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1938 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
65-83, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 709 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-78
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (65-83)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 338,278 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

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1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 37 65 236 211 23 45 4 1 0 27 0 0 20 20 .213 .284 .242 .526 32 51 1 4
2 1B Joe Kuhel* 32 117 492 412 67 110 27 4 8 51 9 7 72 35 .267 .376 .410 .786 95 169 0 8
3 2B Jackie Hayes 31 62 269 238 40 78 21 2 1 20 3 2 24 6 .328 .389 .445 .835 107 106 0 7
4 SS Luke Appling 31 81 338 294 41 89 14 0 0 44 1 3 42 17 .303 .392 .350 .742 86 103 1 1
5 3B Marv Owen 32 141 631 577 84 162 23 6 6 55 6 4 45 31 .281 .337 .373 .710 76 215 4 5
6 OF Gee Walker 30 120 481 442 69 135 23 6 16 87 9 4 38 32 .305 .360 .493 .854 110 218 0 1
7 OF Hank Steinbacher* 25 106 444 399 59 132 23 8 4 61 1 3 41 19 .331 .393 .459 .852 111 183 0 4
8 OF Mike Kreevich 30 129 551 489 73 145 26 12 6 73 13 5 55 23 .297 .371 .436 .807 100 213 3 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 UT Rip Radcliff* 32 129 545 503 64 166 23 6 5 81 5 7 36 17 .330 .376 .429 .805 100 216 1 5
10 MI Boze Berger 28 118 523 470 60 102 15 3 3 36 4 1 43 80 .217 .284 .281 .565 41 132 1 9
11 C Tony Rensa 36 59 191 165 15 41 5 0 3 19 1 1 25 16 .248 .351 .333 .684 71 55 1 0
12 C Norm Schlueter 21 35 122 118 11 27 5 1 0 7 1 0 4 15 .229 .254 .288 .542 34 34 0 0
13 OF Larry Rosenthal* 28 61 118 105 14 30 5 1 1 12 0 1 12 13 .286 .359 .381 .740 84 40 0 1
14 2B Jimmie Dykes 41 26 99 89 9 27 4 2 2 13 0 0 10 8 .303 .374 .461 .834 106 41 0 0
15 2B George Meyer 28 24 95 81 10 24 2 2 0 9 3 1 11 17 .296 .387 .370 .757 89 30 1 2
16 1B Merv Connors 24 24 72 62 14 22 4 0 6 13 0 0 9 17 .355 .437 .710 1.146 180 44 0 1
17 C Mike Tresh 24 10 38 29 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 4 .241 .405 .310 .716 80 9 0 1
18 SS Johnny Gerlach 21 9 30 25 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .280 .379 .280 .659 66 7 0 1
19 1B Tommy Thompson* 28 19 19 18 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 -32 2 0 0
20 2B Jesse Landrum 25 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
21 P Thornton Lee* 31 34 101 97 14 25 3 1 4 16 0 0 0 23 .258 .258 .433 .691 69 42 0 4
22 P Monty Stratton 26 27 84 79 17 21 5 0 2 10 0 0 2 9 .266 .293 .405 .698 72 32 1 2
23 P Ted Lyons# 37 24 77 72 9 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 .194 .216 .222 .438 9 16 0 3
24 P John Whitehead 29 32 70 60 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 15 .100 .169 .100 .269 -32 6 0 5
25 P Johnny Rigney 23 38 59 55 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .145 .161 .164 .324 -19 9 0 3
26 P Jack Knott 31 20 49 40 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .125 .167 .125 .292 -27 5 0 7
27 P Frank Gabler 26 18 21 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .238 .238 .286 .524 30 6 0 0
28 P Bill Dietrich 28 8 18 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .063 .167 .063 .229 -41 1 0 0
29 P Sugar Cain* 31 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Harry Boyles 24 9 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -38 1 0 0
31 P Gene Ford 26 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -17 1 0 0
32 P Clint Brown* 34 8 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 309 2 0 0
33 P Bill Cox 25 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.3 149 5806 5199 709 1439 239 55 67 657 56 39 515 489 .277 .344 .383 .726 80 1989 0 14 78 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 6 7 6 8 6 5 8 6 5 8 8 8 8
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
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* - 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 Thornton Lee* 31 13 12 .520 3.49 33 30 3 18 1 1 245.1 252 123 95 12 94 77 3 0 2 1074 140 1.410 9.2 0.4 3.4 2.8 0.82
2 SP Ted Lyons 37 9 11 .450 3.70 23 23 0 17 1 0 194.2 238 93 80 13 52 54 0 1 1 862 132 1.490 11.0 0.6 2.4 2.5 1.04
3 SP Monty Stratton 26 15 9 .625 4.01 26 22 3 17 0 2 186.1 186 95 83 18 56 82 7 1 2 797 122 1.299 9.0 0.9 2.7 4.0 1.46
4 SP John Whitehead 29 10 11 .476 4.76 32 24 6 10 2 2 183.1 218 108 97 12 80 38 3 0 1 830 103 1.625 10.7 0.6 3.9 1.9 0.48
5 SP Jack Knott 31 5 10 .333 4.05 20 18 1 9 0 0 131.0 135 70 59 8 54 35 0 1 0 567 121 1.443 9.3 0.5 3.7 2.4 0.65
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
6 RP Johnny Rigney 23 9 9 .500 3.56 38 12 19 7 1 1 167.0 164 74 66 16 72 84 2 0 7 728 137 1.413 8.8 0.9 3.9 4.5 1.17
7 RP Frank Gabler 26 1 7 .125 9.09 18 7 9 3 0 0 69.1 101 74 70 12 34 17 1 0 2 331 54 1.947 13.1 1.6 4.4 2.2 0.50
8 RP Harry Boyles 24 0 4 .000 5.22 9 2 7 1 0 1 29.1 31 27 17 2 25 18 2 0 1 147 94 1.909 9.5 0.6 7.7 5.5 0.72
9 RP Clint Brown 34 1 3 .250 4.61 8 0 8 0 0 2 13.2 16 8 7 0 9 2 0 0 0 62 106 1.829 10.5 0.0 5.9 1.3 0.22
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 Dietrich 28 2 4 .333 5.44 8 7 1 1 0 0 48.0 49 33 29 7 31 11 0 0 3 224 90 1.667 9.2 1.3 5.8 2.1 0.35
11 Sugar Cain 31 0 1 .000 4.58 5 3 2 0 0 0 19.2 26 17 10 0 18 6 0 0 1 101 107 2.237 11.9 0.0 8.2 2.7 0.33
12 Gene Ford 26 0 0 10.29 4 0 4 0 0 0 14.0 21 16 16 1 12 2 0 0 2 74 47 2.357 13.5 0.6 7.7 1.3 0.17
13 Bill Cox 25 0 2 .000 6.94 7 1 2 0 0 0 11.2 11 14 9 0 13 5 0 0 1 58 70 2.057 8.5 0.0 10.0 3.9 0.38
14 Bob Uhl* 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 George Gick 22 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 29.3 65 83 .439 4.36 149 149 66 83 5 9 1316.1 1449 752 638 101 550 432 19 3 23 5865 112 1.519 9.9 0.7 3.8 3.0 0.79
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 2 4 7 7 3 3 2 4 2 8
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 31 78 427 149 258 20 37 .953 5.22 SS
Boze Berger 28 118 631 239 353 39 79 .938 5.02 SS-2B-3B
Harry Boyles 24 9 15 1 12 2 0 .867 1.44 P
Clint Brown 34 8 8 1 7 0 2 1.000 1.00 P
Sugar Cain 31 5 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.20 P
Merv Connors 24 16 143 129 11 3 17 .979 8.75 1B
Bill Cox 25 7 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.29 P
Bill Dietrich 28 8 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Jimmie Dykes 41 25 156 75 72 9 13 .942 5.88 2B-3B-SS
Gene Ford 26 4 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Frank Gabler 26 18 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.61 P
Johnny Gerlach 21 8 39 17 20 2 9 .949 4.63 SS
George Gick 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jackie Hayes 31 61 337 146 183 8 51 .976 5.39 2B
Jack Knott 31 20 37 4 30 3 5 .919 1.70 P
Mike Kreevich 30 127 0 127 1 396 379 7 10 2 .975 3.04 OF
Joe Kuhel 32 111 1209 1136 59 14 97 .988 10.77 1B
Jesse Landrum 25 3 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.00 2B
Thornton Lee 31 33 52 1 46 5 2 .904 1.42 P
Ted Lyons 37 23 56 9 46 1 1 .982 2.39 P
George Meyer 28 24 152 61 86 5 12 .967 6.13 2B
Marv Owen 32 140 465 136 305 24 29 .948 3.15 3B
Rip Radcliff 32 122 99 0 0 491 466 15 10 25 .980 3.94 OF-1B
Tony Rensa 36 57 225 185 36 4 4 .982 3.88 2 C
Johnny Rigney 23 38 38 4 32 2 4 .947 0.95 P
Larry Rosenthal 28 22 0 22 2 49 44 3 2 1 .959 2.14 OF
Norm Schlueter 21 34 126 107 13 6 3 .952 3.53 2 C
Luke Sewell 37 65 264 205 55 4 7 .985 4.00 5 C
Hank Steinbacher 25 101 0 8 93 217 202 7 8 2 .963 2.07 OF
Monty Stratton 26 26 44 6 36 2 1 .955 1.62 P
Tommy Thompson 28 1 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 1B
Mike Tresh 24 10 46 37 8 1 1 .978 4.50 1 C
Bob Uhl 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Gee Walker 30 107 50 0 57 215 197 9 9 2 .958 1.93 OF
John Whitehead 29 32 40 4 35 1 3 .975 1.22 P
Team Totals 30.1 149 5912 3950 1767 195 412 .967 3.91 10
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 6 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics