1916 Chicago White Sox season

1916 Chicago White Sox
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Owner(s) Charles Comiskey
Manager(s) Pants Rowland
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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.

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 91 63 0.591 49–28 42–35
Chicago White Sox 89 65 0.578 2 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 0.565 4 49–28 38–39
New York Yankees 80 74 0.519 11 46–31 34–43
St. Louis Browns 79 75 0.513 12 45–32 34–43
Cleveland Indians 77 77 0.500 14 44–33 33–44
Washington Senators 76 77 0.497 14½ 49–28 27–49
Philadelphia Athletics 36 117 0.235 54½ 23–53 13–64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 14–8 15–7 14–8 11–11 16–6 10–12–1 11–11–1
Chicago 8–14 13–9 13–9 10–12 18–4 15–7 12–10–1
Cleveland 7–15 9–13 11–11 12–10 18–4 11–11–2 9–13–1
Detroit 8–14 9–13 11–11 14–8–1 18–4 13–9 14–8
New York 11–11 12–10 10–12 8–14–1 15–7 9–13 15–7–1
Philadelphia 6–16 4–18 4–18 4–18 7–15 5–17 6–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–1 7–15 11–11–2 9–13 13–9 17–5 10–12–1
Washington 11–11–1 10–12–1 13–9–1 8–14 7–15–1 15–6–1 12–10–1

Roster

1916 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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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 Schalk, RayRay Schalk 129 410 95 .232 0 41
1B Fournier, JackJack Fournier 105 313 75 .240 3 44
2B Collins, EddieEddie Collins 155 545 168 .308 0 52
SS Terry, ZebZeb Terry 94 269 51 .190 0 17
3B Weaver, BuckBuck Weaver 151 582 132 .227 3 38
OF Jackson, JoeJoe Jackson 155 592 202 .341 3 78
OF Felsch, HappyHappy Felsch 146 546 164 .300 7 70
OF Collins, ShanoShano Collins 143 527 128 .243 0 42

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
Ness, JackJack Ness 75 258 69 .267 1 34
McMullin, FredFred McMullin 68 187 48 .257 0 10
Murphy, EddieEddie Murphy 51 105 22 .210 0 4
Hasbrook, ZiggyZiggy Hasbrook 9 8 1 .125 0 0
Shook, RayRay Shook 1 0 0 ---- 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
Faber, RedRed Faber 35 205.1 17 9 2.02 87

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
Russell, RebReb Russell 56 264.1 18 11 2.42 112
Cicotte, EddieEddie Cicotte 44 187 15 7 1.78 91
Scott, JimJim Scott 32 165.1 7 14 2.72 71
Benz, JoeJoe Benz 28 142 9 5 2.03 57
Danforth, DaveDave Danforth 28 93.2 6 5 3.27 49
Walsh, EdEd Walsh 2 3.1 0 1 2.70 3

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Eddie Cicotte

Joe Jackson

References

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