1929 Chicago White Sox season
The 1929 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 29th season in the major leagues, and its 30th season overall.
League performance
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.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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hal McKain | 34 | 158.0 | 6 | 9 | 3.65 | 33 |
| 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 |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6.65 | 15 | |
| Sarge Connally | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.76 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |