1938 Chicago White Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 65-83
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 338,278, Avg. 6,920
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (65-83)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1938 Chicago White Sox RosterTeam Record: 65-83
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 338,278, Avg. 6,920
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (65-83)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1938 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1938 season with a record of 65 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The White Sox tallied 709 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 752 runs. Gee Walker paced Chicago with 16 home runs and drove in 87 runs. Rip Radcliff led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .330. Monty Stratton topped the team with 15 wins, while Thornton Lee recorded a 3.49 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jimmy Dykes coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Stratton | 15 | 9 | .625 | 4.01 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 186.3 | 186 | 95 | 83 | 18 | 56 | 0 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 797 |
| Thornton Lee | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.49 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 245.3 | 252 | 123 | 95 | 12 | 94 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1074 |
| John Whitehead | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.76 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 183.3 | 218 | 108 | 97 | 12 | 80 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 830 |
| Johnny Rigney | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.56 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 167.0 | 164 | 74 | 66 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 728 |
| Ted Lyons | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.70 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 194.7 | 238 | 93 | 80 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 862 |
| Jack Knott | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.05 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 135 | 70 | 59 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 567 |
| Bill Dietrich | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.44 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 49 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 224 |
| Clint Brown | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.61 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.7 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Frank Gabler | 1 | 7 | .125 | 9.09 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 101 | 74 | 70 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 331 |
| Bob Uhl | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| George Gick | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gene Ford | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | |
| Sugar Cain | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.58 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 |
| Bill Cox | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.94 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| Harry Boyles | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.22 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29.3 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 147 |
| Totals | 65 | 83 | .439 | 4.36 | 233 | 149 | 66 | 83 | 5 | 9 | 1316.3 | 1449 | 752 | 638 | 101 | 550 | 0 | 432 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 5865 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Radcliff | 129 | 545 | 503 | 64 | 166 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 81 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 17 | .330 | .376 | .429 | .805 | 216 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Owen | 141 | 631 | 577 | 84 | 162 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 31 | .281 | .337 | .373 | .710 | 215 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kreevich | 129 | 551 | 489 | 73 | 145 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 73 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 23 | .297 | .371 | .436 | .807 | 213 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gee Walker | 120 | 481 | 442 | 69 | 135 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 87 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 32 | .305 | .360 | .493 | .854 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Steinbacher | 106 | 444 | 399 | 59 | 132 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 19 | .331 | .393 | .459 | .852 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kuhel | 117 | 492 | 412 | 67 | 110 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 35 | .267 | .376 | .410 | .786 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Boze Berger | 118 | 523 | 470 | 60 | 102 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 80 | .217 | .284 | .281 | .565 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Appling | 81 | 338 | 294 | 41 | 89 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 17 | .303 | .392 | .350 | .742 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Hayes | 62 | 269 | 238 | 40 | 78 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 6 | .328 | .389 | .445 | .835 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Sewell | 65 | 236 | 211 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | .213 | .284 | .242 | .526 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Rensa | 59 | 191 | 165 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 16 | .248 | .351 | .333 | .684 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Rosenthal | 61 | 118 | 105 | 14 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .286 | .359 | .381 | .740 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dykes | 26 | 99 | 89 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .303 | .374 | .461 | .834 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Schlueter | 35 | 122 | 118 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .229 | .254 | .288 | .542 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thornton Lee | 34 | 101 | 97 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .258 | .258 | .433 | .691 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| George Meyer | 24 | 95 | 81 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .296 | .387 | .370 | .757 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Merv Connors | 24 | 72 | 62 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .355 | .437 | .710 | 1.146 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Stratton | 27 | 84 | 79 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .266 | .293 | .405 | .698 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Lyons | 24 | 77 | 72 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .194 | .216 | .222 | .438 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rigney | 38 | 59 | 55 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .145 | .161 | .164 | .324 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gerlach | 9 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .280 | .379 | .280 | .659 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh | 10 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .241 | .405 | .310 | .716 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Whitehead | 32 | 70 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .100 | .169 | .100 | .269 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Gabler | 18 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Knott | 20 | 49 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .125 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 19 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Brown | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Ford | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Boyles | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dietrich | 8 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .063 | .167 | .063 | .229 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugar Cain | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Cox | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Landrum | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Gick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Uhl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1576 | 5806 | 5199 | 709 | 1439 | 239 | 55 | 67 | 657 | 56 | 39 | 515 | 489 | .277 | .344 | .383 | .726 | 1989 | 0 | 14 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Radcliff | 1B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 236 | 10 | 5 | 25 | .980 | 1.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kuhel | 1B | 111 | 0 | 0.0 | 1136 | 59 | 14 | 97 | .988 | 1.766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merv Connors | 1B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 11 | 3 | 17 | .979 | 8.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Meyer | 2B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 | 86 | 5 | 12 | .967 | 6.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Landrum | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Hayes | 2B | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 146 | 183 | 8 | 51 | .976 | 5.393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 2B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 68 | 9 | 13 | .941 | 6.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boze Berger | 2B | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 117 | 15 | 23 | .931 | 4.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marv Owen | 3B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 136 | 305 | 24 | 29 | .948 | 3.150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boze Berger | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tresh | C | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 4.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Sewell | C | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 55 | 4 | 7 | .985 | 4.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Schlueter | C | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .952 | 3.529 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Rensa | C | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 185 | 36 | 4 | 4 | .982 | 3.877 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gee Walker | OF | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 197 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .958 | 1.925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Steinbacher | OF | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 202 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .963 | 2.069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Rosenthal | OF | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 2.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Radcliff | OF | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 230 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .979 | 2.374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kreevich | OF | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 379 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .975 | 3.039 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Whitehead | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Uhl | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Monty Stratton | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Rigney | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .947 | .947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Lyons | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 2.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thornton Lee | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 2 | .904 | 1.424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Knott | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 5 | .919 | 1.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Gick | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Gabler | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Ford | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dietrich | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cox | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sugar Cain | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Brown | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Boyles | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gerlach | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 9 | .949 | 4.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boze Berger | SS | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 144 | 224 | 21 | 55 | .946 | 5.493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Appling | SS | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 | 258 | 20 | 37 | .953 | 5.218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1463 | 0 | 0.0 | 3950 | 1767 | 195 | 412 | .967 | 3.908 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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