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1939 Chicago White Sox Season
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 86–69, good enough for 4th 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 John Dungan Rigney (October 28, 1914 – October 21, 1984) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox (– and –). Listed at , , Rigney batted and threw right-handed. A native of Rive ..., P Roster 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 avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Built by White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, Comiskey Park hosted four World Series and more than 6,000 Major League Baseball games. Also, in one of the most famous boxing matches in history, the field was the site of the 1937 heavyweight title match in which Joe Louis defeated then champion James J. Braddock in eight rounds that launched Louis' unprecedented 11-plus year run as the heavyweight champion of the world. The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League also called Comiskey Park home when they were not playing at Normal Park, Soldier Field or Wrigley Field. They won the 1947 NFL Championship Game over the Philadelphia Eagles at Comiskey Park. Much less popular than the Bears, the Cardinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marv Owen
Marvin James Owen (March 22, 1906 – June 22, 1991) was an American baseball player, manager, coach and scout. A native of northern California, Owen played both baseball and football at Santa Clara University. He made his Major League Baseball debut in 1931, but spent the 1932 season in the International League where he was named the league's Most Valuable Player. He returned to the Tigers in 1933, became part of Detroit's "Battalion of Death" infield, and remained the team's starting third baseman from 1933 to 1937. He had his best season in 1934 when he compiled a .317 batting average with 98 RBIs. He was involved in a fight with Joe Medwick during the final game of the 1934 World Series that led to a near riot and Medwick's ejection from the game. In December 1937, Owen was traded to the Chicago White Sox where he played in 1938 and 1939 and compiled a career-high 305 assists in 1938. In December 1939, he was sold to the Boston Red Sox where he concluded his maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallie Eaves
Vallie Ennis Eaves (September 6, 1911 – April 19, 1960) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1935 to 1942 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located .... Eaves died of lung cancer on April 19, 1960, in Norman, Oklahoma. References External links * 1911 births 1960 deaths Abilene Blue Sox players Bartlesville Bucs players Baseball players from Oklahoma Borger Gassers players Brownsville Charros players Bryan/Del Rio Indians players Chattanooga Lookouts players Chicago Cubs players Chicago White Sox players Deaths from cancer in Oklahoma Deaths from lung cancer Galveston Buccaneers players Galveston White Caps players Gladewate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Dobernic
Andrew Joseph "Jess" Dobernic (November 20, 1917 – July 16, 1998) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1939, 1948–49) with the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a 7–3 record, with a 5.21 earned run average, and 55 strikeouts in 109 innings pitched. Life and career Dobernic was born in a Yugoslavian family in Mount Olive, Illinois. His first organized baseball was for Rayne, Louisiana in the Evangeline Baseball League in 1937. For the next four years, he was in the Chicago White Sox system including the St. Paul Saints, Waterloo Hawks and the major league team. But difficulty controlling his pitches largely kept him out of the major leagues. During World War II, Dobernic spent three years in the United States Army Air Forces including Africa and Italy. He returned in the summer of 1945 and pitched for an Army team in Texas, winning 19 consecutive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Dietrich
William John "Bullfrog" Dietrich (March 29, 1910 – June 20, 1978) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1933 to 1948 for the Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators, and Chicago White Sox. His Pennsylvania-born parents of German ancestry were Charles, an accountant, and Berth (Hopes) Dietrich. In 16 seasons, Dietrich posted a 108–128 career record. He recorded a winning mark in just three seasons, yet was usually close to .500 every year. His best year in terms of wins was 1944 when he went 16–17 for the White Sox. On June 1, 1937, while with the White Sox, Dietrich no-hitter, no-hit the St. Louis Browns 8–0 at Comiskey Park. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Brown (baseball)
Clinton Harold Brown (July 8, 1903 – December 31, 1955) was a professional baseball player. Biography Born on July 8, 1903, in Blackash, Pennsylvania, Brown was a right-handed pitcher over parts of fifteen seasons (1928–1942) with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. For his career, he compiled an 89–93 record in 434 appearances, mostly as a relief pitcher, with a 4.26 earned run average and 410 strikeouts. As a hitter, Brown was better than average, posting a .199 batting average (91-for-457) with 42 runs, 2 home runs, 46 RBI and 45 bases on balls. Defensively, he was better than average, recording a .975 fielding percentage which was 20 points higher than the league average at his position. In 1939, Brown finished 11th in the voting for American League Most Valuable Player. Death Brown died on December 31, 1955, in Rocky River, Ohio. See also * List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders The following is a list of annual leaders in saves in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Boyles
Harry Boyles (November 29, 1911 – January 7, 2005) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who appeared in eleven games for the Chicago White Sox over parts of the 1938–39 seasons."Harry Boyles Statistics and History" ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-08. References External links 1911 births 2005 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Rigney
John Dungan Rigney (October 28, 1914 – October 21, 1984) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox (– and –). Listed at , , Rigney batted and threw right-handed. A native of River Forest, Illinois, he was signed out of the University of St. Thomas. Professional career Rigney was one of the Chicago White Sox top pitchers in the years prior to World War II. His most productive season came in , when he won a career-high 15 games, including the first win for a pitcher during the first night game ever played at Comiskey Park (August 14). In , he recorded 14 wins with a career-high 3.11 ERA, pitching an 11-inning, 1–0 shutout against the visitors New York Yankees (June 20). It was the first time since 1919 that the Yankees had been shut out in extra innings by one pitcher. After that, he won 13 games in and was 3–3 before joining the United States Navy in May 1942. After being discharged in 1945, he re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Silvestri
Kenneth Joseph Silvestri (May 3, 1916 – March 31, 1992) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. During his 16-year professional playing career, he was a backup catcher in the Major Leagues over eight seasons scattered between through , appearing for the Chicago White Sox (1939–40), New York Yankees (1941; 1946–47) and Philadelphia Phillies (1950–51). Silvestri was born in Chicago and attended Purdue University. A switch-hitter who threw right-handed, he stood tall and weighed . He served in the United States Army during World War II. As a big leaguer, Silvestri batted .217, with 44 hits, 11 doubles, one triple, five home runs and 25 RBI in 102 games played. As a member of the 1950 Phillies, he appeared in Game 2 of the 1950 World Series as a defensive replacement, spelling starting catcher Andy Seminick and handling Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Roberts for two scoreless innings. However, the opposing Yankees broke through to win the game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric McNair
Donald Eric McNair (April 12, 1909 – March 11, 1949) was a Major League Baseball shortstop from 1929 to 1942. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox. McNair became an everyday player with Philadelphia in 1932, and he led the league in doubles that season. After his playing days, McNair had brief tenures as a minor-league manager and as a baseball scout. He died of heart problems a month before his 40th birthday. Early life McNair grew up in Meridian, Mississippi, and he grew up playing sandlot baseball on field in the backyard of Johnson Moss, a man who had become well known in Meridian for his success in the cotton business. Moss also controlled organized local youth and adult teams in Meridian, and McNair played well enough that Moss got him on a youth team and then onto the local adult team, the Moss Specials. McNair then played for the Meridian team in the Cotton States League. Career McNair spent much of 1929 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kuhel
Joseph Anthony Kuhel (June 25, 1906 – February 26, 1984) was an Americans, American professional baseball baseball player, player and manager (baseball), manager. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a first baseman who played in the Major League Baseball, Major Leagues from 1930–47 for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators (1930–37; 1944–46) and Chicago White Sox (1938–43; 1946–47). He batted and threw left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Following his playing career, Kuhel managed the Senators (1948–49). In an 18-season career, Kuhel was a .277 batting average (baseball), hitter with 131 home runs and 1,049 run batted in, RBI in 2,104 games played. Defensively, he posted a career .992 fielding percentage. Kuhel was the best defensive first baseman in the American League during the 1930s, but also was an inconsistent player who struggled with injuries most of his career. Hampered by playing in Griffith Stadium most of his career, his power numbers wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Kreevich
Michael Andreas Kreevich (June 10, 1908 – April 25, 1994) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball from to . He batted and threw right-handed. Early life Kreevich was born in Mount Olive, Illinois. He started working in coal mines in late 1924 at the age of 16. Although short of stature (five feet and seven and a half inches tall), he developed a muscular physique while coal mining for almost five years. With the Great Depression, the coal mines closed in 1930. It was about this time that he was invited to play for a team in McCook, Nebraska. Kreevich soon went from that small town team to the National League's Chicago Cubs, thanks to a scout who recognized the talent in him. Career Kreevich began his career in with the Chicago Cubs, but only played five games for them. In , he joined the cross-town Chicago White Sox, but did not become a regular until . In he led the American League in triples and sacrifice fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
