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: Jimmie Dykes (85-69)
Scored 755 runs, Allowed 737 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

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, Pitching, & Fielding 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
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
6		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	3B	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	1B	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
9		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
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		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

* - 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	14	70		81	3	1	2	1008	112	1.404	10.0	0.5	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	127	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	128	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	171	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	114	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	14	56		43	2	0	5	560	90	1.488	9.4	1.0	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	121	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	15	19		32	0	0	2	415	79	1.600	12.5	1.5	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	46	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	2	5		8	1	0	1	60	83	1.256	8.2	1.3	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	58	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	102	1.629	8.5	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
13		Harry Boyles	25	0	0		10.80	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	4	4	4	0	6		1	0	0	0	19	44	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	35	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	109	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		4321
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Luke Appling	32	148			789	289	461	39	78	.951										5.07						SS
Ollie Bejma	31	83			382	174	201	7	36	.982										4.52						2B-SS-3B
Harry Boyles	25	2			0	0	0	0	0											0.00						P
Clint Brown	35	61			33	3	29	1	3	.970										0.52						P
Bill Dietrich	29	25			26	5	19	2	2	.923										0.96						P
Jess Dobernic	21	4			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										0.25						P
Jimmie Dykes	42	2			3	2	0	1	0	.667										1.00						3B
Vallie Eaves	27	2			2	0	2	0	0	1.000										1.00						P
Vic Frazier	34	10			5	0	5	0	0	1.000										0.50						P
Johnny Gerlach	22	1			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										1.00						3B
Jackie Hayes	32	69			383	172	201	10	51	.974										5.41						2B
Art Herring	33	7			3	0	3	0	0	1.000										0.43						P
Bob Kennedy	18	2			4	0	3	1	0	.750										1.50						3B
Jack Knott	32	25			29	4	23	2	2	.931										1.08						P
Mike Kreevich	31	4			15	6	8	1	0	.933										3.50						3B
Joe Kuhel	33	136			1339	1256	72	11	113	.992										9.76						1B
Thornton Lee	32	33			53	6	45	2	0	.962										1.55						P
Ted Lyons	38	21			34	9	22	3	3	.912										1.48						P
Johnny Marcum	29	19			17	4	12	1	1	.941										0.84						P
Eric McNair	30	131			475	151	299	25	43	.947										3.44						3B-2B-SS
Marv Owen	33	55			170	63	99	8	11	.953										2.95						3B
Rip Radcliff	33	20			183	170	11	2	11	.989										9.05						1B
Tony Rensa	37	13			36	29	6	1	0	.972										2.69	2					C
Johnny Rigney	24	35			36	3	30	3	1	.917										0.94						P
Norm Schlueter	22	32			84	81	2	1	0	.988										2.59	1					C
Ken Silvestri	23	20			94	74	15	5	3	.947										4.45	0					C
Eddie Smith	25	29			33	7	23	3	1	.909										1.03						P
Mike Tresh	25	119			547	480	59	8	7	.985										4.53	9					C
John Whitehead	30	7			8	3	5	0	0	1.000										1.14						P
Team Totals	30.5	155			5996	4136	1693	167	374	.972										3.66	12
Rank in 8 AL teams								7	7	2
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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