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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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

Notes

References 1939 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference