1918 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:1918
League:American League
Ballpark:Comiskey Park
City:Chicago, Illinois
Owners:Charles Comiskey
Managers:Pants Rowland

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.

Regular season

Ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte led the AL in losses, with 19.

Roster

1918 Chicago White Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersOther battersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 108 333 73 .219 0 22
1B 114 439 119 .271 0 55
2B 97 330 91 .276 2 30
3B 70 235 65 .277 1 16
SS 112 420 126 .300 0 29
OF 103 365 100 .274 1 56
OF 91 286 85 .297 0 23
OF 116 440 110 .250 0 31

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
82 273 70 .256 1 27
53 206 52 .252 1 20
35 148 37 .250 0 11
24 78 18 .231 1 7
29 73 15 .205 0 3
17 65 23 .354 1 20
10 33 9 .273 0 4
8 19 5 .263 0 0
7 10 1 .100 0 1
2 2 0 .000 0 0
4 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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
38 266.0 12 19 2.77 104
28 182.2 9 12 2.66 47
19 124.2 7 5 2.60 38
15 105.2 6 4 2.73 30
11 80.2 4 1 1.23 26
6 51.0 5 1 2.29 22
2 12.0 0 1 7.50 3

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
29 154.0 8 8 2.63 30
39 139.0 6 15 3.43 48

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
4 0 1 0 5.40 1
1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Eddie Cicotte

Eddie Murphy

Buck Weaver

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