The 1917 Chicago White Sox dominated the American League with a record of 100–54. The 100 wins is a club record that still stands. Their offense was first in runs scored while their pitching staff led the league with a 2.16 ERA.
Facing the New York Giants in the 1917 World Series, the team clinched the series in six games, thanks in large part to the workhorse efforts of Eddie Cicotte and Red Faber. It would be the team's last world championship until 2005.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Game log Legend White Sox win White Sox loss PostponementBoldWhite Sox team member
|- align="text-align:center; bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || April 11 || @ Browns || 7–2 || Scott || @ Hamilton || Danforth || 18,000|| 1.57 || 1–0 || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 13 || @ Browns || 3–4 || Koob || Faber || Sothoron || 1,000 || 2:11 ||1–1 || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 14 || @ Browns || 11–0 || Cicotte | Hamilton || || 10,000 || 2:02 || 2–1 || || || |-align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 15 || @ Tigers || 6–2 || Scott|| Covelski || || 15,473 || 1:35 || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 ||April 16 || @ Tigers || 4–0 || Faber || Jones || || 5,200 || 1:41 || 3–1 || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 17|| @ Tigers || 4–2 || Danforth || Ehmke || Russel || 3,353 || 1:50 || || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 7 || April 19 || Indians || 2–6 || Plank || Scott || || 28,000 || 1:58 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || April 20 || Browns || 5–2 || Cicotte || Sothoron || || 6,000 || 1:48 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 21 || Browns || 2–0 || Faber || Koob || || 14,000 || 2,000 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 || April 22 || Browns || 3–2 || Williams || Groom || || 25,000 || 1:59 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 24 ||Indians || 1–0 || Scott || Coveleski || || 5,000 || 1:43 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 25 ||Indians || 1–4 || Coumbe || Cicotte || || 1,000 || 1:47 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13|| April 26 || Indians || 0–3 || Bagby || Faber || || 2,500 || 1:48 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 27 || Indians || 1–2 || Klepfer || Scott || Covelski || 4,000 || 2:02 || || || |- align=" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 28 || Tigers || 3–8 || Faber || Jones || || 4,200 || 2:36 || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 29 || Tigers || 0–3 || Mitchell || Faber || || 12,000 || 1:42 || || ||
Roster 1917 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other positions Manager
Coaches
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 140 424 96 .226 2 51 1B 149 553 151 .273 0 57 2B 156 564 163 .289 0 67 3B 118 447 127 .284 3 32 SS 149 474 96 .203 1 45 LF 146 538 162 .301 5 75 CF 152 575 177 .308 6 102 RF 125 428 101 .236 0 29
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 82 252 59 .234 1 13 59 194 46 .237 0 12 35 72 16 .222 0 7 53 51 16 .314 0 16 17 34 5 .147 0 2 10 9 1 .111 0 3 2 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 2 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 49 346.2 28 12 1.53 150 41 248.0 16 13 1.92 84 35 189.1 15 5 1.95 54 19 94.2 7 3 2.47 25
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 45 230.0 17 8 2.97 85 24 125.0 6 7 1.87 37
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 50 11 6 9 2.65 79 5 0 0 0 5.09 3
Awards and honors League top five finishers Eddie Cicotte #1 in AL in wins (28) #1 in AL in earned run average (1.53) #2 in AL in strikeouts (150)
Happy Felsch #2 in AL in runs batted in (102)
1917 World Series
There were accusations of this series not being completely "on the level," especially after the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. The most notable play involved Heinie Zimmerman of the Giants chasing Eddie Collins across home plate in the deciding game. Zimmerman was later banned from organized baseball for throwing games.
AL Chicago White Sox (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 New York Giants – 1, Chicago White Sox – 2October 6Comiskey Park32,0002 New York Giants – 2, Chicago White Sox – 7October 7Comiskey Park32,0003 Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 2October 10Polo Grounds33,6164 Chicago White Sox – 0, New York Giants – 5October 11Polo Grounds27,7465 New York Giants – 5, Chicago White Sox – 8October 13Comiskey Park27,3236 Chicago White Sox – 4, New York Giants – 2October 15Polo Grounds33,969
References
External links 1917 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference