1915 Chicago White Sox season

1915 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersPants Rowland
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The 1915 Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox finishing third in the American League.

With the acquisitions of Eddie Collins (over the winter) and Joe Jackson (in August), Chicago now had the two hitters they needed to win the 1917 and 1919 AL pennants.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 101 50 0.669 — 55–20 46–30
Detroit Tigers 100 54 0.649 2½ 51–26 49–28
Chicago White Sox 93 61 0.604 9½ 54–24 39–37
Washington Senators 85 68 0.556 17 50–29 35–39
New York Yankees 69 83 0.454 32½ 37–43 32–40
St. Louis Browns 63 91 0.409 39½ 35–38 28–53
Cleveland Indians 57 95 0.375 44½ 27–50 30–45
Philadelphia Athletics 43 109 0.283 58½ 19–53 24–56

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1915 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 12–10 16–4 14–8 10–12 17–5–1 17–5–2 15–6–1
Chicago 10–12 — 16–6 7–15 15–7 19–3 18–4 8–14–1
Cleveland 4–16 6–16 — 5–17 9–13–1 15–7–1 12–10 6–16
Detroit 8–14 15–7 17–5 — 17–5 17–5 13–9–2 13–9
New York 12–10 7–15 13–9–1 5–17 — 11–9 12–10–1 9–13
Philadelphia 5–17–1 3–19 7–15–1 5–17 9–11 — 6–16 8–14
St. Louis 5–17–2 4–18 10–12 9–13–2 10–12–1 16–6 — 9–13
Washington 6–15–1 14–8–1 16–6 9–13 13–9 14–8 13–9 —


Roster[edit]

1915 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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 135 413 110 .266 1 54
1B Jack Fournier 126 422 136 .322 5 77
2B Eddie Collins 155 521 173 .332 4 77
3B Lena Blackburne 96 283 61 .216 0 25
SS Buck Weaver 148 563 151 .268 3 49
OF Shano Collins 153 576 148 .257 2 85
OF Happy Felsch 121 427 106 .248 3 53
OF Eddie Murphy 70 273 86 .315 0 26

Other batters[edit]

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
Braggo Roth 70 240 60 .250 3 35
Joe Jackson 45 158 43 .272 2 36
Bunny Brief 48 154 33 .214 2 17
Finners Quinlan 42 114 22 .193 0 7
Pete Johns 28 100 21 .210 0 11
Nemo Leibold 36 74 17 .230 0 11
Wally Mayer 64 54 12 .222 0 5
Tom Daly 29 47 9 .191 0 3
Jim Breton 16 36 5 .139 0 1
Ray Demmitt 9 6 0 .000 0 0
Howard Baker 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Charlie Jackson 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Larry Chappell 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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 Faber 50 299.2 24 14 2.55 182
Jim Scott 48 296.1 24 11 2.03 120
Joe Benz 39 238.1 15 11 2.11 81
Eddie Cicotte 39 223.1 13 12 3.02 106
Ed Walsh 3 27.0 3 0 1.33 12

Other pitchers[edit]

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 Russell 41 229.1 11 10 2.59 90
Hi Jasper 3 15.2 0 1 4.60 15
Ed Klepfer 3 12.2 1 0 2.84 3

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mellie Wolfgang 17 2 2 0 1.84 21
Dixie Davis 2 0 0 0 0.00 2
Ellis Johnson 1 0 0 0 9.00 3

Awards and honors[edit]

League top five finishers[edit]

Eddie Collins

  • #2 in AL in batting average (.332)
  • #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.460)
  • #2 in AL in runs scored (118)
  • #3 in AL in stolen bases (46)
  • #4 in AL in RBI (85)

Red Faber

  • #2 in AL in wins (24)
  • #2 in AL in strikeouts (182)

Jack Fournier

  • AL leader in slugging percentage (.491)
  • #3 in AL in batting average (.322)
  • #3 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)

Jim Scott

  • #2 in AL in wins (24)
  • #4 in AL in ERA (2.03)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Eddie Collins page at Baseball Reference

References[edit]


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