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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

Game Results

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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 36 122 459 412 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
6 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
7 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
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 5956 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 1
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% 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-2B-SS
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% 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% C
Merv Shea 36 25 23 20 116 91 21 4 1 .966 4.48 0 7 6 46% 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%
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% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 30 665 18 0 0 0 16 10 21 65 6.4 49 4.8 1.6 $ Purchased *6
Boze Berger 27 152 -5 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Waivers 5/46
Zeke Bonura 28 502 33 -1 0 0 -1 -5 16 42 4.0 43 4.2 -0.2 $11,000 Purchased *3
Clint Brown* 33 24 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Sugar Cain* 30 24 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Italo Chelini* 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Merv Connors 23 118 -5 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 5
Bill Cox 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Bill Dietrich 27 54 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Jimmy Dykes 40 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 35
Mule Haas* 33 133 -8 0 0 0 -1 -2 4 -7 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Purchased 3/O9
Jackie Hayes 30 631 -47 -2 0 0 20 5 19 -5 -0.2 -25 -2.4 2.2 $ Traded *4
Vern Kennedy* 30 91 -8 1 0 0 0 7 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Mike Kreevich 29 642 3 4 0 0 13 -2 19 37 3.7 24 2.3 1.4 $ *8O/79
Thornton Lee* 30 77 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Ted Lyons# 36 72 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Tony Piet 30 374 -20 -1 0 0 2 2 12 -5 -0.3 -7 -0.7 0.4 $ Purchased 54
Rip Radcliff* 31 643 11 3 0 0 2 -6 19 29 2.8 27 2.6 0.2 $ Purchased *7O
Tony Rensa 35 65 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 2
Johnny Rigney 22 36 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Larry Rosenthal* 27 108 -2 1 0 0 -2 0 4 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ Purchased 8O
Luke Sewell 36 459 -13 -1 0 0 1 4 15 6 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ Purchased *2
Merv Shea 36 86 -5 0 0 0 0 1 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Hank Steinbacher* 24 77 -4 1 0 0 -1 -1 3 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 7O
Monty Stratton 25 65 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Dixie Walker* 26 688 12 2 0 0 0 -7 21 28 2.7 28 2.7 0.0 $ Waivers *O9
John Whitehead 28 67 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 1
Team Total 29.8 5956 -81 8 0 0 51 41 186 205 21.0 154 15.0 6.0 $11,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Clint Brown 33 100.0 0 47 69 3 1.0 22 1.8 $ Purchased
Sugar Cain 30 68.2 6 48 47 2 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Traded
Italo Chelini* 22 8.2 0 10 6 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Bill Cox 24 12.2 2 1 9 0 1.0 8 0.7 $
Bill Dietrich 27 143.1 20 93 98 4 1.0 5 0.2 $ Waivers
George Gick 21 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Vern Kennedy 30 221.0 30 150 152 6 1.0 2 -0.4 $ Purchased
Thornton Lee* 30 204.2 25 91 141 5 1.0 50 4.1 $ Traded
Ted Lyons 36 169.1 22 86 116 4 1.0 30 2.4 $ Free Agency
Johnny Rigney 22 90.2 4 65 62 2 1.0 -3 -0.5 $
Monty Stratton 25 164.2 21 55 113 4 1.0 58 4.9 $
John Whitehead 28 165.2 24 84 114 4 1.0 30 2.3 $
Team Total 29.1 1351.1 154 730 928 34 1.0 198 15.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics