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 sixth 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.Mike Tresh page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.Bill Cox page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1938 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 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 0 149 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 65 83 4.36 149 149 9 1316.1 1449 752 638 101 550 432

Farm system

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

Notes

References 1938 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference