# 1915 Chicago White Sox season

The 1915 Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox finishing third in the American League.
With the acquisitions of Eddie Collins (over the winter) and Joe Jackson (in August), Chicago now had the two hitters they needed to win the 1917 and 1919 AL pennants.

## Offseason

* December 8, 1914: Eddie Collins was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 101 | 50 | .669 | — | 55‍–‍20 | 46‍–‍30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 100 | 54 | .649 | 2½ | 51‍–‍26 | 49‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 61 | .604 | 9½ | 54‍–‍24 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Washington Senators | 85 | 68 | .556 | 17 | 50‍–‍29 | 35‍–‍39 |
| New York Yankees | 69 | 83 | .454 | 32½ | 37‍–‍43 | 32‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Browns | 63 | 91 | .409 | 39½ | 35‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Cleveland Indians | 57 | 95 | .375 | 44½ | 27‍–‍50 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 109 | .283 | 58½ | 19‍–‍53 | 24‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1915 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 12–10 | 16–4 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 17–5–1 | 17–5–2 | 15–6–1 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | — | 16–6 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 18–4 | 8–14–1 |
| Cleveland | 4–16 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 12–10 | 6–16 |
| Detroit | 8–14 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 13–9–2 | 13–9 |
| New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 13–9–1 | 5–17 | — | 11–9 | 12–10–1 | 9–13 |
| Philadelphia | 5–17–1 | 3–19 | 7–15–1 | 5–17 | 9–11 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 |
| St. Louis | 5–17–2 | 4–18 | 10–12 | 9–13–2 | 10–12–1 | 16–6 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 6–15–1 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | 135 | 413 | 110 | .266 | 1 | 54 |
| 1B | Jack Fournier | 126 | 422 | 136 | .322 | 5 | 77 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 155 | 521 | 173 | .332 | 4 | 77 |
| 3B | Lena Blackburne | 96 | 283 | 61 | .216 | 0 | 25 |
| SS | Buck Weaver | 148 | 563 | 151 | .268 | 3 | 49 |
| OF | Shano Collins | 153 | 576 | 148 | .257 | 2 | 85 |
| OF | Happy Felsch | 121 | 427 | 106 | .248 | 3 | 53 |
| OF | Eddie Murphy | 70 | 273 | 86 | .315 | 0 | 26 |

#### 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 |
| Braggo Roth | 70 | 240 | 60 | .250 | 3 | 35 |
| Joe Jackson | 45 | 158 | 43 | .272 | 2 | 36 |
| Bunny Brief | 48 | 154 | 33 | .214 | 2 | 17 |
| Finners Quinlan | 42 | 114 | 22 | .193 | 0 | 7 |
| Pete Johns | 28 | 100 | 21 | .210 | 0 | 11 |
| Nemo Leibold | 36 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 11 |
| Wally Mayer | 64 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 0 | 5 |
| Tom Daly | 29 | 47 | 9 | .191 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Breton | 16 | 36 | 5 | .139 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Demmitt | 9 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Baker | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Chappell | 1 | 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 |
| Red Faber | 50 | 299.2 | 24 | 14 | 2.55 | 182 |
| Jim Scott | 48 | 296.1 | 24 | 11 | 2.03 | 120 |
| Joe Benz | 39 | 238.1 | 15 | 11 | 2.11 | 81 |
| Eddie Cicotte | 39 | 223.1 | 13 | 12 | 3.02 | 106 |
| Ed Walsh | 3 | 27.0 | 3 | 0 | 1.33 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Reb Russell | 41 | 229.1 | 11 | 10 | 2.59 | 90 |
| Hi Jasper | 3 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.60 | 15 |
| Ed Klepfer | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Mellie Wolfgang | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.84 | 21 |
| Dixie Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Ellis Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |

## Awards and honors
### League top five finishers

Eddie Collins
* #2 in AL in batting average (.332)
* #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.460)
* #2 in AL in runs scored (118)
* #3 in AL in stolen bases (46)
* #4 in AL in RBI (85)
Red Faber
* #2 in AL in wins (24)
* #2 in AL in strikeouts (182)
Jack Fournier
* AL leader in slugging percentage (.491)
* #3 in AL in batting average (.322)
* #3 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)
Jim Scott
* #2 in AL in wins (24)
* #4 in AL in ERA (2.03)