1917 Chicago White Sox 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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1917 World Series Champions 1917 American League Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Charles Comiskey |
Manager(s) | Pants Rowland |
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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.
Regular season
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Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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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April (9–7) – home (4–6) – road (0–6) – 0 R.S. 0 R.A.
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Player stats
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 |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Eddie Cicotte | 49 | 346.2 | 28 | 12 | 1.53 | 150 |
Red Faber | 41 | 248 | 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
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lefty Williams | 45 | 230 | 17 | 8 | 2.97 | 85 |
Jim Scott | 24 | 125 | 6 | 7 | 1.87 | 37 |
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 |
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Dave Danforth | 50 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2.65 | 79 |
Mellie Wolfgang | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.09 | 3 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
- #1 in AL in wins (28)
- #1 in AL in earned run average (1.53)
- #2 in AL in strikeouts (150)
- #2 in AL in runs batted in (102)
1917 World Series
There were accusations of this series not being completely "on the level," especially after the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. 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 |
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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 |