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1916 Chicago White Sox
League American League
Ballpark Comiskey Park
City Chicago, Illinois
Owners Charles Comiskey
Managers Pants Rowland
←  1915 Seasons 1917 →

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]

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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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

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 Ray Schalk 129 410 95 .232 0 41
1B Jack Fournier 105 313 75 .240 3 44
2B Eddie Collins 155 545 168 .308 0 52
SS Zeb Terry 94 269 51 .190 0 17
3B Buck Weaver 151 582 132 .227 3 38
OF Joe Jackson 155 592 202 .341 3 78
OF Happy Felsch 146 546 164 .300 7 70
OF Shano 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
Jack Ness 75 258 69 .267 1 34
Fred McMullin 68 187 48 .257 0 10
Eddie Murphy 51 105 22 .210 0 4
Jack Lapp 40 101 21 .208 0 7
Nemo Leibold 45 82 20 .244 0 13
Fritz Von Kolnitz 24 44 10 .227 0 7
Byrd Lynn 31 40 9 .225 0 3
Cy Wright 8 18 0 .000 0 0
Ziggy Hasbrook 9 8 1 .125 0 0
George Moriarty 7 5 1 .200 0 0
Ted Jourdan 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Joe Fautsch 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Ray 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
Red 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
Reb Russell 56 264.1 18 11 2.42 112
Lefty Williams 43 224.1 13 7 2.89 138
Eddie Cicotte 44 187.0 15 7 1.78 91
Jim Scott 32 165.1 7 14 2.72 71
Joe Benz 28 142.0 9 5 2.03 57
Mellie Wolfgang 27 127.0 4 6 1.98 36
Dave Danforth 28 93.2 6 5 3.27 49
Ed Walsh 2 3.1 0 1 2.70 3

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.