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1917 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1917
misc	World Series champions
American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Comiskey Park
city	Chicago, Illinois
record
league_place	1st
owners	Charles Comiskey
managers	Pants Rowland

American League champions |}}

The 1917 Chicago White Sox dominated the American League with a record of 100–54. The 100 wins is a club record that still stands. Their offense was first in runs scored while their pitching staff led the league with a 2.16 ERA.

Facing the New York Giants in the 1917 World Series, the team clinched the series in six games, thanks in large part to the workhorse efforts of Eddie Cicotte and Red Faber. It would be the team's last world championship until 2005.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Legend



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|- align="text-align:center; bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || April 11 || @ Browns || 7–2 || Scott || @ Hamilton || Danforth || 18,000|| 1.57 || 1–0 || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 13 || @ Browns || 3–4 || Koob || Faber || Sothoron || 1,000 || 2:11 ||1–1 || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 14 || @ Browns || 11–0 || Cicotte | Hamilton || || 10,000 || 2:02 || 2–1 || || || |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 15 || @ Tigers || 6–2 || Scott|| Covelski || || 15,473 || 1:35 || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 ||April 16 || @ Tigers || 4–0 || Faber || Jones || || 5,200 || 1:41 || 3–1 || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 17|| @ Tigers || 4–2 || Danforth || Ehmke || Russel || 3,353 || 1:50 || || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 19 || Indians || 2–6 || Plank || Scott || || 28,000 || 1:58 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 20 || Browns || 5–2 || Cicotte || Sothoron || || 6,000 || 1:48 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 21 || Browns || 2–0 || Faber || Koob || || 14,000 || 2,000 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 || April 22 || Browns || 3–2 || Williams || Groom || || 25,000 || 1:59 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 24 ||Indians || 1–0 || Scott || Coveleski || || 5,000 || 1:43 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 25 ||Indians || 1–4 || Coumbe || Cicotte || || 1,000 || 1:47 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13|| April 26 || Indians || 0–3 || Bagby || Faber || || 2,500 || 1:48 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 27 || Indians || 1–2 || Klepfer || Scott || Covelski || 4,000 || 2:02 || || || |- align=" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 28 || Tigers || 3–8 || Faber || Jones || || 4,200 || 2:36 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 29 || Tigers || 0–3 || Mitchell || Faber || || 12,000 || 1:42 || || || |-

Roster

1917 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	140	424	96	.226	2	51
1B	149	553	151	.273	0	57
2B	156	564	163	.289	0	67
3B	118	447	127	.284	3	32
SS	149	474	96	.203	1	45
LF	146	538	162	.301	5	75
CF	152	575	177	.308	6	102
RF	125	428	101	.236	0	29

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
82	252	59	.234	1	13
59	194	46	.237	0	12
35	72	16	.222	0	7
53	51	16	.314	0	16
17	34	5	.147	0	2
10	9	1	.111	0	3
2	1	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0
2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
49	346.2	28	12	1.53	150
41	248.0	16	13	1.92	84
35	189.1	15	5	1.95	54
19	94.2	7	3	2.47	25

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	45	230.0	17	8	2.97	85
	24	125.0	6	7	1.87	37

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	50	11	6	9	2.65	79
	5	0	0	0	5.09	3

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Eddie Cicotte

#1 in AL in wins (28)
#1 in AL in earned run average (1.53)
#2 in AL in strikeouts (150)

Happy Felsch

#2 in AL in runs batted in (102)

1917 World Series

Main article: 1917 World Series

There were accusations of this series not being completely "on the level," especially after the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. The most notable play involved Heinie Zimmerman of the Giants chasing Eddie Collins across home plate in the deciding game. Zimmerman was later banned from organized baseball for throwing games.

AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)

	Game		Score		Date		Location		Attendance
1
2
3
4
5
6

References

"Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia".

Info: Wikipedia Source

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