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 division. They had won the American League pennant in 1917 and would win another in 1919.

1918 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Pants Rowland
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Regular season

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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	75	51	0.595	—	49–21	26–30
Cleveland Indians	73	54	0.575	2½	38–22	35–32
Washington Senators	72	56	0.562	4	41–32	31–24
New York Yankees	60	63	0.488	13½	37–29	23–34
St. Louis Browns	58	64	0.475	15	23–30	35–34
Chicago White Sox	57	67	0.460	17	30–26	27–41
Detroit Tigers	55	71	0.437	20	28–29	27–42
Philadelphia Athletics	52	76	0.406	24	35–32	17–44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1918 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Joe Benz Eddie Cicotte Ed Corey Dave Danforth Red Faber Roy Mitchell Jack Quinn Reb Russell Frank Shellenback Lefty Williams Mellie Wolfgang		Catchers Al DeVormer Otto Jacobs Byrd Lynn Ray Schalk Infielders Eddie Collins Chick Gandil Ted Jourdan Fred McMullin Johnny Mostil Babe Pinelli Swede Risberg Buck Weaver		Outfielders Shano Collins Happy Felsch Wilbur Good Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Eddie Murphy Other batters Pat Hardgrove Kid Willson		Manager Pants Rowland

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
Joe Jackson	17	65	23	.354	1	20
Otto Jacobs	29	73	15	.205	0	3

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	12	19	2.77	104
Red Faber	11	80.2	4	1	1.23	26

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	8	8	2.63	30

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
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)

External links

• 1918 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference