1938 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team 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)
| <- 1937 | Seasons | 1939 ->

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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

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* 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.[1]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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

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1938 American League record

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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

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* 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

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* June 11, 1938: Bill Cox was traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Knott.[2]

### Roster

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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

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### Batting

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[3]

## Notes

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1. ^ Mike Tresh page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Bill Cox page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

## References

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* 1938 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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1938 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball|

| American League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

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National League|

* Boston
* Brooklyn
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

Negro American League|

* Atlanta
* Birmingham
* Chicago
* Indianapolis
* Jacksonville
* Kansas City
* Memphis

Negro National League|

* Baltimore
* Homestead
* New York
* Newark
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* Washington

* 1938 All-Star Game
* 1938 World Series
* 1938 East–West All-Star Game

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Chicago White Sox

* Established in 1900
* Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise|

* History
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Ballparks|

* South Side Park
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* New White Sox Stadium (proposed)

* Spring training: * Recreation Park
* Palm Springs Stadium
* Plant Field
* Al Lopez Field
* Payne Park
* Ed Smith Stadium
* Tucson Electric Park
* Camelback Ranch

Culture|

* Andy the Clown
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* Nicknames
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* 1994 bat burglary
* 2008 Blackout Game
* 2015 crowdless game
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* The Hitless Wonders
* Perfect games
* Charlie Robertson
* Mark Buehrle
* Philip Humber
* South Side Hitmen
* Winning Ugly
* MLB at Field of Dreams

Rivalries|

* Chicago Cubs
* Detroit Tigers
* Minnesota Twins

Key personnel|

* Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
* General Manager: Chris Getz
* Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
* Manager: Pedro Grifol

World Series
championships (3)|

* 1906
* 1917
* 2005

American League
championships (6)|

* 1901
* 1906
* 1917
* 1919
* 1959
* 2005

Division championships (6)|

* West: 1983
* 1993
* Central: 2000
* 2005
* 2008
* 2021

Wild Card berths (1)|

* 2020

Minor league
affiliates|

* Charlotte Knights (Triple-A)
* Birmingham Barons (Double-A)
* Winston-Salem Dash (High-A)
* Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Single-A)
* ACL White Sox (Rookie)
* DSL White Sox (Rookie)

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* NBC Sports Chicago
* ESPN Radio 1000
* White Sox Radio Network
* ESPN Deportes 1220 AM

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