Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 / 1931
62-92, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Donie Bush (62-92)
Scored 729 runs, Allowed 884 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 406,123 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Bennie Tate* | 28 | 72 | 253 | 230 | 26 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | .317 | .367 | .383 | .750 | 93 | 88 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Johnny Watwood* | 24 | 133 | 496 | 427 | 75 | 129 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 35 | .302 | .382 | .393 | .775 | 99 | 168 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Bill Cissell | 26 | 141 | 604 | 562 | 82 | 152 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 28 | 32 | .270 | .307 | .363 | .670 | 71 | 204 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 4 | SS | Greg Mulleavy | 24 | 77 | 321 | 289 | 27 | 76 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 23 | .263 | .311 | .346 | .657 | 68 | 100 | 0 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Willie Kamm | 30 | 112 | 396 | 331 | 49 | 89 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 20 | .269 | .368 | .396 | .764 | 96 | 131 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Smead Jolley* | 28 | 152 | 651 | 616 | 76 | 193 | 38 | 12 | 16 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 52 | .313 | .346 | .492 | .838 | 112 | 303 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | Carl Reynolds | 27 | 138 | 602 | 563 | 103 | 202 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 104 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 39 | .359 | .388 | .584 | .973 | 146 | 329 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Red Barnes* | 25 | 85 | 300 | 266 | 48 | 66 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | .248 | .317 | .357 | .675 | 73 | 95 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | MI | John Kerr | 31 | 70 | 297 | 266 | 37 | 77 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 23 | .289 | .351 | .410 | .760 | 94 | 109 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 1B | Bud Clancy* | 29 | 68 | 254 | 234 | 28 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | .244 | .286 | .342 | .628 | 60 | 80 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Bob Fothergill | 32 | 52 | 143 | 135 | 10 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .296 | .326 | .363 | .689 | 77 | 49 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | 1B | Art Shires* | 22 | 37 | 141 | 128 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .258 | .291 | .336 | .627 | 60 | 43 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 13 | C | Buck Crouse* | 33 | 42 | 135 | 118 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | .254 | .348 | .339 | .687 | 77 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | IF | Irv Jeffries | 24 | 40 | 108 | 97 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .237 | .275 | .330 | .604 | 54 | 32 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 15 | 2B | Dave Harris | 29 | 33 | 97 | 86 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .244 | .309 | .465 | .774 | 96 | 40 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 16 | 3B | Blondy Ryan | 24 | 28 | 94 | 87 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .207 | .258 | .333 | .591 | 51 | 29 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Alex Metzler* | 27 | 56 | 93 | 79 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | .177 | .278 | .228 | .506 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | SS | Bill Hunnefield# | 31 | 31 | 93 | 81 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .272 | .314 | .333 | .647 | 66 | 27 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 19 | SS | Ernie Smith | 30 | 24 | 86 | 79 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .241 | .286 | .278 | .564 | 46 | 22 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 20 | C | Chick Autry | 27 | 34 | 78 | 71 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .254 | .293 | .296 | .589 | 52 | 21 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 21 | C | Johnny Riddle | 24 | 25 | 64 | 58 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .241 | .290 | .328 | .618 | 58 | 19 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 22 | C | Moe Berg | 28 | 20 | 62 | 61 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .115 | .129 | .164 | .293 | -25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Jimmy Moore | 27 | 16 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .205 | .326 | .256 | .582 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 24 | SS | Luke Appling | 23 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .385 | .692 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Bruce Campbell* | 20 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .545 | .800 | 1.345 | 240 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | C | Butch Henline | 35 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 27 | UT | Joe Klinger | 27 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | 2B | Hugh Willingham | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 29 | P | Ted Lyons# | 29 | 57 | 130 | 122 | 20 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .311 | .323 | .434 | .757 | 92 | 53 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 30 | P | Pat Caraway* | 24 | 38 | 70 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .172 | .209 | .281 | .490 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 31 | P | Tommy Thomas | 30 | 34 | 65 | 56 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .125 | .197 | .143 | .340 | -11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 32 | P | Red Faber# | 41 | 29 | 63 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .041 | .190 | .041 | .230 | -37 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 33 | P | Dutch Henry* | 28 | 35 | 56 | 51 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .235 | .304 | .294 | .598 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | P | Ed Walsh | 25 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .265 | .324 | .265 | .589 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 35 | P | Hal McKain* | 23 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .419 | .486 | .710 | 1.195 | 203 | 22 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 36 | P | Garland Braxton# | 30 | 19 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .087 | .222 | .087 | .309 | -17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 37 | P | Jim Moore | 26 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 38 | P | Bob Weiland* | 24 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | -69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 39 | P | Ted Blankenship | 29 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 40 | P | Biggs Wehde | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 27.3 | 154 | 5992 | 5416 | 729 | 1497 | 256 | 91 | 63 | 679 | 74 | 39 | 391 | 478 | .276 | .329 | .392 | .721 | 84 | 2124 | 32 | 153 | |||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Ted Lyons | 29 | 22 | 15 | .595 | 3.78 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 297.2 | 331 | 160 | 125 | 12 | 57 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1258 | 122 | 1.303 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.21 | |
| 2 | SP | Pat Caraway* | 24 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.86 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 193.1 | 194 | 96 | 83 | 11 | 57 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 812 | 119 | 1.298 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.46 | |
| 3 | SP | Red Faber | 41 | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.21 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 169.0 | 188 | 101 | 79 | 7 | 49 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 742 | 109 | 1.402 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.27 | |
| 4 | SP | Tommy Thomas | 30 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.22 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 169.0 | 229 | 125 | 98 | 13 | 44 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 783 | 88 | 1.615 | 12.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.32 | |
| 5 | SP | Garland Braxton* | 30 | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6.45 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90.2 | 127 | 80 | 65 | 9 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 422 | 71 | 1.765 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1.33 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Hal McKain | 23 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.56 | 32 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 89.0 | 108 | 67 | 55 | 0 | 42 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 416 | 83 | 1.685 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 1.24 | |
| 7 | RP | Dutch Henry* | 28 | 2 | 17 | .105 | 4.88 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 211 | 116 | 84 | 12 | 48 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 706 | 94 | 1.671 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.73 | |
| 8 | RP | Ed Walsh | 25 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.38 | 37 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103.2 | 131 | 67 | 62 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 467 | 85 | 1.553 | 11.4 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.23 | |
| 9 | RP | Bob Weiland* | 24 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.61 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 38 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 70 | 1.806 | 10.5 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 0.71 | |
| 10 | RP | Ted Blankenship | 29 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9.20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 50 | 2.045 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.29 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Jim Moore | 26 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.60 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 128 | 1.350 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.92 | ||
| 12 | Biggs Wehde | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 46 | 2.211 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 0.43 | |||
| Team Totals | 28.9 | 62 | 92 | .403 | 4.71 | 154 | 154 | 92 | 63 | 2 | 10 | 1361.0 | 1629 | 884 | 713 | 74 | 407 | 471 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 6053 | 98 | 1.496 | 10.8 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.16 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4081 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Appling | 23 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 4.83 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Chick Autry | 27 | 29 | 119 | 96 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 4.07 | 4 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Moe Berg | 28 | 20 | 70 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 3.45 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Blankenship | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.14 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Garland Braxton | 30 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 0.74 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Pat Caraway | 24 | 38 | 63 | 7 | 53 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 1.58 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Cissell | 26 | 141 | 753 | 290 | 422 | 41 | 69 | .946 | 5.05 | 2B-3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Bud Clancy | 29 | 60 | 610 | 583 | 24 | 3 | 38 | .995 | 10.12 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Buck Crouse | 33 | 38 | 190 | 155 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 4.89 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Red Faber | 41 | 29 | 51 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.72 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Harris | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2B | |||||||||||||||||
| Butch Henline | 35 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Dutch Henry | 28 | 35 | 54 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.51 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Hunnefield | 31 | 23 | 75 | 33 | 37 | 5 | 9 | .933 | 3.04 | SS-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Irv Jeffries | 24 | 33 | 93 | 31 | 56 | 6 | 6 | .935 | 2.64 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Willie Kamm | 30 | 106 | 374 | 142 | 209 | 23 | 17 | .939 | 3.31 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| John Kerr | 31 | 72 | 399 | 172 | 218 | 9 | 40 | .977 | 5.42 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Klinger | 27 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.50 | 0 | 1B-C | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Lyons | 29 | 42 | 97 | 14 | 77 | 6 | 5 | .938 | 2.17 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal McKain | 23 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Moore | 26 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Greg Mulleavy | 24 | 73 | 388 | 137 | 219 | 32 | 41 | .918 | 4.88 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Riddle | 24 | 25 | 61 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.44 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Blondy Ryan | 24 | 26 | 84 | 30 | 44 | 10 | 6 | .881 | 2.85 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Art Shires | 22 | 33 | 339 | 317 | 15 | 7 | 18 | .979 | 10.06 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Smith | 30 | 21 | 112 | 45 | 58 | 9 | 8 | .920 | 4.90 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Bennie Tate | 28 | 70 | 264 | 219 | 40 | 5 | 5 | .981 | 3.70 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Tommy Thomas | 30 | 34 | 44 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.24 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Walsh | 25 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 0.81 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Watwood | 24 | 62 | 638 | 590 | 41 | 7 | 59 | .989 | 10.18 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Biggs Wehde | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Weiland | 24 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Willingham | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.3 | 154 | 6159 | 4063 | 1863 | 233 | 352 | .962 | 3.59 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |