# 1912 Chicago White Sox season

In 1912, the Chicago White Sox debuted one of the most enduring and famous logos in baseball – a large "S" in a Roman-style font, with a small "O" inside the top loop of the "S" and a small "X" inside the bottom loop.

## History of SOX Logo

This logo was first used in 1912.
This is the logo associated with the 1917 World Series championship team, and the 1919 Black Sox.
With a couple of brief interruptions, the dark blue logo with the large "S" lasted through 1938 (but continued in a modified block style into the 1940s).

## Team Colors

Through the 1940s, the White Sox team colors were primarily navy blue trimmed with red.

## Offseason

* October 1911: Del Paddock was purchased by the White Sox from the Dubuque Hustlers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 105 | 47 | .691 | — | 57‍–‍20 | 48‍–‍27 |
| Washington Senators | 91 | 61 | .599 | 14 | 45‍–‍32 | 46‍–‍29 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 90 | 62 | .592 | 15 | 45‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍31 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 76 | .506 | 28 | 34‍–‍43 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Cleveland Naps | 75 | 78 | .490 | 30½ | 41‍–‍35 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 69 | 84 | .451 | 36½ | 37‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | .344 | 53 | 27‍–‍50 | 26‍–‍51 |
| New York Highlanders | 50 | 102 | .329 | 55 | 31‍–‍44 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1912 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 16–6–1 | 11–11–1 | 15–6 | 19–2 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 6–16–1 | — | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9–2 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 13–8–1 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 4–18 |
| Detroit | 6–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 8–14 |
| New York | 2–19 | 9–13 | 8–13–1 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 13–9 | 7–15 |
| Philadelphia | 7–15 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 17–5 | — | 16–6 | 13–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 5–17 | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14–1 |
| Washington | 10–12 | 13–9 | 18–4 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 7–13–1 | 14–8–1 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 26, 1912: Del Paddock was returned by the White Sox to the Dubuque Hustlers.
* August 20, 1912: Roy Crabb was purchased from the White Sox by the Philadelphia Athletics.

### 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 | Walt Kuhn | 76 | 178 | 36 | .202 | 0 | 10 |
| 1B | Rollie Zeider | 130 | 420 | 103 | .245 | 1 | 42 |
| 2B | Morrie Rath | 157 | 591 | 161 | .272 | 1 | 19 |
| SS | Buck Weaver | 147 | 523 | 117 | .224 | 1 | 43 |
| 3B | Harry Lord | 151 | 570 | 152 | .267 | 5 | 54 |
| OF | Ping Bodie | 138 | 472 | 139 | .294 | 5 | 72 |
| OF | Shano Collins | 153 | 579 | 168 | .290 | 2 | 81 |
| OF | Nixey Callahan | 111 | 408 | 111 | .272 | 1 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Wally Mattick | 90 | 285 | 74 | .260 | 1 | 35 |
| Bruno Block | 46 | 136 | 35 | .257 | 0 | 26 |
| Babe Borton | 31 | 105 | 39 | .371 | 0 | 17 |
| Billy Sullivan | 41 | 91 | 19 | .209 | 0 | 15 |
| Matty McIntyre | 49 | 84 | 14 | .167 | 0 | 10 |
| Jack Fournier | 35 | 73 | 14 | .192 | 0 | 2 |
| Ray Schalk | 23 | 63 | 18 | .286 | 0 | 8 |
| Ted Easterly | 30 | 55 | 20 | .364 | 0 | 14 |
| Ernie Johnson | 21 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 0 | 5 |
| Cuke Barrows | 8 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Wally Mayer | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mutz Ens | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Berran | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Tannehill | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Gleason | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Polly McLarry | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lena Blackburne | 5 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Polly Wolfe | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Paddock | 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 |
| Ed Walsh | 62 | 393.0 | 27 | 17 | 2.15 | 254 |
| Joe Benz | 42 | 238.2 | 13 | 17 | 2.90 | 97 |
| Eddie Cicotte | 20 | 152.0 | 9 | 7 | 2.84 | 70 |
| Wiley Taylor | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.95 | 4 |
| Harry Smith | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 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 |
| Doc White | 32 | 172.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.24 | 57 |
| Frank Lange | 31 | 165.1 | 10 | 10 | 3.27 | 96 |
| Rube Peters | 28 | 108.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.14 | 39 |
| George Mogridge | 17 | 64.2 | 3 | 4 | 4.04 | 31 |
| Jim Scott | 6 | 37.2 | 2 | 2 | 2.15 | 23 |
| Phil Douglas | 3 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.30 | 7 |
| Roy Crabb | 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.04 | 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 |
| Rip Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 1 |
| Ellis Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 7 |
| Ralph Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 |
| Flame Delhi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Fred Lamlein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 1 |