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1939 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Jimmy 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 27 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 2 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Thornton Lee* 32 15 11 .577 4.21 33 29 4 15 2 3 235.0 260 121 110 15 70 81 3 1 2 1008 113 1.404 10.0 0.6 2.7 3.1 1.16
2 SP Johnny Rigney 24 15 8 .652 3.70 35 29 4 11 2 0 218.2 208 103 90 10 84 119 2 1 3 946 129 1.335 8.6 0.4 3.5 4.9 1.42
3 SP Eddie Smith* 25 9 11 .450 3.67 29 22 5 7 1 0 176.2 161 83 72 11 90 67 4 0 3 762 130 1.421 8.2 0.6 4.6 3.4 0.74
4 SP Ted Lyons 38 14 6 .700 2.76 21 21 0 16 0 0 172.2 162 71 53 7 26 65 1 0 0 702 173 1.089 8.4 0.4 1.4 3.4 2.50
5 SP Jack Knott 32 11 6 .647 4.15 25 23 0 8 0 0 149.2 157 71 69 13 41 56 1 1 4 641 115 1.323 9.4 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.37
6 SP Bill Dietrich 29 7 8 .467 5.22 25 19 4 2 0 0 127.2 134 81 74 15 56 43 2 0 5 560 91 1.488 9.4 1.1 3.9 3.0 0.77
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Clint Brown 35 11 10 .524 3.88 61 0 56 0 0 18 118.1 127 58 51 8 27 41 0 0 1 498 123 1.301 9.7 0.6 2.1 3.1 1.52
8 RP Johnny Marcum 29 3 3 .500 6.00 19 6 8 2 0 0 90.0 125 66 60 14 19 32 0 0 2 415 80 1.600 12.5 1.4 1.9 3.2 1.68
9 RP Vic Frazier 34 0 1 .000 10.27 10 1 3 0 0 0 23.2 45 27 27 0 11 7 0 0 1 124 47 2.366 17.1 0.0 4.2 2.7 0.64
10 RP Art Herring 33 0 0 5.65 7 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 13 9 9 1 5 8 1 0 1 60 86 1.256 8.2 0.6 3.1 5.0 1.60
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 John Whitehead 30 0 3 .000 8.16 7 4 0 0 0 0 32.0 60 30 29 4 5 9 0 0 0 158 59 2.031 16.9 1.1 1.4 2.5 1.80
12 Vallie Eaves 27 0 1 .000 4.63 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.2 11 7 6 1 8 5 1 0 1 54 106 1.629 8.5 0.8 6.2 3.9 0.63
13 Harry Boyles 27 0 0 10.80 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 19 48 3.000 10.8 0.0 16.2 2.7 0.17
14 Jess Dobernic 21 0 1 .000 13.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 3 6 5 0 6 1 1 0 0 21 39 2.700 8.1 0.0 16.2 2.7 0.17
Team Totals 30.3 85 69 .552 4.31 155 155 93 62 5 21 1377.0 1470 737 659 99 454 535 16 3 23 5968 111 1.397 9.6 0.6 3.0 3.5 1.18
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 4 5 5 2 1 5 3 4 5 1 5
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 32 148 148 145 789 289 461 39 78 .951 5.07 SS
Ollie Bejma 31 82 71 68 382 174 201 7 36 .982 4.52 2B-3B-SS
Harry Boyles 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Clint Brown 35 61 0 0 33 3 29 1 3 .970 0.52 P
Bill Dietrich 29 25 19 2 26 5 19 2 2 .923 0.96 P
Jess Dobernic 21 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Jimmy Dykes 42 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 3B
Vallie Eaves 27 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Vic Frazier 34 10 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Johnny Gerlach 22 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 3B
Jackie Hayes 32 69 66 56 383 172 201 10 51 .974 5.41 2B
Art Herring 33 7 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Bob Kennedy 18 2 2 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50 3B
Jack Knott 32 25 23 8 29 4 23 2 2 .931 1.08 P
Mike Kreevich 31 142 141 138 463 425 26 12 4 .974 3.15 OF-3B
Joe Kuhel 33 136 136 135 1339 1256 72 11 113 .992 9.76 1B
Thornton Lee 32 33 29 15 53 6 45 2 0 .962 1.55 P
Ted Lyons 38 21 21 16 34 9 22 3 3 .912 1.48 P
Johnny Marcum 29 19 6 2 17 4 12 1 1 .941 0.84 P
Eric McNair 30 128 127 117 475 151 299 25 43 .947 3.44 3B-2B-SS
Marv Owen 33 55 47 45 170 63 99 8 11 .953 2.95 3B
Rip Radcliff 33 98 95 87 318 300 12 6 11 .981 3.18 OF-1B
Tony Rensa 37 13 9 4 36 29 6 1 0 .972 2.69 2 4 5 56% C
Johnny Rigney 24 35 29 11 36 3 30 3 1 .917 0.94 P
Larry Rosenthal 29 93 86 82 200 193 5 2 1 .990 2.13 OF
Norm Schlueter 22 32 11 9 84 81 2 1 0 .988 2.59 1 6 3 33% C
Ken Silvestri 23 20 19 19 94 74 15 5 3 .947 4.45 0 6 6 50% C
Eddie Smith 25 29 22 7 33 7 23 3 1 .909 1.03 P
Hank Steinbacher 26 22 18 18 39 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 OF
Mike Tresh 25 119 116 94 547 480 59 8 7 .985 4.53 9 57 27 32% C
Gee Walker 31 147 147 144 389 365 11 13 3 .967 2.56 OF
John Whitehead 30 7 4 0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.14 P
Team Totals 30.5 155 1395 1224 5996 4136 1693 167 374 .972 3.66 12 73 41 36%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Luke Appling 32 630 14 -1 0 0 1 10 20 44 4.3 43 4.2 0.1 $ Purchased *6
Ollie Bejma 31 354 -9 0 0 0 2 3 12 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $ Purchased 4/56
Harry Boyles 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Clint Brown* 35 27 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bill Dietrich 29 43 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Waivers 1
Jess Dobernic 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Jimmy Dykes 42 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased /5
Vallie Eaves 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Vic Frazier 34 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased--return 1
Johnny Gerlach 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /5
Jackie Hayes 32 305 -14 -1 0 0 1 2 10 -2 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $ Traded 4
Art Herring 33 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Bob Kennedy 18 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /5
Jack Knott 32 59 -10 0 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Mike Kreevich 31 622 12 1 0 0 6 -2 19 36 3.6 30 2.9 0.7 $ *8O/5
Joe Kuhel* 33 623 11 4 0 0 0 -6 19 28 2.7 28 2.7 0.0 $ Traded *3
Thornton Lee* 32 95 -14 0 0 0 0 8 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded 1
Ted Lyons# 38 72 -2 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Johnny Marcum* 29 62 -3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Eric McNair 30 528 4 -1 0 0 3 3 17 26 2.6 23 2.2 0.4 $ Traded *54/6
Marv Owen 33 218 -15 -2 0 0 -1 1 7 -10 -0.9 -9 -0.9 0.0 $ Traded 5
Rip Radcliff* 33 435 -18 -1 0 0 -4 -4 14 -13 -1.2 -9 -0.9 -0.3 $ Purchased O937
Tony Rensa 37 27 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
Johnny Rigney 24 87 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Larry Rosenthal* 29 387 4 -1 0 0 0 -4 13 12 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ Purchased O98
Norm Schlueter 22 60 -6 1 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
Ken Silvestri# 23 83 -8 -1 0 0 0 1 3 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Eddie Smith# 25 66 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Waivers 1
Hank Steinbacher* 26 133 -10 0 0 0 0 -1 4 -7 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ O9/7
Mike Tresh 25 430 -11 -1 0 0 0 4 14 6 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ Traded *2
Gee Walker 31 645 -5 3 0 0 6 -7 20 17 1.7 11 1.1 0.6 $ Traded *7O
John Whitehead 30 9 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Team Total 30.6 6032 -111 0 0 0 12 40 191 132 13.8 120 11.6 2.2 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Harry Boyles 27 3.1 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Clint Brown 35 118.1 0 58 81 1 1.0 23 2.1 $ Purchased
Bill Dietrich 29 127.2 19 81 87 1 1.0 6 0.6 $ Waivers
Jess Dobernic 21 3.1 0 6 2 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $
Vallie Eaves 27 11.2 1 7 8 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Vic Frazier 34 23.2 1 27 16 0 1.0 -11 -1.0 $ Purchased--return
Art Herring 33 14.1 0 9 10 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Jack Knott 32 149.2 23 71 102 1 1.0 31 2.9 $ Traded
Thornton Lee* 32 235.0 29 121 160 1 1.0 39 3.7 $ Traded
Ted Lyons 38 172.2 21 71 118 1 1.0 47 4.4 $ Free Agency
Johnny Marcum 29 90.0 6 66 61 1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $ Traded
Johnny Rigney 24 218.2 29 103 149 1 1.0 46 4.3 $
Eddie Smith* 25 176.2 22 83 120 1 1.0 37 3.5 $ Waivers
John Whitehead 30 32.0 4 30 22 0 1.0 -8 -0.7 $
Team Total 30.3 1377.0 155 737 938 8 1.0 201 19.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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