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1938 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 37 65 236 211 23 45 4 1 0 27 0 0 20 20 .213 .284 .242 .526 31 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 94 169 0 8
3 2B Jackie Hayes 31 62 269 238 40 78 21 2 1 20 3 2 24 6 .328 .389 .445 .835 106 106 0 7
4 SS Luke Appling 31 81 338 294 41 89 14 0 0 44 1 3 42 17 .303 .392 .350 .742 85 103 1 1
5 3B Marv Owen 32 141 631 577 84 162 23 6 6 55 6 4 45 31 .281 .337 .373 .710 75 215 4 5
6 OF Gee Walker 30 120 481 442 69 135 23 6 16 87 9 4 38 32 .305 .360 .493 .854 109 218 0 1
7 OF Hank Steinbacher* 25 106 444 399 59 132 23 8 4 61 1 3 41 19 .331 .393 .459 .852 110 183 0 4
8 OF Mike Kreevich 30 129 551 489 73 145 26 12 6 73 13 5 55 23 .297 .371 .436 .807 99 213 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 99 216 1 5
10 MI Boze Berger 28 118 523 470 60 102 15 3 3 36 4 1 43 80 .217 .284 .281 .565 40 132 1 9
11 C Tony Rensa 36 59 191 165 15 41 5 0 3 19 1 1 25 16 .248 .351 .333 .684 70 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 83 40 0 1
14 2B Jimmy Dykes 41 26 99 89 9 27 4 2 2 13 0 0 10 8 .303 .374 .461 .834 105 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 88 30 1 2
16 1B Merv Connors 24 24 72 62 14 22 4 0 6 13 0 0 9 17 .355 .437 .710 1.146 179 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 79 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
21 Joe Martin 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Thornton Lee* 31 34 101 97 14 25 3 1 4 16 0 0 0 23 .258 .258 .433 .691 68 42 0 4
23 P Monty Stratton 26 27 84 79 17 21 5 0 2 10 0 0 2 9 .266 .293 .405 .698 71 32 1 2
24 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
25 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
26 P Johnny Rigney 23 38 59 55 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .145 .161 .164 .324 -20 9 0 3
27 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
28 P Frank Gabler 26 18 21 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .238 .238 .286 .524 29 6 0 0
29 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
30 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
31 P Harry Boyles 26 9 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -38 1 0 0
32 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
33 P Clint Brown* 34 8 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 307 2 0 0
34 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
35 P George Gick# 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Bob Uhl# 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.3 149 5806 5199 709 1439 239 55 67 657 56 39 515 489 .277 .344 .383 .726 79 1989 14 78
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 6 7 6 8 6 5 8 6 5 8 8 8 8 7 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 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 142 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 1 862 134 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 2 797 123 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 1 830 104 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 0 567 122 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 7 728 139 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 55 1.947 13.1 1.6 4.4 2.2 0.50
8 RP Harry Boyles 26 0 4 .000 5.22 9 2 7 1 0 1 29.1 31 27 17 2 25 18 2 0 1 147 96 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 62 109 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 91 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 1 101 110 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 49 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 73 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 113 1.519 9.9 0.7 3.8 3.0 0.79
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 2 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
* - 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 31 78 77 74 427 149 258 20 37 .953 5.22 SS
Boze Berger 28 118 115 111 631 239 353 39 79 .938 5.02 SS-2B-3B
Harry Boyles 26 9 2 1 15 1 12 2 0 .867 1.44 P
Clint Brown 34 8 0 0 8 1 7 0 2 1.000 1.00 P
Sugar Cain 31 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.20 P
Merv Connors 24 16 16 15 143 129 11 3 17 .979 8.75 1B
Bill Cox 25 7 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.29 P
Bill Dietrich 28 8 7 1 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Jimmy Dykes 41 25 23 22 156 75 72 9 13 .942 5.88 2B-SS-3B
Gene Ford 26 4 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Frank Gabler 26 18 7 3 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.61 P
Johnny Gerlach 21 8 8 8 39 17 20 2 9 .949 4.63 SS
George Gick 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jackie Hayes 31 61 61 59 337 146 183 8 51 .976 5.39 2B
Jack Knott 31 20 18 9 37 4 30 3 5 .919 1.70 P
Mike Kreevich 30 127 123 120 396 379 7 10 2 .975 3.04 OF
Joe Kuhel 32 111 110 109 1209 1136 59 14 97 .988 10.77 1B
Jesse Landrum 25 3 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.00 2B
Thornton Lee 31 33 30 18 52 1 46 5 2 .904 1.42 P
Ted Lyons 37 23 23 17 56 9 46 1 1 .982 2.39 P
George Meyer 28 24 23 23 152 61 86 5 12 .967 6.13 2B
Marv Owen 32 140 139 139 465 136 305 24 29 .948 3.15 3B
Rip Radcliff 32 122 122 122 491 466 15 10 25 .980 3.94 OF-1B
Tony Rensa 36 57 46 43 225 185 36 4 4 .982 3.88 2 18 18 50% C
Johnny Rigney 23 38 12 7 38 4 32 2 4 .947 0.95 P
Larry Rosenthal 28 22 20 18 49 44 3 2 1 .959 2.14 OF
Norm Schlueter 21 34 29 28 126 107 13 6 3 .952 3.53 2 11 5 31% C
Luke Sewell 37 65 64 51 264 205 55 4 7 .985 4.00 5 26 16 38% C
Hank Steinbacher 25 101 99 95 217 202 7 8 2 .963 2.07 OF
Monty Stratton 26 26 22 17 44 6 36 2 1 .955 1.62 P
Tommy Thompson 28 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 1B
Mike Tresh 24 10 10 10 46 37 8 1 1 .978 4.50 1 2 3 60% C
Bob Uhl 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Gee Walker 30 107 106 105 215 197 9 9 2 .958 1.93 OF
John Whitehead 29 32 24 10 40 4 35 1 3 .975 1.22 P
Team Totals 30.2 149 1341 1236 5912 3950 1767 195 412 .967 3.91 10 57 42 42%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 6 7
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 31 338 -5 -2 0 0 5 5 11 14 1.5 9 0.9 0.6 $ Purchased 6
Boze Berger 28 523 -47 1 0 0 -2 6 16 -26 -2.2 -24 -2.3 0.1 $ Waivers 64/5
Harry Boyles 26 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Clint Brown* 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Sugar Cain* 31 8 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded /1
Merv Connors 24 72 7 0 0 0 0 -1 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 3
Bill Cox 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Bill Dietrich 28 18 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Jimmy Dykes 41 99 1 0 0 0 -4 1 3 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $ Purchased 4/56
Gene Ford 26 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Frank Gabler 26 21 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Johnny Gerlach 21 30 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /6
Jackie Hayes 31 269 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Traded 4
Jack Knott 31 49 -9 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Traded 1
Mike Kreevich 30 551 -1 1 0 0 7 -2 17 22 2.2 15 1.4 0.8 $ *8O
Joe Kuhel* 32 492 -3 -1 0 0 -3 -5 16 4 0.4 7 0.7 -0.3 $ Traded *3
Jesse Landrum 25 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /4
Thornton Lee* 31 101 -6 0 0 0 0 8 3 5 0.6 5 0.5 0.1 $ Traded 1
Ted Lyons# 37 77 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Free Agency 1
George Meyer 28 95 -1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 4
Marv Owen 32 631 -23 1 0 0 4 3 19 4 0.6 0 0.0 0.6 $ Traded *5
Rip Radcliff* 32 545 0 -3 0 0 2 -6 17 10 1.1 8 0.8 0.3 $ Purchased 7O3
Tony Rensa 36 191 -7 -2 0 0 0 2 6 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 2
Johnny Rigney 23 59 -11 0 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
Larry Rosenthal* 28 118 -3 -1 0 0 -2 0 4 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased 8O/9
Norm Schlueter 21 122 -13 0 0 0 -1 1 4 -9 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ 2
Luke Sewell 37 236 -23 0 0 0 1 2 8 -12 -1.0 -13 -1.3 0.3 $ Purchased 2
Hank Steinbacher* 25 444 7 -1 0 0 0 -4 14 16 1.6 16 1.5 0.1 $ O9/8
Monty Stratton 26 84 -4 1 0 0 0 6 3 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1
Tommy Thompson* 28 19 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /3
Mike Tresh 24 38 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 2
Gee Walker 30 481 4 0 0 0 -4 -5 16 11 1.1 15 1.4 -0.3 $ Traded *O97
John Whitehead 29 70 -13 0 0 0 0 6 2 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 1
Team Total 30.3 5806 -179 -6 0 0 3 43 182 43 6.0 40 3.8 2.2 $
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
Harry Boyles 26 29.1 2 27 21 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
Clint Brown 34 13.2 0 8 10 0 1.0 2 0.2 $ Purchased
Sugar Cain 31 19.2 3 17 14 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $ Traded
Bill Cox 25 11.2 1 14 8 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
Bill Dietrich 28 48.0 7 33 34 0 1.0 1 0.2 $ Waivers
Gene Ford 26 14.0 0 16 10 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
Frank Gabler 26 69.1 7 74 49 0 1.0 -25 -2.1 $ Purchased
George Gick 22 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jack Knott 31 131.0 18 70 93 0 1.0 23 2.2 $ Traded
Thornton Lee* 31 245.1 30 123 174 0 1.0 51 4.8 $ Traded
Ted Lyons 37 194.2 23 93 138 0 1.0 45 4.2 $ Free Agency
Johnny Rigney 23 167.0 12 74 119 0 1.0 45 4.1 $
Monty Stratton 26 186.1 22 95 132 0 1.0 37 3.5 $
Bob Uhl* 24 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
John Whitehead 29 183.1 24 108 130 0 1.0 22 2.2 $
Team Total 29.3 1316.1 149 752 934 0 1.0 182 17.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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