1917 World Series - Chicago White Sox over New York Giants (4-2)

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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

  Saturday, October 6, 1917 at Comiskey Park I (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

  Sunday, October 7, 1917 at Comiskey Park I (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

  Wednesday, October 10, 1917 at Polo Grounds V (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

  Thursday, October 11, 1917 at Polo Grounds V (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

  Saturday, October 13, 1917 at Comiskey Park I (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

  Monday, October 15, 1917 at Polo Grounds V (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

Chicago White Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Eddie Cicotte	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	49	112	6	20	0	8	1	.179	.460
Eddie Collins	6	22	4	9	1	0	0	2	2	3	.409	.458	.455	.913	3	0	156	564	91	163	0	67	53	.289	.752
Shano Collins	6	21	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.333	.619	0	1	82	252	38	59	1	14	14	.234	.590
Dave Danforth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	50	46	3	6	0	5	1	.130	.448
Red Faber	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.143	.333	.143	.476	0	0	41	69	1	4	0	2	0	.058	.250
Happy Felsch	6	22	4	6	1	0	1	3	1	5	.273	.304	.455	.759	0	2	152	575	75	177	6	102	26	.308	.755
Chick Gandil	6	23	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	2	.261	.261	.304	.565	1	0	149	553	53	151	0	57	16	.273	.631
Shoeless Joe Jackson	6	23	4	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	.304	.333	.304	.638	1	0	146	538	91	162	5	75	13	.301	.805
Nemo Leibold	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	1	125	428	59	101	0	29	27	.236	.642
Byrd Lynn	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	72	7	16	0	5	1	.222	.550
Fred McMullin	6	24	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	6	.125	.160	.167	.327	0	1	59	194	35	46	0	12	9	.237	.597
Swede Risberg	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	149	474	59	96	1	45	16	.203	.582
Reb Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	68	4	19	0	9	0	.279	.712
Ray Schalk	6	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	.263	.333	.263	.596	1	1	140	424	48	96	2	51	19	.226	.623
Buck Weaver	6	21	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.381	.714	0	2	118	447	64	127	3	32	19	.284	.694
Lefty Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	67	5	6	0	2	0	.090	.306
Totals	63	197	21	54	6	0	1	18	11	28	.274	.313	.320	.632	6	8	156	5057	655	1281	18		219	.253	.655

New York Giants Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Fred Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	42	2	3	0	1	0	.071	.205
Rube Benton	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	72	1	12	0	2	0	.167	.398
George Burns	6	22	3	5	0	0	0	2	3	6	.227	.320	.227	.547	1	0	152	597	103	180	5	45	40	.302	.792
Art Fletcher	6	25	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.240	.440	0	0	151	557	70	145	4	56	12	.260	.655
Buck Herzog	6	24	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583	0	0	114	417	69	98	2	31	12	.235	.620
Walter Holke	6	21	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	6	.286	.318	.381	.699	0	1	153	527	55	146	2	55	13	.277	.665
Benny Kauff	6	25	2	4	1	0	2	5	0	2	.160	.160	.440	.600	1	0	153	559	89	172	5	68	30	.308	.767
Lew McCarty	3	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	0	0	56	162	15	40	2	19	1	.247	.638
Pol Perritt	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	35	70	4	11	0	3	0	.157	.329
Bill Rariden	5	13	2	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	.385	.467	.385	.851	0	0	101	266	20	72	0	25	3	.271	.688
Dave Robertson	6	22	3	11	1	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.522	.636	1.158	2	0	142	532	64	138	12	54	17	.259	.667
Slim Sallee	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	34	77	7	17	0	11	0	.221	.461
Ferdie Schupp	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	36	93	6	15	0	4	0	.161	.432
Jeff Tesreau	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	61	4	14	0	5	1	.230	.504
Jim Thorpe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*103	308	41	73	4	40	12	.237	.632
Joe Wilhoit	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	*97	246	29	70	1	18	5	.285	.694
Heinie Zimmerman	6	25	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.200	.320	0	1	150	585	61	174	5	102	13	.297	.709
Totals	64	199	17	51	5	4	2	16	6	27	.256	.285	.352	.637	4	2	158	5211	635	1360	39		162	.261	.660

Chicago White Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Eddie Cicotte	3	2	1.57	1	1	0	2	23.0	23	4	2	13	1.087	49	35	1.53	28	12	4	346.2	246	70	150	0.912
Dave Danforth	1	0	18.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	0	2	3.000	50	9	2.65	11	6	9	173.0	155	74	79	1.324
Red Faber	4	3	2.33	3	1	0	2	27.0	21	7	3	9	0.889	41	29	1.92	16	13	3	248.0	224	85	84	1.246
Reb Russell	1	1	inf	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	1	0		35	24	1.95	15	5	3	189.1	170	32	54	1.067
Lefty Williams	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	3	2.000	45	29	2.97	17	8	1	230.0	221	81	85	1.313
Totals	10	6	2.77	4	2	0	4	52.0	51	16	6	27	1.096	156	156	2.161	100	54		1424.1	1236	413	517	1.158

New York Giants Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Fred Anderson	1	0	18.00	0	1	0	0	2.0	5	4	0	3	2.500	38	18	1.44	8	8	3	162.0	122	34	69	0.963
Rube Benton	2	2	0.00	1	1	0	1	14.0	9	0	1	8	0.714	35	25	2.72	15	9	3	215.0	190	41	70	1.074
Pol Perritt	3	0	2.16	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	2	3	3	1.440	35	26	1.88	17	7	1	215.0	186	45	72	1.074
Slim Sallee	2	2	5.28	0	2	0	1	15.1	20	9	4	4	1.565	34	24	2.17	18	7	4	215.2	199	34	54	1.080
Ferdie Schupp	2	2	1.74	1	0	0	1	10.1	11	2	2	9	1.258	36	32	1.95	21	7	0	272.0	202	70	147	1.000
Jeff Tesreau	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	1.000	33	20	3.09	13	8	2	183.2	168	58	85	1.230
Totals	11	6	3.00	2	4	0	3	51.0	54	17	11	28	1.275	158	158	2.271	98	56		1426.2	1221	327	551	1.085

1916 WS / 1918 WS

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