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1939 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1939
league	American League
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago
owners	J. Louis Comiskey, Grace Comiskey
general_manager	Harry Grabiner
managers	Jimmy Dykes
radio	WBBM
(Pat Flanagan, John Harrington)
WCFL
(Hal Totten)
WJJD
(Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca)
WGN
(Bob Elson)

(Pat Flanagan, John Harrington) WCFL (Hal Totten) WJJD (Charlie Grimm, Lew Fonseca) WGN (Bob Elson) |}} The 1939 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 39th season in major league baseball, and its 40th season overall. They finished with a record of 85–69, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 22 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Marv Owen, 3B
Hank Steinbacher, RF
Gee Walker, LF
Luke Appling, SS
Mike Kreevich, CF
Joe Kuhel, 1B
Eric McNair, 2B
Ken Silvestri, C
Johnny Rigney, P

Roster

1939 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luke Appling, SS	148	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	105	37	.314	16
Ollie Bejma, 2B	90	307	52	77	9	3	8	44	36	27	.251	1
Jimmy Dykes, 3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Johnny Gerlach, 3B	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Jackie Hayes, 2B	72	269	34	67	12	3	0	23	27	10	.249	0
Bob Kennedy, 3B	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	0
Mike Kreevich, CF, 3B	145	541	85	175	30	8	5	77	59	40	.323	23
Joe Kuhel, 1B	139	546	107	164	24	9	15	56	64	51	.300	18
Eric McNair, 3B, 2B, SS	129	479	62	155	18	5	7	82	38	41	.324	17
Marv Owen, 3B	58	194	22	46	9	0	0	15	16	15	.237	4
Rip Radcliff, RF, 1B, LF	113	397	49	105	25	2	2	53	26	21	.264	6
Tony Rensa, C	14	25	3	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	.200	0
Larry Rosenthal, RF, CF	107	324	50	86	21	5	10	51	53	46	.265	6
Norm Schlueter, C	34	56	5	13	2	1	0	8	1	11	.232	2
Ken Silvestri, C	22	75	6	13	3	0	2	5	6	13	.173	0
Hank Steinbacher, RF	71	111	16	19	2	1	1	15	21	8	.171	0
Tommy Thompson, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	0
Mike Tresh, C	119	352	49	91	5	2	0	38	64	30	.259	3
Gee Walker, LF	149	598	95	174	30	11	13	111	28	43	.291	17

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harry Boyles, P	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Clint Brown, P	61	19	0	4	0	0	0	3	4	3	.211	0
Bill Dietrich, P	25	37	5	8	3	0	1	2	4	12	.216	0
Jess Dobernic, P	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Vallie Eaves, P	2	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	0
Vic Frazier, P	10	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	0
Art Herring, P	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0
Jack Knott, P	25	53	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	18	.151	0
Thornton Lee, P	33	91	8	15	3	0	0	4	4	18	.165	0
Ted Lyons, P	21	61	5	18	3	0	0	8	5	7	.295	0
Johnny Marcum, P	38	57	7	16	0	0	0	12	5	1	.281	0
Johnny Rigney, P	35	80	4	16	4	0	0	7	2	18	.200	0
Eddie Smith, P	29	52	5	6	1	0	0	3	9	15	.115	0
John Whitehead, P	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	0
	155	5279	755	1451	220	56	64	679	579	502	.275	113

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Harry Boyles	0	0	10.80	2	0	0	3.1	4	4	4	0	6	1
Clint Brown	11	10	3.88	61	0	18	118.1	127	58	51	8	27	41
Bill Dietrich	7	8	5.22	25	19	0	127.2	134	81	74	15	56	43
Jess Dobernic	0	1	13.50	4	0	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1
Vallie Eaves	0	1	4.63	2	1	0	11.2	11	7	6	1	8	5
Vic Frazier	0	1	10.27	10	1	0	23.2	45	27	27	0	11	7
Art Herring	0	0	5.65	7	0	0	14.1	13	9	9	1	5	8
Jack Knott	11	6	4.15	25	23	0	149.2	157	71	69	13	41	56
Thornton Lee	15	11	4.21	33	29	3	235.0	260	121	110	15	70	81
Ted Lyons	14	6	2.76	21	21	0	172.2	162	71	53	7	26	65
Johnny Marcum	3	3	6.00	19	6	0	90.0	125	66	60	14	19	32
Johnny Rigney	15	8	3.70	35	29	0	218.2	208	103	90	10	84	119
Eddie Smith	9	11	3.67	29	22	0	176.2	161	83	72	11	90	67
John Whitehead	0	3	8.16	7	4	0	32.0	60	30	29	4	5	9
	85	69	4.31	155	155	21	1377.0	1470	737	659	99	454	535

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lubbock

Notes

References

1939 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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