# 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 of 86–68, good enough for third place in the American League, 16 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 102 | 52 | .662 | — | 57‍–‍20 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 13 | 49‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68 | .558 | 16 | 47‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71 | .539 | 19 | 50‍–‍28 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72 | .526 | 21 | 44‍–‍29 | 36‍–‍43 |
| Washington Senators | 73 | 80 | .477 | 28½ | 43‍–‍35 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | .358 | 46½ | 27‍–‍50 | 27‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 | .299 | 56 | 25‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1937 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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
## 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 |