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1939 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 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
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* - 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB 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 31 143 0 139 0 463 425 26 12 4 .974 3.15 OF-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 98 10 0 69 318 300 12 6 11 .981 3.18 OF-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
Larry Rosenthal 29 93 0 20 75 200 193 5 2 1 .990 2.13 OF
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
Hank Steinbacher 26 22 1 0 21 39 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 OF
Mike Tresh 25 119 547 480 59 8 7 .985 4.53 9 C
Gee Walker 31 147 147 0 0 389 365 11 13 3 .967 2.56 OF
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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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