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1939 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

85-69, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (85-69)
Scored 755 runs, Allowed 737 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 594,104 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107


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1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Luke Appling HOF 32 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 2, 1907 10 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 All-Star
Ollie Bejma 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 12, 1907 4 90 71 90 82 0 0 0 81 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0.8
Harry Boyles 27 R R 6' 5" 185 Nov 29, 1911 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Clint Brown 35 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1903 12 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Bill Dietrich 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1910 7 25 19 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Jess Dobernic 21 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 20, 1917 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jimmy Dykes 42 R R 5' 9" 185 Nov 10, 1896 22 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Vallie Eaves 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 6, 1911 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Vic Frazier 34 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 5, 1904 6 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Johnny Gerlach 22 R R 5' 9" 165 May 11, 1917 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
Jackie Hayes 32 R R 5' 10" 165 Jul 19, 1906 13 72 66 72 69 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1
Art Herring 33 R R 5' 7" 168 Mar 10, 1906 7 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Kennedy 18 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 1st 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Jack Knott 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 2, 1907 7 25 23 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Mike Kreevich 31 R R 5' 7" 168 Jun 10, 1908 6 145 141 145 142 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 139 0 139 3 0 3.6
Joe Kuhel 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 25, 1906 10 139 136 139 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.7
Thornton Lee 32 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 7 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5
Ted Lyons HOF 38 B R 5' 11" 200 Dec 28, 1900 17 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 All-Star
Johnny Marcum 29 L R 5' 11" 197 Sep 9, 1909 7 38 6 38 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 -0.2
Eric McNair 30 R R 5' 8" 160 Apr 12, 1909 11 129 127 129 128 0 0 0 19 103 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6
Marv Owen 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 22, 1906 8 58 47 58 55 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.9
Rip Radcliff 33 L L 5' 10" 170 Jan 19, 1906 6 113 95 113 98 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 69 78 15 0 -1.2
Tony Rensa 37 R R 5' 10" 180 Sep 29, 1901 6 14 9 14 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Johnny Rigney 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 28, 1914 3 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2
Larry Rosenthal 29 L L 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1910 4 107 86 107 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 76 93 14 1 1.2
Norm Schlueter 22 R R 5' 10" 175 Sep 25, 1916 2 34 11 34 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2
Ken Silvestri 23 B R 6' 1" 200 May 3, 1916 1st 22 19 22 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5
Eddie Smith 25 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 4 29 22 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4
Hank Steinbacher 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Mar 22, 1913 3 71 18 71 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 22 50 0 -0.6
Tommy Thompson 29 L R 5' 9" 155 May 19, 1910 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Tresh 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 2 119 116 119 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Gee Walker 31 R R 5' 11" 188 Mar 19, 1908 9 149 147 149 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 147 2 0 1.7
John Whitehead 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 27, 1909 5 7 4 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bob Kennedy
Marv Owen
Joe Kuhel
Luke Appling
Jimmy Dykes
Eddie Smith
Tommy Thompson
Gee Walker
Mike Kreevich
Rip Radcliff

Larry Rosenthal
Vallie Eaves
Ken Silvestri
Vic Frazier
Mike Tresh
Ted Lyons
Johnny Gerlach
Art Herring
Bill Dietrich
Harry Boyles
Eddie Smith

Jack Knott
Clint Brown
Thornton Lee
Ollie Bejma
John Whitehead
Johnny Rigney
Jess Dobernic
Johnny Marcum
John Whitehead
Tony Rensa

Norm Schlueter
Johnny Gerlach
Jackie Hayes
Vic Frazier
Hank Steinbacher
Eric McNair
Jess Dobernic
Vallie Eaves

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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