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

1912 Chicago White Sox
4th place, American League
Chicago White Sox logo introduced in 1912
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Nixey Callahan
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Offseason

• October 1911: Del Paddock was purchased by the White Sox from the Dubuque Hustlers.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	105	47	0.691	—	57–20	48–27
Washington Senators	91	61	0.599	14	45–32	46–29
Philadelphia Athletics	90	62	0.592	15	45–31	45–31
Chicago White Sox	78	76	0.506	28	34–43	44–33
Cleveland Naps	75	78	0.490	30½	41–35	34–43
Detroit Tigers	69	84	0.451	36½	37–39	32–45
St. Louis Browns	53	101	0.344	53	27–50	26–51
New York Highlanders	50	102	0.329	55	31–44	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1912 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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.[1]
• August 20, 1912: Roy Crabb was purchased from the White Sox by the Philadelphia Athletics.[2]

Roster

1912 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Ralph Bell Joe Benz Eddie Cicotte Roy Crabb Flame Delhi Phil Douglas Ellis Johnson Rip Jordan Fred Lamlein Frank Lange George Mogridge Rube Peters Jim Scott Harry Smith Wiley Taylor Ed Walsh Doc White		Catchers Bruno Block Ted Easterly Walt Kuhn Wally Mayer Ray Schalk Billy Sullivan Infielders Lena Blackburne Babe Borton Mutz Ens Jack Fournier Kid Gleason Ernie Johnson Harry Lord Morrie Rath Lee Tannehill Buck Weaver Rollie Zeider		Outfielders Cuke Barrows Dennis Berran Ping Bodie Nixey Callahan Shano Collins Wally Mattick Matty McIntyre Other positions Polly McLarry Del Paddock Polly Wolfe		Manager Nixey Callahan Coaches Kid Gleason

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
OF	Ping Bodie	138	472	139	.294	5	72
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
Billy Sullivan	41	91	19	.209	0	15
Ray Schalk	23	63	18	.286	0	8
Ernie Johnson	21	42	11	.262	0	5
Kid Gleason	1	2	1	.500	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	27	17	2.15	254
Joe Benz	42	238.2	13	17	2.90	97
Eddie Cicotte	20	152	9	7	2.84	70
Harry Smith	1	5	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
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

References

1. Del Paddock page at Baseball Reference
2. Roy Crabb page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1912 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference