Regular Season Batters City Series Batters	1939 Pitchers Regular Season			City Series Results City Series Pitchers
John Rigney        Improves on 9-9 mark of 1938	15-8		15-8	Larry French        Big improvement over 1938 10-19 mark
Ted Lyons        2.76 ERA is 2nd best in league	14-6		8-8	Charley Root        40-year-old starts 16, completes 8
Thornton Lee        15 complete games, 235 innings	15-11		19-15	Bill Lee        20 complete games, 282+ innings
Edgar Smith        Early season pickup from Athletics	10-11		15-13	Claude Passeau        NL strikeout leader acquired from Phils
Bill Dietrich        19 starts, 2 complete games, 5.22 ERA	7-8		4-7	Earl Whitehill        After 16 AL seasons, finishes career in Chi
Clint Brown        Appears in 61 games, tops in majors	11-10		4-3	Jack Russell        Bullpen man appears in 39 games
Sox notes:        Sox play 8 night games during regular season Sox pitchers bat .199 and Ted Lyons bats .295			Cub notes:        Cubs swap Demaree, Jurges to NY for Leiber, Bartell Player-manager Gabby catches just over half the games
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