1938 Chicago White Sox season

1938 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	J. Louis Comiskey
General manager	Harry Grabiner
Managers	Jimmy Dykes
Radio	WBBM (Pat Flanagan, Charlie Grimm, Val Sherman) WCFL (Hal Totten) WGN (Bob Elson) WIND (Russ Hodges, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (John Harrington, Jack Drees)
Seasons

The 1938 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 38th season in the major leagues and their 39th season overall. They finished with a record of 65–83, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 32 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 2, 1937: Vern Kennedy, Tony Piet, and Dixie Walker were traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Tresh, Marv Owen and Gee Walker.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	53	.651	—	55‍–‍22	44‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9½	52‍–‍23	36‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13	46‍–‍30	40‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16	48‍–‍31	36‍–‍39
Washington Senators	75	76	.497	23½	44‍–‍33	31‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32	33‍–‍39	32‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	44	31‍–‍43	24‍–‍54
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	.349	46	28‍–‍47	25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1938 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–6	12–10	10–12	11–11–1	14–8	17–5	12–9
Chicago	6–12	—	9–13	7–15	8–14	12–10	13–8–1	10–11
Cleveland	10–12	13–9	—	12–10	8–13	18–4	13–9–1	12–9
Detroit	12–10	15–7	10–12	—	8–14	14–8	12–10–1	13–9
New York	11–11–1	14–8	13–8	14–8	—	16–5–2	15–7–1	16–6–1
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	4–18	8–14	5–16–2	—	12–9	6–16
St. Louis	5–17	8–13–1	9–13–1	10–12–1	7–15–1	9–12	—	7–15
Washington	9–12	11–10	9–12	9–13	6–16–1	16–6	15–7	—

Opening Day lineup

• Jackie Hayes, 2B
• Mike Kreevich, CF
• Gee Walker, RF
• Rip Radcliff, LF
• Joe Kuhel, 1B
• Marv Owen, 3B
• Boze Berger, SS
• Luke Sewell, C
• John Whitehead, P

Notable transactions

• June 11, 1938: Bill Cox was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Knott.

Roster

1938 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 26 Harry Boyles 26 Clint Brown 17 Sugar Cain 24 Bill Cox 18 Bill Dietrich  6 Gene Ford 26,45 Frank Gabler 48 George Gick 24 Jack Knott 27 Thornton Lee 16 Ted Lyons 29 Johnny Rigney 25 Monty Stratton 47 Bob Uhl 34,21 John Whitehead		Catchers 35 Tony Rensa 36 Norm Schlueter 14 Luke Sewell 15 Mike Tresh Infielders  4 Luke Appling 19 Boze Berger 18 Merv Connors  5 Jimmy Dykes 47 Johnny Gerlach 37 Jackie Hayes  3 Joe Kuhel 28 Jesse Landrum 17 George Meyer  2 Marv Owen  6 Tommy Thompson		Outfielders  8 Mike Kreevich  9 Rip Radcliff 12 Larry Rosenthal 46 Hank Steinbacher  7 Gee Walker Other batters 45 Joe Martin		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 33 Jimmy Austin 38 Muddy Ruel 22 Bill Webb

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	81	294	41	89	14	0	0	44	42	17	.303	1
Boze Berger, SS,2B,3B	118	470	60	102	15	3	3	36	43	80	.217	4
Merv Connors, 1B	24	62	14	22	4	0	6	13	9	17	.355	0
Jimmy Dykes, 2B	26	89	9	27	4	2	2	13	10	8	.303	0
Johnny Gerlach, SS	9	25	2	7	0	0	0	1	4	2	.280	0
Jackie Hayes, 2B	62	238	40	78	21	2	1	20	24	6	.328	3
Mike Kreevich, CF	129	489	73	145	26	12	6	73	55	23	.297	13
Joe Kuhel, 1B	117	412	67	110	27	4	8	51	72	35	.267	9
Jesse Landrum, 2B	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0
Joe Martin, PR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
George Meyer, 2B	24	81	10	24	2	2	0	9	11	17	.296	3
Marv Owen, 3B	141	577	84	162	23	6	6	55	45	31	.281	6
Rip Radcliff, LF,1B	129	503	64	166	23	6	5	81	36	17	.330	5
Tony Rensa, C	59	165	15	41	5	0	3	19	25	16	.248	1
Larry Rosenthal, CF	61	105	14	30	5	1	1	12	12	13	.286	0
Norm Schlueter, C	35	118	11	27	5	1	0	7	4	15	.229	1
Luke Sewell, C	65	211	23	45	4	1	0	27	20	20	.213	0
Hank Steinbacher, RF,CF	106	399	59	132	23	8	4	61	41	19	.331	1
Tommy Thompson, 1B	19	18	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.111	0
Mike Tresh, C	10	28	3	7	2	0	0	2	8	4	.241	0
Gee Walker, RF,LF	120	442	69	135	23	6	16	87	38	32	.305	9

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harry Boyles, P	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0
Clint Brown, P	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.500	0
Sugar Cain, P	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	0
Bill Cox, P	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Bill Dietrich, P	8	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	.063	0
Gene Ford, P	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	0
Frank Gabler, P	18	21	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	5	.238	0
Jack Knott, P	20	40	0	5	0	0	0	2	2	19	.125	0
Thornton Lee, P	34	97	14	25	3	1	4	16	0	23	.258	0
Ted Lyons, P	24	72	9	14	2	0	0	4	2	9	.194	0
Johnny Rigney, P	38	55	1	8	1	0	0	4	1	17	.145	0
Monty Stratton, P	27	79	17	21	5	0	2	10	2	9	.266	0
John Whitehead, P	32	60	3	6	0	0	0	5	5	15	.100	0
Team Totals	149	5199	709	1439	239	55	67	657	515	489	.277	56

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	4	5.22	9	2	1	29.1	31	27	17	2	25	18
Clint Brown	1	3	4.61	8	0	2	13.2	16	8	7	0	9	2
Sugar Cain	0	1	4.58	5	3	0	19.2	26	17	10	0	18	6
Bill Cox	0	2	6.94	7	1	0	11.2	11	14	9	0	13	5
Bill Dietrich	2	4	5.44	8	7	0	48.0	49	33	29	7	31	11
Gene Ford	0	0	10.29	4	0	0	14.0	21	16	16	1	12	2
Frank Gabler	1	7	9.09	18	7	0	69.1	107	74	70	12	34	17
George Gick	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Knott	5	10	4.05	20	18	0	131.0	135	70	59	8	54	35
Thornton Lee	13	12	3.49	33	30	1	245.1	252	123	95	12	94	77
Ted Lyons	9	11	3.70	23	23	0	194.2	238	93	80	13	52	54
Johnny Rigney	9	9	3.56	38	12	1	167.0	164	74	66	16	72	84
Monty Stratton	15	9	4.01	26	22	2	186.1	186	95	83	18	56	82
Bob Uhl	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Whitehead	10	11	4.76	32	24	2	183.1	218	108	97	12	80	38
Team Totals	65	83	4.36	149	149	9	1316.1	1449	752	638	101	550	432

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Babe Ganzel
A1	Dallas Steers	Texas League	Ray Brubaker and Jim Levey
B	Anniston Rams	Southeastern League	Lena Styles and Ray Brubaker
C	Monroe White Sox	Cotton States League	Luther Harvel and Doug Taitt
C	Longview Cannibals	East Texas League	Harold Funk
D	Rayne Rice Birds	Evangeline League	John Fitzpatrick
D	Lubbock Hubbers	West Texas–New Mexico League	Hack Miller

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Monroe, Lubbock

References

• 1938 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference