1917_Chicago_White_Sox_season

1917 Chicago White Sox
1917 Chicago White Sox
World Series Champions; American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Pants Rowland

1917 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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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.

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Chicago White Sox Franchise Encyclopedia

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	100	54	0.649	—	56–21	44–33
Boston Red Sox	90	62	0.592	9	45–33	45–29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	0.571	12	44–34	44–32
Detroit Tigers	78	75	0.510	21½	34–41	44–34
Washington Senators	74	79	0.484	25½	42–35	32–44
New York Yankees	71	82	0.464	28½	35–40	36–42
St. Louis Browns	57	97	0.370	43	31–46	26–51
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	0.359	44½	29–47	26–51

1917 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
	Postponement
Bold	White Sox team member

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

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

1917_Chicago_White_Sox_season

1917 Chicago White Sox season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

1917 World Series

Notes

References

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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

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

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

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