1918 Chicago White Sox season

Depleted of most of their stars due to World War I, the Chicago White Sox had a relatively bad year in 1918, going 57–67 and finishing in the second division. They had won the American League pennant in 1917 and would win another in 1919.

1918 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)Pants Rowland
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Regular season

Ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte led the AL in losses, with 19.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 7551 0.595 — 49–21 26–30
Cleveland Indians 7354 0.575 2½ 38–22 35–32
Washington Senators 7256 0.562 4 41–32 31–24
New York Yankees 6063 0.488 13½ 37–29 23–34
St. Louis Browns 5864 0.475 15 23–30 35–34
Chicago White Sox 5767 0.460 17 30–26 27–41
Detroit Tigers 5571 0.437 20 28–29 27–42
Philadelphia Athletics 5276 0.406 24 35–32 17–44

Record vs. opponents
1918 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —12–710–1013–56–1113–614–57–7
Chicago 7–12—10–116–1012–611–105–56–13
Cleveland 10–1011–10—10–311–7–113–7–110–68–11
Detroit 5–1310–63–10—9–10–19–1110–109–11–1
New York 11–66–127–11–110–9–1—8–410–10–18–11
Philadelphia 6–1310–117–13–111–94–8—8–106–12–1
St. Louis 5–145–56–1010–1010–10–110–8—12–7
Washington 7–713–611–811–9–111–812–6–17–12—

Roster
1918 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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
CRay Schalk10833373.219022
1BChick Gandil114439119.271055
2BEddie Collins9733091.276230
3BFred McMullin7023565.277116
SSBuck Weaver112420126.300029
OFShano Collins103365100.274156
OFEddie Murphy9128685.297023
OFNemo Leibold116440110.250031

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
Joe Jackson176523.354120
Otto Jacobs297315.20503

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
Eddie Cicotte3826612192.77104
Red Faber1180.2411.2326

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
Joe Benz29154882.6330

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
Ed Corey10004.500

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Eddie Cicotte

  • #6 in AL in strikeouts (104)

Eddie Murphy

  • #9 in AL in batting average (.297)

Buck Weaver

  • #7 in AL in batting average (.300)
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