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1928 Chicago White Sox

1928 > Class Major League > 1928 American League
Overall: 72-82
Scored 656 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Lena Blackburne
Represented: Chicago, IL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1927 / 1929

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Grady Adkins 31 39 82 70 3 10 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 16 .143 .178 .171 .350 12 1 9
2 Charlie Barnabe* 28 11 8 8 3 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 8 0 0
3 Bill Barrett 28 76 252 235 34 65 11 2 3 26 8 4 14 30 .277 .320 .379 .699 89 1 2
4 Moe Berg 26 76 255 224 25 55 16 0 0 29 3 1 14 25 .246 .302 .317 .619 71 4 13
5 George Blackerby 24 30 91 83 8 21 0 0 0 12 2 1 4 10 .253 .287 .253 .540 21 0 4
6 Ted Blankenship 27 27 62 59 4 10 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 .169 .169 .237 .407 14 0 3
7 Bill Cissell 24 125 484 443 66 115 22 3 1 60 18 6 29 41 .260 .307 .330 .636 146 1 11
8 Bud Clancy* 27 130 560 487 64 132 19 11 2 37 6 9 42 25 .271 .331 .368 .699 179 2 29
9 Sarge Connally 29 28 20 19 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .158 .263 3 0 1
10 George Cox 23 26 28 26 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .077 .111 .154 .265 4 0 1
11 Buck Crouse* 31 78 239 218 17 55 5 2 2 20 3 4 19 14 .252 .315 .321 .636 70 1 1
12 Red Faber# 39 27 78 70 3 8 2 0 1 10 0 0 4 31 .114 .162 .186 .348 13 0 4
13 Bibb Falk* 29 98 321 286 42 83 18 4 1 37 5 1 25 16 .290 .347 .392 .739 112 0 10
14 Bill Hunnefield# 29 94 368 333 42 98 8 3 2 24 16 6 26 24 .294 .351 .354 .705 118 3 6
15 Willie Kamm 28 155 655 552 70 170 30 12 1 84 17 9 73 22 .308 .391 .411 .802 227 2 28
16 Rudy Leopold* 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
17 Ted Lyons# 27 49 97 91 10 23 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 9 .253 .261 .275 .536 25 0 5
18 Johnny Mann 30 6 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0
19 Harry McCurdy* 28 49 114 103 12 27 10 0 2 13 1 3 8 15 .262 .315 .417 .733 43 0 3
20 Alex Metzler* 25 139 567 464 71 141 18 14 3 55 15 8 77 30 .304 .410 .422 .832 196 6 20
21 Randy Moore* 22 24 67 61 6 13 4 1 0 5 0 2 3 5 .213 .250 .311 .561 19 0 3
22 Johnny Mostil 32 133 589 503 69 136 19 8 0 51 23 20 66 54 .270 .360 .340 .699 171 4 16
23 Buck Redfern 26 86 285 261 22 61 6 3 0 35 8 4 12 19 .234 .267 .280 .547 73 0 12
24 Carl Reynolds 25 84 319 291 51 94 21 11 2 36 15 3 17 13 .323 .371 .491 .862 143 5 6
25 Ray Schalk 35 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0
26 Art Shires* 21 33 137 123 20 42 6 1 1 11 0 3 13 10 .341 .409 .431 .840 53 1 0
27 Karl Swanson* 27 22 74 64 2 9 1 0 0 6 3 0 4 7 .141 .191 .156 .347 10 0 6
28 Tommy Thomas 28 36 111 96 9 21 3 0 2 12 0 1 8 28 .219 .279 .313 .591 30 0 7
29 Ed Walsh 23 14 28 27 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .111 .111 .185 .296 5 0 1
30 Bob Weiland* 22 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0
31 Roy Wilson* 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
31 Players 27.4 155 5907 5207 656 1405 231 77 24 592 144 88 469 488 .270 .334 .358 .691 1862 31 200
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Grady Adkins 31 10 16 .385 3.73 36 27 6 14 0 1 224.2 235 113 93 12 89 54 6 0 1 968 1.442 9.4 0.5 3.6 2.2 0.61
2 Charlie Barnabe* 28 0 2 .000 6.52 7 2 5 0 0 0 9.2 17 9 7 0 0 3 1 0 0 45 1.759 15.8 0.0 0.0 2.8
3 Ted Blankenship 27 9 11 .450 4.61 27 22 2 8 0 0 158.0 186 92 81 9 80 36 2 0 4 711 1.684 10.6 0.5 4.6 2.1 0.45
4 Sarge Connally 29 2 5 .286 4.84 28 5 14 1 0 2 74.1 89 52 40 1 29 28 4 0 3 331 1.587 10.8 0.1 3.5 3.4 0.97
5 George Cox 23 1 2 .333 5.26 26 2 15 0 0 0 89.0 110 58 52 6 39 22 2 0 1 403 1.674 11.1 0.6 3.9 2.2 0.56
6 Dan Dugan* 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Red Faber 39 13 9 .591 3.75 27 27 0 16 2 0 201.1 223 98 84 11 68 43 4 0 1 876 1.445 10.0 0.5 3.0 1.9 0.63
8 John Goodell* 21 0 0 18.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 6 6 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 18 2.667 18.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
9 Rudy Leopold* 22 0 0 3.86 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Ted Lyons 27 15 14 .517 3.98 39 27 12 21 0 6 240.0 276 133 106 11 68 60 2 0 2 1043 1.433 10.4 0.4 2.6 2.2 0.88
11 Tommy Thomas 28 17 16 .515 3.08 36 32 4 24 3 2 283.0 277 114 97 14 76 129 4 1 0 1180 1.247 8.8 0.4 2.4 4.1 1.70
12 Ed Walsh 23 4 7 .364 4.96 14 10 4 3 0 0 78.0 86 45 43 2 42 32 5 1 5 353 1.641 9.9 0.2 4.8 3.7 0.76
13 Bob Weiland* 22 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 7 0 0 0 5 9 1 0 0 39 1.333 7.0 0.0 5.0 9.0 1.80
14 Al Williamson 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Roy Wilson* 31 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 15 1.500 5.4 0.0 8.1 5.4 0.67
15 Players 29.0 72 82 .468 3.98 155 155 67 88 6 11 1378.0 1518 725 610 66 501 418 32 2 17 6002 1.465 9.9 0.4 3.3 2.7 0.83

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Buck Crouse 76 196 61 11 3 .959 3.38 3 26 28 52%
Moe Berg 73 256 52 3 8 .990 4.22 5 21 31 60%
Harry McCurdy 34 95 11 4 2 .964 3.12 2 9 3 25%
Ray Schalk 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 2 0 0%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bud Clancy 128 1175 93 12 104 .991 9.91
Art Shires 32 282 28 3 22 .990 9.69

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Hunnefield 82 167 249 14 48 .967 5.07
Buck Redfern 45 83 141 11 20 .953 4.98
Bill Barrett 25 50 55 4 7 .963 4.20
Karl Swanson 21 33 66 6 9 .943 4.71

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Willie Kamm 155 243 278 12 33 .977 3.36
Johnny Mann 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
Bill Hunnefield 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Buck Redfern 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Cissell 123 255 360 41 77 .938 5.00
Buck Redfern 33 83 82 13 19 .927 5.00
Bill Hunnefield 3 8 10 0 1 1.000 6.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bibb Falk 78 0.00
Alex Metzler 50 0.00
George Blackerby 20 0.00
Carl Reynolds 15 0.00
Bill Barrett 4 0.00
Randy Moore 2 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Mostil 120 0.00
Alex Metzler 43 0.00
Bill Barrett 1 0.00
Carl Reynolds 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carl Reynolds 58 0.00
Alex Metzler 46 0.00
Bill Barrett 32 0.00
Randy Moore 14 0.00
Johnny Mostil 11 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alex Metzler 134 288 11 10 3 .968 2.23
Johnny Mostil 131 394 18 10 3 .976 3.15
Bibb Falk 78 164 9 5 0 .972 2.22
Carl Reynolds 74 135 6 3 2 .979 1.91
Bill Barrett 37 72 7 1 0 .988 2.14
George Blackerby 20 40 1 2 0 .953 2.05
Randy Moore 16 34 1 2 0 .946 2.19

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Lyons 39 20 60 7 6 .920 2.05
Grady Adkins 36 8 51 4 2 .937 1.64
Tommy Thomas 36 9 48 1 2 .983 1.58
Sarge Connally 28 3 15 2 1 .900 0.64
Ted Blankenship 27 2 31 1 3 .971 1.22
Red Faber 27 11 52 1 2 .984 2.33
George Cox 26 0 29 0 2 1.000 1.12
Ed Walsh 14 0 14 0 1 1.000 1.00
Charlie Barnabe 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.00
John Goodell 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Rudy Leopold 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Dan Dugan 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Weiland 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
Al Williamson 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Roy Wilson 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Grady Adkins 31 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jun 29, 1897 Jacksonville, AR, US 1928-04-13 1928-09-28
Charlie Barnabe 28 L L 5' 11.0" 164 Jun 12, 1900 Russell Gulch, CO, US 1928-04-15 1928-05-13
Bill Barrett 28 R R 6' 0.0" 175 May 28, 1900 Cambridge, MA, US 1928-04-12 1928-09-03
Moe Berg 26 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Mar 2, 1902 New York, NY, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-30
George Blackerby 24 R R 6' 1.0" 176 Nov 18, 1903 Luther, OK, US 1928-08-10 1928-09-29
Ted Blankenship 27 R R 6' 1.0" 170 May 10, 1901 Bonham, TX, US 1928-04-30 1928-09-16
Bill Cissell 24 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 3, 1904 Perryville, MO, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-30
Bud Clancy 27 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 15, 1900 Odell, IL, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-29
Sarge Connally 29 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Aug 31, 1898 McGregor, TX, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-29
George Cox 23 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Nov 15, 1904 Sherman, TX, US 1928-04-12 1928-09-29
Buck Crouse 31 L R 5' 8.0" 158 Jan 6, 1897 Anderson, IN, US 1928-04-18 1928-09-29
Dan Dugan 21 L L 6' 1.0" 187 Feb 22, 1907 Plainfield, NJ, US 1928-09-05 1928-09-05
Red Faber 39 S R 6' 2.0" 180 Sep 6, 1888 Cascade, IA, US 1928-04-30 1928-09-25
Bibb Falk 29 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Jan 27, 1899 Austin, TX, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-29
John Goodell 21 R L 5' 10.0" 165 Apr 5, 1907 Muskogee, OK, US 1928-04-19 1928-04-27
Bill Hunnefield 29 S R 5' 10.0" 165 Jan 5, 1899 Dedham, MA, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-30
Willie Kamm 28 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Feb 2, 1900 San Francisco, CA, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-30
Rudy Leopold 22 L L 6' 0.0" 160 Jul 27, 1905 Grand Cane, LA, US 1928-07-04 1928-07-25
Ted Lyons 27 S R 5' 11.0" 200 Dec 28, 1900 Lake Charles, LA, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-28
Johnny Mann 30 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Feb 4, 1898 Fontanet, IN, US 1928-04-18 1928-05-23
Harry McCurdy 28 L R 5' 11.0" 187 Sep 15, 1899 Stevens Point, WI, US 1928-04-11 1928-08-25
Alex Metzler 25 L R 5' 9.0" 167 Jan 4, 1903 Fresno, CA, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-30
Randy Moore 22 L R 6' 0.0" 185 Jun 21, 1906 Naples, TX, US 1928-04-11 1928-05-24
Johnny Mostil 32 R R 5' 8.0" 168 Jun 1, 1896 Chicago, IL, US 1928-04-16 1928-09-30
Buck Redfern 26 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Apr 7, 1902 Asheville, NC, US 1928-04-11 1928-09-25
Carl Reynolds 25 R R 6' 0.0" 194 Feb 1, 1903 LaRue, TX, US 1928-04-12 1928-09-30
Ray Schalk 35 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Aug 12, 1892 Harvel, IL, US 1928-05-23 1928-07-04
Art Shires 21 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 13, 1906 Italy, TX, US 1928-08-20 1928-09-30
Karl Swanson 27 L R 5' 10.0" 155 Dec 17, 1900 North Henderson, IL, US 1928-08-12 1928-09-20
Tommy Thomas 28 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 23, 1899 Baltimore, MD, US 1928-04-12 1928-09-27
Ed Walsh 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 11, 1905 Meriden, CT, US 1928-07-04 1928-09-29
Bob Weiland 22 L L 6' 4.0" 215 Dec 14, 1905 Chicago, IL, US 1928-09-30 1928-09-30
Al Williamson 28 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Feb 20, 1900 Buckville, AR, US 1928-04-27 1928-04-27
Roy Wilson 31 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Sep 13, 1896 Foster, IA, US 1928-04-18 1928-04-18

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