1916 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 December 2013 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1916 American League Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois 89 65 y 2nd Charles Comiskey Pants Rowland 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1916.shtml 1916 Chicago White Sox Statistics Baseball Reference Sports Logos 2022-07-23 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 500px|right| Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS 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 Ray Schalk 129 410 95 .232 0 41 1B Jack Fournier 105 313 75 .240 3 44 2B Eddie Collins 155 545 168 .308 0 52 SS Zeb Terry 94 269 51 .190 0 17 3B Buck Weaver 151 582 132 .227 3 38 OF Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson 155 592 202 .341 3 78 OF Happy Felsch 146 546 164 .300 7 70 OF Shano 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 Jack Ness 75 258 69 .267 1 34 Fred McMullin 68 187 48 .257 0 10 Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 51 105 22 .210 0 4 Jack Lapp 40 101 21 .208 0 7 Nemo Leibold 45 82 20 .244 0 13 Fritz Von Kolnitz 24 44 10 .227 0 7 Byrd Lynn 31 40 9 .225 0 3 Cy Wright 8 18 0 .000 0 0 Ziggy Hasbrook 9 8 1 .125 0 0 George Moriarty 7 5 1 .200 0 0 Ted Jourdan 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Joe Fautsch 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Ray 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 Red 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 Reb Russell 56 264.1 18 11 2.42 112 Lefty Williams 43 224.1 13 7 2.89 138 Eddie Cicotte 44 187.0 15 7 1.78 91 Jim Scott Jim Scott (pitcher) 32 165.1 7 14 2.72 71 Joe Benz 28 142.0 9 5 2.03 57 Mellie Wolfgang 27 127.0 4 6 1.98 36 Dave Danforth 28 93.2 6 5 3.27 49 Ed 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 Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White