Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938
86-68, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmie Dykes (86-68)
Scored 780 runs, Allowed 730 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) · 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 - 103, Pitching - 102
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Luke Sewell | 36 | 122 | 459 | 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 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Dixie Walker* | 26 | 154 | 688 | 593 | 105 | 179 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 26 | .302 | .383 | .449 | .832 | 109 | 266 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Rip Radcliff* | 31 | 144 | 643 | 584 | 105 | 190 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 25 | .325 | .383 | .445 | .829 | 108 | 260 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | Mike Kreevich | 29 | 144 | 642 | 583 | 94 | 176 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 45 | .302 | .350 | .468 | .818 | 104 | 273 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| 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 | 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 | Jimmie 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.8 | 154 | 5956 | 5277 | 780 | 1478 | 280 | 76 | 67 | 726 | 70 | 34 | 549 | 447 | .280 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 88 | 2111 | 0 | 19 | 111 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 17 | 60 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 876 | 131 | 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 | 113 | 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 | 192 | 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 | 94 | 1.633 | 10.2 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 0.86 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | CL | Clint Brown | 33 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.42 | 53 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 100.0 | 92 | 47 | 38 | 7 | 36 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 427 | 135 | 1.280 | 8.3 | 0.6 | 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 651 | 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 | 45 | 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 | 4444 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Appling | 30 | 154 | 870 | 280 | 541 | 49 | 111 | .944 | 5.33 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Boze Berger | 27 | 42 | 122 | 36 | 76 | 10 | 9 | .918 | 2.67 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Zeke Bonura | 28 | 115 | 1190 | 1114 | 63 | 13 | 123 | .989 | 10.23 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Clint Brown | 33 | 53 | 29 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 0.53 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Sugar Cain | 30 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Italo Chelini | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Merv Connors | 23 | 28 | 81 | 22 | 53 | 6 | 8 | .926 | 2.68 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Cox | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Dietrich | 27 | 29 | 35 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.17 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Dykes | 40 | 26 | 180 | 152 | 27 | 1 | 15 | .994 | 6.88 | 1B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| George Gick | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Mule Haas | 33 | 32 | 277 | 251 | 19 | 7 | 22 | .975 | 8.44 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Hayes | 30 | 143 | 857 | 353 | 490 | 14 | 115 | .984 | 5.90 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Vern Kennedy | 30 | 32 | 52 | 9 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 1.53 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Thornton Lee | 30 | 30 | 46 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 1.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ted Lyons | 36 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.77 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Piet | 30 | 99 | 342 | 119 | 207 | 16 | 24 | .953 | 3.29 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Rensa | 35 | 23 | 81 | 70 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .975 | 3.43 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny Rigney | 22 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 0.77 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Luke Sewell | 36 | 118 | 583 | 502 | 72 | 9 | 11 | .985 | 4.86 | 8 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Merv Shea | 36 | 25 | 116 | 91 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 4.48 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Monty Stratton | 25 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.77 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| John Whitehead | 28 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.27 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29.9 | 154 | 6092 | 4051 | 1867 | 174 | 463 | .971 | 3.84 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |