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1939 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Luke Appling HOF 32 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 10 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ollie Bejma 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 12, 1907 4 90 90 90 0 0 0 81 1 1 0 0 0 0
Harry Boyles 25 R R 6' 5" 185 Nov 29, 1913 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Brown 35 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1903 12 61 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Dietrich 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1910 7 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jess Dobernic 21 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 20, 1917 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Dykes 42 R R 5' 9" 185 Nov 10, 1896 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Vallie Eaves 27 R R 180 Sep 6, 1911 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Frazier 34 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 5, 1904 6 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Gerlach 22 R R 5' 9" 165 May 11, 1917 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jackie Hayes 32 R R 165 Jul 19, 1906 13 72 72 72 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Herring 33 R R 5' 7" 168 Mar 10, 1906 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Kennedy 18 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Knott 32 R R 200 Mar 2, 1907 7 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Kreevich 31 R R 168 Jun 10, 1908 6 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 139 0 139
Joe Kuhel 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 25, 1906 10 139 139 139 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thornton Lee 32 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 7 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Lyons HOF 38 B R 5' 11" 200 Dec 28, 1900 17 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Johnny Marcum 29 L R 5' 11" 197 Sep 9, 1909 7 38 38 38 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric McNair 30 R R 160 Apr 12, 1909 11 129 129 129 0 0 0 19 103 9 0 0 0 0
Marv Owen 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 22, 1906 8 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0
Rip Radcliff 33 L L 5' 10" 170 Jan 19, 1906 6 113 113 113 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 69 78
Tony Rensa 37 R R 5' 10" 180 Sep 29, 1901 6 14 14 14 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Rigney 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 28, 1914 3 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Rosenthal 29 L L 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1910 4 107 107 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 75 93
Norm Schlueter 22 R R 5' 10" 175 Sep 25, 1916 2 34 34 34 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Silvestri 23 B R 6' 1" 200 May 3, 1916 1st 22 22 22 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Smith 25 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 4 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Steinbacher 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Mar 22, 1913 3 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 22
Tommy Thompson 29 L R 155 May 19, 1910 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Tresh 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 2 119 119 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gee Walker 31 R R 5' 11" 188 Mar 19, 1908 9 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 147
John Whitehead 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 27, 1909 5 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played