1939 Chicago White Sox season
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 86–69, good enough for 4th place in the American League, 22 games behind the first place New York Yankees.Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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 |
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 |
| Team totals | 85 | 69 | 4.31 | 155 | 155 | 21 | 1377.0 | 1470 | 737 | 659 | 99 | 454 | 535 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lubbock
