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.

1929 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Lena Blackburne
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Quin Ryan, Frank Dahm) WMAQ (AM) WCFL (John O'Hara)
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League Performance

They finished with a record 59–93, good enough for seventh place in the American League, 46 games behind the first place Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1929 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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
Roster
Pitchers Grady Adkins Lena Blackburne Ted Blankenship Jerry Byrne Sarge Connally Dan Dugan Red Faber Dutch Henry Ted Lyons Hal McKain Tommy Thomas Ed Walsh, Jr. Bob Weiland		Catchers Chick Autry Moe Berg Buck Crouse Infielders Bill Cissell Bud Clancy Bill Hunnefield Willie Kamm John Kerr Buck Redfern Art Shires Frank Sigafoos		Outfielders Dutch Hoffman Alex Metzler Johnny Mostil Carl Reynolds Doug Taitt Johnny Watwood Other batters Bill Barrett Karl Swanson		Manager Lena Blackburne Coaches Ed Walsh

Player stats

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

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
Chick Autry	43	96	20	.208	1	12

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
Bill Barrett	3	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Grady Adkins	31	138.1	2	11	5.33	24

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
Dan Dugan	19	1	4	1	6.65	15
Ted Blankenship	8	0	2	0	8.84	7
Lena Blackburne	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

• 1929 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference