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1917 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918)
100-54, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 656 runs, Allowed 464 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-53
Manager: Pants Rowland (100-54)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
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
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over New York Giants

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1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Ray Schalk 24 140 507 424 48 96 12 5 2 51 19 59 27 .226 .331 .292 .623 89 124 7 17
2 1B Chick Gandil 29 149 601 553 53 151 9 7 0 57 16 30 36 .273 .316 .315 .631 91 174 5 13
3 2B Eddie Collins* 30 156 689 564 91 163 18 12 0 67 53 89 16 .289 .389 .363 .752 128 205 3 33
4 SS Swede Risberg 22 149 563 474 59 96 20 8 1 45 16 59 65 .203 .297 .285 .582 76 135 5 25
5 3B Buck Weaver# 26 118 514 447 64 127 16 5 3 32 19 27 29 .284 .332 .362 .694 110 162 5 35
6 OF Joe Jackson* 27 146 621 538 91 162 20 17 5 75 13 57 25 .301 .375 .429 .805 143 231 7 19
7 OF Happy Felsch 25 152 632 575 75 177 17 10 6 102 26 33 52 .308 .352 .403 .755 128 232 6 18
8 OF Nemo Leibold* 25 125 509 428 59 101 12 6 0 29 27 74 34 .236 .350 .292 .642 94 125 1 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Shano Collins 31 82 270 252 38 59 13 3 1 14 14 10 27 .234 .269 .321 .590 79 81 2 6
10 3B Fred McMullin 25 59 245 194 35 46 2 1 0 12 9 27 17 .237 .339 .258 .597 81 50 3 21
11 C Byrd Lynn 28 35 84 72 7 16 2 0 0 5 1 7 11 .222 .300 .250 .550 66 18 1 4
12 OF Eddie Murphy* 25 53 60 51 9 16 2 1 0 16 4 5 1 .314 .386 .392 .778 135 20 1 3
13 1B Ted Jourdan* 21 17 35 34 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 .147 .171 .206 .377 14 7 0 0
14 C Joe Jenkins 26 10 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -33 1 0 1
15 SS Zeb Terry 26 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 103 0 0 0
16 Jack Fournier* 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
17 2B Bobby Byrne 32 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
18 2B Ziggy Hasbrook 23 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Eddie Cicotte# 33 49 133 112 6 20 2 0 0 8 1 12 23 .179 .264 .196 .460 39 22 1 8
20 P Red Faber# 28 41 87 69 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 10 38 .058 .177 .072 .250 -24 5 0 8
21 P Lefty Williams 24 45 81 67 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 8 19 .090 .187 .119 .306 -7 8 0 6
22 P Reb Russell* 28 39 74 68 5 19 3 3 0 9 0 2 10 .279 .300 .412 .712 115 28 0 4
23 P Dave Danforth* 27 50 57 46 3 6 2 1 0 5 1 6 19 .130 .231 .217 .448 36 10 0 5
24 P Jim Scott 29 24 46 42 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .119 .196 .119 .315 -5 5 0 0
25 P Joe Benz 31 19 33 30 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .200 .367 11 6 0 3
26 P Mellie Wolfgang 27 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.6 156 5861 5057 657 1281 152 81 18 535 219 522 479 .253 .329 .326 .655 98 1649 47 235
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 1 3 8 1 3 1 2 6 3 1 2 2 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Eddie Cicotte 33 28 12 .700 1.53 49 35 9 29 7 4 346.2 246 76 59 2 70 150 3 2 1 1288 174 0.912 6.4 0.1 1.8 3.9 2.14
2 SP Red Faber 28 16 13 .552 1.92 41 29 10 16 3 3 248.0 224 92 53 1 85 84 10 1 1 1043 138 1.246 8.1 0.0 3.1 3.0 0.99
3 SP Lefty Williams* 24 17 8 .680 2.97 45 29 14 8 1 1 230.0 221 94 76 3 81 85 9 0 5 970 89 1.313 8.6 0.1 3.2 3.3 1.05
4 SP Reb Russell* 28 15 5 .750 1.95 35 24 7 11 5 3 189.1 170 61 41 1 32 54 1 0 1 731 137 1.067 8.1 0.0 1.5 2.6 1.69
5 SP Jim Scott 29 6 7 .462 1.87 24 17 5 6 2 1 125.0 126 37 26 0 42 37 6 0 0 516 142 1.344 9.1 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.88
6 SP Joe Benz 31 7 3 .700 2.47 19 13 4 7 2 0 94.2 76 36 26 1 23 25 2 0 2 371 108 1.046 7.2 0.1 2.2 2.4 1.09
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Dave Danforth* 27 11 6 .647 2.65 50 9 26 1 1 9 173.0 155 56 51 1 74 79 3 1 2 716 100 1.324 8.1 0.1 3.8 4.1 1.07
8 RP Mellie Wolfgang 27 0 0 5.09 5 0 3 0 0 0 17.2 18 10 10 1 6 3 1 0 0 66 52 1.358 9.2 0.5 3.1 1.5 0.50
Team Totals 28.7 100 54 .649 2.16 156 156 78 78 21 21 1424.1 1236 462 342 10 413 517 35 4 12 5701 123 1.158 7.8 0.1 2.6 3.3 1.25
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 5 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Joe Benz 31 19 40 3 32 5 0 .875 1.84 P
Bobby Byrne 32 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 2B
Eddie Cicotte 33 49 113 14 94 5 2 .956 2.20 P
Eddie Collins 30 156 765 353 388 24 68 .969 4.75 2B
Shano Collins 31 73 9 0 64 132 125 6 1 4 .992 1.79 OF
Dave Danforth 27 50 46 0 42 4 0 .913 0.84 P
Red Faber 28 41 105 13 84 8 0 .924 2.37 P
Happy Felsch 25 152 0 152 0 471 440 24 7 5 .985 3.05 OF
Chick Gandil 29 149 1490 1405 77 8 84 .995 9.95 1B
Ziggy Hasbrook 23 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 2B
Joe Jackson 27 145 134 0 11 365 341 18 6 4 .984 2.48 OF
Joe Jenkins 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 C
Ted Jourdan 21 14 75 68 5 2 2 .973 5.21 1B
Nemo Leibold 25 122 16 4 102 231 204 18 9 3 .961 1.82 OF
Byrd Lynn 28 29 122 104 13 5 4 .959 4.03 2 C
Fred McMullin 25 54 170 63 92 15 4 .912 2.87 3B-SS
Eddie Murphy 25 9 1 0 8 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.22 OF
Swede Risberg 22 146 704 291 352 61 57 .913 4.40 SS
Reb Russell 28 36 1 0 0 66 14 51 1 2 .985 1.81 P-OF
Ray Schalk 24 139 787 624 148 15 18 .981 5.55 8 C
Jim Scott 29 24 46 7 37 2 1 .957 1.83 P
Zeb Terry 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SS
Buck Weaver 26 117 452 174 257 21 27 .954 3.68 3B-SS
Lefty Williams 24 45 58 8 46 4 2 .931 1.20 P
Mellie Wolfgang 27 5 6 0 5 1 0 .833 1.00 P
Team Totals 26.6 156 6250 4253 1793 204 288 .967 3.83 10
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 5 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics