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 1929 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 29th season in the major leagues, and its 30th season overall.
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.
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 |
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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 | — |
1929 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager Coaches |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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