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1928 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

72-82, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ray Schalk (32-42) and Lena Blackburne (40-40)
Scored 656 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 494,152 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100


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1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Grady Adkins 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 29, 1897 1st 39 27 39 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.6
Charlie Barnabe 28 L L 5' 11" 164 Jun 12, 1900 2 11 2 11 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Bill Barrett 28 R R 6' 0" 175 May 28, 1900 7 77 54 77 62 0 0 0 25 0 0 4 1 33 38 13 2 0.2
Moe Berg 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1902 4 76 69 76 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1
George Blackerby 24 R R 6' 1" 176 Nov 18, 1903 1st 30 18 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 10 0 -0.5
Ted Blankenship 27 R R 6' 1" 170 May 10, 1901 7 27 22 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Bill Cissell 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 3, 1904 1st 125 123 125 123 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1
Bud Clancy 27 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 15, 1900 5 130 123 130 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2
Sarge Connally 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 31, 1898 7 28 5 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
George Cox 23 R R 6' 1" 170 Nov 15, 1904 1st 26 2 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Buck Crouse 31 L R 5' 8" 158 Jan 6, 1897 6 78 64 78 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Dan Dugan 21 L L 6' 1" 187 Feb 22, 1907 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Red Faber HOF 39 B R 6' 2" 180 Sep 6, 1888 15 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Bibb Falk 29 L L 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1899 9 98 71 98 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 79 19 0 0.6
John Goodell 21 R L 5' 10" 165 Apr 5, 1907 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bill Hunnefield 29 B R 5' 10" 165 Jan 5, 1899 3 94 77 94 86 0 0 0 82 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.9
Willie Kamm 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Feb 2, 1900 6 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7
Rudy Leopold 22 L L 6' 0" 160 Jul 27, 1905 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Ted Lyons HOF 27 B R 5' 11" 200 Dec 28, 1900 6 49 27 49 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.9
Johnny Mann 30 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 4, 1898 1st 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Harry McCurdy 28 L R 5' 11" 187 Sep 15, 1899 5 49 21 49 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.2
Alex Metzler 25 L R 5' 9" 167 Jan 4, 1903 4 139 131 139 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 41 46 133 6 0 3.0
Randy Moore 22 L R 6' 0" 185 Jun 21, 1906 2 24 14 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 15 9 0 -0.4
Johnny Mostil 32 R R 5' 8" 168 Jun 1, 1896 9 133 129 133 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 11 131 2 0 1.4
Buck Redfern 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 7, 1902 1st 86 69 86 79 0 0 0 45 2 33 0 0 0 0 2 5 -1.4
Carl Reynolds 25 R R 6' 0" 194 Feb 1, 1903 2 84 69 84 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 60 74 10 0 2.0
Ray Schalk HOF 35 R R 5' 9" 165 Aug 12, 1892 17 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Art Shires 21 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 13, 1906 1st 33 32 33 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.8
Karl Swanson 27 L R 5' 10" 155 Dec 17, 1900 1st 22 20 22 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7
Tommy Thomas 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 23, 1899 3 36 32 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5
Ed Walsh 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 11, 1905 1st 14 10 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Bob Weiland 22 L L 6' 4" 215 Dec 14, 1905 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Al Williamson 28 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 20, 1900 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Roy Wilson 31 L L 6' 0" 175 Sep 13, 1896 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers