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.

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.

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		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
	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
	6	6	2	.333	0	1
	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
	36	224.2	10	16	3.73	54
Red Faber	27	201.1	13	9	3.75	43
	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
	28	74.1	2	5	4.84	28
	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
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0