Franchise Encyclopedia: 1918 / 1920
88-52, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Kid Gleason (88-52)
Scored 667 runs, Allowed 534 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-56
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 627,186 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Ray Schalk | 26 | 131 | 461 | 394 | 57 | 111 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 51 | 25 | .282 | .367 | .320 | .687 | 93 | 126 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | 1B | Chick Gandil | 31 | 115 | 480 | 441 | 54 | 128 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 60 | 10 | 20 | 20 | .290 | .325 | .383 | .709 | 98 | 169 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | 2B | Eddie Collins* | 32 | 140 | 628 | 518 | 87 | 165 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 80 | 33 | 68 | 27 | .319 | .400 | .405 | .805 | 125 | 210 | 2 | 40 | ||||
| 4 | SS | Swede Risberg | 24 | 119 | 464 | 414 | 48 | 106 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 35 | 38 | .256 | .317 | .345 | .662 | 85 | 143 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | 3B | Buck Weaver# | 28 | 140 | 620 | 571 | 89 | 169 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 75 | 22 | 11 | 21 | .296 | .315 | .401 | .716 | 99 | 229 | 5 | 33 | ||||
| 6 | OF | Joe Jackson* | 29 | 139 | 597 | 516 | 79 | 181 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 96 | 9 | 60 | 10 | .351 | .422 | .506 | .928 | 159 | 261 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | OF | Happy Felsch | 27 | 135 | 567 | 502 | 68 | 138 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 86 | 19 | 40 | 35 | .275 | .336 | .428 | .764 | 113 | 215 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | OF | Nemo Leibold* | 27 | 122 | 521 | 434 | 81 | 131 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 72 | 30 | .302 | .404 | .353 | .756 | 112 | 153 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | 3B | Fred McMullin | 27 | 60 | 199 | 170 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 18 | .294 | .355 | .388 | .743 | 107 | 66 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | OF | Shano Collins | 33 | 63 | 195 | 179 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 11 | .279 | .317 | .363 | .681 | 90 | 65 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | C | Byrd Lynn | 30 | 29 | 73 | 66 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .227 | .271 | .288 | .559 | 56 | 19 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | OF | Eddie Murphy* | 27 | 30 | 42 | 35 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .486 | .571 | .600 | 1.171 | 227 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | C | Joe Jenkins | 28 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | IF | Harvey McClellan | 24 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 15 | P | Eddie Cicotte# | 35 | 40 | 119 | 99 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .202 | .269 | .222 | .491 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| 16 | P | Lefty Williams | 26 | 41 | 115 | 94 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .181 | .252 | .245 | .497 | 39 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | P | Dickey Kerr* | 25 | 39 | 86 | 68 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | .250 | .338 | .324 | .661 | 85 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | P | Red Faber# | 30 | 25 | 63 | 54 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .185 | .267 | .185 | .452 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 19 | P | Grover Lowdermilk | 34 | 20 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .088 | .088 | .088 | .176 | -51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | P | Bill James# | 32 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | P | Frank Shellenback | 20 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | P | Dave Danforth* | 29 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .222 | .495 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | P | Roy Wilkinson | 26 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .375 | .444 | .625 | 1.069 | 197 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | P | Erskine Mayer | 29 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | P | John Sullivan* | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | P | Win Noyes | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | P | Tom McGuire | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | P | Joe Benz | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | P | Reb Russell* | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | P | Charlie Robertson* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | P | Pat Ragan | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 140 | 5360 | 4675 | 668 | 1343 | 218 | 70 | 25 | 571 | 150 | 0 | 427 | 358 | .287 | .351 | .380 | .731 | 104 | 1776 | 0 | 34 | 224 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Eddie Cicotte | 35 | 29 | 7 | .806 | 1.82 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 306.2 | 256 | 77 | 62 | 5 | 49 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1176 | 175 | 0.995 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.24 | |
| 2 | SP | Lefty Williams* | 26 | 23 | 11 | .676 | 2.64 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 297.0 | 265 | 104 | 87 | 7 | 58 | 125 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1155 | 121 | 1.088 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 2.16 | |
| 3 | SP | Red Faber | 30 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.83 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 162.1 | 185 | 92 | 69 | 7 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 718 | 83 | 1.417 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | |
| 4 | SP | Grover Lowdermilk | 34 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.79 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 96.2 | 95 | 44 | 30 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 402 | 114 | 1.428 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | RP | Dickey Kerr* | 25 | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.88 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 212.1 | 208 | 78 | 68 | 2 | 64 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 868 | 111 | 1.281 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.23 | |
| 6 | RP | Dave Danforth* | 29 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.78 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.2 | 58 | 44 | 36 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 41 | 1.872 | 12.5 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 0.85 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | Bill James | 32 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.52 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 39.1 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 127 | 1.347 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.79 | ||
| 8 | Frank Shellenback | 20 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 40 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 62 | 1.600 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 0.63 | ||
| 9 | Erskine Mayer | 29 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 38 | 1.732 | 11.4 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.82 | ||
| 10 | Roy Wilkinson | 26 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.05 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 156 | 1.409 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.50 | ||
| 11 | John Sullivan* | 25 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 76 | 2.133 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 1.13 | ||
| 12 | Win Noyes | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 42 | 1.667 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| 13 | Tom McGuire | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 35 | 2.667 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 14 | Joe Benz | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 15 | Charlie Robertson | 23 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 2.500 | 22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | |||
| 16 | Pat Ragan | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 17 | Reb Russell* | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29.3 | 88 | 52 | .629 | 3.04 | 140 | 140 | 53 | 88 | 14 | 3 | 1265.2 | 1245 | 534 | 427 | 24 | 342 | 468 | 31 | 1 | 9 | 5149 | 105 | 1.254 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.37 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3578 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Benz | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Eddie Cicotte | 35 | 40 | 80 | 13 | 64 | 3 | 1 | .963 | 1.93 | P | ||||
| Eddie Collins | 32 | 140 | 768 | 347 | 401 | 20 | 66 | .974 | 5.34 | 2B | ||||
| Shano Collins | 33 | 54 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 173 | 158 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .977 | 3.13 | OF-1B | |
| Dave Danforth | 29 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.73 | P | ||||
| Red Faber | 30 | 25 | 59 | 6 | 48 | 5 | 1 | .915 | 2.16 | P | ||||
| Happy Felsch | 27 | 135 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 405 | 360 | 32 | 13 | 15 | .968 | 2.90 | OF | |
| Chick Gandil | 31 | 115 | 1179 | 1116 | 60 | 3 | 71 | .997 | 10.23 | 1B | ||||
| Joe Jackson | 29 | 139 | 133 | 0 | 6 | 276 | 252 | 15 | 9 | 4 | .967 | 1.92 | OF | |
| Bill James | 32 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.80 | P | ||||
| Joe Jenkins | 28 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 3.50 | 0 | C | |||
| Dickey Kerr | 25 | 39 | 77 | 7 | 66 | 4 | 0 | .948 | 1.87 | P | ||||
| Nemo Leibold | 27 | 122 | 7 | 1 | 114 | 263 | 218 | 26 | 19 | 4 | .928 | 2.00 | OF | |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 34 | 20 | 39 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 4 | .897 | 1.75 | P | ||||
| Byrd Lynn | 30 | 28 | 109 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .982 | 3.82 | 2 | C | |||
| Erskine Mayer | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Harvey McClellan | 24 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.60 | 3B-SS | ||||
| Tom McGuire | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | P | ||||
| Fred McMullin | 27 | 51 | 161 | 54 | 96 | 11 | 11 | .932 | 2.94 | 3B-2B | ||||
| Eddie Murphy | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.83 | OF | |
| Win Noyes | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||
| Pat Ragan | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Swede Risberg | 24 | 119 | 704 | 379 | 291 | 34 | 49 | .952 | 5.63 | SS-1B | ||||
| Charlie Robertson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||
| Reb Russell | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||
| Ray Schalk | 26 | 129 | 694 | 551 | 130 | 13 | 14 | .981 | 5.28 | 4 | C | |||
| Frank Shellenback | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.25 | P | ||||
| John Sullivan | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .400 | 0.50 | P | ||||
| Buck Weaver | 28 | 140 | 561 | 200 | 341 | 20 | 28 | .964 | 3.86 | 3B-SS | ||||
| Roy Wilkinson | 26 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.75 | P | ||||
| Lefty Williams | 26 | 41 | 65 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 1 | .954 | 1.51 | P | ||||
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 140 | 5716 | 3791 | 1749 | 176 | 283 | .969 | 3.96 | 6 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |