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1929 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930

59-93, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lena Blackburne (59-93)
Scored 627 runs, Allowed 792 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-92

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 426,795 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 97


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1928 / 1930 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 Moe Berg 27 107 385 352 32 101 7 0 0 47 5 1 17 16 .287 .323 .307 .630 64 108 2 12
2 1B Art Shires* 22 100 393 353 41 110 20 7 3 41 4 5 32 20 .312 .370 .433 .804 108 153 1 6
3 2B John Kerr 30 127 478 419 50 108 20 4 1 39 9 8 31 24 .258 .310 .332 .642 67 139 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 91 194 3 18
6 OF Dutch Hoffman 25 107 369 337 27 87 16 5 3 37 6 3 24 28 .258 .307 .362 .669 73 122 0 7
7 OF Alex Metzler* 26 146 657 568 80 156 23 13 2 49 9 5 80 45 .275 .367 .371 .739 92 211 3 7
8 OF Carl Reynolds 26 131 559 517 81 164 24 12 11 67 19 9 20 37 .317 .348 .474 .821 111 245 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 92 319 290 36 82 14 6 3 45 3 1 16 19 .283 .320 .403 .724 87 117 0 12
10 OF Johnny Watwood* 23 85 308 278 33 84 12 6 2 28 6 3 22 21 .302 .355 .410 .766 98 114 1 7
11 OF Doug Taitt* 26 47 136 124 11 21 7 0 0 12 0 0 8 13 .169 .220 .226 .446 16 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 16 28 0 1
13 C Buck Crouse* 32 45 118 107 11 29 7 0 2 12 2 0 5 7 .271 .316 .393 .708 83 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 47 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 41 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 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 148 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 2 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 53 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 45 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 5 15 0 4
23 P Hal McKain* 22 34 56 44 5 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 8 .227 .370 .250 .620 64 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 78 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 62 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 -17 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 28 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
32 P Lena Blackburne 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.8 152 5852 5246 626 1406 241 74 37 568 109 61 421 420 .268 .325 .363 .688 78 1906 21 157
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 7 7 8 4 7 1 4 7 5 7 7 8 8 7 5 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 29 14 18 .438 3.19 36 31 4 24 2 1 259.2 270 127 92 17 60 62 0 1 3 1093 133 1.271 9.4 0.6 2.1 2.1 1.03
2 SP Ted Lyons 28 14 20 .412 4.10 37 31 6 21 1 2 259.1 276 136 118 11 76 57 2 0 3 1102 104 1.357 9.6 0.4 2.6 2.0 0.75
3 SP Red Faber 40 13 13 .500 3.88 31 31 0 15 1 0 234.0 241 119 101 10 61 68 9 0 3 984 109 1.291 9.3 0.4 2.3 2.6 1.11
4 SP Ed Walsh 24 6 11 .353 5.65 24 20 4 7 0 0 129.0 156 94 81 9 64 31 4 0 4 593 75 1.705 10.9 0.6 4.5 2.2 0.48
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
5 RP Hal McKain 22 6 9 .400 3.65 34 10 15 4 1 1 158.0 158 84 64 10 85 33 10 1 1 701 117 1.538 9.0 0.6 4.8 1.9 0.39
6 RP Grady Adkins 32 2 11 .154 5.33 31 15 12 5 0 0 138.1 168 98 82 12 67 24 1 0 3 640 80 1.699 10.9 0.8 4.4 1.6 0.36
7 RP Dan Dugan* 22 1 4 .200 6.65 19 2 13 0 0 1 65.0 77 51 48 8 19 15 2 0 0 292 64 1.477 10.7 1.1 2.6 2.1 0.79
8 RP Bob Weiland* 23 2 4 .333 5.81 15 9 2 1 0 1 62.0 62 42 40 3 43 25 3 1 3 284 73 1.694 9.0 0.4 6.2 3.6 0.58
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
9 Ted Blankenship 28 0 2 .000 8.84 8 1 5 0 0 0 18.1 28 18 18 3 9 7 0 0 1 90 49 2.018 13.7 1.5 4.4 3.4 0.78
10 Dutch Henry* 27 1 0 1.000 6.00 2 1 0 1 0 0 15.0 20 12 10 1 7 2 0 0 0 73 72 1.800 12.0 0.6 4.2 1.2 0.29
11 Sarge Connally 30 0 0 4.76 11 0 10 0 0 1 11.1 13 6 6 0 8 3 0 0 1 52 92 1.853 10.3 0.0 6.4 2.4 0.38
12 Jerry Byrne 22 0 1 .000 7.36 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.1 11 6 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 38 60 2.318 13.5 0.0 7.4 1.2 0.17
13 Lena Blackburne 42 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 59 93 .388 4.41 152 152 74 78 5 7 1357.2 1481 793 666 84 505 328 31 3 22 5943 96 1.463 9.8 0.6 3.3 2.2 0.65
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 6 5 6 7 5 5 6 6 7 7 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
* - 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 32 31 15 5 49 11 37 1 0 .980 1.55 P
Chick Autry 26 30 22 19 83 64 14 5 1 .940 2.60 2 16 10 38% 44% C
Moe Berg 27 106 103 86 383 290 86 7 12 .982 3.55 6 47 39 45% 44% C
Lena Blackburne 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Ted Blankenship 28 8 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Jerry Byrne 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bill Cissell 25 152 152 145 871 357 459 55 90 .937 5.37 SS
Bud Clancy 28 74 64 62 702 647 49 6 47 .991 9.41 1B
Sarge Connally 30 11 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 .667 0.18 P
Buck Crouse 32 40 27 23 143 111 29 3 5 .979 3.50 3 12 12 50% 44% C
Dan Dugan 22 19 2 0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.42 P
Red Faber 40 31 31 15 70 7 61 2 1 .971 2.19 P
Dutch Henry 27 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Dutch Hoffman 25 89 81 74 245 237 4 4 2 .984 2.74 OF
Bill Hunnefield 30 34 26 25 170 68 96 6 18 .965 4.69 2B-3B-SS
Willie Kamm 29 146 144 143 502 221 270 11 27 .978 3.39 3B
John Kerr 30 123 123 104 797 310 464 23 84 .971 6.29 2B-SS
Ted Lyons 28 38 31 21 92 21 66 5 4 .946 2.29 P-OF
Hal McKain 22 34 10 4 61 4 54 3 4 .951 1.71 P
Alex Metzler 26 142 138 136 346 316 16 14 3 .960 2.34 OF
Johnny Mostil 33 11 10 9 27 25 1 1 1 .963 2.36 OF
Buck Redfern 27 20 10 8 47 23 22 2 2 .957 2.25 2B-3B-SS
Carl Reynolds 26 130 123 118 296 268 13 15 5 .949 2.16 OF
Art Shires 22 90 88 78 892 821 62 9 79 .990 9.49 1B-2B
Frank Sigafoos 25 6 1 1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.50 2B
Doug Taitt 26 30 28 26 58 52 4 2 2 .966 1.87 OF
Tommy Thomas 29 36 31 24 54 8 44 2 2 .963 1.44 P
Ed Walsh 24 24 20 7 37 5 31 1 2 .973 1.50 P
Johnny Watwood 23 77 76 65 207 188 7 12 2 .942 2.53 OF
Bob Weiland 23 15 9 1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Team Totals 26.9 152 1368 1200 6164 4060 1914 190 395 .969 3.84 11 75 61 45% 44%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 4
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 32 37 51 -2 0 0 0 6 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 0.0 6 $ Purchased 1
Chick Autry 26 43 100 -10 0 0 -1 1 -10 -0.9 3 -6 -0.6 .479 .494 -0.5 -0.0 -5 $ Traded 2
Bill Barrett 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .513 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $
Moe Berg 27 107 385 -17 1 0 2 3 -11 -1.0 12 2 0.2 .490 .494 0.0 0.5 -0 $ Waivers *2
Lena Blackburne 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Traded /1
Ted Blankenship 28 8 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
Jerry Byrne 22 3 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
Bill Cissell 25 152 666 -20 -1 0 -5 10 -16 -1.6 21 5 0.5 .490 .491 0.9 0.5 10 $ Traded *6
Bud Clancy* 28 92 319 -6 1 0 1 -4 -8 -0.8 10 2 0.2 .491 .495 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 3
Sarge Connally 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
Buck Crouse* 32 45 118 -3 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .498 .499 0.3 0.1 3 $ 2
Dan Dugan* 22 19 21 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
Red Faber# 40 31 90 -12 0 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ Purchased 1
Dutch Henry* 27 2 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .524 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ Waivers /1
Dutch Hoffman 25 107 369 -14 1 0 5 -2 -11 -1.1 12 1 0.1 .490 .494 -0.4 0.2 -4 $ Purchased O879
Bill Hunnefield# 30 47 135 -16 0 0 2 1 -12 -1.2 4 -8 -0.7 .475 .493 -0.9 0.3 -10 $ 4/56
Willie Kamm 29 147 619 -4 2 0 3 4 5 0.4 20 24 2.4 .503 .503 2.0 0.7 21 $ Traded *5
John Kerr 30 127 478 -21 -1 0 11 4 -7 -0.7 15 8 0.8 .495 .496 -0.2 1.5 -3 $ Rule 5 Draft *4/6
Ted Lyons# 28 40 104 -8 0 0 0 12 4 0.4 3 8 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 0.0 7 $ Free Agency 1/O9
Hal McKain* 22 34 56 -2 0 0 0 6 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .513 .503 0.4 0.0 6 $ 1
Alex Metzler* 26 146 657 -4 1 0 -2 -6 -11 -1.1 21 10 1.0 .493 .494 1.1 -0.8 12 $ *O78
Johnny Mostil 33 12 41 -1 -0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 0.0 .487 .499 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ O8/9
Buck Redfern 27 21 47 -8 -0 0 0 1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .468 .496 -0.5 0.1 -5 $ Rule 5 Draft 4/56
Carl Reynolds 26 131 559 7 1 0 4 -6 6 0.6 18 24 2.3 .504 .504 1.9 -0.2 20 $ *O987
Art Shires* 22 100 393 5 -1 0 0 -4 0 0.0 12 13 1.3 .500 .500 1.2 -0.4 13 $ Purchased 3/4
Frank Sigafoos 25 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .525 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $ Purchased /4
Karl Swanson* 28 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .471 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
Doug Taitt* 26 47 136 -16 0 0 0 -1 -17 -1.7 4 -13 -1.3 .464 .490 -1.3 -0.1 -13 $ Traded O9
Tommy Thomas 29 37 104 -7 0 0 0 12 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 8 $ 1
Ed Walsh 24 25 48 -3 0 0 0 5 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .511 .502 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
Johnny Watwood* 23 85 308 -1 0 0 1 -2 -1 -0.1 10 8 0.9 .499 .499 0.7 -0.1 7 $ Purchased O89/7
Bob Weiland* 23 15 21 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ Purchased 1
Team Total 26.8 1684 5852 -169 7 0 22 57 -83 -8.5 185 102 8.7 .495 .498 6.0 2.1 80 $
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 32 137.2 31 15 98 6.41 4.88 0.15 0.00 102.1 4.83 -24 -2.2 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .430 .487 $ Purchased
Lena Blackburne 42 0.1 1 0 0 0.00 4.08 0.11 0.00 100.0 3.97 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .514 .500 $ Traded
Ted Blankenship 28 18.1 8 1 18 8.84 5.19 0.15 0.00 103.8 5.23 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .418 .496 $
Jerry Byrne 22 7.1 3 1 6 7.36 5.44 0.17 0.00 100.0 5.27 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .448 .499 $
Sarge Connally 30 11.1 11 0 6 4.76 5.41 0.14 0.00 98.0 5.16 1 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .504 .500 $
Dan Dugan* 22 65.0 19 2 51 7.06 5.28 0.15 0.00 99.6 5.11 -14 -1.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .433 .492 $
Red Faber 40 234.0 31 31 119 4.58 5.32 0.14 0.00 99.3 5.15 15 1.5 -0.1 3.4 42 .548 .509 $ Purchased
Dutch Henry* 27 15.0 2 1 12 7.20 5.98 0.17 0.00 100.9 5.87 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .403 .499 $ Waivers
Ted Lyons 28 259.1 37 31 136 4.72 5.33 0.15 0.00 99.1 5.14 12 1.2 1.0 -0.1 3.3 43 .532 .507 $ Free Agency
Hal McKain 22 157.2 34 10 84 4.79 5.39 0.14 0.00 98.1 5.15 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 2.0 25 .518 .504 $
Tommy Thomas 29 258.2 36 31 127 4.42 5.17 0.15 0.00 99.9 5.02 17 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.8 48 .548 .511 $
Ed Walsh 24 128.2 24 20 94 6.58 5.05 0.15 0.00 100.6 4.92 -23 -2.1 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .413 .487 $
Bob Weiland* 23 62.0 15 9 42 6.10 4.96 0.14 0.00 100.6 4.86 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .448 .495 $ Purchased
Team Total 29.1 1355.1 252 152 793 5.27 5.22 0.15 0.00 99.8 5.06 -29 -2.2 1.0 -0.6 8.9 129 .491 .499 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics