1923 Chicago White Sox season

1923 Chicago White Sox
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Kid Gleason
Seasons

The 1923 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The White Sox finished seventh in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	54	0.645	—	46–30	52–24
Detroit Tigers	83	71	0.539	16	45–32	38–39
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	16½	42–36	40–35
Washington Senators	75	78	0.490	23½	43–34	32–44
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	24	40–36	34–42
Philadelphia Athletics	69	83	0.454	29	34–41	35–42
Chicago White Sox	69	85	0.448	30	30–45	39–40
Boston Red Sox	61	91	0.401	37	37–40	24–51

Notable transactions

• May 12, 1923: Sloppy Thurston was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.
• May 31, 1923: Ernie Johnson was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the New York Yankees.

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	123	382	87	.228	1	44
2B	Eddie Collins	145	505	182	.360	5	67

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
Bill Barrett	44	162	44	.272	2	23
Roy Graham	36	82	16	.195	0	6
Ernie Johnson	12	53	10	.189	0	1
Leo Taylor	1	0	0	----	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
Red Faber	32	232.1	14	11	3.41	91
Leon Cadore	1	2.1	0	1	23.14	3

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
Mike Cvengros	40	214.1	12	13	4.41	86
Ted Blankenship	44	204.2	9	14	4.35	57
Sloppy Thurston	44	191.2	7	8	3.05	55

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
Paul Castner	6	0	0	0	6.30	0
Homer Blankenship	4	1	1	1	3.60	1
Sarge Connally	3	0	0	0	6.23	3
Lum Davenport	2	0	0	0	6.23	1
Slim Embrey	1	0	0	0	10.13	1

References

• 1923 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference