Regular Season Batters
City Series Batters
1939 Pitchers
City Series
City Series Results
Regular Season Pitchers
Johnny Rigney       
2 starts, yields 12 runs in 10-1/3
0-0 0-0 Larry French       
Kayoed in game 1, Whitehill later wins it
Ted Lyons       
3 runs in 18 innings & 4 for 8 at plate
2-0 0-2 Charley Root       
Starts games 2 & 6, total innings: 8-1/3
Thornton Lee       
Loses game 3, allows 4 hits in game 6 win
1-1 1-1 Bill Lee       
Beats T. Lee 4-2, loses game 5 in relief
Edgar Smith       
Leaves game 4 with 3-2 lead
0-0 0-0 Claude Passeau       
Game 5: pulled in 8th with two on, 5-2 lead
Bill Dietrich       
Superb relief silences Cubs in game 5
1-0 1-1 Earl Whitehill       
Punts resin bag 20 feet after game 7 KO
Clint Brown       
Loses game 1 on three singles in the 10th
0-1 1-0 Jack Russell       
Relieves French, stops Sox, wins game 4
Sox notes:       
84,508 attend 3 night games; 44,310 the 4 day games
Sox pitchers bat .348 in series, Cub pitchers .118
Cub notes:       
Gabby decides ahead of time he won't play at night
Cubs outscored 21-2 in last 23 innings of series
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