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1929 Chicago White Sox Season
The 1929 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 29th season in the major leagues, and its 30th season overall. League performance The team finished with a record 59–93, good enough for seventh place in the American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ..., 46 games behind the first place Philadelphia Athletics. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Built by White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, Comiskey Park hosted four World Series and more than 6,000 Major League Baseball games. Also, in one of the most famous boxing matches in history, the field was the site of the 1937 heavyweight title match in which Joe Louis defeated then champion James J. Braddock in eight rounds that launched Louis' unprecedented 11-plus year run as the heavyweight champion of the world. The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League also called Comiskey Park home when they were not playing at Normal Park, Soldier Field or Wrigley Field. They won the 1947 NFL Championship Game over the Philadelphia Eagles at Comiskey Park. Much less popular than the Bears, the Cardinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Faber
Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (September 6, 1888 – September 25, 1976) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through , playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He was a member of the 1919 team but was not involved in the Black Sox scandal. In fact, he missed the World Series due to injury and illness. Faber won 254 games over his 20-year career, a total which ranked 17th-highest in history upon his retirement. At the time of his retirement, he was the last legal spitballer in the American League; another legal spitballer, Burleigh Grimes, was later traded to the AL and appeared in 10 games for the Yankees in 1934. Faber was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. Early life Faber was born on a farm near Cascade, Iowa, on September 6, 1888. He was of Luxembourgish ancestry. While Faber was a child, his father managed a tavern and later ran the Hotel Faber in Cascade. His father became one of the wealthiest citizens in Cascade. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Kamm
William Edward Kamm (February 2, 1900 – December 21, 1988) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from to . Kamm played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox before finishing his playing days with the Cleveland Indians. He was the dominant defensive third baseman in the American League for most of his career.''In Kamm's Day - And Now'', by Jack McDonald, Baseball Digest, March 1966, Vol. 25, No. 2 Major league career Born in |
Bill Hunnefield
William Fenton Hunnefield (January 5, 1899 – August 28, 1976) was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He was a switch hitter, threw with his right hand, was tall, and weighed . Baseball career Hunnefield was a member of the Massachusetts state champion baseball team from Framingham High School in 1916 (as reported in the Middlesex News on February 14, 1993), and graduated from Framingham High in 1918. Hunnefield attended Northeastern University, where he played on the baseball team. He was an infielder who played for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians of the American League and the Boston Braves and New York Giants of the National League in a six-season career from 1926 to 1931. Playing in a total of 511 games, his batting average was .272 and his fielding percentage was .944. He finished second in the league in stolen bases in 1926. He played on the winning side in two no-hitters: Ted Lyons (1926) and Wes Ferrell (1931). There is a vintage "exhibit" card is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Clancy
John William "Bud" Clancy (September 15, 1900 – September 26, 1968) was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1924 to 1934 for the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies."Bud Clancy Statistics and History" "baseball-reference.com. Accessed May 30, 2017. While playing for the White Sox in 1930, Clancy became the first since 1891 to record no putouts or assists in a nine inning game. In 522 games over nine seasons, Clancy posted a .281 |
Bill Cissell
Chalmer William Cissell (January 3, 1904 – March 15, 1949) born in Perryville, Missouri, was an American baseball infielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (1928–32), Cleveland Indians (1932–33), Boston Red Sox (1934), Philadelphia Athletics (1937) and New York Giants (1938). He finished 15th in voting for the 1928 American League MVP for playing in 125 Games and having 443 At Bats, 66 Runs, 115 Hits, 22 Doubles, 3 Triples, 60 RBI, 18 Stolen Bases, and a .260 Batting Average. Cissell finished 11th in voting for the 1932 AL MVP for playing in 143 Games and having 584 At Bats, 85 Runs, 184 Hits, 36 Doubles, 7 Triples, 7 Home Runs, 98 RBI, 18 Stolen Bases, and a .315 Batting Average. In 9 seasons he played in 956 Games and had 3,707 At Bats, 516 Runs, 990 Hits, 173 Doubles, 43 Triples, 29 Home Runs, 423 RBI, 113 Stolen Bases, 212 Walks, and a .267 Batting Average. Cissell died in Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck Crouse
Clyde Ellsworth "Buck" Crouse (January 6, 1897 – October 23, 1983) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. Early career "Bucky" was born on a farm in Madison County, Indiana and moved to Muncie, Indiana as a boy. He began his professional baseball career in 1921 with the Jackson Mayors team in the Michigan Central League. When they folded a year later, he joined the Muskegan Club in the Michigan–Ontario League. Major league career Chicago White Sox The American League Chicago White Sox purchased him in the middle of the 1923 season. It was in Chicago that Bucky began his longtime association with Hall of Famers Ray Schalk, whom he backed up as a catcher, and pitcher Ted Lyons, who preferred Crouse over any other catcher. He served as backup to Schalk through 1926, and the next two seasons as part of a catching tandem with Harry McCurdy and Moe Berg. His best season was in 1925 when he led the team in hitting with a .351 in 54 games, but he was best known f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moe Berg
Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, Berg was never more than an average player and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball." Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball". A graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, Berg spoke several languages and regularly read ten newspapers a day. His reputation as an intellectual was fueled by his successful appearances as a contestant on the radio quiz show ''Information Please'', in which he answered questions about the etymology of words and names from Greek and Latin, historical events in Europe and the Far East, and ongoing international conferences. As a spy working for the government of the United States, Berg tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Autry (catcher)
Martin Gordon Autry (March 5, 1903 – January 26, 1950) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the New York Yankees (1924), Cleveland Indians (1926–28) and Chicago White Sox (1929–30). Listed at , 180 lb., Autry batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Martindale, Texas. In a six-season career, Autry was a .245 hitter (68-for-277) with two home runs and 33 RBI in 120 games, including 21 runs, 17 doubles and three triples. In 96 catching appearances, he posted a .965 fielding percentage with just 12 errors in 268 chances. Autry managed in minor league baseball from 1937–42 and 1947–49, including six years at the helm of the Savannah Indians. He was the incumbent skipper of the Yankees' Double-A farm team, the Beaumont Exporters, when he died from a heart attack in Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Weiland
Robert George Weiland (December 14, 1905 – November 9, 1988) was a professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1928–40. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and St. Louis Cardinals. Biography Weiland was born on December 14, 1905, on Chicago's South Side to Christ and Mathilda Weiland and he also had an older sister. In his professional career, he was listed at tall and weighing . He attended Lowell School for the first eight years and then went to Lane Tech High School for the next four years in Chicago. Unfortunately, he played for two unsuccessful teams in the American League for the first six and a half years in the majors, pitching for the White Sox and Red Sox from 1928 to 1934 and putting up a combined record of 20–50. Then he moved from to the Indians in the mid of 1934, it still took some time for him and then he was 1–5 for the balance of the year. There may not have been any better chances of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Walsh, Jr
Ed, ed or ED may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ed'' (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc * Ed (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Edward Elric, a character in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' media * ''Ed'' (TV series), a TV series that ran from 2000 to 2004 Businesses and organizations * Ed (supermarket), a French brand of discount stores founded in 1978 * Consolidated Edison, from their NYSE stock symbol * United States Department of Education, a department of the United States government * Enforcement Directorate, a law enforcement and economic intelligence agency in India * European Democrats, a loose association of conservative political parties in Europe * Airblue (IATA code ED), a private Pakistani airline * Eagle Dynamics, a Swiss software company Places * Ed, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States * Ed, Sweden, a town in Dals-Ed, Sweden * Erode Junction railway station, station code ED Health and medicine * Eating disorder, mental disorders def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Thomas (pitcher)
Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas (December 23, 1899 – April 27, 1988) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox (1926–1932), Washington Senators (1932–1935), Philadelphia Phillies (1935), St. Louis Browns (1936–1937) and Boston Red Sox (1937). He batted and threw right-handed. Background Thomas was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the Baltimore City College high school. Career Thomas played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, and Boston Red Sox. From 1926 through 1929 with the White Sox, Thomas finished in the top 10 in the American League in earned run average three times and in wins three times. In 1927 he led the American League with 36 games started and tied for the American League lead with innings pitched, and in 1929 he led the league with 24 complete games. In 1926 he held opposing hitters to a .244 batting average, leading all American League pitchers. In 1928, he fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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