1923 Chicago White Sox season

1923 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Kid Gleason
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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

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

• May 12, 1923: Sloppy Thurston was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.^[1]
• May 31, 1923: Ernie Johnson was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the New York Yankees.^[2]

Roster

1923 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Homer Blankenship Ted Blankenship Leon Cadore Paul Castner Sarge Connally Mike Cvengros Lum Davenport Slim Embrey Red Faber Claral Gillenwater Dixie Leverett Ted Lyons Frank Mack Red Proctor Charlie Robertson Sloppy Thurston Frank Woodward		Catchers Buck Crouse Charlie Dorman Roy Graham Ray Schalk Infielders Eddie Collins John Happenny Ernie Johnson Willie Kamm Harvey McClellan Lou Rosenberg Earl Sheely		Outfielders Maurice Archdeacon Bill Barrett Roy Elsh Bibb Falk Harry Hooper Johnny Mostil Amos Strunk Other batters Jess Cortazzo Roxy Snipes Leo Taylor		Manager Kid Gleason Coaches Ed Walsh

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	Schalk, RayRay Schalk	123	382	87	.228	1	44
2B	Collins, EddieEddie 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
Barrett, BillBill Barrett	44	162	44	.272	2	23
Graham, RoyRoy Graham	36	82	16	.195	0	6
Johnson, ErnieErnie Johnson	12	53	10	.189	0	1
Taylor, LeoLeo 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
Faber, RedRed Faber	32	232.1	14	11	3.41	91
Cadore, LeonLeon 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
Cvengros, MikeMike Cvengros	40	214.1	12	13	4.41	86
Blankenship, TedTed Blankenship	44	204.2	9	14	4.35	57
Thurston, SloppySloppy 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
Castner, PaulPaul Castner	6	0	0	0	6.30	0
Blankenship, HomerHomer Blankenship	4	1	1	1	3.60	1
Connally, SargeSarge Connally	3	0	0	0	6.23	3
Davenport, LumLum Davenport	2	0	0	0	6.23	1
Embrey, SlimSlim Embrey	1	0	0	0	10.13	1

Notes

1. Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball Reference
2. Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1923 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference