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1939 Chicago White Sox (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
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.

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

Game Results

Season Summary   85-69 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   22.5
Days in First:                   3 (last on May 8, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          20 (last on September 13)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on April 22)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       22.5 (last on October 1)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (August 13 to August 20)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (June 18 to June 22, August 9 to August 13, and September 17 to September 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              18 (May 16)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (April 23)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       4
Times Opponent Shutout:          5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        85  69     755     737    .552

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           50  27     414     366    .649
Road           35  42     341     371    .455

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     40  33     368     374    .548
Second Half    45  36     387     363    .556
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        26  20     191     184    .565

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        18  20     238     257    .474

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     CHW @DET  L   1-6        0-1     2     1.0  1:31 T Bridges                  47,000 -
  2 Thu, Apr 20     CHW @DET  L   7-8        0-2     6     2.0  3:25 R Lawson                    7,361 --
  3 Sat, Apr 22     CHW  SLB  L   1-5        0-3     8     2.5  2:07 B Newsom                   10,000 ---
  4 Sun, Apr 23     CHW  SLB  W  17-4        1-3     7     2.0  2:20 J Rigney                   12,000 +
  5 Mon, Apr 24     CHW @CLE  W   9-3        2-3     4     2.0  2:40 T Lee                       2,500 ++
  6 Tue, Apr 25     CHW @CLE  L   1-7        2-4     6     3.0  1:58 B Feller                    4,000 -
  7 Wed, Apr 26     CHW @CLE  W   5-1        3-4     5     2.5  2:11 B Dietrich                  2,000 +
  8 Thu, Apr 27     CHW  DET  W   2-1        4-4     3     2.0  2:53 C Brown                     1,500 ++
  9 Sat, Apr 29     CHW @SLB  W   9-8        5-4     2     1.0  2:05 B Dietrich                  9,072 +++
 10 Sun, Apr 30     CHW @SLB  W   6-5        6-4     1    Tied  2:17 T Lee                      10,044 ++++
 11 Tue, May  2     CHW  PHA  W   4-1        7-4     1    Tied  1:46 T Lyons                     1,000 +++++
 12 Wed, May  3     CHW  PHA  L   1-3        7-5     4     1.0  1:39 G Caster                    1,000 -
 13 Thu, May  4     CHW  WSH  W   4-3        8-5     3     1.0  1:49 J Rigney                    2,500 +
 14 Fri, May  5     CHW  WSH  W   2-1        9-5     2     0.5  1:35 T Lee                       4,000 ++
 15 Sat, May  6     CHW  WSH  W  14-12      10-5     2     0.5  2:34 C Brown                     7,500 +++
 16 Sun, May  7     CHW  NYY  L   4-15      10-6     3     1.0  2:20 R Ruffing                  35,000 -
 17 Mon, May  8     CHW  NYY  W   5-3       11-6     1    Tied  2:00 E Smith                     5,000 +
 18 Tue, May  9     CHW  NYY  L   6-8       11-7     3     1.0  2:19 A Donald                    7,000 -
 19 Thu, May 11     CHW  BOS  W   3-2       12-7     2     1.5  1:53 T Lyons                     4,000 +
 20 Fri, May 12     CHW  CLE  W   4-3       13-7     2     1.0  2:17 J Rigney                    3,000 ++
 21 Sat, May 13     CHW  CLE  L   2-5       13-8     2     1.5  1:59 W Hudlin                    7,500 -
 22 Sun, May 14     CHW  CLE  L   4-9       13-9     3     2.5  2:22 B Feller                   28,000 --
 23 Tue, May 16     CHW @BOS  L   4-18      13-10    3     4.0  2:07 W Rich                      5,800 ---
 24 Wed, May 17     CHW @BOS  W   6-3       14-10    3     4.0  2:05 B Dietrich                  5,200 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 18     CHW @BOS  L   3-5       14-11    3     5.0  1:55 E Auker                     3,500 -
 26 Fri, May 19     CHW @NYY  L   2-4       14-12    3     6.0  1:55 R Ruffing                   9,755 --
 27 Sat, May 20     CHW @NYY  L   2-5       14-13    3     7.0  1:56 O Hildebrand               18,371 ---
 28 Sun, May 21     CHW @WSH  W   3-2       15-13    3     7.0  2:13 T Lyons                    13,000 +
 29 Tue, May 23     CHW @WSH  W   5-4       16-13    3     7.0  2:10 C Brown                     3,000 ++
 30 Wed, May 24     CHW @PHA  W   4-1       17-13    3     6.0  1:54 E Smith                    18,721 +++
 31 Fri, May 26     CHW @CLE  W   2-1       18-13    3     6.5  2:21 B Dietrich                  7,500 ++++
 32 Sat, May 27     CHW @CLE  L   6-7       18-14    3     8.0  2:10 A Milnar                    3,000 -
 33 Sun, May 28     CHW @CLE  L   0-6       18-15    3     9.0  1:48 J Allen                    15,000 --
 34 Tue, May 30     CHW  DET  W   6-2       19-15    4     9.5  2:02 T Lyons                         0 +
 35                 CHW  DET  L   3-8       19-16    4     9.5  2:08 D Trout                    35,000 -
 36 Thu, Jun  1     CHW  WSH  L   7-10      19-17    4    10.5  2:35 D Leonard                   3,000 --
 37 Fri, Jun  2     CHW  WSH  W   7-5       20-17    3    10.5  2:14 T Lee                       2,000 +
 38 Sat, Jun  3     CHW  WSH  W   8-7       21-17    3    10.5  2:37 C Brown                     5,000 ++
 39 Sun, Jun  4     CHW  PHA  W  14-9       22-17    3    11.0  2:15 T Lyons                         0 +++
 40                 CHW  PHA  L   6-11      22-18    3    11.0  2:14 N Potter                   17,000 -
 41 Mon, Jun  5     CHW  PHA  W  12-1       23-18    3    10.0  2:12 J Knott                     2,500 +
 42 Tue, Jun  6     CHW  PHA  W   7-4       24-18    3     9.0  1:41 B Dietrich                  2,500 ++
 43 Wed, Jun  7     CHW  NYY  L   2-5       24-19    3    10.0  2:08 L Gomez                     8,000 -
 44 Thu, Jun  8     CHW  NYY  L   2-7       24-20    3    11.0  2:12 A Donald                    7,500 --
 45 Sun, Jun 11     CHW  BOS  W   7-5       25-20    4    12.0  1:43 T Lyons                         0 +
 46                 CHW  BOS  L   3-4       25-21    4    12.0  1:53 E Auker                    10,000 -
 47 Wed, Jun 14     CHW @WSH  L   0-3       25-22    4    12.0  2:40 D Leonard                   3,500 --
 48 Thu, Jun 15     CHW @WSH  W   5-1       26-22    4    11.5  1:54 J Knott                         0 +
 49                 CHW @WSH  W   4-2       27-22    4    11.5  1:50 T Lee                       5,000 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 16     CHW @WSH  L   2-5       27-23    4    12.5  1:54 H Kelley                    6,000 -
 51 Sat, Jun 17     CHW @PHA  L   2-5       27-24    4    13.5  1:59 G Caster                    2,500 --
 52 Sun, Jun 18     CHW @PHA  W   6-5       28-24    3    13.0  2:00 T Lyons                         0 +
 53                 CHW @PHA  L   4-9       28-25    3    13.0  1:45 N Potter                   10,105 -
 54 Tue, Jun 20     CHW @NYY  L   3-13      28-26    5    14.5  2:24 M Pearson                   5,892 --
 55 Wed, Jun 21     CHW @NYY  L   8-9       28-27    5    15.5  2:20 S Sundra                   10,045 ---
 56 Thu, Jun 22     CHW @NYY  L   1-6       28-28    5    16.5  2:10 A Donald                    8,337 ----
 57 Sat, Jun 24     CHW @BOS  W  14-6       29-28    5    16.5  2:22 J Marcum                    5,500 +
 58 Tue, Jun 27     CHW  SLB  W  11-2       30-28    5    15.5  1:46 T Lyons                     3,000 ++
 59 Thu, Jun 29     CHW  SLB  L   3-9       30-29    5    16.5  2:15 B Harris                        0 -
 60                 CHW  SLB  W   7-5       31-29    5    16.5  2:00 J Marcum                    6,000 +
 61 Fri, Jun 30     CHW @DET  L   1-3       31-30    5    17.5  2:00 B Newsom                    4,997 -
 62 Sat, Jul  1     CHW @DET  L   5-6       31-31    5    17.0  2:16 B Thomas                        0 --
 63                 CHW @DET  W   4-3       32-31    5    17.0  2:22 E Smith                    26,879 +
 64 Sun, Jul  2     CHW @DET  L   1-5       32-32    5    17.5  2:00 T Bridges                  17,858 -
 65 Mon, Jul  3     CHW @SLB  W   8-3       33-32    5    17.0  2:16 J Marcum                      863 +
 66 Tue, Jul  4     CHW @SLB  W   7-3       34-32    5    16.0  2:09 J Rigney                        0 ++
 67                 CHW @SLB  W   7-4       35-32    5    16.0  2:25 C Brown                     5,092 +++
 68 Wed, Jul  5     CHW  CLE  W   2-1       36-32    4    16.0  1:54 E Smith                     3,000 ++++
 69 Thu, Jul  6     CHW  CLE  W   8-1       37-32    4    15.5  2:13 J Knott                     3,000 +++++
 70 Fri, Jul  7     CHW  CLE  L   3-7       37-33    4    15.5  2:35 B Feller                    8,000 -
 71 Sat, Jul  8     CHW  DET  W  10-5       38-33    3    14.0  2:14 T Lee                       6,000 +
 72 Sun, Jul  9     CHW  DET  W   4-3       39-33    3    12.0  2:15 C Brown                         0 ++
 73                 CHW  DET  W   6-3       40-33    3    12.0  2:14 J Rigney                   30,000 +++
 74 Thu, Jul 13     CHW  PHA  L  10-12      40-34    3    12.0  2:47 C Dean                      3,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul 14     CHW  PHA  L   3-7       40-35    3    13.0  2:20 B Ross                     10,000 --
 76 Sat, Jul 15     CHW  PHA  W   7-3       41-35    3    13.0  2:04 J Rigney                    3,000 +
 77 Sun, Jul 16     CHW  WSH  W   3-2       42-35    3    13.0  1:29 T Lyons                         0 ++
 78                 CHW  WSH  W   6-3       43-35    3    13.0  1:46 T Lee                      16,000 +++
 79 Tue, Jul 18     CHW  BOS  L  10-13      43-36    3    14.5  2:33 J Heving                          -
 80                 CHW  BOS  W   8-5       44-36    3    14.5  2:33 C Brown                     7,000 +
 81 Wed, Jul 19     CHW  BOS  W   4-1       45-36    3    13.5  2:10 J Knott                           ++
 82                 CHW  BOS  W   8-0       46-36    3    13.5  2:23 J Rigney                   13,000 +++
 83 Thu, Jul 20     CHW  BOS  W   4-0       47-36    3    13.5  1:46 T Lee                       5,000 ++++
 84 Fri, Jul 21     CHW  NYY  W   4-1       48-36    3    12.5  1:56 E Smith                    10,000 +++++
 85 Sun, Jul 23     CHW  NYY  W   8-5       49-36    3    12.5  2:10 T Lyons                         0 ++++++
 86                 CHW  NYY  L   4-5       49-37    3    12.5  2:05 B Hadley                   51,000 -
 87 Tue, Jul 25     CHW @BOS  L   2-3       49-38    3    14.0  1:57 L Grove                           --
 88                 CHW @BOS  L   5-6       49-39    3    14.0  2:16 E Dickman                  20,000 ---
 89 Wed, Jul 26     CHW @BOS  W   8-1       50-39    3    14.5  2:13 B Dietrich                        +
 90                 CHW @BOS  L   5-6       50-40    3    14.5  2:02 J Heving                   21,000 -
 91 Thu, Jul 27     CHW @BOS  W  12-7       51-40    3    14.0  2:20 C Brown                     4,600 +
 92 Fri, Jul 28     CHW @NYY  L   1-2       51-41    3    15.0  1:57 O Hildebrand                7,946 -
 93 Sun, Jul 30     CHW @NYY  L   3-4       51-42    3    15.0  2:12 L Gomez                         0 --
 94                 CHW @NYY  W   5-1       52-42    3    15.0       T Lee                             +
 95 Tue, Aug  1     CHW @PHA  W   4-1       53-42    3    14.0  1:48 J Knott                     3,000 ++
 96 Wed, Aug  2     CHW @PHA  L   4-13      53-43    3    13.5  1:55 B Ross                          0 -
 97                 CHW @PHA  W   2-1       54-43    3    13.5  1:44 J Rigney                    8,000 +
 98 Thu, Aug  3     CHW @PHA  W   9-7       55-43    3    13.5  2:07 E Smith                     8,000 ++
 99 Fri, Aug  4     CHW @WSH  L   5-6       55-44    3    14.5  2:22 P Appleton                  8,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  5     CHW @WSH  L   1-10      55-45    3    15.5  2:05 K Chase                     5,000 --
101 Sun, Aug  6     CHW @WSH  L   3-4       55-46    3    15.0  1:45 D Leonard                  12,000 ---
102 Tue, Aug  8     CHW @DET  W   5-3       56-46    3    14.0  2:34 J Rigney                   10,375 +
103 Wed, Aug  9     CHW @DET  L   3-10      56-47    3    15.0  2:02 S Rowe                     10,645 -
104 Thu, Aug 10     CHW @DET  L   3-4       56-48    3    15.0  2:12 T Bridges                  10,545 --
105 Sat, Aug 12     CHW @CLE  L   2-3       56-49    3    16.5  1:48 J Broaca                   10,000 ---
106 Sun, Aug 13     CHW @CLE  L   0-2       56-50    3    16.5  2:02 B Feller                        0 ----
107                 CHW @CLE  W   3-0       57-50    3    16.5  1:50 T Lee                      20,000 +
108 Mon, Aug 14     CHW  SLB  W   5-2       58-50    3    16.0  2:05 J Rigney                   30,000 ++
109 Wed, Aug 16     CHW  DET  W   7-6       59-50    3    16.5  2:45 C Brown                     5,000 +++
110 Thu, Aug 17     CHW  DET  W   2-1       60-50    3    16.5  2:02 J Knott                     7,000 ++++
111 Fri, Aug 18     CHW  CLE  W   1-0       61-50    3    16.5  2:33 E Smith                    46,000 +++++
112 Sat, Aug 19     CHW  CLE  W   6-5       62-50    3    16.0  1:55 T Lee                       6,000 ++++++
113 Sun, Aug 20     CHW  CLE  W   6-5       63-50    3    15.5  2:19 C Brown                    15,000 +++++++
114 Tue, Aug 22     CHW  NYY  L   5-14      63-51    3    16.5  2:22 M Russo                    50,000 -
115 Wed, Aug 23     CHW  NYY  L   2-7       63-52    3    18.5  1:59 A Donald                        0 --
116                 CHW  NYY  L   4-16      63-53    3    18.5  2:24 R Ruffing                  27,000 ---
117 Thu, Aug 24     CHW  BOS  W   3-1       64-53    3    18.5  1:46 J Rigney                   20,000 +
118 Fri, Aug 25     CHW  BOS  W   9-2       65-53    3    19.0  2:13 J Knott                    18,000 ++
119 Sat, Aug 26     CHW  BOS  W   5-4       66-53    3    19.0  2:15 B Dietrich                  7,000 +++
120 Sun, Aug 27     CHW  PHA  L   0-2       66-54    3    20.0  1:30 B Beckmann                  7,000 -
121 Mon, Aug 28     CHW  PHA  W   5-4       67-54    3    20.0       J Rigney                          +
122 Wed, Aug 30     CHW  WSH  W   5-2       68-54    3    19.0  1:53 T Lyons                         0 ++
123                 CHW  WSH  L   3-4       68-55    3    19.0  2:15 J Krakauskas                7,000 -
124 Thu, Aug 31     CHW  WSH  L   3-4       68-56    3    19.5  1:58 D Leonard                  25,000 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Sep  2     CHW  DET  W   2-0       69-56    3    19.0  1:58 J Rigney                    5,000 +
126 Sun, Sep  3     CHW  DET  W   8-1       70-56    3    18.5  1:52 T Lee                           0 ++
127                 CHW  DET  L   2-7       70-57    3    18.5  2:03 F Hutchinson               15,000 -
128 Mon, Sep  4     CHW @CLE  W   5-2       71-57    3    19.0  3:05 C Brown                    27,000 +
129 Tue, Sep  5     CHW @CLE  W   4-2       72-57    3    18.5  1:50 J Knott                       800 ++
130 Wed, Sep  6     CHW @SLB  W   7-2       73-57    3    18.5  1:58 J Rigney                      435 +++
131 Thu, Sep  7     CHW @SLB  W   8-4       74-57    3    18.0  2:12 T Lyons                         0 ++++
132                 CHW @SLB  W  11-4       75-57    3    18.0  2:16 T Lee                         726 +++++
133 Sun, Sep 10     CHW @DET  L   1-5       75-58    3    20.0  2:06 B Newsom                        0 -
134                 CHW @DET  W  11-9       76-58    3    20.0  2:29 E Smith                    24,517 +
135 Tue, Sep 12     CHW @WSH  -*T 3-2       76-58    3    19.5  1:35                             1,500 +
136 Wed, Sep 13     CHW @WSH  W   3-1       77-58    3    18.0  2:25 T Lyons                         0 ++
137                 CHW @WSH  W   4-2       78-58    3    18.0  1:45 J Knott                       500 +++
138 Thu, Sep 14     CHW @PHA  L   2-4       78-59    3    18.0  2:00 N Potter                    6,000 -
139 Fri, Sep 15     CHW @PHA  L   2-3       78-60    3    19.0  1:44 L Nelson                      300 --
140 Sat, Sep 16     CHW @PHA  L   6-7       78-61    3    20.0  2:28 C Dean                      1,000 ---
141 Sun, Sep 17     CHW @BOS  W   6-1       79-61    3    19.0  1:48 T Lee                           0 +
142                 CHW @BOS  L   7-11      79-62    3    19.0  2:31 J Bagby                    12,000 -
143 Tue, Sep 19     CHW @NYY  L   2-6       79-63    3    20.5  1:30 O Hildebrand                3,608 --
144 Wed, Sep 20     CHW @NYY  L   4-8       79-64    4    21.5  1:48 S Sundra                    2,977 ---
145 Thu, Sep 21     CHW @NYY  L   2-5       79-65    4    22.5  2:35 M Russo                     2,150 ----
146 Sat, Sep 23     CHW  SLB  W   6-2       80-65    4    22.0  2:00 J Rigney                        0 +
147                 CHW  SLB  W   9-4       81-65    4    22.0  2:01 E Smith                         0 ++
148 Sun, Sep 24     CHW  SLB  W  11-9       82-65    3    21.5  2:26 T Lee                           0 +++
149                 CHW  SLB  W   4-3       83-65    3    21.5  1:06 J Knott                     6,000 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 25     CHW  SLB  W   4-3       84-65    3    21.0  1:29 T Lyons                     2,000 +++++
151 Wed, Sep 27     CHW  CLE  L   2-5       84-66    4    22.0  2:00 H Eisenstat                       -
152                 CHW  CLE  L   5-7       84-67    4    22.0  1:52 B Feller                   17,421 --
153 Sat, Sep 30     CHW @SLB  L   1-5       84-68    4    22.0  1:30 R Lawson                        0 ---
154                 CHW @SLB  W   7-5       85-68    4    22.0  2:04 J Knott                       433 +
155 Sun, Oct  1     CHW @SLB  L   3-4       85-69    4    22.5  2:01 E Bildilli                    707 -

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