# 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 55 | .641 | 2½ | 52‍–‍25 | 46‍–‍30 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 72 | .532 | 19 | 43‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 37‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍36 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 82 | .468 | 29 | 37‍–‍40 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 33 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Cleveland Indians | 62 | 92 | .403 | 39 | 28‍–‍49 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 57 | 96 | .373 | 43½ | 26‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1928 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 3–18 | 9–13 | 13–9–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10 | — | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | — | 10–12 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 10–12 |
| Detroit | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 8–14 |
| New York | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 18–3 | 16–6 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 6–16 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 9–13–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |

### 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 | 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 | Bill Cissell | 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 |
| Bill Barrett | 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 |
| Johnny Mann | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Schalk | 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 |
| Grady Adkins | 36 | 224.2 | 10 | 16 | 3.73 | 54 |
| Red Faber | 27 | 201.1 | 13 | 9 | 3.75 | 43 |
| Ted Blankenship | 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 |
| Sarge Connally | 28 | 74.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.84 | 28 |
| Charlie Barnabe | 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 |
| Dan Dugan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |