	4	32	0	0	2	415	80	4.54	1.600	12.5	1.4	1.9	3.2	1.68
9	RP	Vic Frazier	34	0	1	.000	10.27	10	1	3	0	0	0	23.2	45	27	27	0	11	0	7	0	0	1	124	47	3.40	2.366	17.1	0.0	4.2	2.7	0.64
10	RP	Art Herring	33	0	0		5.65	7	0	5	0	0	0	14.1	13	9	9	1	5	0	8	1	0	1	60	86	3.64	1.256	8.2	0.6	3.1	5.0	1.60
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		John Whitehead	30	0	3	.000	8.16	7	4	0	0	0	0	32.0	60	30	29	4	5	1	9	0	0	0	158	59	4.12	2.031	16.9	1.1	1.4	2.5	1.80
12		Vallie Eaves	27	0	1	.000	4.63	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.2	11	7	6	1	8	0	5	1	0	1	54	106	5.16	1.629	8.5	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
13		Jess Dobernic	21	0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	21	39	8.29	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17
14		Harry Boyles	27	0	0		10.80	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	4	4	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	19	48	7.39	3.000	10.8	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17
		Team Totals	30.3	85	69	.552	4.31	155	155	93	62	5	21	1377.0	1470	737	659	99	454	32	535	16	3	23	5968	111	3.77	1.397	9.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	1.18
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		4				5	5	3	1	5	3	4	5	1		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W