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.

1937 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Louis Comiskey
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson) WCFL (Hal Totten) WIND (AM) (Russ Hodges) WJJD (John Harrington) WBBM (AM) (George Sutherland, Pat Flanagan)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	102	52	0.662	—	57–20	45–32
Detroit Tigers	89	65	0.578	13	49–28	40–37
Chicago White Sox	86	68	0.558	16	47–30	39–38
Cleveland Indians	83	71	0.539	19	50–28	33–43
Boston Red Sox	80	72	0.526	21	44–29	36–43
Washington Senators	73	80	0.477	28½	43–35	30–45
Philadelphia Athletics	54	97	0.358	46½	27–50	27–47
St. Louis Browns	46	108	0.299	56	25–51	21–57

Record vs. opponents

1937 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	11–11	12–10–1	7–15	17–3	15–7	8–14–1
Chicago	12–10	—	10–12	8–14	9–13	15–7	18–4	14–8
Cleveland	11–11	12–10	—	11–11	7–15–1	13–9	18–4–1	11–11
Detroit	10–12–1	14–8	11–11	—	9–13	14–8	15–7	16–6
New York	15–7	13–9	15–7–1	13–9	—	14–8	16–6–1	16–6–1
Philadelphia	3–17	7–15	9–13	8–14	8–14	—	11–11	8–13–3
St. Louis	7–15	4–18	4–18–1	7–15	6–16–1	11–11	—	7–15
Washington	14–8–1	8–14	11–11	6–16	6–16–1	13–8–3	15–7	—

Opening Day lineup

• Rip Radcliff, LF
• Larry Rosenthal, CF
• Dixie Walker, RF
• Zeke Bonura, 1B
• Luke Appling, SS
• Jackie Hayes, 2B
• Boze Berger, 3B
• Luke Sewell, C
• Vern Kennedy, P

Roster

1937 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 26 Clint Brown 17 Sugar Cain 30,47 Italo Chelini 66 Bill Cox 18 Bill Dietrich 45 George Gick 24 Vern Kennedy 27 Thornton Lee 16 Ted Lyons 20,29 Johnny Rigney 25 Monty Stratton 28,34 John Whitehead		Catchers 35 Tony Rensa 14 Luke Sewell 15 Merv Shea Infielders  4 Luke Appling 19 Boze Berger  3 Zeke Bonura 44 Merv Connors  5 Jimmy Dykes  6 Mule Haas 37 Jackie Hayes  2 Tony Piet		Outfielders  8 Mike Kreevich  9 Rip Radcliff 12 Larry Rosenthal 46 Hank Steinbacher  7 Dixie Walker		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 33 Jimmy Austin 38 Muddy Ruel 22 Bill Webb

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	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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Clint Brown, P	53	18	1	4	0	0	0	3	5	5	.222	0
Sugar Cain, P	18	22	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	.182	0
Italo Chelini, P	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Bill Cox, P	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	0
Bill Dietrich, P	29	44	6	8	0	1	0	1	7	20	.182	0
Vern Kennedy, P	32	87	12	20	1	1	2	9	0	17	.230	0
Thornton Lee, P	30	71	5	15	3	2	0	4	1	16	.211	0
Ted Lyons, P	23	67	6	12	0	0	0	3	9	14	.211	0
Johnny Rigney, P	22	30	4	5	0	0	0	0	4	9	.167	0
Monty Stratton, P	22	60	9	12	2	0	1	6	0	9	.200	0
John Whitehead, P	26	58	7	13	1	0	0	5	4	10	.224	0
Team totals	154	5277	780	1478	280	76	67	726	549	447	.280	70

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Gabby Street and Phil Todt
A1	Dallas Steers	Texas League	Alex Gaston, Firpo Marberry and Ray Brubaker
C	Vicksburg Hill Billies	Cotton States League	Ray Brubaker and Al Libby
C	Longview Cannibals	East Texas League	Harry Faulkner and Wally Paschal
C	Dayton Ducks	Middle Atlantic League	Ducky Holmes
D	Rayne Rice Birds	Evangeline League	Harold Funk

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Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1937 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference