1918 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1918 American League Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois 57 67 y 6th Charles Comiskey Pants Rowland thumb | right | Fred McMullin (1918) 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 place. They had won the American League pennant in 1917 and would win another in 1919. Regular season Ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte led the AL in losses, with 19. Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1918 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Joe Benz Eddie Cicotte Ed Corey Dave Danforth Red Faber Roy Mitchell Jack Quinn Reb Russell Frank Shellenback Lefty Williams Mellie Wolfgang Catchers Al DeVormer Otto Jacobs Byrd Lynn Ray Schalk Infielders Eddie Collins Chick Gandil Ted Jourdan Fred McMullin Johnny Mostil Babe Pinelli Swede Risberg Buck Weaver Outfielders Shano Collins Happy Felsch Wilbur Good Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Eddie Murphy Other batters Pat Hardgrove Kid Willson Manager Pants Rowland 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 Ray Schalk 108 333 73 .219 0 22 1B Chick Gandil 114 439 119 .271 0 55 2B Eddie Collins 97 330 91 .276 2 30 3B Fred McMullin 70 235 65 .277 1 16 SS Buck Weaver 112 420 126 .300 0 29 OF Shano Collins 103 365 100 .274 1 56 OF Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 91 286 85 .297 0 23 OF Nemo Leibold 116 440 110 .250 0 31 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 Swede Risberg 82 273 70 .256 1 27 Happy Felsch 53 206 52 .252 1 20 Wilbur Good 35 148 37 .250 0 11 Babe Pinelli 24 78 18 .231 1 7 Otto Jacobs 29 73 15 .205 0 3 Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson 17 65 23 .354 1 20 Johnny Mostil 10 33 9 .273 0 4 Al DeVormer 8 19 5 .263 0 0 Ted Jourdan 7 10 1 .100 0 1 Pat Hardgrove 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Kid Willson 4 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 Eddie Cicotte 38 266.0 12 19 2.77 104 Frank Shellenback 28 182.2 9 12 2.66 47 Reb Russell 19 124.2 7 5 2.60 38 Lefty Williams 15 105.2 6 4 2.73 30 Red Faber 11 80.2 4 1 1.23 26 Jack Quinn 6 51.0 5 1 2.29 22 Roy Mitchell 2 12.0 0 1 7.50 3 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 Benz 29 154.0 8 8 2.63 30 Dave Danforth 39 139.0 6 15 3.43 48 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 Mellie Wolfgang 4 0 1 0 5.40 1 Ed Corey 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 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) External links 1918 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White