# 1918 Chicago White Sox season

Depleted of most of their stars due to World War I, the Chicago White Sox had a relatively bad year in 1918, going 57–67 and finishing in the second place. They had won the American League pennant in 1917 and would win another in 1919.

## Regular season

Ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte led the AL in losses, with 19.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 75 | 51 | .595 | — | 49‍–‍21 | 26‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 73 | 54 | .575 | 2½ | 38‍–‍22 | 35‍–‍32 |
| Washington Senators | 72 | 56 | .562 | 4 | 41‍–‍32 | 31‍–‍24 |
| New York Yankees | 60 | 63 | .488 | 13½ | 37‍–‍29 | 23‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Browns | 58 | 64 | .475 | 15 | 23‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍34 |
| Chicago White Sox | 57 | 67 | .460 | 17 | 30‍–‍26 | 27‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 55 | 71 | .437 | 20 | 28‍–‍29 | 27‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 76 | .406 | 24 | 35‍–‍32 | 17‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1918 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 12–7 | 10–10 | 13–5 | 6–11 | 13–6 | 14–5 | 7–7 |
| Chicago | 7–12 | — | 10–11 | 6–10 | 12–6 | 11–10 | 5–5 | 6–13 |
| Cleveland | 10–10 | 11–10 | — | 10–3 | 11–7–1 | 13–7–1 | 10–6 | 8–11 |
| Detroit | 5–13 | 10–6 | 3–10 | — | 9–10–1 | 9–11 | 10–10 | 9–11–1 |
| New York | 11–6 | 6–12 | 7–11–1 | 10–9–1 | — | 8–4 | 10–10–1 | 8–11 |
| Philadelphia | 6–13 | 10–11 | 7–13–1 | 11–9 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 6–12–1 |
| St. Louis | 5–14 | 5–5 | 6–10 | 10–10 | 10–10–1 | 10–8 | — | 12–7 |
| Washington | 7–7 | 13–6 | 11–8 | 11–9–1 | 11–8 | 12–6–1 | 7–12 | — |

### 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 | 108 | 333 | 73 | .219 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 114 | 439 | 119 | .271 | 0 | 55 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 97 | 330 | 91 | .276 | 2 | 30 |
| 3B | Fred McMullin | 70 | 235 | 65 | .277 | 1 | 16 |
| SS | Buck Weaver | 112 | 420 | 126 | .300 | 0 | 29 |
| OF | Shano Collins | 103 | 365 | 100 | .274 | 1 | 56 |
| OF | Eddie Murphy | 91 | 286 | 85 | .297 | 0 | 23 |
| OF | Nemo Leibold | 116 | 440 | 110 | .250 | 0 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Swede Risberg | 82 | 273 | 70 | .256 | 1 | 27 |
| Happy Felsch | 53 | 206 | 52 | .252 | 1 | 20 |
| Wilbur Good | 35 | 148 | 37 | .250 | 0 | 11 |
| Babe Pinelli | 24 | 78 | 18 | .231 | 1 | 7 |
| Otto Jacobs | 29 | 73 | 15 | .205 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Jackson | 17 | 65 | 23 | .354 | 1 | 20 |
| Johnny Mostil | 10 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
| Al DeVormer | 8 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Jourdan | 7 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Hardgrove | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Willson | 4 | 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 | 38 | 266.0 | 12 | 19 | 2.77 | 104 |
| Frank Shellenback | 28 | 182.2 | 9 | 12 | 2.66 | 47 |
| Reb Russell | 19 | 124.2 | 7 | 5 | 2.60 | 38 |
| Lefty Williams | 15 | 105.2 | 6 | 4 | 2.73 | 30 |
| Red Faber | 11 | 80.2 | 4 | 1 | 1.23 | 26 |
| Jack Quinn | 6 | 51.0 | 5 | 1 | 2.29 | 22 |
| Roy Mitchell | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Benz | 29 | 154.0 | 8 | 8 | 2.63 | 30 |
| Dave Danforth | 39 | 139.0 | 6 | 15 | 3.43 | 48 |

#### 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
| Ed Corey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League top ten finishers

Eddie Cicotte
* #6 in AL in strikeouts (104)
Eddie Murphy
* #9 in AL in batting average (.297)
Buck Weaver
* #7 in AL in batting average (.300)