1915 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Charles Comiskey | |
Managers | Pants 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.
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Offseason
- December 8, 1914: Eddie Collins was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
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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 |
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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
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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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
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 |
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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
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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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
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 | 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
League top five finishers
- #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)
- #2 in AL in wins (24)
- #2 in AL in strikeouts (182)
- AL leader in slugging percentage (.491)
- #3 in AL in batting average (.322)
- #3 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)
- #2 in AL in wins (24)
- #4 in AL in ERA (2.03)
Notes
References