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1939 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
85-69, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 755 runs, Allowed 737 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (85-69)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 594,104 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

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1938 / 1940 Batting Statistics

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 Mike Tresh 25 119 430 352 49 91 5 2 0 38 3 2 64 30 .259 .377 .284 .661 69 100 8 3 11
2 1B Joe Kuhel* 33 139 623 546 107 164 24 9 15 56 18 5 64 51 .300 .376 .460 .836 110 251 7 2 11
3 2B Ollie Bejma 31 90 354 307 52 77 9 3 8 44 1 3 36 27 .251 .331 .378 .709 79 116 5 1 10
4 SS Luke Appling 32 148 630 516 82 162 16 6 0 56 16 9 105 37 .314 .430 .368 .798 103 190 11 0 9
5 3B Eric McNair 30 129 528 479 62 155 18 5 7 82 17 9 38 41 .324 .375 .426 .800 102 204 13 1 10
6 OF Gee Walker 31 149 645 598 95 174 30 11 13 111 17 6 28 43 .291 .330 .443 .773 94 265 16 7 12
7 OF Mike Kreevich 31 145 622 541 85 175 30 8 5 77 23 10 59 40 .323 .390 .436 .826 108 236 14 0 22
8 OF Larry Rosenthal* 29 107 387 324 50 86 21 5 10 51 6 4 53 46 .265 .369 .454 .822 107 147 3 0 10
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* 33 113 435 397 49 105 25 2 2 53 6 4 26 21 .264 .313 .353 .666 68 140 5 2 10
10 2B Jackie Hayes 32 72 305 269 34 67 12 3 0 23 0 3 27 10 .249 .320 .316 .636 61 85 5 1 8
11 3B Marv Owen 33 58 218 194 22 46 9 0 0 15 4 5 16 15 .237 .302 .284 .585 49 55 3 2 6
12 OF Hank Steinbacher* 26 71 133 111 16 19 2 1 1 15 0 0 21 8 .171 .303 .234 .537 37 26 1 0 1
13 C Ken Silvestri# 23 22 83 75 6 13 3 0 2 5 0 1 6 13 .173 .244 .293 .537 35 22 0 1 1
14 C Norm Schlueter 22 34 60 56 5 13 2 1 0 8 2 0 1 11 .232 .246 .304 .549 38 17 4 0 3
15 C Tony Rensa 37 14 27 25 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .200 .231 .200 .431 10 5 3 0 1
16 3B Bob Kennedy 18 3 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 27 2 1 0 1
17 3B Johnny Gerlach 22 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 407 2 0 0 0
18 3B Jimmie Dykes 42 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
19 Tommy Thompson* 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
20 P Thornton Lee* 32 33 95 91 8 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 18 .165 .200 .198 .398 1 18 2 0 0
21 P Johnny Rigney 24 35 87 80 4 16 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 18 .200 .220 .250 .470 18 20 2 0 5
22 P Ted Lyons# 38 21 72 61 5 18 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 7 .295 .348 .344 .693 76 21 1 0 6
23 P Eddie Smith# 25 29 66 52 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 15 .115 .246 .135 .381 -1 7 0 0 5
24 P Johnny Marcum* 29 38 62 57 7 16 0 0 0 12 0 0 5 1 .281 .339 .281 .619 58 16 0 0 0
25 P Jack Knott 32 25 59 53 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .151 .167 .151 .318 -19 8 2 1 5
26 P Bill Dietrich 29 25 43 37 5 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 4 12 .216 .293 .378 .671 68 14 0 0 2
27 P Clint Brown* 35 61 27 19 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 .211 .348 .211 .558 44 4 2 0 4
28 P John Whitehead 30 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
29 P Vic Frazier 34 10 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 45 2 0 0 0
30 P Vallie Eaves 27 2 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 69 2 0 0 0
31 P Art Herring 33 7 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -45 0 0 0 0
32 P Harry Boyles 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Jess Dobernic 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.6 155 6033 5279 755 1451 220 56 64 679 113 61 579 502 .275 .349 .374 .723 83 1975 108 21 154
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 5 7 8 5 7 1 1 4 7 6 5 8 7 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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 32 630 383 83 5.8 116 .338 .314 .290 .430 .366 .368 .429 .798 .795 103 .557 9.3 0.9 .807 .271 .054 .0 *6
Ollie Bejma 31 354 248 37 4.0 116 .254 .251 .290 .331 .366 .378 .429 .709 .795 79 .389 -10.9 -1.0 .634 .238 .127 1.8 4/56
Harry Boyles 25 1 1 0 0.0 117 .000 .290 .000 .366 .000 .429 .000 .795 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Clint Brown 35 27 21 1 1.3 116 .250 .211 .290 .348 .366 .211 .429 .558 .795 44 .073 -1.5 -0.1 .471 .211 .000 1
Bill Dietrich 29 43 31 4 3.4 116 .292 .216 .290 .293 .366 .378 .429 .671 .795 68 .327 -1.9 -0.2 .621 .270 .162 .0 1
Jess Dobernic 21 1 1 0 0.0 117 .000 .290 .000 .366 .000 .429 .000 .795 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Jimmie Dykes 42 1 1 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .290 .000 .366 .000 .429 .000 .795 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /5
Vallie Eaves 27 6 4 1 6.6 116 .500 .333 .290 .333 .366 .333 .429 .667 .795 69 .620 -0.3 0.0 .500 .000 .000 /1
Vic Frazier 34 7 5 1 5.3 116 .500 .286 .290 .286 .366 .286 .429 .571 .795 45 .520 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .000 .000 1
Johnny Gerlach 22 2 0 2 116 1.000 1.000 .290 1.000 .366 1.000 .429 2.000 .794 407 0.9 0.1 .000 .000 /5
Jackie Hayes 32 305 218 26 3.2 116 .259 .249 .290 .320 .366 .316 .429 .636 .795 61 .296 -16.1 -1.5 .524 .156 .067 4
Art Herring 33 5 4 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .290 .200 .366 .000 .429 .200 .795 -45 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /1
Bob Kennedy 18 9 8 1 3.3 116 .250 .250 .290 .250 .366 .250 .429 .500 .795 27 .314 -0.9 -0.1 .286 .000 .000 /5
Jack Knott 32 59 52 1 0.5 116 .229 .151 .290 .167 .366 .151 .429 .318 .795 -19 .015 -9.9 -0.9 .191 .000 .000 1
Mike Kreevich 31 622 412 93 6.0 116 .343 .323 .290 .390 .366 .436 .429 .826 .795 108 .576 7.6 0.7 .790 .246 .113 8.2 *O/5
*Joe Kuhel 33 623 405 95 6.2 116 .310 .300 .290 .376 .366 .460 .429 .836 .795 110 .592 7.4 0.7 .838 .300 .159 16.4 *3
*Thornton Lee 32 95 78 4 1.4 116 .205 .165 .290 .200 .366 .198 .429 .398 .795 1 .083 -14.2 -1.3 .282 .077 .033 1
#Ted Lyons 38 72 50 7 3.7 116 .333 .295 .290 .348 .366 .344 .429 .693 .795 76 .361 -2.2 -0.2 .591 .131 .049 1
*Johnny Marcum 29 62 41 5 3.2 116 .286 .281 .290 .339 .366 .281 .429 .619 .795 58 .305 -3.6 -0.3 .512 .088 .000 1
Eric McNair 30 528 356 76 5.7 116 .343 .324 .290 .375 .366 .426 .429 .800 .795 102 .550 0.5 0.0 .725 .198 .102 9.9 *54/6
Marv Owen 33 218 162 16 2.6 116 .257 .237 .290 .302 .366 .284 .429 .585 .795 49 .230 -15.2 -1.4 .462 .124 .046 .0 5
*Rip Radcliff 33 435 311 43 3.7 116 .275 .264 .290 .313 .366 .353 .429 .666 .795 68 .356 -20.1 -1.9 .565 .159 .088 3.0 O3
Tony Rensa 37 27 24 1 1.1 116 .217 .200 .290 .231 .366 .200 .429 .431 .795 10 .058 -3.6 -0.3 .261 .040 .000 2
Johnny Rigney 24 87 71 4 1.5 116 .258 .200 .290 .220 .366 .250 .429 .470 .795 18 .096 -10.2 -1.0 .333 .075 .050 1
*Larry Rosenthal 29 387 255 54 5.6 116 .284 .265 .290 .369 .366 .454 .429 .822 .795 107 .547 3.5 0.3 .824 .358 .188 7.5 O
Norm Schlueter 22 60 50 4 2.1 116 .289 .232 .290 .246 .366 .304 .429 .549 .795 38 .169 -5.7 -0.5 .426 .125 .071 .0 2
#Ken Silvestri 23 83 64 5 2.1 116 .183 .173 .290 .244 .366 .293 .429 .537 .795 35 .163 -7.9 -0.8 .444 .187 .120 .0 2
#Eddie Smith 25 66 51 2 1.0 116 .162 .115 .290 .246 .366 .135 .429 .381 .795 -1 .052 -8.2 -0.8 .348 .192 .019 1
*Hank Steinbacher 26 133 94 8 2.3 116 .176 .171 .290 .303 .366 .234 .429 .537 .795 37 .186 -10.6 -1.0 .505 .252 .063 .0 O
*Tommy Thompson 29 1 1 0.0 0.0
Mike Tresh 25 430 282 37 3.5 116 .283 .259 .290 .377 .366 .284 .429 .661 .795 69 .334 -13.7 -1.3 .620 .210 .026 .0 *2
Gee Walker 31 645 458 86 5.0 116 .297 .291 .290 .330 .366 .443 .429 .773 .795 94 .492 -9.5 -0.9 .697 .217 .152 14.7 *O
John Whitehead 30 9 9 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .290 .000 .366 .000 .429 .000 .795 -100 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /1
League Average 4.9 114 .294 .277 .287 .350 .362 .404 .424 .754 .787 92 .488 .693 .242 .128
Team Total 6033 4151 697 4.5 116 .294 .275 .290 .349 .366 .374 .429 .723 .795 83 .441 -142.2 -13.3 .657 .219 .099 81.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Luke Appling 32 156 623 524 71 152 15 6 0 49 15 99 39 .290 .403 .342 .744 72 148 148
Ollie Bejma 31 95 349 314 45 72 8 3 7 38 1 34 28 .229 .307 .341 .647 33 90 90
Harry Boyles 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Clint Brown 35 64 22 19 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 .158 .273 .158 .431 1 61 61
Bill Dietrich 29 26 42 38 4 7 3 0 1 2 0 4 13 .184 .262 .342 .604 3 25 25
Jess Dobernic 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Jimmie Dykes 42 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Vallie Eaves 27 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2 2
Vic Frazier 34 11 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10 10
Johnny Gerlach 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 3 3
Jackie Hayes 32 76 300 274 30 62 11 3 0 20 0 25 11 .226 .293 .288 .582 23 72 72
Art Herring 33 7 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 7 7
Bob Kennedy 18 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Jack Knott 32 26 57 56 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 .000 .018 .000 .018 1 25 25
Mike Kreevich 31 153 606 550 74 165 28 8 5 67 22 56 42 .300 .365 .407 .772 81 145 145
*Joe Kuhel 33 146 619 557 93 155 23 9 14 49 17 60 54 .278 .351 .427 .778 83 139 139
*Thornton Lee 32 35 98 94 7 14 3 0 0 4 0 4 19 .149 .184 .181 .365 3 33 33
#Ted Lyons 38 22 67 62 4 17 3 0 0 7 0 5 7 .274 .328 .323 .651 6 21 21
*Johnny Marcum 29 57 87 81 9 25 1 0 0 15 0 6 3 .309 .356 .321 .677 9 54 54
Eric McNair 30 136 523 486 54 145 17 5 7 72 16 36 43 .298 .348 .397 .745 66 129 129
Marv Owen 33 61 216 199 19 43 8 0 0 13 4 15 16 .216 .278 .256 .534 14 58 58
*Rip Radcliff 33 119 430 404 42 97 23 2 2 45 6 24 22 .240 .286 .322 .608 37 113 113
Tony Rensa 37 15 27 26 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .192 .222 .192 .415 1 14 14
Johnny Rigney 24 37 85 83 4 16 4 0 0 7 0 2 19 .193 .212 .241 .453 4 35 35
*Larry Rosenthal 29 113 379 330 43 80 20 5 9 44 6 49 48 .242 .340 .415 .756 46 107 107
Norm Schlueter 22 36 59 58 5 13 2 1 0 8 2 1 12 .224 .237 .293 .530 4 34 34
#Ken Silvestri 23 23 84 77 5 12 3 0 2 4 0 6 14 .156 .226 .273 .499 4 22 22
#Eddie Smith 25 34 61 53 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 8 16 .094 .213 .113 .326 1 32 32
*Hank Steinbacher 26 75 133 114 13 17 2 1 1 12 0 19 8 .149 .271 .211 .481 6 71 71
*Tommy Thompson 29 33 111 88 21 25 5 0 1 7 0 22 7 .284 .432 .375 .807 14 31 31
Mike Tresh 25 125 424 361 43 86 5 2 0 33 3 60 32 .238 .351 .263 .615 33 119 119
Gee Walker 31 157 643 610 83 164 28 10 12 97 16 26 45 .269 .306 .407 .713 75 149 149
John Whitehead 30 35 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .069 .000 .069 0 33 33
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Luke Appling 32 10 4979 1184 4979 4311 695 1343 230 57 23 615 86 56 624 266 .312 .399 .407 .806 107 1756 11 4 40
Ollie Bejma 31 4 1064 316 1064 906 128 222 35 11 14 117 5 5 130 105 .245 .343 .354 .697 75 321 5 5 23
Harry Boyles 25 2 9 11 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -45 1 0 0 0
*Clint Brown 35 12 489 352 489 425 41 88 17 2 2 43 1 0 41 47 .207 .280 .271 .551 40 115 2 2 21
Bill Dietrich 29 7 329 194 329 289 27 49 8 2 2 18 0 0 25 113 .170 .236 .232 .468 19 67 0 0 15 0 0
Jess Dobernic 21 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Dykes 42 22 9347 2282 9347 8046 1108 2256 453 90 108 1071 70 55 958 850 .280 .365 .399 .764 96 3213 0 115 228
Vallie Eaves 27 2 10 5 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 2 0 0 0
Vic Frazier 34 6 211 126 211 186 17 33 3 0 0 16 0 0 13 42 .177 .231 .194 .425 14 36 0 0 12
Johnny Gerlach 22 2 32 12 32 27 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .333 .419 .333 .753 89 9 0 0 1
Jackie Hayes 32 13 4425 1073 4425 3999 492 1061 196 32 20 492 34 31 307 230 .265 .319 .345 .664 70 1381 5 9 110
Art Herring 33 7 144 119 144 127 19 20 4 1 0 8 0 0 12 18 .157 .230 .205 .435 14 26 0 0 5
Bob Kennedy 18 1 9 3 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 27 2 1 0 1
Jack Knott 32 7 381 250 381 331 21 44 2 0 0 14 0 0 12 139 .133 .166 .139 .305 -23 46 2 1 37
Mike Kreevich 31 6 2479 566 2479 2198 354 677 119 47 28 294 58 22 219 160 .308 .372 .443 .815 102 974 14 5 57
*Joe Kuhel 33 10 5112 1166 5112 4525 722 1313 246 70 73 646 85 48 514 331 .290 .365 .424 .789 103 1918 7 20 53
*Thornton Lee 32 7 415 199 415 390 39 77 12 4 4 36 0 0 12 99 .197 .223 .279 .503 26 109 2 1 12
#Ted Lyons 38 17 1480 636 1480 1333 140 310 39 9 5 126 0 1 65 178 .233 .271 .287 .558 44 382 1 6 76
*Johnny Marcum 29 7 580 299 580 533 56 141 18 1 5 70 0 1 36 32 .265 .311 .330 .641 62 176 1 0 11
Eric McNair 30 11 4351 1102 4351 4038 548 1136 211 28 74 591 57 46 231 288 .281 .324 .402 .726 83 1625 13 23 59
Marv Owen 33 8 4159 991 4159 3725 469 1028 167 44 31 491 30 30 330 279 .276 .339 .369 .709 81 1376 3 27 77
*Rip Radcliff 33 6 3027 684 3027 2781 440 861 147 34 29 368 28 19 212 98 .310 .361 .418 .779 94 1163 5 11 23
Tony Rensa 37 6 579 200 579 514 71 134 26 5 7 65 5 2 57 54 .261 .338 .372 .710 75 191 3 3 5
Johnny Rigney 24 3 182 95 182 165 9 29 5 0 0 11 0 0 7 44 .176 .209 .206 .415 5 34 2 0 10
*Larry Rosenthal 29 4 994 311 994 843 155 233 46 17 14 118 9 5 133 116 .276 .376 .421 .797 97 355 3 1 17
Norm Schlueter 22 2 182 69 182 174 16 40 7 2 0 15 3 0 5 26 .230 .251 .293 .545 36 51 4 0 3
#Ken Silvestri 23 1 83 22 83 75 6 13 3 0 2 5 0 1 6 13 .173 .244 .293 .537 35 22 0 1 1
#Eddie Smith 25 4 198 117 198 175 13 36 9 0 0 11 1 0 14 36 .206 .265 .257 .522 33 45 0 0 9 0 0
*Hank Steinbacher 26 3 654 203 654 583 88 170 29 10 6 85 3 3 66 34 .292 .364 .407 .770 92 237 1 0 5
*Tommy Thompson 29 6 1251 397 1251 1107 142 294 34 4 9 119 7 0 108 63 .266 .335 .328 .663 83 363 28 7 29
Mike Tresh 25 2 468 129 468 381 52 98 7 2 0 40 3 2 72 34 .257 .379 .286 .665 70 109 8 3 12
Gee Walker 31 9 4367 1063 4367 4086 639 1275 269 49 90 666 158 60 206 328 .312 .349 .468 .817 106 1912 16 27 48
John Whitehead 30 5 354 153 354 313 24 53 2 0 0 29 0 0 20 51 .169 .222 .176 .397 0 55 1 1 20
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1938 / 1940 Batting Statistics