# 1926 Chicago White Sox season

The 1926 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 81–72, 9.5 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 50‍–‍25 | 41‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 3 | 49‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 83 | 67 | .553 | 6 | 44‍–‍27 | 39‍–‍40 |
| Washington Senators | 81 | 69 | .540 | 8 | 42‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 72 | .529 | 9½ | 47‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 39‍–‍41 | 40‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Browns | 62 | 92 | .403 | 29 | 40‍–‍39 | 22‍–‍53 |
| Boston Red Sox | 46 | 107 | .301 | 44½ | 25‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1926 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 6–16 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 11–11–1 | 3–18 |
| Chicago | 16–6 | — | 13–9 | 14–8–2 | 8–14 | 6–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 |
| Cleveland | 16–6 | 9–13 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 |
| Detroit | 15–7 | 8–14–2 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 |
| New York | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 |
| Philadelphia | 14–8 | 15–6 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 13–9 | — | 15–7 | 7–12 |
| St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 7–15 | — | 8–14 |
| Washington | 18–3 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12–1 | 10–12–1 | 12–7 | 14–8 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Ray Schalk | 82 | 226 | 60 | .265 | 0 | 32 |
| 1B | Earl Sheely | 145 | 525 | 157 | .299 | 6 | 87 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 106 | 375 | 129 | .344 | 1 | 62 |
| SS | Bill Hunnefield | 131 | 470 | 129 | .274 | 3 | 48 |
| 3B | Willie Kamm | 143 | 480 | 141 | .294 | 0 | 63 |
| OF | Johnny Mostil | 148 | 600 | 197 | .328 | 4 | 41 |
| OF | Bibb Falk | 155 | 566 | 195 | .345 | 8 | 108 |
| OF | Bill Barrett | 111 | 368 | 113 | .307 | 6 | 61 |

#### 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 |
| Spence Harris | 80 | 222 | 56 | .252 | 2 | 27 |
| Ray Morehart | 73 | 192 | 61 | .318 | 0 | 19 |
| Everett Scott | 40 | 143 | 36 | .252 | 0 | 13 |
| Buck Crouse | 49 | 135 | 32 | .237 | 0 | 19 |
| Johnny Grabowski | 48 | 122 | 32 | .262 | 1 | 11 |
| Moe Berg | 41 | 113 | 25 | .221 | 0 | 7 |
| Harry McCurdy | 44 | 86 | 28 | .326 | 1 | 11 |
| Bud Clancy | 12 | 38 | 13 | .342 | 0 | 7 |
| Tom Gulley | 16 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 8 |
| Pid Purdy | 11 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 6 |
| Pat Veltman | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Ted Lyons | 39 | 283.2 | 18 | 16 | 3.01 | 51 |
| Tommy Thomas | 44 | 249.0 | 15 | 12 | 3.80 | 127 |
| Ted Blankenship | 29 | 209.1 | 13 | 10 | 3.61 | 66 |
| Red Faber | 27 | 184.2 | 15 | 9 | 3.56 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Joe Edwards | 32 | 142.0 | 6 | 9 | 4.18 | 41 |
| Sloppy Thurston | 31 | 134.1 | 6 | 8 | 5.02 | 35 |
| Sarge Connally | 31 | 108.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.16 | 47 |
| Dixie Leverett | 6 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Milt Steengrafe | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.99 | 10 |
| Les Cox | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
| Pryor McBee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |