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1938 Chicago White Sox (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
Managed by Jimmie Dykes

Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 338,278 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats / Schedule (1937/1939) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   65-83 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   32.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 22, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           2 (last on April 22)
Most Games under .500:          20 (last on September 13)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       35.0 (last on September 13)

Longest Winning Streak:          4 (June 27 to June 30 and September 17 to September 21)
Longest Losing Streak:          10 (May 26 to June 4)

Most Runs Allowed:              19 (August 27)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (June 22)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        65  83     709     752    .439

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           33  39     326     364    .458
Road           32  44     383     388    .421

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           5   5      39      46    .500
May             7  13      78      88    .350
June           12  15     149     145    .444
July           11  12     116     103    .478
August         16  22     190     216    .421
September      12  14     125     143    .462
October         2   2      12      11    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     27  34     280     286    .443
Second Half    38  49     429     466    .437
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        21  25     184     188    .457

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        21  24     277     284    .467

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS             6  12      88      92    .333
CLE             9  13      99     125    .409
DET             7  15      73     110    .318
NYY             8  14     100     117    .364
PHA            12  10     117     118    .545
SLB            13   8     114      89    .619
WSH            10  11     118     101    .476

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 19     CHW  DET  W   4-3        1-0     2     0.5  1:59 J Whitehead                18,000 +
  2 Wed, Apr 20     CHW  DET  W   5-4        2-0     2     0.5  2:42 J Rigney                    2,500 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 21     CHW  DET  L   3-9        2-1     3     1.0  2:10 E Auker                     2,500 -
  4 Fri, Apr 22     CHW @SLB  W   4-3        3-1     1    Tied  3:04 C Brown                     5,644 +
  5 Sat, Apr 23     CHW @SLB  L   4-5        3-2     4     1.0  2:06 B Newsom                          -
  6 Sun, Apr 24     CHW @SLB  L   3-4        3-3     4     2.0  2:11 E Linke                    11,041 --
  7 Tue, Apr 26     CHW  CLE  L   6-10       3-4     4     3.0  2:16 E Whitehill                 3,000 ---
  8 Wed, Apr 27     CHW  CLE  W   6-3        4-4     4     2.0  2:04 T Lee                       2,500 +
  9 Fri, Apr 29     CHW @DET  L   1-5        4-5     5     3.5  1:54 B Poffenberg                7,500 -
 10 Sat, Apr 30     CHW  SLB  W   3-0        5-5     5     2.5  1:44 T Lyons                     3,000 +
 11 Sun, May  1     CHW  SLB  L   5-7        5-6     5     3.5  2:19 J Bonetti                  12,000 -
 12 Tue, May  3     CHW @PHA  L   2-7        5-7     5     5.0  1:54 B Ross                      4,000 --
 13 Wed, May  4     CHW @PHA  W   4-1        6-7     5     4.0  1:50 B Dietrich                  3,000 +
 14 Thu, May  5     CHW @PHA  W  10-4        7-7     4     3.0  1:59 F Gabler                    7,500 ++
 15 Fri, May  6     CHW @WSH  L   3-4        7-8     5     4.0  3:00 P Appleton                 16,000 -
 16 Sat, May  7     CHW @WSH  L   4-5        7-9     5     5.0  2:25 K Chase                    11,000 --
 17 Sun, May  8     CHW @NYY  L   3-7        7-10    5     5.0  1:54 R Ruffing                  28,440 ---
 18 Wed, May 11     CHW @BOS  L   2-4        7-11    6     5.5  1:35 L Grove                     5,700 ----
 19 Fri, May 13     CHW @CLE  W   7-6        8-11    5     5.0  2:25 M Stratton                 11,000 +
 20 Thu, May 19     CHW  BOS  W   4-0        9-11    5     5.5  1:36 J Whitehead                 2,500 ++
 21 Sat, May 21     CHW  NYY  L   0-1        9-12    5     6.0  1:42 S Chandler                 12,000 -
 22 Sun, May 22     CHW  WSH  W   9-2       10-12    5     6.0  1:57 T Lyons                    20,000 +
 23 Tue, May 24     CHW  WSH  W  10-3       11-12    5     6.0  2:00 M Stratton                  2,500 ++
 24 Wed, May 25     CHW  PHA  W   7-4       12-12    5     6.0  1:51 J Whitehead                 2,000 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 26     CHW  PHA  L   1-4       12-13    5     6.0  1:49 G Caster                    2,500 -
 26 Fri, May 27     CHW  DET  L   2-5       12-14    5     6.5  1:45 V Kennedy                   8,000 --
 27 Sat, May 28     CHW  DET  L   1-9       12-15    6     7.0  1:54 T Bridges                   5,000 ---
 28 Sun, May 29     CHW  DET  L   1-2       12-16    6     7.0  1:53 B Poffenberg               16,000 ----
 29 Mon, May 30     CHW @CLE  L   2-5       12-17    6     9.0  2:04 B Feller                        0 -----
 30                 CHW @CLE  L   1-8       12-18    6     9.0  2:07 J Allen                           ------
 31 Wed, Jun  1     CHW @WSH  L   4-5       12-19    7     9.0  2:08 M Weaver                    5,000 -------
 32 Thu, Jun  2     CHW @WSH  L   1-7       12-20    7    10.0  1:48 D Leonard                   9,000 --------
 33 Fri, Jun  3     CHW @WSH  L   1-5       12-21    7    11.0  1:30 W Ferrell                  10,000 ---------
 34 Sat, Jun  4     CHW @PHA  L   4-9       12-22    7    12.0  1:51 G Caster                    5,000 ----------
 35 Sun, Jun  5     CHW @PHA  W   8-2       13-22    7    12.5  1:52 M Stratton                      0 +
 36                 CHW @PHA  L   6-7       13-23    7    12.5  2:04 L Nelson                   25,000 -
 37 Tue, Jun  7     CHW @NYY  W   8-5       14-23    7    12.0  2:07 T Lee                       6,576 +
 38 Wed, Jun  8     CHW @NYY  W  11-10      15-23    6    10.5  3:08 J Rigney                        0 ++
 39                 CHW @NYY  W  10-6       16-23    6    10.5  2:25 B Dietrich                        +++
 40 Thu, Jun  9     CHW @NYY  L   3-5       16-24    7    10.5  1:40 J Beggs                     5,914 -
 41 Fri, Jun 10     CHW @BOS  W  15-2       17-24    6     9.5  2:03 M Stratton                 12,000 +
 42 Sun, Jun 12     CHW @BOS  L   2-3       17-25    7     9.0  1:50 J Wilson                        0 -
 43                 CHW @BOS  W   4-3       18-25    7     9.0  1:40 J Rigney                   36,000 +
 44 Tue, Jun 14     CHW  NYY  L   4-7       18-26    7     9.0  1:51 S Chandler                  7,000 -
 45 Wed, Jun 15     CHW  NYY  L   4-6       18-27    7    10.0  2:07 J Beggs                     6,000 --
 46 Thu, Jun 16     CHW  NYY  L   1-5       18-28    7    11.0  1:40 B Hadley                    5,000 ---
 47 Fri, Jun 17     CHW  BOS  L   1-5       18-29    7    12.0  1:48 J Wilson                    2,000 ----
 48 Sat, Jun 18     CHW  BOS  L   3-4       18-30    7    12.0  2:26 L Grove                     4,500 -----
 49 Sun, Jun 19     CHW  BOS  W   3-2       19-30    7    12.5  1:58 J Whitehead                     0 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 CHW  BOS  L   1-6       19-31    7    12.5  1:48 J Bagby                    22,000 -
 51 Tue, Jun 21     CHW  WSH  L   0-7       19-32    7    13.5  1:30 H Kelley                    3,000 --
 52 Wed, Jun 22     CHW  WSH  W  16-3       20-32    7    14.0  2:16 M Stratton                    500 +
 53 Thu, Jun 23     CHW  WSH  L   0-12      20-33    7    14.0  1:52 D Leonard                   2,000 -
 54 Mon, Jun 27     CHW @SLB  W   9-4       21-33    7    14.5  2:03 T Lyons                       781 +
 55 Tue, Jun 28     CHW @SLB  W  10-9       22-33    7    14.5  2:00 J Whitehead                 1,053 ++
 56 Wed, Jun 29     CHW @SLB  W   9-5       23-33    7    13.5  2:08 M Stratton                    890 +++
 57 Thu, Jun 30     CHW @SLB  W  11-1       24-33    7    13.5  2:03 J Knott                       888 ++++
 58 Sun, Jul  3     CHW  CLE  L   1-2       24-34    6    13.5  1:59 J Allen                         0 -
 59                 CHW  CLE  W   3-0       25-34    6    13.5  1:48 T Lee                       8,000 +
 60 Mon, Jul  4     CHW  SLB  W   5-4       26-34    6    11.5  2:12 J Whitehead                     0 ++
 61                 CHW  SLB  W   5-1       27-34    6    11.5  1:52 J Knott                    10,000 +++
 62 Fri, Jul  8     CHW @DET  L   5-7       27-35    6    12.0  1:57 R Lawson                        0 -
 63                 CHW @DET  W   5-3       28-35    6    12.0  2:58 J Rigney                          +
 64 Sat, Jul  9     CHW @DET  L   0-4       28-36    6    13.0  1:56 E Auker                     8,200 -
 65 Sun, Jul 10     CHW @DET  W   5-4       29-36    6    13.0  1:58 T Lyons                    18,000 +
 66 Tue, Jul 12     CHW @PHA  W   8-6       30-36    6    12.0  2:20 M Stratton                  2,500 ++
 67 Wed, Jul 13     CHW @PHA  L   2-5       30-37    6    12.5  2:06 G Caster                    3,000 -
 68 Thu, Jul 14     CHW @PHA  W   9-8       31-37    6    12.5  2:32 J Rigney                    5,000 +
 69 Fri, Jul 15     CHW @WSH  W  11-3       32-37    6    12.5  1:53 T Lee                             ++
 70 Sat, Jul 16     CHW @WSH  L   2-3       32-38    6    13.5  1:57 M Weaver                    6,000 -
 71 Sun, Jul 17     CHW @WSH  W  12-1       33-38    5    13.5  1:57 M Stratton                 15,000 +
 72 Sun, Jul 24     CHW @NYY  L   0-2       33-39    5    13.0  1:36 L Gomez                         0 -
 73                 CHW @NYY  W   8-3       34-39    5    13.0  2:05 M Stratton                 35,946 +
 74 Tue, Jul 26     CHW  BOS  W   9-1       35-39    5    13.5  1:58 T Lyons                     4,500 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul 28     CHW  BOS  L   8-13      35-40    6    14.5  2:48 J Bagby                           -
 76                 CHW  BOS  L   5-8       35-41    6    14.5  2:21 D Midkiff                  12,000 --
 77 Fri, Jul 29     CHW  NYY  L   3-4       35-42    6    15.5  2:01 L Gomez                    12,000 ---
 78 Sat, Jul 30     CHW  NYY  L   6-9       35-43    6    16.5  2:25 R Ruffing                  10,000 ----
 79 Sun, Jul 31     CHW  NYY  L   1-5       35-44    6    18.5  1:53 M Pearson                       0 -----
 80                 CHW  NYY  L   3-7       35-45    6    18.5  3:38 S Chandler                 25,000 ------
 81 Tue, Aug  2     CHW  PHA  W   8-4       36-45    6    17.5  2:05 M Stratton                  3,000 +
 82 Wed, Aug  3     CHW  PHA  L   2-14      36-46    6    19.0  2:36 B Thomas                        0 -
 83                 CHW  PHA  L   5-13      36-47    6    19.0  2:13 G Caster                    5,000 --
 84 Thu, Aug  4     CHW  PHA  W   8-2       37-47    6    18.5  1:44 T Lee                           0 +
 85                 CHW  PHA  W   7-3       38-47    6    18.5  2:01 J Knott                     3,000 ++
 86 Sat, Aug  6     CHW  WSH  L   1-7       38-48    6    20.0  1:36 D Leonard                   4,000 -
 87 Sun, Aug  7     CHW  WSH  W  14-5       39-48    6    20.5  2:15 M Stratton                      0 +
 88                 CHW  WSH  L   5-12      39-49    6    20.5  2:29 M Weaver                   15,000 -
 89 Tue, Aug  9     CHW  DET  L   1-4       39-50    6    20.5  2:14 T Bridges                   4,000 --
 90 Wed, Aug 10     CHW  DET  W   8-7       40-50    6    20.5  2:03 T Lee                       3,000 +
 91 Thu, Aug 11     CHW  DET  W  13-1       41-50    6    20.5  2:04 M Stratton                  3,000 ++
 92 Fri, Aug 12     CHW  CLE  L   9-12      41-51    6    20.5  3:07 E Whitehill                     0 -
 93                 CHW  CLE  W   6-5       42-51    6    20.5  2:24 J Rigney                        0 +
 94 Sat, Aug 13     CHW  CLE  L   4-13      42-52    6    21.0  2:48 B Feller                        0 -
 95                 CHW  CLE  W   2-1       43-52    6    21.0  1:39 T Lee                      10,000 +
 96 Sun, Aug 14     CHW  CLE  L   4-6       43-53    6    22.5  2:28 K Jungels                   8,000 -
 97 Wed, Aug 17     CHW @DET  L   3-4       43-54    6    24.5  1:45 T Bridges                       0 --
 98                 CHW @DET  L   2-3       43-55    6    24.5  2:15 A Benton                          ---
 99 Thu, Aug 18     CHW @DET  L   1-5       43-56    6    25.0  2:12 G Gill                      6,500 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Aug 19     CHW @CLE  W   7-2       44-56    6    25.0  1:57 T Lee                             +
101 Sat, Aug 20     CHW @CLE  L   2-8       44-57    6    26.0  1:54 M Harder                    2,500 -
102 Sun, Aug 21     CHW @CLE  W   4-3       45-57    6    27.0  2:00 T Lyons                         0 +
103                 CHW @CLE  L   2-3       45-58    6    27.0  2:15 D Galehouse                       -
104 Mon, Aug 22     CHW @CLE  W   4-2       46-58    6    26.5  2:15 J Whitehead                     0 +
105 Tue, Aug 23     CHW @NYY  W  11-3       47-58    6    26.5  1:45 T Lee                           0 ++
106                 CHW @NYY  L   1-3       47-59    6    26.5  1:40 B Hadley                   17,184 -
107 Wed, Aug 24     CHW @NYY  W   8-5       48-59    6    26.5  2:00 M Stratton                      0 +
108                 CHW @NYY  L   1-11      48-60    6    26.5  1:45 M Pearson                  13,781 -
109 Thu, Aug 25     CHW @BOS  L   0-1       48-61    6    28.5  1:40 J Wilson                        0 --
110                 CHW @BOS  L   5-9       48-62    6    28.5  2:30 J Heving                   10,000 ---
111 Fri, Aug 26     CHW @BOS  W  12-2       49-62    6    28.5  2:05 T Lyons                         0 +
112                 CHW @BOS  L   8-9       49-63    6    28.5  2:40 J Bagby                    14,800 -
113 Sat, Aug 27     CHW @BOS  L   6-19      49-64    6    30.5  2:10 F Ostermuell                    0 --
114                 CHW @BOS  L   0-1       49-65    6    30.5  1:38 B Harris                   18,000 ---
115 Sun, Aug 28     CHW @PHA  L   4-5       49-66    6    32.0  1:58 B Ross                          0 ----
116                 CHW @PHA  L   2-7       49-67    6    32.0  1:58 B Thomas                          -----
117 Tue, Aug 30     CHW @WSH  W   3-2       50-67    6    32.5  1:39 J Rigney                    2,000 +
118 Wed, Aug 31     CHW @WSH  W   7-0       51-67    6    31.5  1:49 J Whitehead                 1,500 ++
119 Thu, Sep  1     CHW @WSH  W  11-6       52-67    6    30.5  1:55 T Lee                             +++
120 Sat, Sep  3     CHW  DET  L   4-11      52-68    6    31.0  2:28 T Bridges                   3,000 -
121 Sun, Sep  4     CHW  DET  W   2-1       53-68    6    31.0  2:00 J Rigney                    7,500 +
122 Mon, Sep  5     CHW  CLE  L   4-6       53-69    6    33.0  2:04 A Milnar                        0 -
123                 CHW  CLE  L   2-4       53-70    6    33.0  2:21 W Hudlin                          --
124 Tue, Sep  6     CHW  SLB  W   8-2       54-70    6    32.5  2:01 M Stratton                    500 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Sep 11     CHW @DET  L   1-10      54-71    6    34.0  1:50 G Gill                          0 -
126                 CHW @DET  L   3-5       54-72    6    34.0  2:02 H Eisenstat                       --
127 Mon, Sep 12     CHW @DET  L   3-4       54-73    6    34.5  1:40 A Benton                    3,500 ---
128 Tue, Sep 13     CHW  WSH  L   1-7       54-74    6    35.0  1:54 K Chase                         0 ----
129                 CHW  WSH  W   3-2       55-74    6    35.0  1:50 T Lee                       5,000 +
130 Thu, Sep 15     CHW  PHA  W   5-4       56-74    6    34.5  2:04 J Whitehead                     0 ++
131                 CHW  PHA  L   0-1       56-75    6    34.5  1:52 G Caster                          -
132 Sat, Sep 17     CHW  PHA  W   8-4       57-75    6    33.5  1:47 T Lyons                         0 +
133                 CHW  PHA  W   7-4       58-75    6    33.5  1:43 J Knott                         0 ++
134 Tue, Sep 20     CHW  NYY  W   5-4       59-75    6    31.0  2:01 M Stratton                  2,000 +++
135 Wed, Sep 21     CHW  NYY  W   5-2       60-75    6    30.0  1:33 T Lee                       5,000 ++++
136 Thu, Sep 22     CHW  NYY  L   4-7       60-76    6    31.0  2:04 S Sundra                    7,500 -
137 Sat, Sep 24     CHW @SLB  L   7-8       60-77    6    30.5  1:53 L Mills                         0 --
138                 CHW @SLB  W   3-2       61-77    6    30.5  2:07 J Knott                           +
139 Sun, Sep 25     CHW @SLB  L   2-7       61-78    6    31.0  1:49 B Newsom                        0 -
140                 CHW @SLB  L   4-8       61-79    6    31.0  1:52 E Bildilli                        --
141 Tue, Sep 27     CHW @CLE  L   1-6       61-80    6    32.5  2:05 B Feller                          ---
142 Wed, Sep 28     CHW @CLE  W  14-11      62-80    6    31.5  2:26 T Lee                       1,500 +
143 Thu, Sep 29     CHW @CLE  L   8-9       62-81    6    32.5  2:15 A Milnar                    1,000 -
144 Fri, Sep 30     CHW  SLB  W   7-5       63-81    6    32.0  1:40 T Lyons                         0 +
145                 CHW  SLB  -   3-3       63-81    6    32.0  1:35                                   +
146 Sat, Oct  1     CHW  SLB  W   6-3       64-81    6    31.5  2:06 J Whitehead                     0 ++
147                 CHW  SLB  L   0-4       64-82    6    31.5  1:00 R Van Atta                        -
148 Sun, Oct  2     CHW  SLB  L   3-4       64-83    6    32.0  2:02 B Newsom                        0 --
149                 CHW  SLB  W   3-0       65-83    6    32.0  0:57 J Rigney                    7,000 +

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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