1929_Chicago_White_Sox_season
1929 Chicago White Sox season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1929 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 29th season in the major leagues, and its 30th season overall.
1929 Chicago White Sox | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois | |||
Owners | Charles Comiskey | |||
Managers | Lena Blackburne | |||
Radio | WCFL (Johnny O'Hara) WGN (Bob Elson, Quin Ryan, Frank Dahm) WMAQ (Hal Totten) | |||
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The team finished with a record of 59–93, good enough for seventh place in the American League, 46 games behind the first place Philadelphia Athletics.
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | 0.693 | — | 57–16 | 47–30 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 18 | 49–28 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | 0.533 | 24 | 44–32 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 26 | 41–36 | 38–37 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 34 | 37–40 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 36 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | 0.388 | 46 | 35–41 | 24–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 48 | 32–45 | 26–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 9–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 4–17 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 7–14 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 4–18 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | — | 11–10–1 | 16–4 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 17–4 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 10–11–1 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 4–16 | 13–9 | — |
Roster
1929 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
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 |
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C | Moe Berg | 107 | 352 | 101 | .287 | 0 | 47 |
1B | Art Shires | 100 | 353 | 110 | .312 | 3 | 41 |
2B | John Kerr | 127 | 419 | 108 | .258 | 1 | 39 |
SS | Bill Cissell | 152 | 618 | 173 | .280 | 5 | 62 |
3B | Willie Kamm | 147 | 523 | 140 | .268 | 3 | 63 |
OF | Dutch Hoffman | 107 | 337 | 87 | .258 | 3 | 37 |
OF | Alex Metzler | 146 | 568 | 156 | .275 | 2 | 49 |
OF | Carl Reynolds | 131 | 517 | 164 | .317 | 11 | 67 |
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 |
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Bud Clancy | 92 | 290 | 82 | .283 | 3 | 45 |
Johnny Watwood | 85 | 278 | 84 | .302 | 2 | 28 |
Bill Hunnefield | 47 | 127 | 23 | .181 | 0 | 9 |
Doug Taitt | 47 | 124 | 21 | .169 | 0 | 12 |
Buck Crouse | 45 | 107 | 29 | .271 | 2 | 12 |
Chick Autry | 43 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 1 | 12 |
Buck Redfern | 21 | 46 | 6 | .130 | 0 | 3 |
Johnny Mostil | 12 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
Frank Sigafoos | 7 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Barrett | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Karl Swanson | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Tommy Thomas | 36 | 259.2 | 14 | 18 | 3.19 | 62 |
Ted Lyons | 37 | 259.1 | 14 | 20 | 4.10 | 57 |
Red Faber | 31 | 234.0 | 13 | 13 | 3.88 | 68 |
Ed Walsh Jr. | 24 | 129.0 | 6 | 11 | 5.65 | 31 |
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 |
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Hal McKain | 34 | 158.0 | 6 | 9 | 3.65 | 33 |
Grady Adkins | 31 | 138.1 | 2 | 11 | 5.33 | 24 |
Bob Weiland | 15 | 62.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.81 | 25 |
Ted Blankenship | 8 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.84 | 7 |
Dutch Henry | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
Jerry Byrne | 3 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 1 |
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 |
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Dan Dugan | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6.65 | 15 |
Sarge Connally | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.76 | 3 |
Lena Blackburne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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