1939 Chicago White Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 594,104, Avg. 11,849
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (85-69)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago White Sox RosterTeam Record: 85-69
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 594,104, Avg. 11,849
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (85-69)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1939 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The White Sox scored 755 runs and conceded 737 runs. Joe Kuhel paced Chicago with 15 home runs Gee Walker drove in 111 runs. Eric McNair led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .324. Thornton Lee and Johnny Rigney topped the team with 15 wins each, while Ted Lyons earned a 2.76 ERA, tops among 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Rigney | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.70 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 218.7 | 208 | 103 | 90 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 119 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 946 |
| Thornton Lee | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.21 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 235.0 | 260 | 121 | 110 | 14 | 70 | 0 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1008 |
| Ted Lyons | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.76 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 172.7 | 162 | 71 | 53 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 702 |
| Jack Knott | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.15 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 149.7 | 157 | 71 | 69 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 641 |
| Clint Brown | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.88 | 61 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 118.3 | 127 | 58 | 51 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 498 |
| Eddie Smith | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.67 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 176.7 | 161 | 83 | 72 | 11 | 90 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 762 |
| Bill Dietrich | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.22 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127.7 | 134 | 81 | 74 | 14 | 56 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 560 |
| Johnny Marcum | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.00 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 125 | 66 | 60 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 415 |
| Art Herring | 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | |
| Harry Boyles | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Vallie Eaves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Vic Frazier | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 45 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 124 |
| Jess Dobernic | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| John Whitehead | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 60 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
| Totals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 4.31 | 280 | 155 | 93 | 62 | 5 | 21 | 1377.0 | 1470 | 737 | 659 | 99 | 454 | 0 | 535 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 5968 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kreevich | 145 | 622 | 541 | 85 | 175 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 77 | 23 | 10 | 59 | 40 | .323 | .390 | .436 | .826 | 236 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Gee Walker | 149 | 645 | 598 | 95 | 174 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 111 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 43 | .291 | .330 | .443 | .773 | 265 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kuhel | 139 | 623 | 546 | 107 | 164 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 56 | 18 | 5 | 64 | 51 | .300 | .376 | .460 | .836 | 251 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Appling | 148 | 630 | 516 | 82 | 162 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 9 | 105 | 37 | .314 | .430 | .368 | .798 | 190 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric McNair | 129 | 528 | 479 | 62 | 155 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 82 | 17 | 9 | 38 | 41 | .324 | .375 | .426 | .800 | 204 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Radcliff | 113 | 435 | 397 | 49 | 105 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | .264 | .313 | .353 | .666 | 140 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh | 119 | 430 | 352 | 49 | 91 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 30 | .259 | .377 | .284 | .661 | 100 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Rosenthal | 107 | 387 | 324 | 50 | 86 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 46 | .265 | .369 | .454 | .822 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Bejma | 90 | 354 | 307 | 52 | 77 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 27 | .251 | .331 | .378 | .709 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Hayes | 72 | 305 | 269 | 34 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 10 | .249 | .320 | .316 | .636 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Owen | 58 | 218 | 194 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | .237 | .302 | .284 | .585 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Steinbacher | 71 | 133 | 111 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | .171 | .303 | .234 | .537 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Lyons | 21 | 72 | 61 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .295 | .348 | .344 | .693 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Marcum | 38 | 62 | 57 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .281 | .339 | .281 | .619 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rigney | 35 | 87 | 80 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .200 | .220 | .250 | .470 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Thornton Lee | 33 | 95 | 91 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .165 | .200 | .198 | .398 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Schlueter | 34 | 60 | 56 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .232 | .246 | .304 | .549 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Silvestri | 22 | 83 | 75 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .173 | .244 | .293 | .537 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dietrich | 25 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .216 | .293 | .378 | .671 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Knott | 25 | 59 | 53 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .151 | .167 | .151 | .318 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Smith | 29 | 66 | 52 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .115 | .246 | .135 | .381 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Rensa | 14 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .231 | .200 | .431 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Brown | 61 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .211 | .348 | .211 | .558 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gerlach | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vallie Eaves | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Frazier | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Boyles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jess Dobernic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dykes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Herring | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Whitehead | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1718 | 6033 | 5279 | 755 | 1451 | 220 | 56 | 64 | 679 | 113 | 61 | 579 | 502 | .275 | .349 | .374 | .723 | 1975 | 108 | 21 | 154 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Radcliff | 1B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 11 | 2 | 11 | .989 | 9.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kuhel | 1B | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 1256 | 72 | 11 | 113 | .992 | 9.765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric McNair | 2B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 68 | 2 | 13 | .982 | 5.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Hayes | 2B | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 172 | 201 | 10 | 51 | .974 | 5.406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Bejma | 2B | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 199 | 7 | 36 | .981 | 4.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marv Owen | 3B | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 99 | 8 | 11 | .953 | 2.945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric McNair | 3B | 103 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 | 194 | 19 | 23 | .937 | 2.757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kreevich | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gerlach | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Bejma | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tresh | C | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 480 | 59 | 8 | 7 | .985 | 4.529 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Silvestri | C | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 74 | 15 | 5 | 3 | .947 | 4.450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Schlueter | C | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 2.594 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Rensa | C | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 2.692 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gee Walker | OF | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 365 | 11 | 13 | 3 | .967 | 2.558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Steinbacher | OF | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Rosenthal | OF | 93 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 2.129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Radcliff | OF | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 130 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .970 | 1.679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kreevich | OF | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 419 | 18 | 11 | 4 | .975 | 3.144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Whitehead | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Smith | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Rigney | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .917 | .943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Marcum | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Lyons | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .912 | 1.476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thornton Lee | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Knott | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Herring | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Frazier | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vallie Eaves | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Dobernic | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dietrich | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Brown | P | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .970 | .525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Boyles | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric McNair | SS | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 37 | 4 | 7 | .934 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Bejma | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Appling | SS | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 289 | 461 | 39 | 78 | .951 | 5.068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1594 | 0 | 0.0 | 4136 | 1693 | 167 | 374 | .972 | 3.657 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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