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 place. They had won the American League pennant in 1917 and would win another in 1919.
1918 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Charles Comiskey | |
Managers | Pants Rowland | |
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Regular season edit
Ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte led the AL in losses, with 19.
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 edit
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders
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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 |
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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 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 |
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Swede Risberg | 82 | 273 | 70 | .256 | 1 | 27 |
Happy Felsch | 53 | 206 | 52 | .252 | 1 | 20 |
Wilbur Good | 35 | 148 | 37 | .250 | 0 | 11 |
Babe Pinelli | 24 | 78 | 18 | .231 | 1 | 7 |
Otto Jacobs | 29 | 73 | 15 | .205 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Jackson | 17 | 65 | 23 | .354 | 1 | 20 |
Johnny Mostil | 10 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
Al DeVormer | 8 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Jourdan | 7 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Pat Hardgrove | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Kid Willson | 4 | 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 |
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Eddie Cicotte | 38 | 266.0 | 12 | 19 | 2.77 | 104 |
Frank Shellenback | 28 | 182.2 | 9 | 12 | 2.66 | 47 |
Reb Russell | 19 | 124.2 | 7 | 5 | 2.60 | 38 |
Lefty Williams | 15 | 105.2 | 6 | 4 | 2.73 | 30 |
Red Faber | 11 | 80.2 | 4 | 1 | 1.23 | 26 |
Jack Quinn | 6 | 51.0 | 5 | 1 | 2.29 | 22 |
Roy Mitchell | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 |
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 |
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Joe Benz | 29 | 154.0 | 8 | 8 | 2.63 | 30 |
Dave Danforth | 39 | 139.0 | 6 | 15 | 3.43 | 48 |
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 |
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Mellie Wolfgang | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
Ed Corey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Awards and honors edit
League top ten finishers edit
- #6 in AL in strikeouts (104)
- #9 in AL in batting average (.297)
- #7 in AL in batting average (.300)