The 1928 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 72–82, 29 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.
1928 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Charles Comiskey | |
Managers | Ray Schalk, Lena Blackburne | |
Radio | WCFL (Johnny O'Hara) WGN (Bob Elson, Quin Ryan) WMAQ (Hal Totten) | |
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Offseason edit
Notable transactions edit
- November 5, 1927: The White Sox traded Ike Boone, Bert Cole, a player to be named later and $75,000 to the Portland Beavers for Bill Cissell. The White Sox completed the trade on February 6, 1928, by sending Ike Davis to the Beavers.
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 52–25 | 49–28 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 55 | 0.641 | 2½ | 52–25 | 46–30 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 19 | 43–34 | 39–38 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 37–43 | 38–36 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 29 | 37–40 | 35–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 33 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
Cleveland Indians | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 39 | 28–49 | 34–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 57 | 96 | 0.373 | 43½ | 26–47 | 31–49 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 3–18 | 9–13 | 13–9–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | — | 10–12 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 10–12 | |||||
Detroit | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18–3 | 16–6 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 6–16 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 9–13–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
Roster edit
1928 Chicago White Sox roster | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Moe Berg | 76 | 224 | 55 | .246 | 0 | 29 |
1B | Bud Clancy | 130 | 487 | 132 | .271 | 2 | 37 |
2B | Bill Hunnefield | 94 | 333 | 98 | .294 | 2 | 24 |
SS | Bill Cissell | 125 | 443 | 115 | .260 | 1 | 60 |
3B | Willie Kamm | 155 | 552 | 170 | .308 | 1 | 84 |
OF | Johnny Mostil | 133 | 503 | 136 | .270 | 0 | 51 |
OF | Alex Metzler | 139 | 464 | 141 | .304 | 3 | 55 |
OF | Carl Reynolds | 84 | 291 | 94 | .323 | 2 | 36 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bibb Falk | 98 | 286 | 83 | .290 | 1 | 37 |
Buck Redfern | 86 | 261 | 61 | .234 | 0 | 35 |
Bill Barrett | 76 | 235 | 65 | .277 | 3 | 26 |
Buck Crouse | 78 | 218 | 55 | .252 | 2 | 20 |
Art Shires | 33 | 123 | 42 | .341 | 1 | 11 |
Harry McCurdy | 49 | 103 | 27 | .262 | 2 | 13 |
George Blackerby | 30 | 83 | 21 | .253 | 0 | 12 |
Karl Swanson | 22 | 64 | 9 | .141 | 0 | 6 |
Randy Moore | 24 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 0 | 5 |
Johnny Mann | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Ray Schalk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tommy Thomas | 36 | 283.0 | 17 | 16 | 3.08 | 129 |
Ted Lyons | 39 | 240.0 | 15 | 14 | 3.98 | 60 |
Grady Adkins | 36 | 224.2 | 10 | 16 | 3.73 | 54 |
Red Faber | 27 | 201.1 | 13 | 9 | 3.75 | 43 |
Ted Blankenship | 27 | 158.0 | 9 | 11 | 4.61 | 36 |
Ed Walsh Jr. | 14 | 78.0 | 4 | 7 | 4.96 | 32 |
Bob Weiland | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Sarge Connally | 28 | 74.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.84 | 28 |
Charlie Barnabe | 7 | 9.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.52 | 3 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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George Cox | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.26 | 22 |
John Goodell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Rudy Leopold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 |
Roy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Al Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Dan Dugan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
References edit