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1915 Chicago White Sox season
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Chicago White Sox 1915 American League Comiskey Park Chicago 93 61 y 3rd Charles Comiskey Pants Rowland
The 1915 Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox finishing third in the American League.
With the acquisitions of Eddie Collins (over the winter) and Joe Jackson (in August), Chicago now had the two hitters they needed to win the 1917 and 1919 AL pennants.
Offseason
December 8, 1914: Eddie Collins was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.Eddie Collins page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Chicago White Sox
Record vs. opponents
CWS
Roster
1915 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers
Joe Benz
Eddie Cicotte
Dixie Davis
Red Faber
Hi Jasper
Ellis Johnson
Ed Klepfer
Reb Russell
Jim Scott
Ed Walsh
Mellie Wolfgang Catchers
Tom Daly
Wally Mayer
Ray Schalk
Infielders
Lena Blackburne
Jim Breton
Bunny Brief
Eddie Collins
Jack Fournier
Pete Johns
Braggo Roth
Buck Weaver Outfielders
Shano Collins
Ray Demmitt
Happy Felsch
Joe Jackson
Nemo Leibold
Eddie Murphy
Finners Quinlan
Other batters
Howard Baker
Larry Chappell
Charlie Jackson 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 135 413 110 .266 1 54 1B Jack Fournier 126 422 136 .322 5 77 2B Eddie Collins 155 521 173 .332 4 77 3B Lena Blackburne 96 283 61 .216 0 25 SS Buck Weaver 148 563 151 .268 3 49 OF Shano Collins 153 576 148 .257 2 85 OF Happy Felsch 121 427 106 .248 3 53 OF Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 70 273 86 .315 0 26
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 Braggo Roth 70 240 60 .250 3 35 Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson 45 158 43 .272 2 36 Bunny Brief 48 154 33 .214 2 17 Finners Quinlan 42 114 22 .193 0 7 Pete Johns 28 100 21 .210 0 11 Nemo Leibold 36 74 17 .230 0 11 Wally Mayer 64 54 12 .222 0 5 Tom Daly Tom Daly (catcher) 29 47 9 .191 0 3 Jim Breton 16 36 5 .139 0 1 Ray Demmitt 9 6 0 .000 0 0 Howard Baker Howard Baker (baseball) 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Charlie Jackson Charlie Jackson (baseball) 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Larry Chappell 1 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 Red Faber 50 299.2 24 14 2.55 182 Jim Scott Jim Scott (pitcher) 48 296.1 24 11 2.03 120 Joe Benz 39 238.1 15 11 2.11 81 Eddie Cicotte 39 223.1 13 12 3.02 106 Ed Walsh 3 27.0 3 0 1.33 12
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 Reb Russell 41 229.1 11 10 2.59 90 Hi Jasper 3 15.2 0 1 4.60 15 Ed Klepfer 3 12.2 1 0 2.84 3
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 17 2 2 0 1.84 21 Dixie Davis Dixie Davis (baseball) 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Ellis Johnson Ellis Johnson (baseball) 1 0 0 0 9.00 3
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
Eddie Collins
#2 in AL in batting average (.332)
#2 in AL in on-base percentage (.460)
#2 in AL in runs scored (118)
#3 in AL in stolen bases (46)
#4 in AL in RBI (85)
Red Faber
#2 in AL in wins (24)
#2 in AL in strikeouts (182)
Jack Fournier
AL leader in slugging percentage (.491)
#3 in AL in batting average (.322)
#3 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)
Jim Scott
#2 in AL in wins (24)
#4 in AL in ERA (2.03)
Notes
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References
1915 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
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