1923 Chicago White Sox season

Summary

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.

1923 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersKid Gleason
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It was notably marked by labor controversy in relation to Kenesaw Mountain Landis a judicial federal judge and Commissioner of Baseball, who made a decision which cut building trade wages in Chicago by 12.5%. In response unions called for a labor boycott of the White Sox and Chicago Cubs.[1]

Public notice published in April 1923 urging a labor boycott of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs, and opposing the Landis building trades award

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 9–13 10–12 10–12–1 8–14 13–7 4–18–1 7–15
Chicago 13–9 9–13 9–13 7–15 10–12 11–11–1 10–12–1
Cleveland 12–10 13–9 9–13 12–10 12–10 14–8 10–11
Detroit 12–10–1 13–9 13–9 10–12 12–10 12–10 11–11
New York 14–8 15–7 10–12 12–10 16–6 15–5 16–6
Philadelphia 7–13 12–10 10–12 10–12 6–16 9–13 15–7–1
St. Louis 18–4–1 11–11–1 8–14 10–12 5–15 13–9 9–13
Washington 15–7 12–10–1 11–10 11–11 6–16 7–15–1 13–9


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1923 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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
1B Earl Sheely 156 570 169 .296 4 88
2B Eddie Collins 145 505 182 .360 5 67
SS Hervey McClellan 141 550 129 .235 1 41
3B Willie Kamm 149 544 159 .292 6 87
OF Johnny Mostil 153 546 159 .291 3 64
OF Harry Hooper 145 576 166 .288 10 65
OF Bibb Falk 87 274 84 .307 5 38

Other batters edit

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
Roy Elsh 81 209 52 .249 0 24
Bill Barrett 44 162 44 .272 2 23
Maurice Archdeacon 22 87 35 .402 0 4
John Happenny 32 86 19 .221 0 10
Roy Graham 36 82 16 .195 0 6
Buck Crouse 23 70 18 .257 1 7
Amos Strunk 54 54 17 .315 0 8
Ernie Johnson 12 53 10 .189 0 1
Lou Rosenberg 3 4 1 .250 0 0
Charlie Dorman 1 2 1 .500 0 0
Jess Cortazzo 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Roxy Snipes 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Leo Taylor 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Robertson 38 255.0 13 18 3.81 91
Red Faber 32 232.1 14 11 3.41 91
Leon Cadore 1 2.1 0 1 23.14 3

Other pitchers edit

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
Dixie Leverett 38 192.2 10 13 4.06 64
Sloppy Thurston 44 191.2 7 8 3.05 55
Ted Lyons 9 22.2 2 1 6.35 6
Claral Gillenwater 5 21.1 1 3 5.48 2
Frank Woodward 2 2.0 0 1 13.50 0

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Mack 11 0 1 0 4.24 6
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
Red Proctor 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
Slim Embrey 1 0 0 0 10.13 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ Pietrusza, David (1998). Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. South Bend, Indiana: Diamond Communications. pp. 189–191. ISBN 978-1-888698-09-1.
  2. ^ Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference

References edit

  • 1923 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference