# 1907 Chicago White Sox season

The 1907 Chicago White Sox led the American League for much of the first half but finished third.
Chicago allowed the fewest runs in the AL. The pitching staff was led by Ed Walsh, who paced the circuit in innings pitched (422.1), complete games (37), and earned run average (1.60).

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 58 | .613 | — | 50‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 57 | .607 | 1½ | 50‍–‍20 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 64 | .576 | 5½ | 48‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍35 |
| Cleveland Naps | 85 | 67 | .559 | 8 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍36 |
| New York Highlanders | 70 | 78 | .473 | 21 | 32‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 69 | 83 | .454 | 24 | 36‍–‍40 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Americans | 59 | 90 | .396 | 32½ | 34‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍49 |
| Washington Senators | 49 | 102 | .325 | 43½ | 26‍–‍48 | 23‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1907 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–11–3 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 8–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 9–12 |
| Chicago | 11–10–3 | — | 10–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 16–6 | 15–6 |
| Cleveland | 13–8 | 11–10–1 | — | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 12–10–2 | 15–7–2 |
| Detroit | 16–6 | 9–13–1 | 11–11–1 | — | 13–8 | 11–8–1 | 14–8 | 18–4 |
| New York | 12–8–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 8–13 | — | 10–9–1 | 8–14–1 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 14–8–2 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 8–11–1 | 9–10–1 | — | 14–6 | 17–4 |
| St. Louis | 12–10 | 6–16 | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | 6–14 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 12–9 | 6–15 | 7–15–2 | 4–18 | 7–15–1 | 4–17 | 9–13 | — |

### 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 | Billy Sullivan | 112 | 329 | 59 | .179 | 0 | 36 |
| 1B | Jiggs Donahue | 157 | 609 | 158 | .259 | 0 | 68 |
| 2B | Frank Isbell | 125 | 486 | 118 | .243 | 0 | 41 |
| SS | George Davis | 132 | 466 | 111 | .238 | 1 | 52 |
| 3B | George Rohe | 144 | 494 | 105 | .213 | 2 | 51 |
| OF | Ed Hahn | 156 | 592 | 151 | .255 | 0 | 45 |
| OF | Patsy Dougherty | 148 | 533 | 144 | .270 | 1 | 59 |
| OF | Fielder Jones | 154 | 559 | 146 | .261 | 0 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Lee Quillen | 49 | 151 | 29 | .192 | 0 | 14 |
| Ed McFarland | 52 | 138 | 39 | .283 | 0 | 8 |
| Lee Tannehill | 33 | 108 | 26 | .241 | 0 | 11 |
| Hub Hart | 29 | 70 | 19 | .271 | 0 | 7 |
| Mike Welday | 44 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hickman | 21 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Atz | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Armbruster | 1 | 3 | 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 | 56 | 422.1 | 24 | 18 | 1.60 | 206 |
| Frank Smith | 41 | 310.0 | 23 | 10 | 2.47 | 139 |
| Doc White | 46 | 291.0 | 27 | 13 | 2.26 | 141 |
| Nick Altrock | 30 | 213.2 | 7 | 13 | 2.57 | 61 |
| Roy Patterson | 19 | 96.0 | 4 | 6 | 2.63 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Owen | 11 | 47.0 | 2 | 3 | 2.49 | 15 |
| Lou Fiene | 6 | 26.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Isbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

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

Ed Walsh
* AL leader in ERA (1.60)
* #2 in AL in strikeouts (206)
Doc White
* AL leader in wins (27)