1916 Chicago White Sox season

The 1916 Chicago White Sox finished second in the American League, just two games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. By this time, the nucleus of the 1917–19 dynasty was in place. Chicago would win the World Series the following season.[1]

1916 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersPants Rowland
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Regular season

This was Shoeless Joe Jackson's first full season with the White Sox. He led the team in batting with a .341 average and finished third in the league overall. Eddie Collins and Happy Felsch also hit .300. The pitching staff was well-balanced, with seven men making at least 14 starts.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9163 0.591 — 49–28 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 2 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 8767 0.565 4 49–28 38–39
New York Yankees 8074 0.519 11 46–31 34–43
St. Louis Browns 7975 0.513 12 45–32 34–43
Cleveland Indians 7777 0.500 14 44–33 33–44
Washington Senators 7677 0.497 14½ 49–28 27–49
Philadelphia Athletics 36117 0.235 54½ 23–53 13–64

Record vs. opponents
1916 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —14–815–714–811–1116–610–12–111–11–1
Chicago 8–14—13–913–910–1218–415–712–10–1
Cleveland 7–159–13—11–1112–1018–411–11–29–13–1
Detroit 8–149–1311–11—14–8–118–413–914–8
New York 11–1112–1010–128–14–1—15–79–1315–7–1
Philadelphia 6–164–184–184–187–15—5–176–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–17–1511–11–29–1313–917–5—10–12–1
Washington 11–11–110–12–113–9–18–147–15–115–6–112–10–1—

Roster
1916 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other positions

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CRay Schalk12941095.232041
1BJack Fournier10531375.240344
2BEddie Collins155545168.308052
SSZeb Terry9426951.190017
3BBuck Weaver151582132.227338
OFJoe Jackson155592202.341378
OFHappy Felsch146546164.300770
OFShano Collins143527128.243042

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
Jack Ness7525869.267134
Fred McMullin6818748.257010
Eddie Murphy5110522.21004
Jack Lapp4010121.20807
Nemo Leibold458220.244013
Fritz Von Kolnitz244410.22707
Byrd Lynn31409.22503
Cy Wright8180.00000
Ziggy Hasbrook981.12500
George Moriarty751.20000
Ted Jourdan320.00000
Joe Fautsch110.00000
Ray Shook100----00

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
Red Faber35205.11792.0287

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
Reb Russell56264.118112.42112
Lefty Williams43224.11372.89138
Eddie Cicotte44187.01571.7891
Jim Scott32165.17142.7271
Joe Benz28142.0952.0357
Mellie Wolfgang27127.0461.9836
Dave Danforth2893.2653.2749
Ed Walsh23.1012.703

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Eddie Cicotte

  • #2 in AL in ERA (1.78)

Joe Jackson

  • #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.495)
  • #3 in AL in batting average (.341)

References
  1. "1916 Chicago White Sox Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Logos. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
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