1917 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1917 World Series championsAmerican League champions American League Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois 100 54 y 1st Charles Comiskey Pants Rowland 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.Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/ 2025-03-22 Baseball-Reference.com en 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 thumb|350px|1917 Chicago White Sox Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Game log Legend White Sox win White Sox loss PostponementBoldWhite Sox team member background:#000000;color:white; 1917 White Sox game log y background-color: white; color: black; 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 |- align="text-align:center; bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || April 11 || @ Browns || 7–2 || Scott || @ Hamilton || Danforth || 18,000|| 1.57 || 1–0 || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 13 || @ Browns || 3–4 || Koob || Faber || Sothoron || 1,000 || 2:11 ||1–1 || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 14 || @ Browns || 11–0 || Cicotte | Hamilton || || 10,000 || 2:02 || 2–1 || || || |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 15 || @ Tigers || 6–2 || Scott|| Covelski || || 15,473 || 1:35 || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 ||April 16 || @ Tigers || 4–0 || Faber || Jones || || 5,200 || 1:41 || 3–1 || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 17|| @ Tigers || 4–2 || Danforth || Ehmke || Russel || 3,353 || 1:50 || || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 19 || Indians || 2–6 || Plank || Scott || || 28,000 || 1:58 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 20 || Browns || 5–2 || Cicotte || Sothoron || || 6,000 || 1:48 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 21 || Browns || 2–0 || Faber || Koob || || 14,000 || 2,000 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 || April 22 || Browns || 3–2 || Williams || Groom || || 25,000 || 1:59 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 24 ||Indians || 1–0 || Scott || Coveleski || || 5,000 || 1:43 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 25 ||Indians || 1–4 || Coumbe || Cicotte || || 1,000 || 1:47 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13|| April 26 || Indians || 0–3 || Bagby || Faber || || 2,500 || 1:48 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 27 || Indians || 1–2 || Klepfer || Scott || Covelski || 4,000 || 2:02 || || || |- align=" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 28 || Tigers || 3–8 || Faber || Jones || || 4,200 || 2:36 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 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 Ray Schalk 140 424 96 .226 2 51 1B Chick Gandil 149 553 151 .273 0 57 2B Eddie Collins 156 564 163 .289 0 67 3B Buck Weaver 118 447 127 .284 3 32 SS Swede Risberg 149 474 96 .203 1 45 LF Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson 146 538 162 .301 5 75 CF Happy Felsch 152 575 177 .308 6 102 RF Nemo 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 Shano Collins 82 252 59 .234 1 13 Fred McMullin 59 194 46 .237 0 12 Byrd Lynn 35 72 16 .222 0 7 Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 53 51 16 .314 0 16 Ted Jourdan 17 34 5 .147 0 2 Joe Jenkins baseball 10 9 1 .111 0 3 Zeb Terry 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Jack Fournier 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Bobby Byrne Bobby Byrne (baseball) 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Ziggy 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 Eddie Cicotte 49 346.2 28 12 1.53 150 Red Faber 41 248.0 16 13 1.92 84 Reb Russell 35 189.1 15 5 1.95 54 Joe 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 Lefty Williams 45 230.0 17 8 2.97 85 Jim Scott Jim Scott (pitcher) 24 125.0 6 7 1.87 37 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 Dave Danforth 50 11 6 9 2.65 79 Mellie Wolfgang 5 0 0 0 5.09 3 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 1917 World Series There were accusations of this series not being completely "on the level," especially after the Black Sox Scandal of 1919.August 2009 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) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 New York Giants – 1, Chicago White Sox – 2October 6Comiskey Park32,0002 New York Giants – 2, Chicago White Sox – 7October 7Comiskey Park32,0003 Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 2October 10Polo Grounds33,6164 Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 5October 11Polo Grounds27,7465 New York Giants – 5, Chicago White Sox – 8October 13Comiskey Park27,3236 Chicago White Sox – 4, New York Giants – 2October 15Polo Grounds33,969 References External links 1917 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White