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1917 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

100-54, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pants Rowland (100-54)
Scored 655 runs, Allowed 463 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-53

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 684,521 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 93

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over New York Giants


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1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Joe Benz 31 R R 6' 1" 196 Jan 21, 1886 7 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Bobby Byrne 32 R R 5' 7" 145 Dec 31, 1884 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Eddie Cicotte 33 B R 5' 9" 175 Jun 19, 1884 11 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.3 $5,000
Eddie Collins HOF 30 L R 5' 9" 175 May 2, 1887 12 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $15,000
Shano Collins 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 4, 1885 8 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 64 73 -0.1 $
Dave Danforth 27 L L 6' 0" 167 Mar 7, 1890 4 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Red Faber HOF 28 B R 6' 2" 180 Sep 6, 1888 4 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Happy Felsch 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 22, 1891 3 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 4.3 $
Jack Fournier 27 L R 6' 0" 195 Sep 28, 1889 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $5,000
Chick Gandil 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 19, 1888 7 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Ziggy Hasbrook 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 21, 1893 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Shoeless Joe Jackson 29 L R 6' 1" 200 Jul 16, 1887 10 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 11 145 5.4 $
Joe Jenkins 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 12, 1890 2 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ted Jourdan 21 L L 6' 0" 175 Sep 5, 1895 2 17 17 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Nemo Leibold 25 L R 5' 6" 157 Feb 17, 1892 5 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 102 122 1.0 $
Byrd Lynn 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 13, 1889 2 35 35 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Fred McMullin 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 13, 1891 3 59 59 0 0 0 0 52 2 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Eddie Murphy 25 L R 5' 9" 155 Oct 2, 1891 6 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 0.2 $
Swede Risberg 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 13, 1894 1st 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Reb Russell 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Mar 12, 1889 5 39 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 $
Ray Schalk HOF 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Aug 12, 1892 6 140 140 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Jim Scott 29 R R 6' 1" 235 Apr 23, 1888 9 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Zeb Terry 26 R R 5' 8" 129 Jun 17, 1891 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Buck Weaver 26 B R 5' 11" 170 Aug 18, 1890 6 118 118 0 0 0 0 107 10 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Lefty Williams 24 R L 5' 9" 160 Mar 9, 1893 4 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Mellie Wolfgang 27 R R 5' 9" 160 Mar 20, 1890 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers