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

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1928 Chicago White Sox roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

References 1928 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference