1923 Chicago White Sox season

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.

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]

Regular season

1923 American League record v t e 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	—

May 12, 1923: Sloppy Thurston was purchased by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.^[2]
May 31, 1923: Ernie Johnson was selected off waivers from the White Sox by the New York Yankees.^[3]

1923 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

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

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

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