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1917 World Series (4-2): Chicago White Sox (100-54) over New York Giants (98-56)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1917 at Comiskey Pk (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  7  1
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  x     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYG - Sallee
              CHW - Cicotte

               WP - Eddie Cicotte
	       LP - Slim Sallee
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              CHW - Felsch

  ATTENDANCE: 32,000

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1917 at Comiskey Pk (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  8  1
    Chicago White Sox            0  2  0    5  0  0    0  0  x     7 14  1

    PITCHERS: NYG - Schupp, Anderson (2), Perritt (4), Tesreau (8)
              CHW - Faber

               WP - Red Faber
	       LP - Fred Anderson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              CHW - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,000

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1917 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  3
    New York Giants              0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  x     2  8  2

    PITCHERS: CHW - Cicotte
              NYG - Benton

               WP - Rube Benton
	       LP - Eddie Cicotte
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHW - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,616

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1917 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  0
    New York Giants              0  0  0    1  1  0    1  2  x     5 10  1

    PITCHERS: CHW - Faber, Danforth (8)
              NYG - Schupp

               WP - Ferdie Schupp
	       LP - Red Faber
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHW - none
              NYG - Kauff (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 27,746

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1917 at Comiskey Pk (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              2  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0     5 12  3
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  1    0  0  1    3  3  x     8 14  6

    PITCHERS: NYG - Sallee, Perritt (8)
              CHW - Russell, Cicotte (1), Williams (7), Faber (8)

               WP - Red Faber
	       LP - Slim Sallee
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              CHW - none

  ATTENDANCE: 27,323

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 1917 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  1     4  7  1
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0     2  6  3

    PITCHERS: CHW - Faber
              NYG - Benton, Perritt (6)

               WP - Red Faber
	       LP - Rube Benton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHW - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,969

Series Batting Stats

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Chicago White Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Eddie Cicotte       3   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .143  .250  .143  0 | 112  20  0  .179  .460   1
*Eddie Collins       6  22  4  9  1  0  0   2  2  3  .409  .458  .455  3 | 564 163  0  .289  .752  53
 Shano Collins       6  21  2  6  1  0  0   0  0  2  .286  .286  .333  0 | 252  59  1  .234  .590  14
*Dave Danforth       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  46   6  0  .130  .448   1
#Red Faber           4   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  3  .143  .333  .143  0 |  69   4  0  .058  .249   0
 Happy Felsch        6  22  4  6  1  0  1   3  1  5  .273  .304  .455  0 | 575 177  6  .308  .755  26
 Chick Gandil        6  23  1  6  1  0  0   5  0  2  .261  .261  .304  1 | 553 151  0  .273  .631  16
*Joe Jackson         6  23  4  7  0  0  0   2  1  0  .304  .333  .304  1 | 538 162  5  .301  .804  13
*Nemo Leibold        2   5  1  2  0  0  0   2  1  1  .400  .500  .400  0 | 428 101  0  .236  .642  27
 Byrd Lynn           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72  16  0  .222  .550   1
 Fred McMullin       6  24  1  3  1  0  0   2  1  6  .125  .160  .167  0 | 194  46  0  .237  .597   9
 Swede Risberg       2   2  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 474  96  1  .203  .582  16
*Reb Russell         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  68  19  0  .279  .712   0
 Ray Schalk          6  19  1  5  0  0  0   0  2  1  .263  .333  .263  1 | 424  96  2  .226  .623  19
#Buck Weaver         6  21  3  7  1  0  0   1  0  2  .333  .333  .381  0 | 447 127  3  .284  .694  19
 Lefty Williams      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  67   6  0  .090  .306   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 197 21 54  6  0  1  18 11 28  .274  .313  .320  6 |         18  .253  .649 219

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Fred Anderson       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  42   3  0  .071  .204   0
*Rube Benton         2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72  12  0  .167  .397   0
 George Burns        6  22  3  5  0  0  0   2  3  6  .227  .320  .227  1 | 597 180  5  .302  .792  40
 Art Fletcher        6  25  2  5  1  0  0   0  0  2  .200  .200  .240  0 | 557 145  4  .260  .655  12
 Buck Herzog         6  24  1  6  0  1  0   2  0  4  .250  .250  .333  0 | 417  98  2  .235  .620  12
#Walter Holke        6  21  2  6  2  0  0   1  0  6  .286  .318  .381  0 | 527 146  2  .277  .665  13
*Benny Kauff         6  25  2  4  1  0  2   5  0  2  .160  .160  .440  1 | 559 172  5  .308  .767  30
 Lew McCarty         3   5  1  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  .400  .400  .800  0 | 162  40  2  .247  .638   1
 Pol Perritt         3   2  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  70  11  0  .157  .328   0
 Bill Rariden        5  13  2  5  0  0  0   2  2  1  .385  .467  .385  0 | 266  72  0  .271  .688   3
*Dave Robertson      6  22  3 11  1  1  0   1  0  0  .500  .522  .636  2 | 532 138 12  .259  .667  17
 Slim Sallee         2   6  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 |  77  17  0  .221  .462   0
 Ferdie Schupp       2   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 |  93  15  0  .161  .432   0
 Jeff Tesreau        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  61  14  0  .230  .504   1
 Jim Thorpe          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+308  73  4  .237  .632  12
*Joe Wilhoit         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 |+246  70  1  .285  .694   5
 Heinie Zimmerman    6  25  1  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  .120  .120  .200  0 | 585 174  5  .297  .708  13
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 199 17 51  5  4  2  16  6 27  .256  .285  .352  4 |         39  .261  .654 162

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Chicago White Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Red Faber           4   2.33 3-1  0  2 27.0 21  7  3  9 | 16-13 248  1.92  1.25  84  3
 Eddie Cicotte       3   1.57 1-1  0  2 23.0 23  4  2 13 | 28-12 347  1.53  0.91 150  4
*Dave Danforth       1  18.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  2  0  2 | 11-6  173  2.65  1.32  79  9
*Lefty Williams      1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  0  3 | 17-8  230  2.97  1.31  85  1
*Reb Russell         1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  2  2  1  0 | 15-5  189  1.95  1.07  54  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.77 4-2  0  4 52.0 51 16  6 27 |            2.16 1.160   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Slim Sallee         2   5.28 0-2  0  1 15.3 20  9  4  4 | 18-7  216  2.17  1.08  54  4
*Rube Benton         2   0.00 1-1  0  1 14.0  9  0  1  8 | 15-9  215  2.72  1.07  70  3
*Ferdie Schupp       2   1.74 1-0  0  1 10.3 11  2  2  9 | 21-7  272  1.95  1.00 147   
 Pol Perritt         3   2.16 0-0  0  0  8.3  9  2  3  3 | 17-7  215  1.88  1.07  72  1
 Fred Anderson       1  18.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  5  4  0  3 |  8-8  162  1.44  0.96  69  3
 Jeff Tesreau        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  1  1 | 13-8  184  3.09  1.23  85  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.00 2-4  0  3 51.0 54 17 11 28 |            2.27 1.090   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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