1928 Chicago White Sox season

The 1928 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 72–82, 29 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.

1928 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Ray Schalk, Lena Blackburne
Radio	WCFL (Johnny O'Hara) WGN (Bob Elson, Quin Ryan) WMAQ (Hal Totten)
Seasons

Offseason

Notable transactions

• November 5, 1927: The White Sox traded Ike Boone, Bert Cole, a player to be named later and $75,000 to the Portland Beavers for Bill Cissell. The White Sox completed the trade on February 6, 1928, by sending Ike Davis to the Beavers.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	—	52‍–‍25	49‍–‍28
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	.641	2½	52‍–‍25	46‍–‍30
St. Louis Browns	82	72	.532	19	43‍–‍34	39‍–‍38
Washington Senators	75	79	.487	26	37‍–‍43	38‍–‍36
Chicago White Sox	72	82	.468	29	37‍–‍40	35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	68	86	.442	33	36‍–‍41	32‍–‍45
Cleveland Indians	62	92	.403	39	28‍–‍49	34‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox	57	96	.373	43½	26‍–‍47	31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1928 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	9–13	7–15	6–16	3–18	9–13	13–9–1
Chicago	12–10	—	12–10–1	13–9	9–13	6–16	10–12	10–12
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	10–12	6–16	6–16	7–15	10–12
Detroit	15–7	9–13	12–10	—	7–15	8–14	9–13	8–14
New York	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	—	16–6	12–10	13–9
Philadelphia	18–3	16–6	16–6	14–8	6–16	—	16–6	12–10
St. Louis	13–9	12–10	15–7	13–9	10–12	6–16	—	13–9
Washington	9–13–1	12–10	12–10	14–8	9–13	10–12	9–13	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Moe Berg	76	224	55	.246	0	29
1B	Bud Clancy	130	487	132	.271	2	37
2B	Bill Hunnefield	94	333	98	.294	2	24
SS	Bill Cissell	125	443	115	.260	1	60
3B	Willie Kamm	155	552	170	.308	1	84
OF	Johnny Mostil	133	503	136	.270	0	51
OF	Alex Metzler	139	464	141	.304	3	55
OF	Carl Reynolds	84	291	94	.323	2	36

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bibb Falk	98	286	83	.290	1	37
Buck Redfern	86	261	61	.234	0	35
Bill Barrett	76	235	65	.277	3	26
Buck Crouse	78	218	55	.252	2	20
Art Shires	33	123	42	.341	1	11
Harry McCurdy	49	103	27	.262	2	13
George Blackerby	30	83	21	.253	0	12
Karl Swanson	22	64	9	.141	0	6
Randy Moore	24	61	13	.213	0	5
Johnny Mann	6	6	2	.333	0	1
Ray Schalk	2	1	1	1.000	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tommy Thomas	36	283.0	17	16	3.08	129
Ted Lyons	39	240.0	15	14	3.98	60
Grady Adkins	36	224.2	10	16	3.73	54
Red Faber	27	201.1	13	9	3.75	43
Ted Blankenship	27	158.0	9	11	4.61	36
Ed Walsh Jr.	14	78.0	4	7	4.96	32
Bob Weiland	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sarge Connally	28	74.1	2	5	4.84	28
Charlie Barnabe	7	9.2	0	2	6.52	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
George Cox	26	1	2	0	5.26	22
John Goodell	2	0	0	0	18.00	0
Rudy Leopold	2	0	0	0	3.86	0
Roy Wilson	1	0	0	0	0.00	2
Al Williamson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Dan Dugan	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1928 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference