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1928 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Buck Crouse* 31 78 239 218 17 55 5 2 2 20 3 4 19 14 .252 .315 .321 .636 69 70 1 1
2 1B Bud Clancy* 27 130 559 487 64 132 19 11 2 37 6 9 42 25 .271 .331 .368 .699 85 179 2 29
3 2B Bill Hunnefield# 29 94 367 333 42 98 8 3 2 24 16 6 26 24 .294 .351 .354 .705 87 118 3 6
4 SS Bill Cissell 24 125 487 443 66 115 22 3 1 60 18 6 29 41 .260 .307 .330 .636 68 146 1 11
5 3B Willie Kamm 28 155 656 552 70 170 30 12 1 84 17 9 73 22 .308 .391 .411 .802 112 227 2 28
6 OF Johnny Mostil 32 133 589 503 69 136 19 8 0 51 23 20 66 54 .270 .360 .340 .699 86 171 4 16
7 OF Alex Metzler* 25 139 569 464 71 141 18 14 3 55 15 8 77 30 .304 .410 .422 .832 121 196 6 20
8 OF Bibb Falk* 29 98 320 286 42 83 18 4 1 37 5 1 25 16 .290 .347 .392 .739 95 112 0 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Carl Reynolds 25 84 320 291 51 94 21 11 2 36 15 3 17 13 .323 .371 .491 .862 126 143 5 6
10 MI Buck Redfern 26 86 285 261 22 61 6 3 0 35 8 4 12 19 .234 .267 .280 .547 45 73 0 12
11 C Moe Berg 26 76 255 224 25 55 16 0 0 29 3 1 14 25 .246 .302 .317 .619 64 71 4 13
12 UT Bill Barrett 28 76 253 235 34 65 11 2 3 26 8 4 14 30 .277 .320 .379 .699 84 89 1 2
13 1B Art Shires* 21 33 137 123 20 42 6 1 1 11 0 3 13 10 .341 .409 .431 .840 122 53 1 0
14 C Harry McCurdy* 28 49 114 103 12 27 10 0 2 13 1 3 8 15 .262 .315 .417 .733 93 43 0 3
15 OF George Blackerby 24 30 91 83 8 21 0 0 0 12 2 1 4 10 .253 .287 .253 .540 44 21 0 4
16 2B Karl Swanson* 27 22 74 64 2 9 1 0 0 6 3 0 4 7 .141 .191 .156 .347 -7 10 0 6
17 OF Randy Moore* 22 24 67 61 6 13 4 1 0 5 0 2 3 5 .213 .250 .311 .561 48 19 0 3
18 3B Johnny Mann 30 6 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 104 2 0 0
19 C Ray Schalk 35 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 431 1 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Tommy Thomas 28 36 110 96 9 21 3 0 2 12 0 1 8 28 .219 .279 .313 .591 56 30 0 7
21 P Ted Lyons# 27 49 97 91 10 23 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 9 .253 .261 .275 .536 42 25 0 5
22 P Grady Adkins 31 39 82 70 3 10 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 16 .143 .178 .171 .350 -7 12 1 9
23 P Red Faber# 39 27 78 70 3 8 2 0 1 10 0 0 4 31 .114 .162 .186 .348 -8 13 0 4
24 P Ted Blankenship 27 27 61 59 4 10 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 .169 .169 .237 .407 7 14 0 3
25 P Ed Walsh 23 14 28 27 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .111 .111 .185 .296 -23 5 0 1
26 P George Cox 23 26 27 26 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .077 .111 .154 .265 -30 4 0 1
27 P Sarge Connally 29 28 19 19 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .158 .263 -31 3 0 1
28 P Charlie Barnabe* 28 11 9 8 3 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 288 8 0 0
29 P Bob Weiland* 22 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0
30 P Roy Wilson* 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Rudy Leopold* 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Al Williamson 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Dan Dugan* 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P John Goodell 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 155 5907 5209 657 1404 231 76 24 592 144 85 463 485 .270 .333 .357 .690 83 1859 31 201
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 7 8 4 8 1 1 5 3 7 7 8 7 7 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP 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 131 1.247 8.8 0.4 2.4 4.1 1.70
2 SP 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 102 1.433 10.4 0.4 2.6 2.3 0.88
3 SP Grady Adkins 31 10 16 .385 3.73 36 27 6 14 0 1 224.2 235 113 93 12 89 54 6 0 1 968 109 1.442 9.4 0.5 3.6 2.2 0.61
4 SP Red Faber 39 13 9 .591 3.75 27 27 0 16 2 0 201.1 223 98 84 11 68 43 4 0 1 876 108 1.445 10.0 0.5 3.0 1.9 0.63
5 SP 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 88 1.684 10.6 0.5 4.6 2.1 0.45
6 SP 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 82 1.641 9.9 0.2 4.8 3.7 0.76
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 RP 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 77 1.674 11.1 0.6 3.9 2.2 0.56
8 RP 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 84 1.587 10.8 0.1 3.5 3.4 0.97
9 RP 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 64 1.759 15.8 0.0 0.0 2.8
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 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
11 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
12 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 25 2.667 18.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
13 Rudy Leopold* 22 0 0 3.86 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 122 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 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
Team Totals 29.2 72 82 .468 3.98 155 155 67 88 6 11 1378.0 1518 723 610 66 501 418 32 2 17 6002 102 1.465 9.9 0.4 3.3 2.7 0.83
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 4 1 4 6 2 7 4 4 6 6 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Grady Adkins 31 36 27 14 63 8 51 4 2 .937 1.64 P
Charlie Barnabe 28 7 2 0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Bill Barrett 28 62 54 49 189 122 62 5 7 .974 2.97 OF-2B
Moe Berg 26 73 69 55 311 256 52 3 8 .990 4.22 5 21 31 60% 41% C
George Blackerby 24 20 18 14 43 40 1 2 0 .953 2.05 OF
Ted Blankenship 27 27 22 8 34 2 31 1 3 .971 1.22 P
Bill Cissell 24 123 123 119 656 255 360 41 77 .938 5.00 SS
Bud Clancy 27 128 123 123 1280 1175 93 12 104 .991 9.91 1B
Sarge Connally 29 28 5 1 20 3 15 2 1 .900 0.64 P
George Cox 23 26 2 0 29 0 29 0 2 1.000 1.12 P
Buck Crouse 31 76 64 54 268 196 61 11 3 .959 3.38 3 26 28 52% 41% C
Dan Dugan 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Red Faber 39 27 27 16 64 11 52 1 2 .984 2.33 P
Bibb Falk 29 79 71 66 178 164 9 5 0 .972 2.22 OF
John Goodell 21 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Bill Hunnefield 29 86 77 76 448 175 259 14 49 .969 5.05 2B-SS-3B
Willie Kamm 28 155 155 151 533 243 278 12 33 .977 3.36 3B
Rudy Leopold 22 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Ted Lyons 27 39 27 21 87 20 60 7 6 .920 2.05 P
Johnny Mann 30 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 3B
Harry McCurdy 28 34 21 20 110 95 11 4 2 .964 3.12 2 9 3 25% 41% C
Alex Metzler 25 133 131 119 309 288 11 10 3 .968 2.23 OF
Randy Moore 22 15 14 13 37 34 1 2 0 .946 2.19 OF
Johnny Mostil 32 131 129 123 422 394 18 10 3 .976 3.15 OF
Buck Redfern 26 79 69 62 414 167 223 24 39 .942 4.94 2B-SS-3B
Carl Reynolds 25 74 69 66 144 135 6 3 2 .979 1.91 OF
Ray Schalk 35 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 2 0 0% 41% C
Art Shires 21 32 32 27 313 282 28 3 22 .990 9.69 1B
Karl Swanson 27 21 20 12 105 33 66 6 9 .943 4.71 2B
Tommy Thomas 28 36 32 24 58 9 48 1 2 .983 1.58 P
Ed Walsh 23 14 10 3 14 0 14 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Bob Weiland 22 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Al Williamson 28 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Roy Wilson 31 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Team Totals 27.4 155 1395 1237 6150 4116 1850 184 380 .970 3.79 10 58 62 52% 41%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 2 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Grady Adkins 31 39 82 -12 0 0 0 9 -4 -0.3 3 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 Purchased 1
Charlie Barnabe* 28 11 9 2 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 0 4 0.3 .528 .502 0.3 0.0 4 /1
Bill Barrett 28 76 253 -6 0 0 0 -1 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .491 .496 0.1 -0.1 2 O94/78
Moe Berg 26 76 255 -12 0 0 2 2 -7 -0.7 8 1 0.1 .490 .495 -0.1 0.4 -1 Waivers 2
George Blackerby 24 30 91 -7 0 0 0 -1 -8 -0.8 3 -5 -0.5 .475 .495 -0.5 -0.1 -5 Purchased 7O
Ted Blankenship 27 27 61 -9 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 1
Bill Cissell 24 125 487 -20 2 0 -6 8 -16 -1.6 16 -1 -0.1 .487 .490 0.4 0.2 5 Traded *6
Bud Clancy* 27 130 559 -10 -2 0 3 -6 -15 -1.5 18 3 0.2 .488 .491 -0.1 -0.3 -0 *3
Sarge Connally 29 28 19 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
George Cox 23 26 27 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
Buck Crouse* 31 78 239 -9 -1 0 -1 2 -9 -0.9 8 -1 -0.1 .489 .495 -0.1 0.1 -0 2
Dan Dugan* 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Red Faber# 39 27 78 -12 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .485 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 Purchased 1
Bibb Falk* 29 98 320 -1 1 0 0 -4 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .496 .497 0.6 -0.3 6 7O
John Goodell 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Bill Hunnefield# 29 94 367 -5 1 0 -2 3 -3 -0.3 12 9 0.9 .497 .498 1.1 0.1 11 4/65
Willie Kamm 28 155 656 14 0 0 -3 5 16 1.6 21 37 3.7 .510 .510 3.9 0.2 40 Traded *5
Rudy Leopold* 22 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .490 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Ted Lyons# 27 49 97 -8 0 0 0 10 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .505 .502 0.2 0.0 6 Free Agency 1
Johnny Mann 30 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Rule 5 Draft /5
Harry McCurdy* 28 49 114 -2 -1 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .497 .499 0.2 0.1 2 2
Alex Metzler* 25 139 569 18 0 0 -1 -6 12 1.2 18 30 3.0 .509 .507 3.1 -0.6 31 *O798
Randy Moore* 22 24 67 -5 -1 0 0 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .473 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 O9/7
Johnny Mostil 32 133 589 -8 -3 0 10 -3 -4 -0.4 19 14 1.4 .497 .497 0.4 0.7 4 *O89
Buck Redfern 26 86 285 -21 0 0 -6 4 -23 -2.3 9 -14 -1.4 .473 .486 -0.8 -0.2 -8 Rule 5 Draft 46/5
Carl Reynolds 25 84 320 11 2 0 0 -3 10 1.0 10 20 2.0 .511 .506 1.9 -0.3 20 O97/8
Ray Schalk 35 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .561 .501 0.1 0.0 1 Traded /2
Art Shires* 21 33 137 5 -1 0 2 -2 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .512 .502 0.6 0.1 6 Purchased 3
Karl Swanson* 27 22 74 -10 1 0 0 1 -9 -0.9 2 -7 -0.7 .458 .494 -0.7 0.1 -7 4
Tommy Thomas 28 36 110 -7 -0 0 0 12 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .512 .503 0.4 0.0 8 1
Ed Walsh 23 14 28 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .484 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
Bob Weiland* 22 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .520 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Purchased /1
Al Williamson 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Roy Wilson* 31 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .480 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Team Total 27.4 1705 5907 -129 1 0 -2 54 -76 -7.6 188 112 9.5 .495 .499 9.0 0.1 114
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Grady Adkins 31 224.1 36 27 113 4.53 4.93 -0.01 0.00 100.5 4.96 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.9 36 .528 .506 Purchased
Charlie Barnabe* 28 9.2 7 2 9 8.38 4.99 -0.02 0.00 98.0 4.90 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .449 .498
Ted Blankenship 27 158.0 27 22 92 5.24 4.86 -0.01 0.00 99.3 4.84 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.6 11 .472 .495
Sarge Connally 29 74.1 28 5 52 6.30 4.69 -0.01 0.00 101.2 4.76 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -4 .456 .492
George Cox 23 89.0 26 2 58 5.87 5.09 -0.01 0.00 99.1 5.06 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 0.0 2 .469 .495
Dan Dugan* 21 0.1 1 0 0 0.00 4.78 0.00 0.00 100.0 4.78 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .518 .500
Red Faber 39 201.1 27 27 98 4.38 4.99 -0.01 0.00 98.9 4.95 12 1.2 -0.1 2.9 35 .546 .508 Purchased
John Goodell* 21 3.0 2 0 6 18.00 4.52 -0.02 0.00 105.6 4.79 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .317 .498
Rudy Leopold* 22 2.1 2 0 3 11.57 5.50 -0.02 0.00 100.0 5.52 -2 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .426 .499
Ted Lyons 27 239.2 39 27 133 4.99 4.82 -0.01 0.00 100.8 4.88 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.6 24 .490 .498 Free Agency
Tommy Thomas 28 282.0 36 32 114 3.64 4.81 -0.01 0.00 100.1 4.83 36 3.9 1.0 -0.1 6.1 69 .607 .524
Ed Walsh 23 78.0 14 10 45 5.19 5.00 -0.01 0.00 99.0 4.97 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.4 7 .484 .499
Bob Weiland* 22 9.0 1 1 0 0.00 5.37 -0.01 0.00 100.0 5.38 5 0.4 -0.0 0.5 6 .930 .503 Purchased
Al Williamson 28 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.92 -0.01 0.00 108.0 5.33 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .627 .501
Roy Wilson* 31 3.1 1 0 0 0.00 4.32 -0.01 0.00 104.0 4.51 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .683 .501
Team Total 29.2 1376.1 248 155 723 4.73 4.89 -0.01 0.00 100.0 4.90 22 2.6 1.0 -0.6 14.0 181 .510 .501
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics