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1939 Chicago White Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 85-69, Final Rank:4, GB: 22.5
Days in First3last on Monday, May 8, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 5last on May 8, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind22.5last on Sunday, Oct 1, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50020last on Wednesday, Sep 13
Most Games under .5003last on Saturday, Apr 22
Longest Winning Streak7Sunday, Aug 13 to Sunday, Aug 20
Longest Losing Streak4Sunday, Jun 18 to Thursday, Jun 22, Wednesday, Aug 9 to Sunday, Aug 13 and Sunday, Sep 17 to Thursday, Sep 21
Most Runs Allowed18Tuesday, May 16
Most Runs Scored17Sunday, Apr 23
Times Shutout by Opponent4 
Times Opponent Shutout5 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 85 69 755 737 .552
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 50 27 414 366 .649
Road 35 42 341 371 .455
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 4 58 48 .600
May 13 12 99 131 .520
June 12 14 146 151 .462
July 21 12 185 131 .636
August 16 14 115 143 .533
September 17 12 149 129 .586
October 0 1 3 4 .000
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 40 33 368 374 .548
Second Half 45 36 387 363 .556
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 26 20 191 184 .565
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 18 20 238 257 .474
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 14 8 136 104 .636
CLE 12 10 80 82 .545
DET 12 10 94 99 .545
NYY 4 18 79 149 .182
PHA 11 11 114 113 .500
SLB 18 4 152 95 .818
WSH 14 8 100 95 .636

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 18 CHW @ DET L 1 6 0-1 8 1.0 Bridges 1:31 47,000 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 20 CHW @ DET L 7 8 0-2 8 2.0 Lawson 3:25 7,361 --
3 3 Saturday, Apr 22 CHW SLB L 1 5 0-3 8 2.5 Newsom 2:07 10,000 ---
4 4 Sunday, Apr 23 CHW SLB W 17 4 1-3 7 2.0 Rigney 2:20 12,000 +
5 5 Monday, Apr 24 CHW @ CLE W 9 3 2-3 4 2.0 Lee 2:40 2,500 ++
6 6 Tuesday, Apr 25 CHW @ CLE L 1 7 2-4 6 3.0 Feller 1:58 4,000 -
7 7 Wednesday, Apr 26 CHW @ CLE W 5 1 3-4 5 2.5 Dietrich 2:11 2,000 +
8 8 Thursday, Apr 27 CHW DET W 2 1 4-4 3 2.0 Brown 2:53 1,500 ++
9 9 Saturday, Apr 29 CHW @ SLB W 9 8 5-4 2 1.0 Dietrich 2:05 9,072 +++
10 10 Sunday, Apr 30 CHW @ SLB W 6 5 6-4 1 Tied Lee 2:17 10,044 ++++
11 11 Tuesday, May 2 CHW PHA W 4 1 7-4 1 Tied Lyons 1:46 1,000 +++++
12 12 Wednesday, May 3 CHW PHA L 1 3 7-5 4 1.0 Caster 1:39 1,000 -
13 13 Thursday, May 4 CHW WSH W 4 3 8-5 3 1.0 Rigney 1:49 2,500 +
14 14 Friday, May 5 CHW WSH W 2 1 9-5 2 0.5 Lee 1:35 4,000 ++
15 15 Saturday, May 6 CHW WSH W 14 12 10-5 2 0.5 Brown 2:34 7,500 +++
16 16 Sunday, May 7 CHW NYY L 4 15 10-6 3 1.0 Ruffing 2:20 35,000 -
17 17 Monday, May 8 CHW NYY W 5 3 11-6 1 Tied Smith 2:00 5,000 +
18 18 Tuesday, May 9 CHW NYY L 6 8 11-7 3 1.0 Donald 2:19 7,000 -
19 19 Thursday, May 11 CHW BOS W 3 2 12-7 2 1.5 Lyons 1:53 4,000 +
20 20 Friday, May 12 CHW CLE W 4 3 13-7 2 1.0 Rigney 2:17 3,000 ++
21 21 Saturday, May 13 CHW CLE L 2 5 13-8 2 1.5 Hudlin 1:59 7,500 -
22 22 Sunday, May 14 CHW CLE L 4 9 13-9 3 2.5 Feller 2:22 28,000 --
23 23 Tuesday, May 16 CHW @ BOS L 4 18 13-10 3 4.0 Rich 2:07 5,800 ---
24 24 Wednesday, May 17 CHW @ BOS W 6 3 14-10 3 4.0 Dietrich 2:05 5,200 +
25 25 Thursday, May 18 CHW @ BOS L 3 5 14-11 3 5.0 Auker 1:55 3,500 -
26 26 Friday, May 19 CHW @ NYY L 2 4 14-12 3 6.0 Ruffing 1:55 9,755 --
27 27 Saturday, May 20 CHW @ NYY L 2 5 14-13 3 7.0 Hildebrand 1:56 18,371 ---
28 28 Sunday, May 21 CHW @ WSH W 3 2 15-13 3 7.0 Lyons 2:13 13,000 +
29 29 Tuesday, May 23 CHW @ WSH W 5 4 16-13 3 7.0 Brown 2:10 3,000 ++
30 30 Wednesday, May 24 CHW @ PHA W 4 1 17-13 3 6.0 Smith 1:54 18,721 +++
31 31 Friday, May 26 CHW @ CLE W 2 1 18-13 3 6.5 Dietrich 2:21 7,500 ++++
32 32 Saturday, May 27 CHW @ CLE L 6 7 18-14 3 8.0 Milnar 2:10 3,000 -
33 33 Sunday, May 28 CHW @ CLE L 0 6 18-15 3 9.0 Allen 1:48 15,000 --
34 34 Tuesday, May 30 CHW DET W 6 2 19-15 4 9.5 Lyons 2:02 0 +
35 35 Tuesday, May 30 CHW DET L 3 8 19-16 4 9.5 Trout 2:08 35,000 -
36 36 Thursday, Jun 1 CHW WSH L 7 10 19-17 4 10.5 Leonard 2:35 3,000 --
37 37 Friday, Jun 2 CHW WSH W 7 5 20-17 3 10.5 Lee 2:14 2,000 +
38 38 Saturday, Jun 3 CHW WSH W 8 7 21-17 3 10.5 Brown 2:37 5,000 ++
39 39 Sunday, Jun 4 CHW PHA W 14 9 22-17 3 11.0 Lyons 2:15 0 +++
40 40 Sunday, Jun 4 CHW PHA L 6 11 22-18 3 11.0 Potter 2:14 17,000 -
41 41 Monday, Jun 5 CHW PHA W 12 1 23-18 3 10.0 Knott 2:12 2,500 +
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 6 CHW PHA W 7 4 24-18 3 9.0 Dietrich 1:41 2,500 ++
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 7 CHW NYY L 2 5 24-19 3 10.0 Gomez 2:08 8,000 -
44 44 Thursday, Jun 8 CHW NYY L 2 7 24-20 3 11.0 Donald 2:12 7,500 --
45 45 Sunday, Jun 11 CHW BOS W 7 5 25-20 4 12.0 Lyons 1:43 0 +
46 46 Sunday, Jun 11 CHW BOS L 3 4 25-21 4 12.0 Auker 1:53 10,000 -
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 14 CHW @ WSH L 0 3 25-22 4 12.0 Leonard 2:40 3,500 --
48 48 Thursday, Jun 15 CHW @ WSH W 5 1 26-22 4 11.5 Knott 1:54 0 +
49 49 Thursday, Jun 15 CHW @ WSH W 4 2 27-22 4 11.5 Lee 1:50 5,000 ++
50 50 Friday, Jun 16 CHW @ WSH L 2 5 27-23 4 12.5 Kelley 1:54 6,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Saturday, Jun 17 CHW @ PHA L 2 5 27-24 4 13.5 Caster 1:59 2,500 --
52 52 Sunday, Jun 18 CHW @ PHA W 6 5 28-24 3 13.0 Lyons 2:00 0 +
53 53 Sunday, Jun 18 CHW @ PHA L 4 9 28-25 3 13.0 Potter 1:45 10,105 -
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 20 CHW @ NYY L 3 13 28-26 5 14.5 Pearson 2:24 5,892 --
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 21 CHW @ NYY L 8 9 28-27 5 15.5 Sundra 2:20 10,045 ---
56 56 Thursday, Jun 22 CHW @ NYY L 1 6 28-28 5 16.5 Donald 2:10 8,337 ----
57 57 Saturday, Jun 24 CHW @ BOS W 14 6 29-28 5 16.5 Marcum 2:22 5,500 +
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 27 CHW SLB W 11 2 30-28 5 15.5 Lyons 1:46 3,000 ++
59 59 Thursday, Jun 29 CHW SLB L 3 9 30-29 5 16.5 Harris 2:15 0 -
60 60 Thursday, Jun 29 CHW SLB W 7 5 31-29 5 16.5 Marcum 2:00 6,000 +
61 61 Friday, Jun 30 CHW @ DET L 1 3 31-30 5 17.5 Newsom 2:00 4,997 -
62 62 Saturday, Jul 1 CHW @ DET L 5 6 31-31 5 17.0 Thomas 2:16 0 --
63 63 Saturday, Jul 1 CHW @ DET W 4 3 32-31 5 17.0 Smith 2:22 26,879 +
64 64 Sunday, Jul 2 CHW @ DET L 1 5 32-32 5 17.5 Bridges 2:00 17,858 -
65 65 Monday, Jul 3 CHW @ SLB W 8 3 33-32 5 17.0 Marcum 2:16 863 +
66 66 Tuesday, Jul 4 CHW @ SLB W 7 3 34-32 5 16.0 Rigney 2:09 0 ++
67 67 Tuesday, Jul 4 CHW @ SLB W 7 4 35-32 5 16.0 Brown 2:25 5,092 +++
68 68 Wednesday, Jul 5 CHW CLE W 2 1 36-32 4 16.0 Smith 1:54 3,000 ++++
69 69 Thursday, Jul 6 CHW CLE W 8 1 37-32 4 15.5 Knott 2:13 3,000 +++++
70 70 Friday, Jul 7 CHW CLE L 3 7 37-33 4 15.5 Feller 2:35 8,000 -
71 71 Saturday, Jul 8 CHW DET W 10 5 38-33 3 14.0 Lee 2:14 6,000 +
72 72 Sunday, Jul 9 CHW DET W 4 3 39-33 3 12.0 Brown 2:15 0 ++
73 73 Sunday, Jul 9 CHW DET W 6 3 40-33 3 12.0 Rigney 2:14 30,000 +++
74 74 Thursday, Jul 13 CHW PHA L 10 12 40-34 3 12.0 Dean 2:47 3,000 -
75 75 Friday, Jul 14 CHW PHA L 3 7 40-35 3 13.0 Ross 2:20 10,000 --
76 76 Saturday, Jul 15 CHW PHA W 7 3 41-35 3 13.0 Rigney 2:04 3,000 +
77 77 Sunday, Jul 16 CHW WSH W 3 2 42-35 3 13.0 Lyons 1:29 0 ++
78 78 Sunday, Jul 16 CHW WSH W 6 3 43-35 3 13.0 Lee 1:46 16,000 +++
79 79 Tuesday, Jul 18 CHW BOS L 10 13 43-36 3 14.5 Heving 2:33 -
80 80 Tuesday, Jul 18 CHW BOS W 8 5 44-36 3 14.5 Brown 2:33 7,000 +
81 81 Wednesday, Jul 19 CHW BOS W 4 1 45-36 3 13.5 Knott 2:10 ++
82 82 Wednesday, Jul 19 CHW BOS W 8 0 46-36 3 13.5 Rigney 2:23 13,000 +++
83 83 Thursday, Jul 20 CHW BOS W 4 0 47-36 3 13.5 Lee 1:46 5,000 ++++
84 84 Friday, Jul 21 CHW NYY W 4 1 48-36 3 12.5 Smith 1:56 10,000 +++++
85 85 Sunday, Jul 23 CHW NYY W 8 5 49-36 3 12.5 Lyons 2:10 0 ++++++
86 86 Sunday, Jul 23 CHW NYY L 4 5 49-37 3 12.5 Hadley 2:05 51,000 -
87 87 Tuesday, Jul 25 CHW @ BOS L 2 3 49-38 3 14.0 Grove 1:57 --
88 88 Tuesday, Jul 25 CHW @ BOS L 5 6 49-39 3 14.0 Dickman 2:16 20,000 ---
89 89 Wednesday, Jul 26 CHW @ BOS W 8 1 50-39 3 14.5 Dietrich 2:13 +
90 90 Wednesday, Jul 26 CHW @ BOS L 5 6 50-40 3 14.5 Heving 2:02 21,000 -
91 91 Thursday, Jul 27 CHW @ BOS W 12 7 51-40 3 14.0 Brown 2:20 4,600 +
92 92 Friday, Jul 28 CHW @ NYY L 1 2 51-41 3 15.0 Hildebrand 1:57 7,946 -
93 93 Sunday, Jul 30 CHW @ NYY L 3 4 51-42 3 15.0 Gomez 2:12 0 --
94 94 Sunday, Jul 30 CHW @ NYY W 5 1 52-42 3 15.0 Lee +
95 95 Tuesday, Aug 1 CHW @ PHA W 4 1 53-42 3 14.0 Knott 1:48 3,000 ++
96 96 Wednesday, Aug 2 CHW @ PHA L 4 13 53-43 3 13.5 Ross 1:55 0 -
97 97 Wednesday, Aug 2 CHW @ PHA W 2 1 54-43 3 13.5 Rigney 1:44 8,000 +
98 98 Thursday, Aug 3 CHW @ PHA W 9 7 55-43 3 13.5 Smith 2:07 8,000 ++
99 99 Friday, Aug 4 CHW @ WSH L 5 6 55-44 3 14.5 Appleton 2:22 8,000 -
100 100 Saturday, Aug 5 CHW @ WSH L 1 10 55-45 3 15.5 Chase 2:05 5,000 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 6 CHW @ WSH L 3 4 55-46 3 15.0 Leonard 1:45 12,000 ---
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 8 CHW @ DET W 5 3 56-46 3 14.0 Rigney 2:34 10,375 +
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 9 CHW @ DET L 3 10 56-47 3 15.0 Rowe 2:02 10,645 -
104 104 Thursday, Aug 10 CHW @ DET L 3 4 56-48 3 15.0 Bridges 2:12 10,545 --
105 105 Saturday, Aug 12 CHW @ CLE L 2 3 56-49 3 16.5 Broaca 1:48 10,000 ---
106 106 Sunday, Aug 13 CHW @ CLE L 0 2 56-50 3 16.5 Feller 2:02 0 ----
107 107 Sunday, Aug 13 CHW @ CLE W 3 0 57-50 3 16.5 Lee 1:50 20,000 +
108 108 Monday, Aug 14 CHW SLB W 5 2 58-50 3 16.0 Rigney 2:05 30,000 ++
109 109 Wednesday, Aug 16 CHW DET W 7 6 59-50 3 16.5 Brown 2:45 5,000 +++
110 110 Thursday, Aug 17 CHW DET W 2 1 60-50 3 16.5 Knott 2:02 7,000 ++++
111 111 Friday, Aug 18 CHW CLE W 1 0 61-50 3 16.5 Smith 2:33 46,000 +++++
112 112 Saturday, Aug 19 CHW CLE W 6 5 62-50 3 16.0 Lee 1:55 6,000 ++++++
113 113 Sunday, Aug 20 CHW CLE W 6 5 63-50 3 15.5 Brown 2:19 15,000 +++++++
114 114 Tuesday, Aug 22 CHW NYY L 5 14 63-51 3 16.5 Russo 2:22 50,000 -
115 115 Wednesday, Aug 23 CHW NYY L 2 7 63-52 3 18.5 Donald 1:59 0 --
116 116 Wednesday, Aug 23 CHW NYY L 4 16 63-53 3 18.5 Ruffing 2:24 27,000 ---
117 117 Thursday, Aug 24 CHW BOS W 3 1 64-53 3 18.5 Rigney 1:46 20,000 +
118 118 Friday, Aug 25 CHW BOS W 9 2 65-53 3 19.0 Knott 2:13 18,000 ++
119 119 Saturday, Aug 26 CHW BOS W 5 4 66-53 3 19.0 Dietrich 2:15 7,000 +++
120 120 Sunday, Aug 27 CHW PHA L 0 2 66-54 3 20.0 Beckmann 1:30 7,000 -
121 121 Monday, Aug 28 CHW PHA W 5 4 67-54 3 20.0 Rigney +
122 122 Wednesday, Aug 30 CHW WSH W 5 2 68-54 3 19.0 Lyons 1:53 0 ++
123 123 Wednesday, Aug 30 CHW WSH L 3 4 68-55 3 19.0 Krakauskas 2:15 7,000 -
124 124 Thursday, Aug 31 CHW WSH L 3 4 68-56 3 19.5 Leonard 1:58 25,000 --
125 125 Saturday, Sep 2 CHW DET W 2 0 69-56 3 19.0 Rigney 1:58 5,000 +
126 126 Sunday, Sep 3 CHW DET W 8 1 70-56 3 18.5 Lee 1:52 0 ++
127 127 Sunday, Sep 3 CHW DET L 2 7 70-57 3 18.5 Hutchinson 2:03 15,000 -
128 128 Monday, Sep 4 CHW @ CLE W 5 2 71-57 3 19.0 Brown 3:05 27,000 +
129 129 Tuesday, Sep 5 CHW @ CLE W 4 2 72-57 3 18.5 Knott 1:50 800 ++
130 130 Wednesday, Sep 6 CHW @ SLB W 7 2 73-57 3 18.5 Rigney 1:58 435 +++
131 131 Thursday, Sep 7 CHW @ SLB W 8 4 74-57 3 18.0 Lyons 2:12 0 ++++
132 132 Thursday, Sep 7 CHW @ SLB W 11 4 75-57 3 18.0 Lee 2:16 726 +++++
133 133 Sunday, Sep 10 CHW @ DET L 1 5 75-58 3 20.0 Newsom 2:06 0 -
134 134 Sunday, Sep 10 CHW @ DET W 11 9 76-58 3 20.0 Smith 2:29 24,517 +
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 12 CHW @ WSH T *T 3 2 76-58 3 19.5 1:35 1,500 +
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 13 CHW @ WSH W 3 1 77-58 3 18.0 Lyons 2:25 0 ++
137 137 Wednesday, Sep 13 CHW @ WSH W 4 2 78-58 3 18.0 Knott 1:45 500 +++
138 138 Thursday, Sep 14 CHW @ PHA L 2 4 78-59 3 18.0 Potter 2:00 6,000 -
139 139 Friday, Sep 15 CHW @ PHA L 2 3 78-60 3 19.0 Nelson 1:44 300 --
140 140 Saturday, Sep 16 CHW @ PHA L 6 7 78-61 3 20.0 Dean 2:28 1,000 ---
141 141 Sunday, Sep 17 CHW @ BOS W 6 1 79-61 3 19.0 Lee 1:48 0 +
142 142 Sunday, Sep 17 CHW @ BOS L 7 11 79-62 3 19.0 Bagby 2:31 12,000 -
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 19 CHW @ NYY L 2 6 79-63 3 20.5 Hildebrand 1:30 3,608 --
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 20 CHW @ NYY L 4 8 79-64 4 21.5 Sundra 1:48 2,977 ---
145 145 Thursday, Sep 21 CHW @ NYY L 2 5 79-65 4 22.5 Russo 2:35 2,150 ----
146 146 Saturday, Sep 23 CHW SLB W 6 2 80-65 4 22.0 Rigney 2:00 0 +
147 147 Saturday, Sep 23 CHW SLB W 9 4 81-65 4 22.0 Smith 2:01 0 ++
148 148 Sunday, Sep 24 CHW SLB W 11 9 82-65 3 21.5 Lee 2:26 0 +++
149 149 Sunday, Sep 24 CHW SLB W 4 3 83-65 3 21.5 Knott 1:06 6,000 ++++
150 150 Monday, Sep 25 CHW SLB W 4 3 84-65 3 21.0 Lyons 1:29 2,000 +++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 27 CHW CLE L 2 5 84-66 4 22.0 Eisenstat 2:00 -
152 152 Wednesday, Sep 27 CHW CLE L 5 7 84-67 4 22.0 Feller 1:52 17,421 --
153 153 Saturday, Sep 30 CHW @ SLB L 1 5 84-68 4 22.0 Lawson 1:30 0 ---
154 154 Saturday, Sep 30 CHW @ SLB W 7 5 85-68 4 22.0 Knott 2:04 433 +
155 155 Sunday, Oct 1 CHW @ SLB L 3 4 85-69 4 22.5 Bildilli 2:01 707 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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