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1937 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938

86-68, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (86-68)
Scored 780 runs, Allowed 730 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 589,245 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103


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1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 Luke Sewell 36 122 461 412 51 111 21 6 1 61 4 5 46 18 .269 .343 .357 .700 76 147 0 1
2 1B Zeke Bonura 28 116 502 447 79 154 41 2 19 100 5 1 49 24 .345 .412 .573 .984 145 256 2 4
3 2B Jackie Hayes 30 143 631 573 63 131 27 4 2 79 1 6 41 37 .229 .282 .300 .583 47 172 2 15
4 SS Luke Appling 30 154 665 574 98 182 42 8 4 77 18 10 86 28 .317 .407 .439 .846 113 252 1 4
5 3B Tony Piet 30 100 374 332 34 78 15 1 4 38 14 6 32 36 .235 .314 .322 .636 60 107 6 4
6 OF Mike Kreevich 29 144 642 583 94 176 29 16 12 73 10 1 43 45 .302 .350 .468 .818 104 273 0 16
7 OF Dixie Walker* 26 154 688 593 105 179 28 16 9 95 1 2 78 26 .302 .383 .449 .832 109 266 0 17
8 OF Rip Radcliff* 31 144 643 584 105 190 38 10 4 79 6 1 53 25 .325 .383 .445 .829 108 260 2 4
Rk Pos 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 3B Boze Berger 27 52 152 130 19 31 5 0 5 13 1 1 15 24 .238 .322 .392 .714 79 51 1 6
10 1B Mule Haas* 33 54 133 111 8 23 3 3 0 15 1 0 16 10 .207 .313 .288 .601 52 32 1 5
11 3B Merv Connors 23 28 118 103 12 24 4 1 2 12 2 1 14 19 .233 .325 .350 .674 70 36 0 1
12 OF Larry Rosenthal* 27 58 108 97 20 28 5 3 0 9 1 0 9 20 .289 .355 .402 .757 90 39 1 1
13 CI Jimmy Dykes 40 30 96 85 10 26 5 0 1 23 0 0 9 7 .306 .372 .400 .772 95 34 0 2
14 C Merv Shea 36 25 86 71 7 15 1 0 0 5 1 0 15 10 .211 .349 .225 .574 48 16 0 0
15 OF Hank Steinbacher* 24 26 77 73 13 19 4 1 1 9 2 0 4 7 .260 .299 .384 .682 71 28 0 0
16 C Tony Rensa 35 26 65 57 10 17 5 1 0 5 3 0 8 6 .298 .385 .421 .806 103 24 0 0
Rk Pos 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
17 P Vern Kennedy* 30 32 91 87 12 20 1 1 2 9 0 0 0 17 .230 .239 .333 .572 43 29 1 3
18 P Thornton Lee* 30 30 77 71 5 15 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 16 .211 .222 .310 .532 33 22 0 5
19 P Ted Lyons# 36 23 72 57 6 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 14 .211 .318 .211 .529 36 12 0 6
20 P John Whitehead 28 26 67 58 7 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 10 .224 .286 .241 .527 34 14 1 4
21 P Monty Stratton 25 22 65 60 9 12 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 9 .200 .200 .283 .483 20 17 0 5
22 P Bill Dietrich 27 29 54 44 6 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 20 .182 .294 .227 .521 33 10 0 3
23 P Johnny Rigney 22 22 36 30 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .167 .265 .167 .431 11 5 0 2
24 P Sugar Cain* 30 18 24 22 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 -8 4 0 2
25 P Clint Brown* 33 53 24 18 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .222 .391 .222 .614 59 4 0 1
26 P Bill Cox 24 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 67 1 1 0
27 P Italo Chelini* 22 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 37 0 0 0
28 P George Gick# 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.8 154 5958 5277 780 1478 280 76 67 726 70 34 549 447 .280 .350 .400 .750 88 2111 19 111
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 5 7 5 2 7 5 7 7 8 5 6 5 5 7 6
Non-Pitcher Totals 29.8 154 5441 4825 728 1384 273 72 64 693 70 34 518 342 .287 .358 .413 .771 94 1993 16 80
Pitcher Totals 29.1 154 517 452 52 94 7 4 3 33 0 0 31 105 .208 .263 .261 .524 33 118 3 31
Rk Pos 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Vern Kennedy 30 14 13 .519 5.09 32 30 2 15 1 0 221.0 238 150 125 16 124 114 3 0 8 1008 91 1.638 9.7 0.7 5.0 4.6 0.92
2 SP Thornton Lee* 30 12 10 .545 3.52 30 25 4 13 2 0 204.2 209 91 80 16 60 80 1 0 1 876 132 1.314 9.2 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.33
3 SP Ted Lyons 36 12 7 .632 4.15 22 22 0 11 0 0 169.1 182 86 78 21 45 45 1 0 2 706 112 1.341 9.7 1.1 2.4 2.4 1.00
4 SP John Whitehead 28 11 8 .579 4.07 26 24 2 8 4 0 165.2 191 84 75 14 56 45 5 0 3 718 114 1.491 10.4 0.8 3.0 2.4 0.80
5 SP Monty Stratton 25 15 5 .750 2.40 22 21 1 14 5 0 164.2 142 55 44 6 37 69 2 0 0 650 193 1.087 7.8 0.3 2.0 3.8 1.86
6 SP Bill Dietrich 27 8 10 .444 4.90 29 20 6 7 1 1 143.1 162 93 78 15 72 62 0 1 4 653 95 1.633 10.2 0.9 4.5 3.9 0.86
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Clint Brown 33 7 7 .500 3.42 53 0 48 0 0 18 100.0 92 47 38 8 36 51 1 0 1 427 136 1.280 8.3 0.7 3.2 4.6 1.42
8 RP Johnny Rigney 22 2 5 .286 4.96 22 4 11 0 0 1 90.2 107 65 50 10 46 38 3 0 3 429 93 1.688 10.6 1.0 4.6 3.8 0.83
9 RP Sugar Cain 30 4 2 .667 6.16 18 6 4 1 0 0 68.2 88 48 47 7 51 17 0 0 1 328 75 2.024 11.5 0.9 6.7 2.2 0.33
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Bill Cox 24 1 0 1.000 0.71 3 2 1 1 1 0 12.2 9 1 1 0 5 8 0 0 0 50 668 1.105 6.4 0.0 3.6 5.7 1.60
11 Italo Chelini* 22 0 1 .000 10.38 4 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 15 10 10 2 0 3 1 0 1 39 46 1.731 15.6 2.1 0.0 3.1
12 George Gick 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
Team Totals 29.1 86 68 .558 4.17 154 154 83 70 14 21 1351.1 1435 730 626 115 532 533 17 1 24 5890 111 1.456 9.6 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.00
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 2 4 1 1 7 2 2 2 7 2 4
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Luke Appling 30 154 154 153 870 280 541 49 111 .944 5.33 SS
Boze Berger 27 42 36 31 122 36 76 10 9 .918 2.67 3B-SS-2B
Zeke Bonura 28 115 115 107 1190 1114 63 13 123 .989 10.23 1B
Clint Brown 33 53 0 0 29 4 24 1 1 .966 0.53 P
Sugar Cain 30 18 6 1 14 0 14 0 1 1.000 0.78 P
Italo Chelini 22 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Merv Connors 23 28 28 28 81 22 53 6 8 .926 2.68 3B
Bill Cox 24 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Bill Dietrich 27 29 20 7 35 3 31 1 1 .971 1.17 P
Jimmy Dykes 40 26 24 22 180 152 27 1 15 .994 6.88 1B-3B
George Gick 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Mule Haas 33 34 26 26 281 254 19 8 22 .972 8.03 1B-OF
Jackie Hayes 30 143 141 140 857 353 490 14 115 .984 5.90 2B
Vern Kennedy 30 32 30 16 52 9 40 3 1 .942 1.53 P
Mike Kreevich 29 138 137 129 419 401 13 5 4 .988 3.00 OF
Thornton Lee 30 30 25 13 46 9 34 3 0 .935 1.43 P
Ted Lyons 36 22 22 11 39 6 33 0 3 1.000 1.77 P
Tony Piet 30 97 92 87 342 119 207 16 24 .953 3.29 3B-2B
Rip Radcliff 31 139 139 103 292 273 9 10 5 .966 2.03 OF
Tony Rensa 35 23 15 14 81 70 9 2 3 .975 3.43 2 5 4 44% 37% C
Johnny Rigney 22 22 4 0 19 3 14 2 0 .895 0.77 P
Larry Rosenthal 27 25 17 13 50 46 3 1 1 .980 1.96 OF
Luke Sewell 36 118 116 109 583 502 72 9 11 .985 4.86 8 47 33 41% 37% C
Merv Shea 36 25 23 20 116 91 21 4 1 .966 4.48 0 7 6 46% 37% C
Hank Steinbacher 24 15 15 15 25 24 0 1 0 .960 1.60 OF
Monty Stratton 25 22 21 14 39 4 35 0 2 1.000 1.77 P
Dixie Walker 26 154 154 151 294 270 10 14 1 .952 1.82 OF
John Whitehead 28 26 24 8 34 6 27 1 1 .971 1.27 P
Team Totals 29.9 154 1386 1219 6092 4051 1867 174 463 .971 3.84 10 59 43 42% 37%
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 6
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Luke Appling 30 154 665 17 -0 0 16 10 43 3.9 24 67 6.2 .525 .524 4.7 2.5 51 $18,500 Purchased *6
Boze Berger 27 52 152 -5 -0 0 1 1 -4 -0.3 5 2 0.2 .494 .498 0.1 0.2 1 $4,000 Waivers 5/46
Zeke Bonura 28 116 502 32 1 0 -1 -5 27 2.4 18 45 4.1 .521 .515 4.2 -0.6 46 $12,000 Purchased *3
Clint Brown* 33 53 24 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $6,000 Purchased 1
Sugar Cain* 30 18 24 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $8,000 Traded 1
Italo Chelini* 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,000 /1
Merv Connors 23 28 118 -5 0 0 1 0 -4 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .488 .498 -0.0 0.1 -0 $1,800 5
Bill Cox 24 3 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .513 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $2,700 /1
Bill Dietrich 27 29 54 -5 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $5,000 Waivers 1
Jimmy Dykes 40 30 96 -0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 3 3 0.2 .498 .500 0.3 -0.1 3 $15,000 Purchased 35
George Gick# 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500 Amateur Free Agent /1
Mule Haas* 33 54 133 -8 0 0 -1 -2 -10 -1.0 5 -6 -0.5 .482 .494 -0.4 -0.2 -5 $6,000 Purchased 3/O9
Jackie Hayes 30 143 631 -47 -2 0 20 5 -24 -2.3 23 -2 -0.2 .484 .486 -2.0 2.4 -22 $9,000 Traded *4
Vern Kennedy* 30 32 91 -9 0 0 0 10 1 0.1 3 5 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $12,000 Purchased 1
Mike Kreevich 29 144 642 2 2 0 13 -2 15 1.4 23 38 3.5 .510 .509 2.3 1.0 25 $5,500 *8O/79
Thornton Lee* 30 30 77 -9 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 3 3 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 3 $5,500 Traded 1
Ted Lyons# 36 23 72 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 3 4 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $10,000 Free Agency 1
Tony Piet 30 100 374 -20 0 0 2 2 -16 -1.5 13 -2 -0.2 .485 .491 -0.4 0.4 -4 $7,000 Purchased 54
Rip Radcliff* 31 144 643 10 1 0 2 -6 7 0.6 23 30 2.8 .504 .504 2.6 -0.4 28 $7,500 Purchased *7O
Tony Rensa 35 26 65 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .506 .501 0.4 0.1 4 $2,400 2
Johnny Rigney 22 22 36 -5 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $2,700 1
Larry Rosenthal* 27 58 108 -2 0 0 -2 -0 -4 -0.4 4 0 0.0 .494 .498 0.2 -0.2 2 $5,500 Purchased 8O
Luke Sewell 36 122 461 -13 -1 0 1 4 -9 -0.9 17 7 0.7 .493 .495 0.6 0.5 6 $12,500 Purchased *2
Merv Shea 36 25 86 -5 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .485 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $4,800 Purchased 2
Hank Steinbacher* 24 26 77 -4 0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.4 3 -2 -0.2 .483 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -1 7O
Monty Stratton 25 22 65 -8 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $4,000 1
Dixie Walker* 26 154 688 11 -0 0 0 -7 4 0.3 24 28 2.6 .502 .502 2.7 -0.6 28 $6,000 Waivers *O9
John Whitehead 28 26 67 -6 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 4 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 4 1
Team Total 29.8 1639 5958 -90 4 0 51 56 21 1.4 213 234 19.9 .501 .500 15.3 4.8 183 $177,900
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Clint Brown 33 100.0 53 0 47 4.23 5.52 0.32 0.00 99.6 5.17 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.9 22 .518 .506 $6,000 Purchased
Sugar Cain 30 68.2 18 6 48 6.29 5.30 0.36 0.00 100.6 4.97 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .450 .494 $8,000 Traded
Italo Chelini* 22 8.2 4 0 10 10.38 5.80 0.38 0.00 100.6 5.46 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .400 .498 $3,000
Bill Cox 24 12.2 3 2 1 0.71 5.15 0.29 0.00 101.0 4.92 6 0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.7 7 .702 .504 $2,700
Bill Dietrich 27 143.1 29 20 93 5.84 5.18 0.34 0.00 101.2 4.89 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.0 2 .453 .492 $5,000 Waivers
George Gick 21 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.63 0.25 0.00 108.0 4.72 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .603 .501 $1,500 Amateur Free Agent
Vern Kennedy 30 221.0 32 30 150 6.11 5.39 0.33 0.00 99.5 5.04 -26 -2.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .428 .486 $12,000 Purchased
Thornton Lee* 30 204.2 30 25 91 4.00 5.62 0.34 0.00 98.7 5.21 27 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.5 51 .589 .516 $5,500 Traded
Ted Lyons 36 169.1 22 22 86 4.57 5.30 0.34 0.00 98.3 4.87 6 0.5 -0.1 2.1 25 .524 .503 $10,000 Free Agency
Johnny Rigney 22 90.2 22 4 65 6.45 5.25 0.36 0.00 99.9 4.88 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -5 .437 .491 $2,700
Monty Stratton 25 164.2 22 21 55 3.01 5.13 0.32 0.00 101.2 4.86 34 3.4 1.0 -0.1 4.9 53 .655 .521 $4,000
John Whitehead 28 165.2 26 24 84 4.56 5.41 0.35 0.00 100.6 5.09 10 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.4 29 .535 .506
Team Total 29.1 1351.1 262 154 730 4.86 5.36 0.34 0.00 99.9 5.01 21 2.8 1.0 -0.9 15.3 180 .511 .501 $60,400
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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