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1917 Chicago White Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 24 140 509 424 48 96 12 5 2 51 19 59 27 .226 .331 .292 .623 89 124 7 17
2 1B Chick Gandil 29 149 602 553 53 151 9 7 0 57 16 30 36 .273 .316 .315 .631 91 174 5 13
3 2B Eddie Collins* 30 156 688 564 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# 26 118 513 447 64 127 16 5 3 32 19 27 29 .284 .332 .362 .694 110 162 5 35
6 OF Shoeless Joe Jackson* 29 146 623 538 91 162 20 17 5 75 13 57 25 .301 .375 .429 .805 143 231 7 19
7 OF Happy Felsch 25 152 634 575 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 78 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 64 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 89 69 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 10 38 .058 .177 .072 .250 -24 5 0 8
21 P Lefty Williams 24 45 80 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 4 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 47 42 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .119 .196 .119 .315 -5 5 0 0
25 P Joe Benz 31 19 34 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 26.8 156 5873 5057 656 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 1 2 6 3 1 2 2 2 1 1
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
* - 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 11 29 7 4 346.2 246 76 59 2 70 150 3 2 1 1287 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 1001 139 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 5 968 90 1.313 8.6 0.1 3.2 3.3 1.05
4 SP Reb Russell* 28 15 5 .750 1.95 35 24 8 11 5 3 189.1 170 61 41 1 32 54 1 0 1 728 137 1.067 8.1 0.0 1.5 2.6 1.69
5 SP Jim Scott 29 6 7 .462 1.87 24 17 4 6 2 1 125.0 126 37 26 0 42 37 6 0 0 511 143 1.344 9.1 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.88
6 SP Joe Benz 31 7 3 .700 2.47 19 13 3 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 2 713 101 1.324 8.1 0.1 3.8 4.1 1.07
8 RP Mellie Wolfgang 27 0 0 5.09 5 0 2 0 0 0 17.2 18 10 10 1 6 3 1 0 0 66 54 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 5645 124 1.158 7.8 0.1 2.6 3.3 1.25
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 1 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Joe Benz 31 19 13 7 40 3 32 5 0 .875 1.84 P
Bobby Byrne 32 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 2B
Eddie Cicotte 33 49 35 29 113 14 94 5 2 .956 2.20 P
Eddie Collins 30 156 156 154 765 353 388 24 68 .969 4.75 2B
Shano Collins 31 73 55 43 132 125 6 1 4 .992 1.79 OF
Dave Danforth 27 50 9 1 46 0 42 4 0 .913 0.84 P
Red Faber 28 41 29 16 105 13 84 8 0 .924 2.37 P
Happy Felsch 25 152 152 147 471 440 24 7 5 .985 3.05 OF
Chick Gandil 29 149 149 142 1490 1405 77 8 84 .995 9.95 1B
Ziggy Hasbrook 23 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 2B
Shoeless Joe Jackson 29 145 145 143 365 341 18 6 4 .984 2.48 OF
Joe Jenkins 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 C
Ted Jourdan 21 14 7 7 75 68 5 2 2 .973 5.21 1B
Nemo Leibold 25 122 113 94 231 204 18 9 3 .961 1.82 OF
Byrd Lynn 28 29 19 17 122 104 13 5 4 .959 4.03 2 14 9 39% 45% C
Fred McMullin 25 54 51 50 170 63 92 15 4 .912 2.87 3B-SS
Eddie Murphy 25 9 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.22 OF
Swede Risberg 22 146 144 143 704 291 352 61 57 .913 4.40 SS
Reb Russell 28 36 24 11 66 14 51 1 2 .985 1.81 P-OF
Ray Schalk 24 139 137 126 787 624 148 15 18 .981 5.55 8 94 101 52% 45% C
Jim Scott 29 24 17 6 46 7 37 2 1 .957 1.83 P
Zeb Terry 26 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SS
Buck Weaver 26 117 117 114 452 174 257 21 27 .954 3.68 3B-SS
Lefty Williams 24 45 29 8 58 8 46 4 2 .931 1.20 P
Mellie Wolfgang 27 5 0 0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 1.00 P
Team Totals 26.8 156 1404 1261 6250 4253 1793 204 288 .967 3.83 10 108 110 50% 45%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 5 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Joe Benz 31 19 33 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 1
Bobby Byrne 32 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .475 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 Waivers /4
Eddie Cicotte# 33 49 133 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 5 6 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 6 $5,000 Purchased 1
Eddie Collins* 30 156 689 22 4 0 -5 0 21 2.4 24 44 4.8 .516 .515 5.4 -0.6 49 $15,000 Purchased *4
Shano Collins 31 82 270 -7 1 0 1 -4 -8 -1.1 9 1 -0.1 .487 .494 -0.2 -0.3 -0 Purchased O97/8
Dave Danforth* 27 50 57 -4 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 1
Red Faber# 28 41 87 -11 0 0 0 6 -5 -0.7 3 -2 -0.7 .484 .496 -0.7 0.0 -2 Purchased 1
Happy Felsch 25 152 632 17 -1 0 6 -4 18 2.2 22 40 4.3 .515 .514 3.6 0.2 34 Purchased *8O
Jack Fournier* 27 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .475 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $5,000 Purchased
Chick Gandil 29 149 601 -6 -1 0 3 -6 -9 -1.2 21 11 0.9 .492 .493 0.6 -0.3 8 Purchased *3
Ziggy Hasbrook 23 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /4
Shoeless Joe Jackson* 29 146 621 27 -1 0 9 -8 27 3.3 21 49 5.4 .523 .520 4.3 0.2 40 Traded *O79/8
Joe Jenkins 26 10 10 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 Purchased /2
Ted Jourdan* 21 17 35 -3 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .475 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -2 3
Nemo Leibold* 25 125 509 -0 0 0 0 -6 -6 -0.8 18 11 1.0 .494 .495 1.0 -0.8 11 Waivers *O97/8
Byrd Lynn 28 35 84 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .495 .499 0.1 0.2 1 2
Fred McMullin 25 59 245 -3 -0 0 -2 2 -4 -0.5 8 5 0.4 .492 .497 0.6 -0.0 7 5/6
Eddie Murphy* 25 53 60 2 0 0 -2 -0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.4 -0.3 4 Purchased /O9
Swede Risberg 22 149 563 -13 -0 0 -17 9 -21 -2.5 19 -2 -0.6 .483 .484 1.5 -0.9 15 Purchased *6
Reb Russell* 28 39 74 1 0 0 0 5 6 0.7 2 8 0.7 .518 .504 0.7 -0.0 8 Rule 5 Draft 1/7O
Ray Schalk 24 140 507 -3 -0 0 4 8 8 1.0 17 25 2.7 .507 .506 2.2 1.4 21 Traded *2
Jim Scott 29 24 46 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 Purchased 1
Zeb Terry 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .518 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /6
Buck Weaver# 26 118 514 5 -0 0 -1 4 8 0.9 18 25 2.7 .508 .506 2.8 0.4 26 Rule 5 Draft *56
Lefty Williams 24 45 81 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 0.0 -0 1
Mellie Wolfgang 27 5 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .485 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 Rule 5 Draft /1
Team Total 26.8 1669 5861 -8 2 0 -4 32 21 2.3 201 222 20.7 .501 .501 21.2 -0.9 226 $25,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Joe Benz 31 94.2 19 13 36 3.42 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.0 10 .511 .501
Eddie Cicotte 33 346.2 49 35 76 1.97 3.57 -0.02 0.00 100.0 3.59 62 8.4 1.0 -0.2 11.2 93 .672 .552 $5,000 Purchased
Dave Danforth* 27 173.0 50 9 56 2.91 3.57 -0.02 0.00 100.0 3.60 13 1.6 1.0 -0.1 3.1 28 .532 .510
Red Faber 28 248.0 41 29 92 3.34 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 7 0.8 1.0 -0.2 2.9 29 .520 .505 Purchased
Reb Russell* 28 189.1 35 24 61 2.90 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 14 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.4 31 .552 .511 Rule 5 Draft
Jim Scott 29 125.0 24 17 37 2.66 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 13 1.6 1.0 -0.1 2.7 24 .568 .510 Purchased
Lefty Williams* 24 230.0 45 29 94 3.68 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 1.6 18 .493 .498
Mellie Wolfgang 27 17.2 5 0 10 5.09 3.57 -0.02 0.00 100.0 3.60 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .432 .498 Rule 5 Draft
Team Total 28.7 1424.1 268 156 462 2.92 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 104 13.8 1.0 -1.0 25.7 233 .552 .511 $5,000
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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