1937 Chicago White Sox season
The 1937 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 37th season in the major leagues, and their 38th season overall. They finished with a record 86–68, good enough for 3rd place in the American League, 16 games behind the first place New York Yankees.Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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 | 154 | 574 | 98 | 182 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 77 | 86 | 28 | .317 | 18 |
Boze Berger, 3B | 52 | 130 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 24 | .238 | 1 |
Zeke Bonura, 1B | 116 | 447 | 79 | 154 | 41 | 2 | 19 | 100 | 49 | 24 | .345 | 5 |
Merv Connors, 3B | 28 | 103 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 19 | .233 | 2 |
Jimmy Dykes, 1B,3B | 30 | 85 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | .306 | 0 |
Mule Haas, 1B | 54 | 111 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 10 | .207 | 1 |
Jackie Hayes, 2B | 143 | 573 | 63 | 131 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 41 | 37 | .229 | 1 |
Mike Kreevich, CF | 144 | 583 | 94 | 176 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 73 | 43 | 45 | .302 | 10 |
Tony Piet, 3B,2B | 100 | 332 | 34 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 32 | 36 | .235 | 14 |
Rip Radcliff, LF | 144 | 584 | 105 | 190 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 79 | 53 | 25 | .325 | 6 |
Tony Rensa, C | 26 | 57 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | .298 | 3 |
Larry Rosenthal, CF | 58 | 97 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 20 | .289 | 1 |
Luke Sewell, C | 122 | 412 | 51 | 111 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 46 | 18 | .269 | 4 |
Merv Shea, C | 25 | 71 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | .211 | 1 |
Hank Steinbacher, LF | 26 | 73 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | .260 | 2 |
Dixie Walker, RF | 154 | 593 | 105 | 179 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 95 | 78 | 26 | .302 | 1 |
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 |
Clint Brown | 7 | 7 | 3.42 | 53 | 0 | 18 | 100.0 | 92 | 47 | 38 | 8 | 36 | 51 |
Sugar Cain | 4 | 2 | 6.16 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 68.2 | 88 | 48 | 47 | 7 | 51 | 17 |
Italo Chelini | 0 | 1 | 10.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Bill Cox | 1 | 0 | 0.71 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12.2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
Bill Dietrich | 8 | 10 | 4.90 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 143.1 | 162 | 93 | 78 | 15 | 72 | 62 |
George Gick | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vern Kennedy | 14 | 13 | 5.09 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 221.0 | 238 | 150 | 125 | 16 | 124 | 116 |
Thornton Lee | 12 | 10 | 3.52 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 204.2 | 209 | 91 | 80 | 16 | 60 | 80 |
Ted Lyons | 12 | 7 | 4.15 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 169.1 | 182 | 86 | 78 | 21 | 45 | 45 |
Johnny Rigney | 2 | 5 | 4.96 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 90.2 | 107 | 65 | 50 | 10 | 46 | 38 |
Monty Stratton | 15 | 5 | 2.40 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 164.2 | 142 | 55 | 44 | 6 | 37 | 69 |
John Whitehead | 11 | 8 | 4.07 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 165.2 | 191 | 84 | 75 | 14 | 56 | 45 |
Team totals | 86 | 68 | 4.17 | 154 | 154 | 21 | 1351.1 | 1435 | 730 | 626 | 115 | 532 | 533 |
Farm system