1916 Chicago White Sox season

1916 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Pants Rowland
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The 1916 Chicago White Sox finished second in the American League, just two games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. By this time, the nucleus of the 1917–19 dynasty was in place. Chicago would win the World Series the following season.

Regular season

This was Shoeless Joe Jackson's first full season with the White Sox. He led the team in batting with a .341 average and finished third in the league overall. Eddie Collins and Happy Felsch also hit .300. The pitching staff was well-balanced, with seven men making at least 14 starts.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	91	63	0.591	—	49–28	42–35
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	2	49–28	40–37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	0.565	4	49–28	38–39
New York Yankees	80	74	0.519	11	46–31	34–43
St. Louis Browns	79	75	0.513	12	45–32	34–43
Cleveland Indians	77	77	0.500	14	44–33	33–44
Washington Senators	76	77	0.497	14½	49–28	27–49
Philadelphia Athletics	36	117	0.235	54½	23–53	13–64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	14–8	15–7	14–8	11–11	16–6	10–12–1	11–11–1
Chicago	8–14	—	13–9	13–9	10–12	18–4	15–7	12–10–1
Cleveland	7–15	9–13	—	11–11	12–10	18–4	11–11–2	9–13–1
Detroit	8–14	9–13	11–11	—	14–8–1	18–4	13–9	14–8
New York	11–11	12–10	10–12	8–14–1	—	15–7	9–13	15–7–1
Philadelphia	6–16	4–18	4–18	4–18	7–15	—	5–17	6–15–1
St. Louis	12–10–1	7–15	11–11–2	9–13	13–9	17–5	—	10–12–1
Washington	11–11–1	10–12–1	13–9–1	8–14	7–15–1	15–6–1	12–10–1	—

Roster

1916 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Joe Benz Eddie Cicotte Dave Danforth Red Faber Reb Russell Jim Scott Ed Walsh Lefty Williams Mellie Wolfgang		Catchers Jack Lapp Byrd Lynn Ray Schalk Infielders Eddie Collins Jack Fournier Ziggy Hasbrook Fred McMullin George Moriarty Jack Ness Zeb Terry Fritz Von Kolnitz Buck Weaver Cy Wright		Outfielders Shano Collins Happy Felsch Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Eddie Murphy Other positions Joe Fautsch Ted Jourdan Ray Shook		Manager Pants Rowland Coaches Kid Gleason

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Schalk, RayRay Schalk	129	410	95	.232	0	41
1B	Fournier, JackJack Fournier	105	313	75	.240	3	44
2B	Collins, EddieEddie Collins	155	545	168	.308	0	52
SS	Terry, ZebZeb Terry	94	269	51	.190	0	17
3B	Weaver, BuckBuck Weaver	151	582	132	.227	3	38
OF	Jackson, JoeJoe Jackson	155	592	202	.341	3	78
OF	Felsch, HappyHappy Felsch	146	546	164	.300	7	70
OF	Collins, ShanoShano Collins	143	527	128	.243	0	42

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
Ness, JackJack Ness	75	258	69	.267	1	34
McMullin, FredFred McMullin	68	187	48	.257	0	10
Murphy, EddieEddie Murphy	51	105	22	.210	0	4
Hasbrook, ZiggyZiggy Hasbrook	9	8	1	.125	0	0
Shook, RayRay Shook	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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
Faber, RedRed Faber	35	205.1	17	9	2.02	87

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
Russell, RebReb Russell	56	264.1	18	11	2.42	112
Cicotte, EddieEddie Cicotte	44	187	15	7	1.78	91
Scott, JimJim Scott	32	165.1	7	14	2.72	71
Benz, JoeJoe Benz	28	142	9	5	2.03	57
Danforth, DaveDave Danforth	28	93.2	6	5	3.27	49
Walsh, EdEd Walsh	2	3.1	0	1	2.70	3

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Eddie Cicotte

• #2 in AL in ERA (1.78)

Joe Jackson

• #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.495)
• #3 in AL in batting average (.341)

References

• 1916 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference