1939 Chicago White Sox

85-69 • 0.552 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
69 Losses
0.552 Win %
4th Rank
755 R 737 RA
Diff +18

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755 Runs Scored
737 Runs Allowed
+18 Run Diff
746K Attendance

📈 vs. 1939 AL Average

Batting Avg .274 1% below the 1939 league average (.278)
OBP .346 1% below the 1939 league average (.349)
SLG .311 7% below the 1939 league average (.334)
Team ERA 4.31 7% better than the 1939 league average (4.62)
Runs Scored 755 6% below the 1939 league average (800 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 746,500
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Avg per Game 9,694

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Eric McNair 0.324 2 Mike Kreevich 0.323 3 Luke Appling 0.314 4 Joe Kuhel 0.300 5 Ted Lyons 0.295

Home Runs

1 Joe Kuhel 15 2 Gee Walker 13 3 Larry Rosenthal 10 4 Ollie Bejma 8 5 Eric McNair 7

RBI

1 Gee Walker 111 2 Eric McNair 82 3 Mike Kreevich 77 4 Luke Appling 56 5 Joe Kuhel 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gee Walker 149 598 95 174 0 0 13 111 28 43 17 0.291
Joe Kuhel 139 546 107 164 0 0 15 56 64 51 18 0.300
Mike Kreevich 145 541 85 175 0 0 5 77 59 40 23 0.323
Luke Appling 148 516 82 162 0 0 0 56 105 37 16 0.314
Eric McNair 129 479 62 155 0 0 7 82 38 41 17 0.324
Rip Radcliff 113 397 49 105 0 0 2 53 26 21 6 0.264
Mike Tresh 119 352 49 91 0 0 0 38 64 30 3 0.259
Larry Rosenthal 107 324 50 86 0 0 10 51 53 46 6 0.265
Ollie Bejma 90 307 52 77 0 0 8 44 36 27 1 0.251
Jackie Hayes 72 269 34 67 0 0 0 23 27 10 0 0.249
Marv Owen 58 194 22 46 0 0 0 15 16 15 4 0.237
Hank Steinbacher 71 111 16 19 0 0 1 15 21 8 0 0.171
Thornton Lee 33 91 8 15 0 0 0 4 4 18 0 0.165
Johnny Rigney 35 80 4 16 0 0 0 7 2 18 0 0.200
Ken Silvestri 22 75 6 13 0 0 2 5 6 13 0 0.173
Ted Lyons 21 61 5 18 0 0 0 8 5 7 0 0.295
Johnny Marcum 38 57 7 16 0 0 0 12 5 1 0 0.281
Norm Schlueter 34 56 5 13 0 0 0 8 1 11 2 0.232
Jack Knott 25 53 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 18 0 0.151
Eddie Smith 29 52 5 6 0 0 0 3 9 15 0 0.115
Bill Dietrich 25 37 5 8 0 0 1 2 4 12 0 0.216
Tony Rensa 14 25 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.200
Clint Brown 61 19 0 4 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 0.211
John Whitehead 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Bob Kennedy 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250
Vic Frazier 10 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.286
Vallie Eaves 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.333
Art Herring 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Johnny Gerlach 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Harry Boyles 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jess Dobernic 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jimmy Dykes 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tommy Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ted Lyons 2.76 2 Eddie Smith 3.67 3 Johnny Rigney 3.70 4 Clint Brown 3.88 5 Jack Knott 4.15

Wins

1 Thornton Lee 15 2 Johnny Rigney 15 3 Ted Lyons 14 4 Clint Brown 11 5 Jack Knott 11

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Rigney 119 2 Thornton Lee 81 3 Eddie Smith 67 4 Ted Lyons 65 5 Jack Knott 56
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Thornton Lee 15 11 4.21 33 29 3 235.0 70 81
Johnny Rigney 15 8 3.70 35 29 0 218.2 84 119
Eddie Smith 9 11 3.67 29 22 0 176.2 90 67
Ted Lyons 14 6 2.76 21 21 0 172.2 26 65
Jack Knott 11 6 4.15 25 23 0 149.2 41 56
Bill Dietrich 7 8 5.22 25 19 0 127.2 56 43
Clint Brown 11 10 3.88 61 0 18 118.1 27 41
Johnny Marcum 3 3 6.00 19 6 0 90.0 19 32
John Whitehead 0 3 8.16 7 4 0 32.0 5 9
Vic Frazier 0 1 10.27 10 1 0 23.2 11 7
Art Herring 0 0 5.65 7 0 0 14.1 5 8
Vallie Eaves 0 1 4.63 2 1 0 11.2 8 5
Harry Boyles 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 3.1 6 1
Jess Dobernic 0 1 13.50 4 0 0 3.1 6 1

👥 Roster (33)

Luke Appling Ollie Bejma Harry Boyles Clint Brown Bill Dietrich Jess Dobernic Jimmy Dykes Vallie Eaves Vic Frazier Johnny Gerlach Jackie Hayes Art Herring +21 more

33 players

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