1938 Chicago White Sox

65-83 • .439 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
83 Losses
.439 Win %
6th Rank
709 R 752 RA
Diff -43

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709 Runs Scored
752 Runs Allowed
-43 Run Diff
387K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .276 1% below the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .343 4% below the 1938 league average (.357)
SLG .382 8% below the 1938 league average (.414)
Team ERA 4.36 9% better than the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 709 14% below the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 73
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Total Attendance 387,500
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Avg per Game 5,308

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1938

Batting Avg

1 Merv Connors 0.355 2 Hank Steinbacher 0.331 3 Rip Radcliff 0.330 4 Jackie Hayes 0.328 5 Gee Walker 0.305

Home Runs

1 Gee Walker 16 2 Joe Kuhel 8 3 Merv Connors 6 4 Mike Kreevich 6 5 Marv Owen 6

RBI

1 Gee Walker 87 2 Rip Radcliff 81 3 Mike Kreevich 73 4 Hank Steinbacher 61 5 Marv Owen 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Marv Owen 141 577 84 162 23 6 6 55 45 31 6 0.281
Rip Radcliff 129 503 64 166 23 6 5 81 36 17 5 0.330
Mike Kreevich 129 489 73 145 26 12 6 73 55 23 13 0.297
Boze Berger 118 470 60 102 15 3 3 36 43 80 4 0.217
Gee Walker 120 442 69 135 23 6 16 87 38 32 9 0.305
Joe Kuhel 117 412 67 110 27 4 8 51 72 35 9 0.267
Hank Steinbacher 106 399 59 132 23 8 4 61 41 19 1 0.331
Luke Appling 81 294 41 89 14 0 0 44 42 17 1 0.303
Jackie Hayes 62 238 40 78 21 2 1 20 24 6 3 0.328
Luke Sewell 65 211 23 45 4 1 0 27 20 20 0 0.213
Tony Rensa 59 165 15 41 5 0 3 19 25 16 1 0.248
Norm Schlueter 35 118 11 27 5 1 0 7 4 15 1 0.229
Larry Rosenthal 61 105 14 30 5 1 1 12 12 13 0 0.286
Thornton Lee 34 97 14 25 3 1 4 16 0 23 0 0.258
Jimmy Dykes 26 89 9 27 4 2 2 13 10 8 0 0.303
George Meyer 24 81 10 24 2 2 0 9 11 17 3 0.296
Monty Stratton 27 79 17 21 5 0 2 10 2 9 0 0.266
Ted Lyons 24 72 9 14 2 0 0 4 2 9 0 0.194
Merv Connors 24 62 14 22 4 0 6 13 9 17 0 0.355
John Whitehead 32 60 3 6 0 0 0 5 5 15 0 0.100
Johnny Rigney 38 55 1 8 1 0 0 4 1 17 0 0.145
Jack Knott 20 40 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 19 0 0.125
Mike Tresh 10 29 3 7 2 0 0 2 8 4 0 0.241
Johnny Gerlach 9 25 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0.280
Frank Gabler 18 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.238
Tommy Thompson 19 18 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.111
Bill Dietrich 8 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.062
Harry Boyles 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Sugar Cain 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Gene Ford 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Jesse Landrum 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Clint Brown 8 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Bill Cox 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
George Gick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Uhl 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1938

ERA

1 Thornton Lee 3.49 2 Johnny Rigney 3.56 3 Ted Lyons 3.70 4 Monty Stratton 4.01 5 Jack Knott 4.05

Wins

1 Monty Stratton 15 2 Thornton Lee 13 3 John Whitehead 10 4 Ted Lyons 9 5 Johnny Rigney 9

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Rigney 84 2 Monty Stratton 82 3 Thornton Lee 77 4 Ted Lyons 54 5 John Whitehead 38
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Thornton Lee 13 12 3.49 33 30 1 245.1 252 95 94 77
Ted Lyons 9 11 3.70 23 23 0 194.2 238 80 52 54
Monty Stratton 15 9 4.01 26 22 2 186.1 186 83 56 82
John Whitehead 10 11 4.76 32 24 2 183.1 218 97 80 38
Johnny Rigney 9 9 3.56 38 12 1 167.0 164 66 72 84
Jack Knott 5 10 4.05 20 18 0 131.0 135 59 54 35
Frank Gabler 1 7 9.09 18 7 0 69.1 101 70 34 17
Bill Dietrich 2 4 5.44 8 7 0 48.0 49 29 31 11
Harry Boyles 0 4 5.22 9 2 1 29.1 31 17 25 18
Sugar Cain 0 1 4.58 5 3 0 19.2 26 10 18 6
Gene Ford 0 0 10.29 4 0 0 14.0 21 16 12 2
Clint Brown 1 3 4.61 8 0 2 13.2 16 7 9 2
Bill Cox 0 2 6.94 7 1 0 11.2 11 9 13 5
Bob Uhl 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0
George Gick 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1

👥 Roster (36)

Luke Appling Boze Berger Harry Boyles Clint Brown Sugar Cain Merv Connors Bill Cox Bill Dietrich Jimmy Dykes Gene Ford Frank Gabler Johnny Gerlach +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1938 Chicago White Sox

What was the 1938 Chicago White Sox record?
The 1938 Chicago White Sox finished 65-83 (.439 win pct).
Who led the 1938 Chicago White Sox in home runs?
Gee Walker led the 1938 Chicago White Sox with 16 home runs.
What was the 1938 Chicago White Sox team ERA?
The 1938 Chicago White Sox posted a team ERA of 4.36.
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