1910 Chicago White Sox season

1910  Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	South Side Park White Sox Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Hugh Duffy
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the 1910 Chicago White Sox set the modern (since 1901) major league record for batting futility with a .211 team batting average. No White Sox regular hit above .250, Patsy Dougherty led all regulars with a .248 batting average. On July 1st, the team moved from South Side Park to White Sox Park, which would be the team's home for the next 80 years.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	102	48	.680	—	57‍–‍19	45‍–‍29
New York Highlanders	88	63	.583	14½	49‍–‍25	39‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers	86	68	.558	18	46‍–‍31	40‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	81	72	.529	22½	51‍–‍28	30‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps	71	81	.467	32	39‍–‍36	32‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	68	85	.444	35½	41‍–‍37	27‍–‍48
Washington Senators	66	85	.437	36½	38‍–‍35	28‍–‍50
St. Louis Browns	47	107	.305	57	26‍–‍51	21‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1910 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	14–8–3	12–10	9–13–1	4–18	16–6	16–5–1
Chicago	12–10	—	10–12	9–13	8–13–2	8–14–1	12–10	9–13
Cleveland	8–14–3	12–10	—	9–13	8–13	7–14–4	18–4–1	9–13–1
Detroit	10–12	13–9	13–9	—	13–9	9–13	15–7	13–9–1
New York	13–9–1	13–8–2	13–8	9–13	—	9–12	16–6–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	18–4	14–8–1	14–7–4	13–9	12–9	—	17–5	14–6
St. Louis	6–16	10–12	4–18–1	7–15	6–16–1	5–17	—	9–13–2
Washington	5–16–1	13–9	13–9–1	9–13–1	7–15–1	6–14	13–9–2	—

Roster

1910 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Bill Burns Chief Chouneau Frank Lange Fred Olmstead Jim Scott Frank Smith Ed Walsh Doc White Irv Young		Catchers Bruno Block Fred Payne Billy Sullivan Infielders Lena Blackburne Charlie French Chick Gandil Harry Lord Amby McConnell Charlie Mullen Billy Purtell Lee Tannehill Rollie Zeider		Outfielders Cuke Barrows Red Bowser George Browne Felix Chouinard Willis Cole Shano Collins Patsy Dougherty Ed Hahn Red Kelly Paul Meloan Bobby Messenger Freddy Parent Dutch Zwilling		Manager Hugh Duffy

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	Fred Payne	91	252	56	.222	0	19
1B	Chick Gandil	77	275	53	.193	2	21
2B	Rollie Zeider	136	498	108	.217	0	31
SS	Lena Blackburne	75	242	42	.174	0	10
3B	Billy Purtell	102	368	82	.223	1	36
OF	Paul Meloan	65	222	54	.243	0	23
OF	Patsy Dougherty	127	443	110	.248	1	43
OF	Freddy Parent	81	258	46	.178	1	16

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
Shano Collins	97	315	62	.197	1	24
Lee Tannehill	67	230	51	.222	1	21
Charlie French	45	170	28	.165	0	4
Harry Lord	44	165	49	.297	0	10
Bruno Block	55	152	32	.211	0	9
Billy Sullivan	45	142	26	.183	0	6
Charlie Mullen	41	123	24	.195	0	13
Amby McConnell	33	120	33	.275	0	5
George Browne	30	112	27	.241	0	4
Dutch Zwilling	27	87	16	.184	0	5
Felix Chouinard	24	82	16	.195	0	9
Willis Cole	22	80	14	.175	0	2
Ed Hahn	15	53	6	.113	0	1
Red Kelly	14	45	7	.156	0	1
Bobby Messenger	9	26	6	.231	0	4
Cuke Barrows	6	20	4	.200	0	1
Red Bowser	1	2	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
Ed Walsh	45	369.2	18	20	1.27	258
Doc White	33	236.2	15	13	2.66	111
Frank Smith	19	128.2	4	9	2.03	50
Chief Chouneau	1	5.1	0	1	3.38	1

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
Jim Scott	41	229.2	8	18	2.43	135
Fred Olmstead	32	184.1	10	12	1.95	68
Irv Young	27	135.2	4	8	2.72	64
Frank Lange	23	130.2	9	4	1.65	98

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
Bill Burns	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1910 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference