1917 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 100-54
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 684,521, Avg. 11,379
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated New York Giants 4-2
Manager: Pants Rowland (100-54)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1917 Chicago White Sox Roster
1917 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1917 season with a record of 100 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The White Sox topped the league with 656 runs, spearheaded by 18 home runs. Chicago surrendered 464 runs. Happy Felsch drove in 102 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .308. Eddie Cicotte recorded 28 wins on the mound for the team, while Red Faber, Reb Russell and Lefty Williams each added 15 or more wins, too Eddie Cicotte recorded a 1.53 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Pants Rowland coached the team. The 1917 Chicago White Sox won the World Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Eddie Cicotte	28	12	.700	1.53	49	35	9	29	7	4	346.7	246	76	59	2	70	150	3	2	1	1288
Lefty Williams	17	8	.680	2.97	45	29	14	8	1	1	230.0	221	94	76	3	81	85	9	0	5	970
Red Faber	16	13	.552	1.92	41	29	10	16	3	3	248.0	224	92	53	1	85	84	10	1	1	1043
Reb Russell	15	5	.750	1.95	35	24	7	11	5	3	189.3	170	61	41	1	32	54	1	0	1	731
Dave Danforth	11	6	.647	2.65	50	9	26	1	1	9	173.0	155	56	51	1	74	79	3	1	2	716
Joe Benz	7	3	.700	2.47	19	13	4	7	2	0	94.7	76	36	26	1	23	25	2	0	2	371
Jim Scott	6	7	.462	1.87	24	17	5	6	2	1	125.0	126	37	26	0	42	37	6	0	0	516
Mellie Wolfgang	0	0		5.09	5	0	3	0	0	0	17.7	18	10	10	1	6	3	1	0	0	66
Totals	100	54	.649	2.16	268	156	78	78	21	21	1424.3	1236	462	342	10	413	517	35	4	12	5701

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Happy Felsch	152	632	575	75	177	17	10	6	102	26	33	52	.308	.352	.403	.755	232	6	18
Eddie Collins	156	689	564	91	163	18	12	0	67	53	89	16	.289	.389	.363	.752	205	3	33
Shoeless Joe Jackson	146	621	538	91	162	20	17	5	75	13	57	25	.301	.375	.429	.805	231	7	19
Chick Gandil	149	601	553	53	151	9	7	0	57	16	30	36	.273	.316	.315	.631	174	5	13
Buck Weaver	118	514	447	64	127	16	5	3	32	19	27	29	.284	.332	.362	.694	162	5	35
Nemo Leibold	125	509	428	59	101	12	6	0	29	27	74	34	.236	.350	.292	.642	125	1	6
Ray Schalk	140	507	424	48	96	12	5	2	51	19	59	27	.226	.331	.292	.623	124	7	17
Swede Risberg	149	563	474	59	96	20	8	1	45	16	59	65	.203	.297	.285	.582	135	5	25
Shano Collins	82	270	252	38	59	13	3	1	14	14	10	27	.234	.269	.321	.590	81	2	6
Fred McMullin	59	245	194	35	46	2	1	0	12	9	27	17	.237	.339	.258	.597	50	3	21
Eddie Cicotte	49	133	112	6	20	2	0	0	8	1	12	23	.179	.264	.196	.460	22	1	8
Reb Russell	39	74	68	5	19	3	3	0	9	0	2	10	.279	.300	.412	.712	28	0	4
Eddie Murphy	53	60	51	9	16	2	1	0	16	4	5	1	.314	.386	.392	.778	20	1	3
Byrd Lynn	35	84	72	7	16	2	0	0	5	1	7	11	.222	.300	.250	.550	18	1	4
Dave Danforth	50	57	46	3	6	2	1	0	5	1	6	19	.130	.231	.217	.448	10	0	5
Lefty Williams	45	81	67	5	6	0	1	0	2	0	8	19	.090	.187	.119	.306	8	0	6
Joe Benz	19	33	30	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	.167	.167	.200	.367	6	0	3
Ted Jourdan	17	35	34	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	.147	.171	.206	.377	7	0	0
Jim Scott	24	46	42	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	.119	.196	.119	.315	5	0	0
Red Faber	41	87	69	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	10	38	.058	.177	.072	.250	5	0	8
Joe Jenkins	10	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	1
Ziggy Hasbrook	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jack Fournier	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Zeb Terry	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0
Bobby Byrne	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Mellie Wolfgang	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals	1669	5861	5057	657	1281	152	81	18	535	219	522	479	.253	.329	.326	.655	1649	47	235

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ted Jourdan	1B	14	68	5	2	2	.973	5.214	0
Chick Gandil	1B	149	1405	77	8	84	.995	9.946	0
Ziggy Hasbrook	2B	1	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Eddie Collins	2B	156	353	388	24	68	.969	4.750	0
Bobby Byrne	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Buck Weaver	3B	107	154	218	20	18	.949	3.477	0
Fred McMullin	3B	52	61	90	11	4	.932	2.904	0
Ray Schalk	C	139	624	148	15	18	.981	5.554	8
Byrd Lynn	C	29	104	13	5	4	.959	4.034	2
Joe Jenkins	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Reb Russell	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Eddie Murphy	OF	9	2	0	0	0	1.000	.222	0
Nemo Leibold	OF	122	204	18	9	3	.961	1.820	0
Shoeless Joe Jackson	OF	145	341	18	6	4	.984	2.476	0
Happy Felsch	OF	152	440	24	7	5	.985	3.053	0
Shano Collins	OF	73	125	6	1	4	.992	1.795	0
Mellie Wolfgang	P	5	0	5	1	0	.833	1.000	0
Lefty Williams	P	45	8	46	4	2	.931	1.200	0
Jim Scott	P	24	7	37	2	1	.957	1.833	0
Reb Russell	P	35	11	51	1	2	.984	1.771	0
Red Faber	P	41	13	84	8	0	.924	2.366	0
Dave Danforth	P	50	0	42	4	0	.913	.840	0
Eddie Cicotte	P	49	14	94	5	2	.956	2.204	0
Joe Benz	P	19	3	32	5	0	.875	1.842	0
Buck Weaver	SS	10	20	39	1	9	.983	5.900	0
Zeb Terry	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Swede Risberg	SS	146	291	352	61	57	.913	4.404	0
Fred McMullin	SS	2	2	2	4	0	.500	2.000	0
Totals		1578	4253	1793	204	288	.967	3.831	10

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Red Faber	WS	3	1	.750	2.33	4	3	1	2	27.0	21	7	7	1	3	0	9	2	1	101
Eddie Cicotte	WS	1	1	.500	1.57	3	2	0	2	23.0	23	5	4	0	2	1	13	0	0	95
Reb Russell	WS	0	0			1	1	0	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Lefty Williams	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6
Dave Danforth	WS	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5
Totals		4	2	.667	2.77	10	6	2	4	52.0	51	17	16	2	6	1	27	2	1	210

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
Eddie Collins	WS	6	24	22	4	9	1	0	2	3	0	2	3	.409	.458	.455	.913	10	0	0
Buck Weaver	WS	6	21	21	3	7	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	.333	.333	.381	.714	8	1	0
Shoeless Joe Jackson	WS	6	24	23	4	7	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	.304	.333	.304	.638	7	0	0
Shano Collins	WS	6	21	21	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.286	.286	.333	.619	7	0	0
Happy Felsch	WS	6	23	22	4	6	1	1	3	0	2	1	5	.273	.304	.455	.759	10	0	0
Chick Gandil	WS	6	23	23	1	6	1	0	5	1	0	0	2	.261	.261	.304	.565	7	0	0
Ray Schalk	WS	6	21	19	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	.263	.333	.263	.596	5	0	0
Fred McMullin	WS	6	27	24	1	3	1	0	2	0	1	1	6	.125	.160	.167	.327	4	0	2
Nemo Leibold	WS	2	6	5	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	0
Swede Risberg	WS	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0
Eddie Cicotte	WS	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0
Red Faber	WS	4	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	1
Byrd Lynn	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Dave Danforth	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Reb Russell	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Lefty Williams	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals		63	211	197	21	54	6	1	18	6	8	11	28	.274	.313	.320	.632	63	1	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Chick Gandil	WS	1B	6	6	52.0	67	4	1	6	.986	12.288	11.833	0
Eddie Collins	WS	2B	6	6	52.0	11	23	0	3	1.000	5.885	5.667	0
Fred McMullin	WS	3B	6	6	52.0	2	14	0	2	1.000	2.769	2.667	0
Ray Schalk	WS	C	6	6	52.0	32	6	2	1	.950	6.577	6.333	1
Happy Felsch	WS	CF	6	6	52.0	16	2	0	1	1.000	3.115	3.000	0
Shoeless Joe Jackson	WS	LF	6	6	52.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.731	1.667	0
Red Faber	WS	P	4	3	27.0	1	9	0	2	1.000	3.333	2.500	0
Eddie Cicotte	WS	P	3	2	23.0	0	7	1	0	.875	2.739	2.333	0
Lefty Williams	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Danforth	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0
Reb Russell	WS	P	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0
Shano Collins	WS	RF	6	6	42.0	4	1	3	0	.625	1.071	.833	0
Nemo Leibold	WS	RF	2	0	10.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.900	.500	0
Buck Weaver	WS	SS	6	6	52.0	13	14	4	4	.871	4.673	4.500	0
Totals			60	54	468.0	156	82	12	19	.952	4.577	3.967	1

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