# 1917 Chicago White Sox season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 56‍–‍21 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Boston Red Sox | 90 | 62 | .592 | 9 | 45‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 44‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 75 | .510 | 21½ | 34‍–‍41 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 42‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| New York Yankees | 71 | 82 | .464 | 28½ | 35‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 97 | .370 | 43 | 31‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍51 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 98 | .359 | 44½ | 29‍–‍47 | 26‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1917 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 13–9–1 | 18–3–1 | 17–5–1 | 13–9–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 15–7–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11–2 |
| Detroit | 12–9 | 6–16 | 10–12 | — | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 |
| New York | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 8–13 |
| Philadelphia | 3–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 5–17–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 |
| Washington | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 11–11–2 | 11–11 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — |

## Game log

Legend :
| | White Sox win |
| | White Sox loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | White Sox team member |
1917 White Sox game log :
April (9–7) – home (4–6) – road (0–6) – 0 R.S. 0 R.A.
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordGBBox/Streak
1April 11@ Browns7–2Scott@ HamiltonDanforth18,0001.571–0
2April 13@ Browns3–4KoobFaberSothoron1,0002:111–1–
3April 14@ Browns11–0Cicotte
Hamilton10,0002:022–1
4April 15@ Tigers6–2ScottCovelski15,4731:35
5April 16@ Tigers4–0FaberJones5,2001:413–1–
6April 17@ Tigers4–2DanforthEhmkeRussel3,3531:50–
7April 19Indians2–6PlankScott28,0001:58
8April 20Browns5–2CicotteSothoron6,0001:48
9April 21Browns2–0FaberKoob14,0002,000
10April 22Browns3–2WilliamsGroom25,0001:59
11April 24Indians1–0ScottCoveleski5,0001:43
12April 25Indians1–4CoumbeCicotte1,0001:47
13April 26Indians0–3BagbyFaber2,5001:48
14April 27Indians1–2KlepferScottCovelski4,0002:02
15April 28Tigers3–8FaberJones4,2002:36
16April 29Tigers0–3MitchellFaber12,0001:42 :

## 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 | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Ray Schalk | 140 | 424 | 96 | .226 | 2 | 51 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 149 | 553 | 151 | .273 | 0 | 57 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 156 | 564 | 163 | .289 | 0 | 67 |
| 3B | Buck Weaver | 118 | 447 | 127 | .284 | 3 | 32 |
| SS | Swede Risberg | 149 | 474 | 96 | .203 | 1 | 45 |
| LF | Joe Jackson | 146 | 538 | 162 | .301 | 5 | 75 |
| CF | Happy Felsch | 152 | 575 | 177 | .308 | 6 | 102 |
| RF | Nemo Leibold | 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
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Shano Collins | 82 | 252 | 59 | .234 | 1 | 13 |
| Fred McMullin | 59 | 194 | 46 | .237 | 0 | 12 |
| Byrd Lynn | 35 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 0 | 7 |
| Eddie Murphy | 53 | 51 | 16 | .314 | 0 | 16 |
| Ted Jourdan | 17 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Jenkins | 10 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 3 |
| Zeb Terry | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Fournier | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Byrne | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ziggy Hasbrook | 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Eddie Cicotte | 49 | 346.2 | 28 | 12 | 1.53 | 150 |
| Red Faber | 41 | 248.0 | 16 | 13 | 1.92 | 84 |
| Reb Russell | 35 | 189.1 | 15 | 5 | 1.95 | 54 |
| Joe Benz | 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 |
| Lefty Williams | 45 | 230.0 | 17 | 8 | 2.97 | 85 |
| Jim Scott | 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 |
| Dave Danforth | 50 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2.65 | 79 |
| Mellie Wolfgang | 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

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 | New York Giants – 1, Chicago White Sox – 2 | October 6 | Comiskey Park | 32,000 |
| 2 | New York Giants – 2, Chicago White Sox – 7 | October 7 | Comiskey Park | 32,000 |
| 3 | Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 2 | October 10 | Polo Grounds | 33,616 |
| 4 | Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 5 | October 11 | Polo Grounds | 27,746 |
| 5 | New York Giants – 5, Chicago White Sox – 8 | October 13 | Comiskey Park | 27,323 |
| 6 | Chicago White Sox – 4, New York Giants – 2 | October 15 | Polo Grounds | 33,969 |