1915 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1915
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Charles Comiskey
Managers:	Pants Rowland

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

• December 8, 1914: Eddie Collins was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1915 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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

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
	70	240	60	.250	3	35
	45	158	43	.272	2	36
	48	154	33	.214	2	17
	42	114	22	.193	0	7
	28	100	21	.210	0	11
	36	74	17	.230	0	11
	64	54	12	.222	0	5
	29	47	9	.191	0	3
	16	36	5	.139	0	1
	9	6	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	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
	50	299.2	24	14	2.55	182
	48	296.1	24	11	2.03	120
	39	238.1	15	11	2.11	81
	39	223.1	13	12	3.02	106
	3	27.0	3	0	1.33	12

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
	41	229.1	11	10	2.59	90
	3	15.2	0	1	4.60	15
	3	12.2	1	0	2.84	3

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
	17	2	2	0	1.84	21
	2	0	0	0	0.00	2
	1	0	0	0	9.00	3

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

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)

References

• 1915 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/collied01.shtml Eddie Collins page at Baseball Reference