1928 Chicago White Sox season

1928 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (Since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1900)
1928 Information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Ray Schalk, Lena Blackburne
Local radio	WGN (AM) (Bob Elson, Quin Ryan) WMAQ (AM) WCFL (John O'Hara)
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The 1928 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League, 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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	.641	2½
St. Louis Browns	82	72	.532	19
Washington Senators	75	79	.487	26
Chicago White Sox	72	82	.468	29
Detroit Tigers	68	86	.442	33
Cleveland Indians	62	92	.403	39
Boston Red Sox	57	96	.373	43½

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
SS	Cissell, BillBill Cissell	125	443	115	.260	1	60

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
Barrett, BillBill Barrett	76	235	65	.277	3	26
Mann, JohnnyJohnny Mann	6	6	2	.333	0	1
Schalk, RayRay 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
Adkins, GradyGrady Adkins	36	224.2	10	16	3.73	54
Blankenship, TedTed Blankenship	27	158	9	11	4.61	36

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
Barnabe, CharlieCharlie 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
Dugan, DanDan Dugan	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1928 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference