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1929 Chicago White Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
59-93, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 627 runs, Allowed 792 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-92
Manager: Lena Blackburne (59-93)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 426,795 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 98

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1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics

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 Moe Berg 27 107 383 352 32 101 7 0 0 47 5 1 17 16 .287 .323 .307 .630 64 108 2 12
2 1B Art Shires* 21 100 392 353 41 110 20 7 3 41 4 5 32 20 .312 .370 .433 .804 107 153 1 6
3 2B John Kerr 30 127 477 419 50 108 20 4 1 39 9 8 31 24 .258 .310 .332 .642 66 139 1 26
4 SS Bill Cissell 25 152 666 618 83 173 27 12 5 62 25 17 28 53 .280 .312 .387 .699 80 239 1 19
5 3B Willie Kamm 29 147 619 523 72 140 33 6 3 63 12 5 75 23 .268 .363 .371 .734 90 194 3 18
6 OF Dutch Hoffman 25 107 368 337 27 87 16 5 3 37 6 3 24 28 .258 .307 .362 .669 72 122 0 7
7 OF Alex Metzler* 26 146 658 568 80 156 23 13 2 49 9 5 80 45 .275 .367 .371 .739 91 211 3 7
8 OF Carl Reynolds 26 131 559 517 81 164 24 12 11 67 19 9 20 37 .317 .348 .474 .821 110 245 4 18
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 1B Bud Clancy* 28 92 318 290 36 82 14 6 3 45 3 1 16 19 .283 .320 .403 .724 86 117 0 12
10 OF Johnny Watwood* 23 85 308 278 33 84 12 6 2 28 6 3 22 21 .302 .355 .410 .766 97 114 1 7
11 OF Doug Taitt* 26 47 135 124 11 21 7 0 0 12 0 0 8 13 .169 .220 .226 .446 15 28 0 3
12 2B Bill Hunnefield# 30 47 135 127 13 23 5 0 0 9 5 2 7 3 .181 .224 .220 .444 15 28 0 1
13 C Buck Crouse* 32 45 117 107 11 29 7 0 2 12 2 0 5 7 .271 .316 .393 .708 82 42 2 3
14 C Chick Autry 26 43 100 96 7 20 6 0 1 12 0 0 1 8 .208 .224 .302 .527 35 29 1 2
15 IF Buck Redfern 27 21 49 46 0 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 3 .130 .184 .130 .314 -17 6 0 0
16 OF Johnny Mostil 33 12 42 35 4 8 3 0 0 3 1 1 6 2 .229 .341 .314 .656 71 11 0 1
17 2B Frank Sigafoos 25 7 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 147 1 0 1
18 Bill Barrett 29 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 87 0 0 0
19 Karl Swanson* 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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 29 37 104 98 9 25 4 0 0 10 0 0 5 14 .255 .291 .296 .587 52 29 0 1
21 P Ted Lyons# 28 40 104 91 7 20 4 0 0 11 0 0 9 13 .220 .290 .264 .554 44 24 0 4
22 P Red Faber# 40 31 90 78 8 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 8 24 .128 .209 .192 .402 4 15 0 4
23 P Hal McKain* 22 34 55 44 5 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 8 .227 .370 .250 .620 63 11 1 1
24 P Grady Adkins 32 37 51 46 6 11 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 10 .239 .300 .391 .691 77 18 0 1
25 P Ed Walsh 24 25 48 43 5 10 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 9 .233 .298 .326 .623 61 14 1 1
26 P Bob Weiland* 23 15 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .111 .200 .111 .311 -18 2 0 1
27 P Dan Dugan* 22 19 21 20 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .150 .150 .200 .350 -10 4 0 1
28 P Dutch Henry* 27 2 9 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .143 .333 .143 .476 27 1 0 0
29 P Ted Blankenship 28 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 30 1 0 0
30 P Jerry Byrne 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Sarge Connally 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Lena Blackburne 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.7 152 5845 5246 626 1406 241 74 37 568 109 61 421 420 .268 .325 .363 .688 78 1906 0 21 157 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 7 7 8 4 7 1 4 7 5 7 7 8 7 7
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Grady Adkins 32 51 36 6 4.4 111 .306 .239 .290 .300 .357 .391 .420 .691 .777 77 .450 -1.8 -0.2 .657 .261 .152 .0 1
Chick Autry 26 100 78 6 2.0 111 .218 .208 .290 .224 .357 .302 .420 .527 .777 35 .166 -9.6 -0.9 .408 .104 .094 .0 2
Bill Barrett 29 3 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .290 .667 .357 .000 .420 .667 .777 87 .000 0.4 0.0 2.000 2.000 .000
Moe Berg 27 383 264 35 3.5 111 .301 .287 .290 .323 .357 .307 .420 .630 .777 64 .350 -19.1 -1.8 .520 .080 .020 .0 *2
Lena Blackburne 42 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Ted Blankenship 28 4 3 0 0.0 111 .500 .250 .290 .250 .357 .250 .420 .500 .776 30 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Jerry Byrne 22 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .290 .000 .357 .000 .420 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Bill Cissell 25 666 481 72 4.0 111 .300 .280 .290 .312 .357 .387 .420 .699 .777 80 .403 -21.5 -2.0 .597 .165 .107 8.3 *6
*Bud Clancy 28 318 221 38 4.6 111 .295 .283 .290 .320 .357 .403 .420 .724 .777 86 .465 -7.3 -0.7 .646 .183 .121 3.0 3
Sarge Connally 30 0 0 0.0 0.0 1
*Buck Crouse 32 117 81 13 4.3 111 .276 .271 .290 .316 .357 .393 .420 .708 .777 82 .434 -3.0 -0.3 .654 .187 .121 2.0 2
*Dan Dugan 22 21 18 1 1.5 111 .231 .150 .290 .150 .357 .200 .420 .350 .777 -10 .099 -3.3 -0.3 .235 .050 .050 1
#Red Faber 40 90 72 3 1.1 111 .170 .128 .290 .209 .357 .192 .420 .402 .777 4 .061 -11.4 -1.1 .338 .167 .064 .0 1
*Dutch Henry 27 9 6 1 4.4 111 .143 .143 .290 .333 .357 .143 .420 .476 .777 27 .450 -0.7 -0.1 .667 .429 .000 .0 /1
Dutch Hoffman 25 368 260 37 3.8 111 .275 .258 .290 .307 .357 .362 .420 .669 .777 72 .380 -14.8 -1.4 .589 .184 .104 4.0 O
#Bill Hunnefield 30 135 107 6 1.5 111 .185 .181 .290 .224 .357 .220 .420 .444 .777 15 .101 -16.3 -1.6 .358 .118 .039 .0 4/56
Willie Kamm 29 619 406 70 4.6 111 .276 .268 .290 .363 .357 .371 .420 .734 .777 90 .466 -5.0 -0.5 .719 .260 .103 4.8 *5
John Kerr 30 477 345 42 3.2 111 .272 .258 .290 .310 .357 .332 .420 .642 .777 66 .316 -21.5 -2.0 .539 .150 .074 1.8 *4/6
#Ted Lyons 28 104 75 7 2.5 111 .256 .220 .290 .290 .357 .264 .420 .554 .777 44 .221 -7.5 -0.7 .465 .143 .044 1/O
*Hal McKain 22 55 35 4 3.0 111 .278 .227 .290 .370 .357 .250 .420 .620 .777 63 .291 -1.8 -0.2 .618 .227 .023 1
*Alex Metzler 26 658 424 77 4.8 111 .296 .275 .290 .367 .357 .371 .420 .739 .777 91 .490 -5.4 -0.5 .715 .245 .097 3.3 *O
Johnny Mostil 33 42 29 4 3.7 111 .242 .229 .290 .341 .357 .314 .420 .656 .777 71 .367 -1.2 -0.1 .607 .257 .086 .0 O
Buck Redfern 27 49 41 1 0.6 111 .140 .130 .290 .184 .357 .130 .420 .314 .777 -17 .024 -8.2 -0.8 .220 .065 .000 .0 4/56
Carl Reynolds 26 559 380 83 5.8 111 .326 .317 .290 .348 .357 .474 .420 .821 .777 110 .573 4.8 0.4 .771 .215 .157 13.9 *O
*Art Shires 21 392 254 55 5.8 111 .324 .312 .290 .370 .357 .433 .420 .804 .777 107 .570 3.8 0.4 .746 .210 .122 3.4 3/4
Frank Sigafoos 25 6 3 1 8.9 111 .500 .333 .290 .600 .357 .333 .420 .933 .777 147 .745 0.5 0.0 1.500 .667 .000 /4
*Karl Swanson 28 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .290 .000 .357 .000 .420 .000 .777 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
*Doug Taitt 26 135 106 6 1.5 111 .189 .169 .290 .220 .357 .226 .420 .446 .777 15 .102 -15.8 -1.5 .350 .121 .056 O
Tommy Thomas 29 104 74 8 2.9 111 .298 .255 .290 .291 .357 .296 .420 .587 .777 52 .271 -7.0 -0.7 .466 .092 .041 1
Ed Walsh 24 48 34 4 3.1 112 .294 .233 .290 .298 .357 .326 .420 .623 .777 61 .302 -2.6 -0.2 .545 .163 .093 1
*Johnny Watwood 23 308 204 40 5.2 111 .322 .302 .290 .355 .357 .410 .420 .766 .777 97 .525 -1.5 -0.2 .711 .198 .108 3.0 O
*Bob Weiland 23 21 17 0 0.0 111 .250 .111 .290 .200 .357 .111 .420 .311 .777 -18 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .250 .111 .000 1
League Average 5.0 113 .298 .283 .292 .349 .359 .406 .422 .755 .781 93 .506 .700 .222 .123
Team Total 5845 4058 620 4.1 111 .286 .268 .290 .325 .357 .363 .420 .688 .777 78 .412 -181.6 -17.4 .614 .185 .095 55.2
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Grady Adkins 32 39 52 48 6 11 3 2 0 1 1 4 11 .229 .288 .375 .663 5 37 37
Chick Autry 26 46 103 101 7 21 6 0 1 12 0 1 8 .208 .223 .297 .520 6 43 43
Bill Barrett 29 121 441 386 55 99 23 4 3 34 11 52 40 .256 .349 .360 .709 48 114 114
Moe Berg 27 113 385 366 30 100 7 0 0 44 5 17 17 .273 .309 .292 .601 33 107 107
Ted Blankenship 28 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Jerry Byrne 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Bill Cissell 25 161 667 639 78 168 26 12 5 58 24 27 56 .263 .294 .365 .658 68 152 152
*Bud Clancy 28 97 318 302 34 82 14 6 3 43 3 16 20 .272 .308 .387 .696 36 92 92
*Buck Crouse 32 48 120 113 11 30 7 0 2 12 2 5 7 .265 .308 .381 .689 13 45 45
*Dan Dugan 22 20 21 21 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 19 19
#Red Faber 40 33 90 82 8 10 2 0 1 5 0 8 25 .122 .200 .183 .383 3 31 31
*Dutch Henry 27 31 45 37 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 8 5 .243 .378 .243 .621 3 29 29
Dutch Hoffman 25 113 373 350 25 85 16 5 3 34 6 23 30 .243 .290 .343 .632 35 107 107
#Bill Hunnefield 30 50 141 134 13 24 5 0 0 9 5 7 3 .179 .220 .216 .436 6 47 47
Willie Kamm 29 156 622 545 68 139 33 6 3 60 12 74 24 .255 .347 .354 .701 67 147 147
John Kerr 30 134 465 434 47 105 19 4 1 36 9 30 25 .242 .292 .311 .604 39 127 127
#Ted Lyons 28 42 103 94 6 19 4 0 0 10 0 9 14 .202 .272 .245 .517 6 40 40
*Hal McKain 22 36 58 47 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 10 8 .234 .379 .255 .635 4 34 34
*Alex Metzler 26 155 673 591 76 155 23 13 2 47 9 79 48 .262 .352 .355 .707 73 146 146
Johnny Mostil 33 13 41 36 3 7 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 .194 .293 .278 .570 3 12 12
Buck Redfern 27 22 51 48 0 6 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 .125 .176 .125 .301 1 21 21
Carl Reynolds 26 139 559 535 76 161 24 12 11 63 19 20 39 .301 .331 .452 .783 78 131 131
*Art Shires 21 106 396 364 39 107 19 7 3 39 4 31 21 .294 .351 .409 .760 52 100 100
Frank Sigafoos 25 22 34 27 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 7 5 .185 .353 .222 .575 2 21 21
*Karl Swanson 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Doug Taitt 26 77 215 198 16 39 11 0 0 17 0 16 19 .197 .260 .253 .513 13 73 73
Tommy Thomas 29 39 108 103 9 26 4 0 0 10 0 5 15 .252 .287 .291 .578 8 37 37
Ed Walsh 24 26 50 46 5 11 2 1 0 6 0 3 10 .239 .300 .326 .626 4 25 25
*Johnny Watwood 23 90 311 288 31 83 12 6 2 27 6 22 22 .288 .341 .392 .733 38 85 85
*Bob Weiland 23 16 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .000 .095 .000 .095 0 15 15
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Grady Adkins 32 2 133 76 133 116 9 21 3 3 0 6 1 0 6 26 .181 .228 .259 .486 27 30 1 10
Chick Autry 26 5 218 86 218 206 20 50 16 2 2 28 0 0 3 21 .243 .261 .369 .630 62 76 2 7
Bill Barrett 29 8 2667 706 2667 2373 315 687 150 30 23 327 80 50 207 234 .290 .349 .407 .756 97 966 8 79
Moe Berg 27 5 977 308 977 887 74 222 36 2 0 93 8 4 43 65 .250 .290 .295 .585 53 262 6 41
Lena Blackburne 42 8 2086 550 2086 1807 173 387 39 23 4 139 54 26 162 151 .214 .284 .268 .552 67 484 0 14 103 0 0
Ted Blankenship 28 8 514 235 514 470 49 92 18 7 9 54 0 0 21 109 .196 .232 .321 .553 44 151 1 22
Jerry Byrne 22 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Bill Cissell 25 2 1150 277 1150 1061 149 288 49 15 6 122 43 23 57 94 .271 .310 .363 .673 75 385 2 30
*Bud Clancy 28 6 1481 381 1481 1317 154 375 57 21 8 148 16 15 87 71 .285 .331 .378 .710 85 498 5 72
Sarge Connally 30 8 231 205 231 207 20 52 4 2 0 12 1 0 6 39 .251 .272 .290 .562 47 60 0 0 18 0 0
*Buck Crouse 32 7 1332 428 1332 1188 114 312 46 5 8 145 13 9 97 58 .263 .324 .330 .654 71 392 10 37
*Dan Dugan 22 2 21 20 21 20 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .150 .150 .200 .350 -10 4 0 0 1 0 0
#Red Faber 40 16 1374 519 1374 1131 90 160 19 2 3 64 7 0 146 419 .141 .244 .170 .414 13 192 7 90
*Dutch Henry 27 7 179 129 179 165 19 38 7 0 0 13 1 0 12 21 .230 .282 .273 .555 46 45 0 0 2 0 0
Dutch Hoffman 25 1 368 107 368 337 27 87 16 5 3 37 6 3 24 28 .258 .307 .362 .669 72 122 0 7
#Bill Hunnefield 30 4 1448 384 1448 1295 181 354 64 8 7 117 60 30 95 79 .273 .325 .351 .677 78 455 5 53
Willie Kamm 29 7 4379 1041 4379 3676 487 1032 218 60 22 531 88 62 511 264 .281 .371 .391 .762 99 1436 16 176
John Kerr 30 3 537 163 537 472 57 120 21 4 1 41 9 8 35 29 .254 .307 .322 .629 63 152 1 29
#Ted Lyons 28 7 640 264 640 575 56 129 16 4 1 45 0 0 26 78 .224 .260 .271 .532 39 156 2 37
*Hal McKain 22 2 59 36 59 48 5 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 8 .208 .345 .229 .574 51 11 1 1
*Alex Metzler 26 5 1966 448 1966 1680 248 493 75 38 8 179 41 24 228 126 .293 .384 .398 .781 104 668 18 40
Johnny Mostil 33 10 4096 972 4096 3507 618 1054 209 82 23 376 176 105 415 336 .301 .386 .427 .812 113 1496 70 104
Buck Redfern 27 2 334 107 334 307 22 67 6 3 0 38 9 3 15 22 .218 .255 .257 .512 35 79 0 12
Carl Reynolds 26 3 927 229 927 850 137 267 48 23 14 110 35 14 42 57 .314 .354 .474 .828 114 403 10 25
*Art Shires 21 2 529 133 529 476 61 152 26 8 4 52 4 8 45 30 .319 .380 .433 .813 111 206 2 6
Frank Sigafoos 25 2 79 34 79 69 8 16 1 0 0 5 0 2 7 8 .232 .303 .246 .549 42 17 0 3
*Karl Swanson 28 2 75 24 75 65 2 9 1 0 0 6 3 0 4 7 .138 .188 .154 .342 -9 10 0 6
*Doug Taitt 26 2 747 216 747 671 68 183 39 14 3 79 13 7 52 50 .273 .328 .386 .714 88 259 3 21
Tommy Thomas 29 4 427 157 427 375 28 76 10 1 3 37 0 1 22 86 .203 .247 .259 .506 32 97 0 30
Ed Walsh 24 2 76 39 76 70 7 13 4 1 0 7 0 0 3 18 .186 .230 .271 .501 30 19 1 2
*Johnny Watwood 23 1 308 85 308 278 33 84 12 6 2 28 6 3 22 21 .302 .355 .410 .766 97 114 1 7
*Bob Weiland 23 2 24 16 24 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .143 .217 .143 .360 -5 3 0 1
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics