1917 Chicago White Sox season

1917 Chicago White Sox
American League Champions World Series Champions
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 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.

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

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1917 American League Records Sources:
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

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

1917 White Sox game log
April (9–7) – home (4–6) – road (0–6) – 0 R.S. 0 R.A. # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Time Record GB Box/Streak 1 April 11 @ Browns 7–2 Scott @ Hamilton Danforth 18,000 1.57 1–0 2 April 13 @ Browns 3–4 Koob Faber Sothoron 1,000 2:11 1–1 – 3 April 14 @ Browns 11–0 Cicotte Hamilton 10,000 2:02 2–1 4 April 15 @ Tigers 6–2 Scott Covelski 15,473 1:35 5 April 16 @ Tigers 4–0 Faber Jones 5,200 1:41 3–1 – 6 April 17 @ Tigers 4–2 Danforth Ehmke Russel 3,353 1:50 – 7 April 19 Indians 2–6 Plank Scott 28,000 1:58 8 April 20 Browns 5–2 Cicotte Sothoron 6,000 1:48 9 April 21 Browns 2–0 Faber Koob 14,000 2,000 10 April 22 Browns 3–2 Williams Groom 25,000 1:59 11 April 24 Indians 1–0 Scott Coveleski 5,000 1:43 12 April 25 Indians 1–4 Coumbe Cicotte 1,000 1:47 13 April 26 Indians 0–3 Bagby Faber 2,500 1:48 14 April 27 Indians 1–2 Klepfer Scott Covelski 4,000 2:02 15 April 28 Tigers 3–8 Faber Jones 4,200 2:36 16 April 29 Tigers 0–3 Mitchell Faber 12,000 1:42

Roster

1917 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Joe Benz Eddie Cicotte Dave Danforth Red Faber Reb Russell Jim Scott Lefty Williams Mellie Wolfgang		Catchers Joe Jenkins Byrd Lynn Ray Schalk Infielders Bobby Byrne Eddie Collins Chick Gandil Ziggy Hasbrook Ted Jourdan Fred McMullin Swede Risberg Zeb Terry Buck Weaver		Outfielders Shano Collins Happy Felsch Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Eddie Murphy Other positions Jack Fournier		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	140	424	96	.226	2	51
1B	Gandil, ChickChick Gandil	149	553	151	.273	0	57
2B	Collins, EddieEddie Collins	156	564	163	.289	0	67
3B	Weaver, BuckBuck Weaver	118	447	127	.284	3	32
SS	Risberg, SwedeSwede Risberg	149	474	96	.203	1	45
LF	Jackson, JoeJoe Jackson	146	538	162	.301	5	75
CF	Felsch, HappyHappy Felsch	152	575	177	.308	6	102
RF	Leibold, NemoNemo 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
McMullin, FredFred McMullin	59	194	46	.237	0	12
Terry, ZebZeb Terry	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Fournier, JackJack Fournier	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Byrne, BobbyBobby Byrne	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Hasbrook, ZiggyZiggy Hasbrook	2	1	0	.000	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
Cicotte, EddieEddie Cicotte	49	346.2	28	12	1.53	150
Faber, RedRed Faber	41	248	16	13	1.92	84
Russell, RebReb Russell	35	189.1	15	5	1.95	54
Benz, JoeJoe 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

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
Danforth, DaveDave Danforth	50	11	6	9	2.65	79

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Eddie Cicotte

• #1 in AL in wins (28)
• #1 in AL in earned run average (1.53)
• #2 in AL in strikeouts (150)

Happy Felsch

• #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
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

Notes

1. Chicago White Sox Franchise Encyclopedia

References

• 1917 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference