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1939 Chicago White Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 85-69, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 755 runs, Allowed 737 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75 Managed by Jimmie Dykes Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 594,104 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Mike Tresh          25  119  352   49   91   5  2   0   38  64   30  .259  .377  .284   3   2   8   3  11           69
1B *Joe Kuhel           33  139  546  107  164  24  9  15   56  64   51  .300  .376  .460  18   5   7   2  11          110
2B  Ollie Bejma         31   90  307   52   77   9  3   8   44  36   27  .251  .331  .378   1   3   5   1  10           79
3B  Eric McNair         30  129  479   62  155  18  5   7   82  38   41  .324  .375  .426  17   9  13   1  10          102
SS  Luke Appling        32  148  516   82  162  16  6   0   56 105   37  .314  .430  .368  16   9  11   0   9          103
OF  Gee Walker          31  149  598   95  174  30 11  13  111  28   43  .291  .330  .443  17   6  16   7  12           94
OF  Mike Kreevich       31  145  541   85  175  30  8   5   77  59   40  .323  .390  .436  23  10  14   0  22          108
OF *Larry Rosenthal     29  107  324   50   86  21  5  10   51  53   46  .265  .369  .454   6   4   3   0  10          107
   *Rip Radcliff        33  113  397   49  105  25  2   2   53  26   21  .264  .313  .353   6   4   5   2  10           68
    Jackie Hayes        32   72  269   34   67  12  3   0   23  27   10  .249  .320  .316   0   3   5   1   8           61
    Marv Owen           33   58  194   22   46   9  0   0   15  16   15  .237  .302  .284   4   5   3   2   6           49
   *Hank Steinbacher    26   71  111   16   19   2  1   1   15  21    8  .171  .303  .234   0   0   1   0   1           37
   #Ken Silvestri       23   22   75    6   13   3  0   2    5   6   13  .173  .244  .293   0   1   0   1   1           35
    Norm Schlueter      22   34   56    5   13   2  1   0    8   1   11  .232  .246  .304   2   0   4   0   3           38
    Tony Rensa          37   14   25    3    5   0  0   0    2   1    2  .200  .231  .200   0   0   3   0   1           10
    Bob Kennedy         18    3    8    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   1   0   1           27
    Johnny Gerlach      22    3    2    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          407
    Jimmie Dykes        42    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Tommy Thompson      29    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1             

   *Thornton Lee        32   33   91    8   15   3  0   0    4   4   18  .165  .200  .198   0   0   2   0   0            1
    Johnny Rigney       24   35   80    4   16   4  0   0    7   2   18  .200  .220  .250   0   0   2   0   5           18
   #Ted Lyons           38   21   61    5   18   3  0   0    8   5    7  .295  .348  .344   0   0   1   0   6           76
   *Johnny Marcum       29   38   57    7   16   0  0   0   12   5    1  .281  .339  .281   0   0   0   0   0           58
    Jack Knott          32   25   53    3    8   0  0   0    1   0   18  .151  .167  .151   0   0   2   1   5          -19
   #Eddie Smith         25   29   52    5    6   1  0   0    3   9   15  .115  .246  .135   0   0   0   0   5           -1
    Bill Dietrich       29   25   37    5    8   3  0   1    2   4   12  .216  .293  .378   0   0   0   0   2           68
   *Clint Brown         35   61   19    0    4   0  0   0    3   4    3  .211  .348  .211   0   0   2   0   4           44
    John Whitehead      30    7    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    7  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Vic Frazier         34   10    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0           45
    Vallie Eaves        27    2    6    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           69
    Art Herring         33    7    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -45
    Harry Boyles        25    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Jess Dobernic       21    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.5  155 5279  755 1451 220 56  64  679 579  502  .275  .347  .374 113  61 108  21 154           88
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    5    7   8  5   7        4    7     6     5     8   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Thornton Lee        32  33   4.21  15  11  3  29   4  15   2  235.0  260  121  110  14   70   81 1008   2   3  1     112
SP  Johnny Rigney       24  35   3.70  15   8  0  29   4  11   2  218.7  208  103   90  10   84  119  946   3   2  1     127
SP  Jack Knott          32  25   4.15  11   6  0  23   0   8   0  149.7  157   71   69  13   41   56  641   4   1  1     114
SP *Eddie Smith         25  29   3.67   9  11  0  22   5   7   1  176.7  161   83   72  11   90   67  762   3   4  0     128
SP  Ted Lyons           38  21   2.76  14   6  0  21   0  16   0  172.7  162   71   53   7   26   65  702   0   1  0     171
SP  Bill Dietrich       29  25   5.22   7   8  0  19   4   2   0  127.7  134   81   74  14   56   43  560   5   2  0      90

CL  Clint Brown         35  61   3.88  11  10 18   0  56   0   0  118.3  127   58   51   8   27   41  498   1   0  0     121
RP  Johnny Marcum       29  19   6.00   3   3  0   6   8   2   0   90.0  125   66   60  15   19   32  415   2   0  0      79
RP  Vic Frazier         34  10  10.27   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   23.7   45   27   27   0   11    7  124   1   0  0      46
RP  Art Herring         33   7   5.65   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   14.3   13    9    9   2    5    8   60   1   1  0      83

    John Whitehead      30   7   8.16   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   32.0   60   30   29   4    5    9  158   0   0  0      58
    Vallie Eaves        27   2   4.63   0   1  0   1   0   1   0   11.7   11    7    6   1    8    5   54   1   1  0     102
    Harry Boyles        25   2  10.80   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    4    4    4   0    6    1   19   0   0  0      44
    Jess Dobernic       21   4  13.50   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    3    6    5   0    6    1   21   0   1  0      35
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2 155   4.31  85  69 21 155  93  62   5 1377.0 1470  737  659  99  454  535 5968  23  16  3     109
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   4   5  2           5   5      1    5    3        5    1    5

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MTresh 119 480 59 8 7 .985 9 NSchlueter 32 81 2 1 0 .988 1 KSilvestri 20 74 15 5 3 .947 0 TRensa 13 29 6 1 0 .972 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 664 82 15 10 .980 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKuhel 136 1256 72 11 113 .992 9.76 RRadcliff 20 170 11 2 11 .989 9.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1426 83 13 124 .991 9.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .965 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OBejma 81 170 199 7 36 .981 4.56 JHayes 69 172 201 10 51 .974 5.41 EMcNair 19 41 68 2 13 .982 5.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 383 468 19 100 .978 5.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMcNair 103 90 194 19 23 .937 2.76 MOwen 55 63 99 8 11 .953 2.95 MKreevich 4 6 8 1 0 .933 3.50 JDykes 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 BKennedy 2 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50 OBejma 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 JGerlach 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 162 306 30 34 .940 3.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LAppling 148 289 461 39 78 .951 5.07 EMcNair 9 20 37 4 7 .934 6.33 OBejma 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 312 499 43 85 .950 5.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GWalker 147 365 11 13 3 .967 2.56 147 0 0 MKreevich 139 419 18 11 4 .975 3.14 0 139 0 LRosenthal 93 193 5 2 1 .990 2.13 0 20 75 RRadcliff 78 130 1 4 0 .970 1.68 10 0 69 HSteinbache 22 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 1 0 21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1145 36 30 8 .975 2.57 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TLee 33 6 45 2 0 .962 1.95 JRigney 35 3 30 3 1 .917 1.36 ESmith 29 7 23 3 1 .909 1.53 TLyons 21 9 22 3 3 .912 1.62 JKnott 25 4 23 2 2 .931 1.62 BDietrich 25 5 19 2 2 .923 1.69 CBrown 61 3 29 1 3 .970 2.43 JMarcum 19 4 12 1 1 .941 1.60 JWhitehead 7 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.25 VFrazier 10 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.90 AHerring 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.89 VEaves 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 JDobernic 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 HBoyles 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 44 219 17 13 .939 1.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average McNair .324 On-base % Appling .430 Slugging % Kuhel .460 OPS Kuhel .836 Games Walker 149 At Bats Walker 598 Plate Appearances (approx.) Walker 645 Runs Kuhel 107 Hits Kreevich 175 Total Bases Walker 265 Doubles Kreevich and Walker 30 Triples Walker 11 Home Runs Kuhel 15 RBI Walker 111 Bases on Balls Appling 105 Strikeouts Kuhel 51 Stolen Bases Kreevich 23 Singles Appling 140 Adjusted OPS+ Kuhel 110 Runs Created Kuhel 95 Adjusted Batting Runs Appling 9 Batting Wins Appling 0.9 Extra-Base Hits Walker 54 Times on Base Appling 267 Offensive Win% Kuhel .592 Hit By Pitch Walker 7 Sac. Hits Kreevich 22 Grounded into Double Plays Walker 16 Caught Stealing Kreevich 10 Power/Speed Number Kuhel 16.4 At Bats per Strikeout Radcliff 18.9 At Bats per Home Run Rosenthal 32.4 Outs Walker 458

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Lyons 2.76 Wins Lee and Rigney 15 Won-Loss % Lyons .700 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lyons 1.089 Hits Allowed/9IP Smith 8.20 Bases on Balls/9IP Lyons 1.36 Strikeouts/9IP Rigney 4.90 Games Brown 61 Saves Brown 18 Innings Lee 235.0 Strikeouts Rigney 119 Games Started Lee and Rigney 29 Comp. Games Lyons 16 Shutouts Lee and Rigney 2 Home Runs Allow. Marcum 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Smith 90 Hits Allowed Lee 260 SO to Walk Lyons 2.50 Losses Lee and Smith 11 Earned Runs Allow. Lee 110 Wild Pitches Dietrich 5 Hit Batsmen Smith 4 Batters Faced Lee 1008 Games Finished Brown 56 Adjusted ERA+ Lyons 171

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