1917 Chicago White Sox season

1917 Chicago White Sox
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersPants Rowland
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The 1917 Chicago White Sox dominated the American League with a record of 100–54. The 100 wins is a club record that still stands.[1] Their offense was first in runs scored while their pitching staff led the league with a 2.16 ERA.

Facing the New York Giants in the 1917 World Series, the team clinched the series in six games, thanks in large part to the workhorse efforts of Eddie Cicotte and Red Faber. It would be the team's last world championship until 2005.

Regular season

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1917 Chicago White Sox

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 100 54 .649 — 56‍–‍21 44‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox 90 62 .592 9 45‍–‍33 45‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians 88 66 .571 12 44‍–‍34 44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 78 75 .510 21½ 34‍–‍41 44‍–‍34
Washington Senators 74 79 .484 25½ 42‍–‍35 32‍–‍44
New York Yankees 71 82 .464 28½ 35‍–‍40 36‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns 57 97 .370 43 31‍–‍46 26‍–‍51
Philadelphia Athletics 55 98 .359 44½ 29‍–‍47 26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1917 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12–1 10–12 9–12 13–9–1 18–3–1 17–5–1 13–9–1
Chicago 12–10–1 — 14–8 16–6 12–10 15–7 16–6 15–7–1
Cleveland 12–10 8–14 — 12–10 15–7 16–6 14–8 11–11–2
Detroit 12–9 6–16 10–12 — 13–9–1 12–10 14–8 11–11
New York 9–13–1 10–12 7–15 9–13–1 — 15–7 13–9 8–13
Philadelphia 3–18–1 7–15 6–16 10–12 7–15 — 11–11 11–11
St. Louis 5–17–1 6–16 8–14 8–14 9–13 11–11 — 10–12
Washington 9–13–1 7–15–1 11–11–2 11–11 13–8 11–11 12–10 —


Game log

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Legend
  White Sox win
  White Sox loss
  Postponement
Bold White Sox team member
1917 White Sox game log
April (9–7) – home (4–6) – road (0–6) – 0 R.S. 0 R.A.
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record GB Box/Streak
1 April 11 @ Browns 7–2 Scott @ Hamilton Danforth 18,000 1.57 1–0
2 April 13 @ Browns 3–4 Koob Faber Sothoron 1,000 2:11 1–1 –
3 April 14 @ Browns 11–0 Cicotte Hamilton 10,000 2:02 2–1
4 April 15 @ Tigers 6–2 Scott Covelski 15,473 1:35
5 April 16 @ Tigers 4–0 Faber Jones 5,200 1:41 3–1 –
6 April 17 @ Tigers 4–2 Danforth Ehmke Russel 3,353 1:50 –
7 April 19 Indians 2–6 Plank Scott 28,000 1:58
8 April 20 Browns 5–2 Cicotte Sothoron 6,000 1:48
9 April 21 Browns 2–0 Faber Koob 14,000 2,000
10 April 22 Browns 3–2 Williams Groom 25,000 1:59
11 April 24 Indians 1–0 Scott Coveleski 5,000 1:43
12 April 25 Indians 1–4 Coumbe Cicotte 1,000 1:47
13 April 26 Indians 0–3 Bagby Faber 2,500 1:48
14 April 27 Indians 1–2 Klepfer Scott Covelski 4,000 2:02
15 April 28 Tigers 3–8 Faber Jones 4,200 2:36
16 April 29 Tigers 0–3 Mitchell Faber 12,000 1:42

Roster

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1917 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 140 424 96 .226 2 51
1B Chick Gandil 149 553 151 .273 0 57
2B Eddie Collins 156 564 163 .289 0 67
3B Buck Weaver 118 447 127 .284 3 32
SS Swede Risberg 149 474 96 .203 1 45
LF Joe Jackson 146 538 162 .301 5 75
CF Happy Felsch 152 575 177 .308 6 102
RF Nemo Leibold 125 428 101 .236 0 29

Other batters

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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
Shano Collins 82 252 59 .234 1 13
Fred McMullin 59 194 46 .237 0 12
Byrd Lynn 35 72 16 .222 0 7
Eddie Murphy 53 51 16 .314 0 16
Ted Jourdan 17 34 5 .147 0 2
Joe Jenkins 10 9 1 .111 0 3
Zeb Terry 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Jack Fournier 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Bobby Byrne 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Ziggy Hasbrook 2 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eddie Cicotte 49 346.2 28 12 1.53 150
Red Faber 41 248.0 16 13 1.92 84
Reb Russell 35 189.1 15 5 1.95 54
Joe Benz 19 94.2 7 3 2.47 25

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lefty Williams 45 230.0 17 8 2.97 85
Jim Scott 24 125.0 6 7 1.87 37

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Danforth 50 11 6 9 2.65 79
Mellie Wolfgang 5 0 0 0 5.09 3

Awards and honors

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League top five finishers

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Eddie Cicotte

  • #1 in AL in wins (28)
  • #1 in AL in earned run average (1.53)
  • #2 in AL in strikeouts (150)

Happy Felsch

  • #2 in AL in runs batted in (102)

1917 World Series

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Main article: 1917 World Series

There were accusations of this series not being completely "on the level," especially after the Black Sox Scandal of 1919.[citation needed] The most notable play involved Heinie Zimmerman of the Giants chasing Eddie Collins across home plate in the deciding game. Zimmerman was later banned from organized baseball for throwing games.

AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 New York Giants – 1, Chicago White Sox – 2 October 6 Comiskey Park 32,000
2 New York Giants – 2, Chicago White Sox – 7 October 7 Comiskey Park 32,000
3 Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 2 October 10 Polo Grounds 33,616
4 Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 5 October 11 Polo Grounds 27,746
5 New York Giants – 5, Chicago White Sox – 8 October 13 Comiskey Park 27,323
6 Chicago White Sox – 4, New York Giants – 2 October 15 Polo Grounds 33,969

Notes

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  1. ^ Chicago White Sox Franchise Encyclopedia

References

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