1915 Chicago White Sox season

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1915  Chicago White Sox
League American League
Ballpark Comiskey Park
City Chicago
Owners Charles Comiskey
Managers Pants Rowland
  1914 Seasons 1916  

The 1915 Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox finishing third in the American League.

Contents

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

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 101500.66955–2046–30
Detroit Tigers 100540.64951–2649–28
Chicago White Sox 93610.60454–2439–37
Washington Senators 85680.5561750–2935–39
New York Yankees 69830.45432½37–4332–40
St. Louis Browns 63910.40939½35–3828–53
Cleveland Indians 57950.37544½27–5030–45
Philadelphia Athletics 431090.28358½19–5324–56

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 12–1016–414–810–1217–5–117–5–215–6–1
Chicago 10–1216–67–1515–719–318–48–14–1
Cleveland 4–166–165–179–13–115–7–112–106–16
Detroit 8–1415–717–517–517–513–9–213–9
New York 12–107–1513–9–15–1711–912–10–19–13
Philadelphia 5–17–13–197–15–15–179–116–168–14
St. Louis 5–17–24–1810–129–13–210–12–116–69–13
Washington 6–15–114–8–116–69–1313–914–813–9

Roster

1915 Chicago White Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ray Schalk 135413110.266154
1B Jack Fournier 126422136.322577
2B Eddie Collins 155521173.332477
3B Lena Blackburne 9628361.216025
SS Buck Weaver 148563151.268349
OF Shano Collins 153576148.257285
OF Happy Felsch 121427106.248353
OF Eddie Murphy 7027386.315026

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Braggo Roth 7024060.250335
Joe Jackson 4515843.272236
Bunny Brief 4815433.214217
Finners Quinlan 4211422.19307
Pete Johns 2810021.210011
Nemo Leibold 367417.230011
Wally Mayer 645412.22205
Tom Daly 29479.19103
Jim Breton 16365.13901
Ray Demmitt 960.00000
Howard Baker 220.00000
Charlie Jackson 110.00000
Larry Chappell 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Red Faber 50299.224142.55182
Jim Scott 48296.124112.03120
Joe Benz 39238.115112.1181
Eddie Cicotte 39223.113123.02106
Ed Walsh 327.0301.3312

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Reb Russell 41229.111102.5990
Hi Jasper 315.2014.6015
Ed Klepfer 312.2102.843

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mellie Wolfgang 172201.8421
Dixie Davis 20000.002
Ellis Johnson 10009.003

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Eddie Collins

Red Faber

Jack Fournier

Jim Scott

Notes

  1. Eddie Collins page at Baseball Reference

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