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1938 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

65-83, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (65-83)
Scored 709 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-78

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 338,278 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100


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1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Luke Appling HOF 31 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 9 81 77 81 78 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.5
Boze Berger 28 R R 6' 2" 180 May 13, 1910 5 118 115 118 118 0 0 0 42 9 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.2
Harry Boyles 26 R R 6' 5" 185 Nov 29, 1911 1st 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Clint Brown 34 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1903 11 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Sugar Cain 31 L R 5' 11" 190 Apr 5, 1907 7 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Merv Connors 24 R R 6' 2" 192 Jan 23, 1914 2 24 16 24 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.8
Bill Cox 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 23, 1913 3 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Bill Dietrich 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1910 6 8 7 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jimmy Dykes 41 R R 5' 9" 185 Nov 10, 1896 21 26 23 26 25 0 0 0 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Gene Ford 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 23, 1912 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Frank Gabler 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 6, 1911 4 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.1
Johnny Gerlach 21 R R 5' 9" 165 May 11, 1917 1st 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1
George Gick 22 B R 6' 0" 190 Oct 18, 1915 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jackie Hayes 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Jul 19, 1906 12 62 61 62 61 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.3
Jack Knott 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 2, 1907 6 20 18 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Mike Kreevich 30 R R 5' 7" 168 Jun 10, 1908 5 129 123 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 127 3 0 2.2 All-Star
Joe Kuhel 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 25, 1906 9 117 110 117 111 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.4
Jesse Landrum 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 31, 1912 1st 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Thornton Lee 31 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 6 34 30 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.4
Ted Lyons HOF 37 B R 5' 11" 200 Dec 28, 1900 16 24 23 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.0
Joe Martin 26 R R 5' 11" 181 Jul 28, 1911 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Meyer 28 R R 5' 9" 160 Aug 3, 1909 1st 24 23 24 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Marv Owen 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 22, 1906 7 141 139 141 140 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6
Rip Radcliff 32 L L 5' 10" 170 Jan 19, 1906 5 129 122 129 122 0 0 23 0 0 0 99 0 0 99 7 0 1.1
Tony Rensa 36 R R 5' 10" 180 Sep 29, 1901 5 59 46 59 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.0
Johnny Rigney 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 28, 1914 2 38 12 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8
Larry Rosenthal 28 L L 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1910 3 61 20 61 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 22 36 3 -0.2
Norm Schlueter 21 R R 5' 10" 175 Sep 25, 1916 1st 35 29 35 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8
Luke Sewell 37 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 5, 1901 18 65 64 65 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Hank Steinbacher 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Mar 22, 1913 2 106 99 106 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 94 101 5 0 1.6
Monty Stratton 26 R R 6' 5" 180 May 21, 1912 5 27 22 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.1
Tommy Thompson 28 L R 5' 9" 155 May 19, 1910 5 19 0 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -0.3
Mike Tresh 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 1st 10 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Uhl 24 B L 5' 11" 175 Sep 17, 1913 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Gee Walker 30 R R 5' 11" 188 Mar 19, 1908 8 120 106 120 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 57 107 13 0 1.1
John Whitehead 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 27, 1909 4 32 24 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Marv Owen

Joe Kuhel

Luke Appling

Jimmy Dykes

Gene Ford
Tommy Thompson

Gee Walker

Mike Kreevich

Rip Radcliff

Larry Rosenthal

Luke Sewell

Mike Tresh

Ted Lyons

Sugar Cain
George Meyer

Merv Connors
Bill Dietrich

Boze Berger

Bob Uhl

Bill Cox
Jack Knott

Monty Stratton

Harry Boyles
Clint Brown

Thornton Lee

Jesse Landrum

Johnny Rigney

George Gick

John Whitehead

Tony Rensa

Norm Schlueter

Jackie Hayes

Frank Gabler
Joe Martin

Hank Steinbacher

Johnny Gerlach
Bob Uhl

George Gick

1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers