# 1910 Chicago White Sox season

The 1910 Chicago White Sox set the modern (since 1901) major league record for batting futility with a .211 team batting average. No White Sox regular hit above .250, Patsy Dougherty led all regulars with a .248 batting average.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 48 | .680 | — | 57‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍29 |
| New York Highlanders | 88 | 63 | .583 | 14½ | 49‍–‍25 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 68 | .558 | 18 | 46‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 81 | 72 | .529 | 22½ | 51‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Naps | 71 | 81 | .467 | 32 | 39‍–‍36 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | 85 | .444 | 35½ | 41‍–‍37 | 27‍–‍48 |
| Washington Senators | 66 | 85 | .437 | 36½ | 38‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍50 |
| St. Louis Browns | 47 | 107 | .305 | 57 | 26‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1910 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 14–8–3 | 12–10 | 9–13–1 | 4–18 | 16–6 | 16–5–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–13–2 | 8–14–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland | 8–14–3 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 8–13 | 7–14–4 | 18–4–1 | 9–13–1 |
| Detroit | 10–12 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 |
| New York | 13–9–1 | 13–8–2 | 13–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–12 | 16–6–1 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 18–4 | 14–8–1 | 14–7–4 | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 17–5 | 14–6 |
| St. Louis | 6–16 | 10–12 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–2 |
| Washington | 5–16–1 | 13–9 | 13–9–1 | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–14 | 13–9–2 | — |

### 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 | Fred Payne | 91 | 252 | 56 | .222 | 0 | 19 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 77 | 275 | 53 | .193 | 2 | 21 |
| 2B | Rollie Zeider | 136 | 498 | 108 | .217 | 0 | 31 |
| SS | Lena Blackburne | 75 | 242 | 42 | .174 | 0 | 10 |
| 3B | Billy Purtell | 102 | 368 | 82 | .223 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Paul Meloan | 65 | 222 | 54 | .243 | 0 | 23 |
| OF | Patsy Dougherty | 127 | 443 | 110 | .248 | 1 | 43 |
| OF | Freddy Parent | 81 | 258 | 46 | .178 | 1 | 16 |

#### 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 | 97 | 315 | 62 | .197 | 1 | 24 |
| Lee Tannehill | 67 | 230 | 51 | .222 | 1 | 21 |
| Charlie French | 45 | 170 | 28 | .165 | 0 | 4 |
| Harry Lord | 44 | 165 | 49 | .297 | 0 | 10 |
| Bruno Block | 55 | 152 | 32 | .211 | 0 | 9 |
| Billy Sullivan | 45 | 142 | 26 | .183 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Mullen | 41 | 123 | 24 | .195 | 0 | 13 |
| Amby McConnell | 33 | 120 | 33 | .275 | 0 | 5 |
| George Browne | 30 | 112 | 27 | .241 | 0 | 4 |
| Dutch Zwilling | 27 | 87 | 16 | .184 | 0 | 5 |
| Felix Chouinard | 24 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 0 | 9 |
| Willis Cole | 22 | 80 | 14 | .175 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Hahn | 15 | 53 | 6 | .113 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Kelly | 14 | 45 | 7 | .156 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Messenger | 9 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 4 |
| Cuke Barrows | 6 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Bowser | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Ed Walsh | 45 | 369.2 | 18 | 20 | 1.27 | 258 |
| Doc White | 33 | 236.2 | 15 | 13 | 2.66 | 111 |
| Frank Smith | 19 | 128.2 | 4 | 9 | 2.03 | 50 |
| Chief Chouneau | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Scott | 41 | 229.2 | 8 | 18 | 2.43 | 135 |
| Fred Olmstead | 32 | 184.1 | 10 | 12 | 1.95 | 68 |
| Irv Young | 27 | 135.2 | 4 | 8 | 2.72 | 64 |
| Frank Lange | 23 | 130.2 | 9 | 4 | 1.65 | 98 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |