1916 Chicago White Sox season

The 1916 Chicago White Sox finished second in the American League, just two games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. By this time, the nucleus of the 1917–19 dynasty was in place. Chicago would win the World Series the following season.^[1]

1916 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Pants Rowland
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Regular season

This was Shoeless Joe Jackson's first full season with the White Sox. He led the team in batting with a .341 average and finished third in the league overall. Eddie Collins and Happy Felsch also hit .300. The pitching staff was well-balanced, with seven men making at least 14 starts.

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	91	63	.591	—	49‍–‍28	42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	2	49‍–‍28	40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	.565	4	49‍–‍28	38‍–‍39
New York Yankees	80	74	.519	11	46‍–‍31	34‍–‍43
St. Louis Browns	79	75	.513	12	45‍–‍32	34‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	77	77	.500	14	44‍–‍33	33‍–‍44
Washington Senators	76	77	.497	14½	49‍–‍28	27‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics	36	117	.235	54½	23‍–‍53	13‍–‍64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	14–8	15–7	14–8	11–11	16–6	10–12–1	11–11–1
Chicago	8–14	—	13–9	13–9	10–12	18–4	15–7	12–10–1
Cleveland	7–15	9–13	—	11–11	12–10	18–4	11–11–2	9–13–1
Detroit	8–14	9–13	11–11	—	14–8–1	18–4	13–9	14–8
New York	11–11	12–10	10–12	8–14–1	—	15–7	9–13	15–7–1
Philadelphia	6–16	4–18	4–18	4–18	7–15	—	5–17	6–15–1
St. Louis	12–10–1	7–15	11–11–2	9–13	13–9	17–5	—	10–12–1
Washington	11–11–1	10–12–1	13–9–1	8–14	7–15–1	15–6–1	12–10–1	—

Roster

1916 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Joe Benz Eddie Cicotte Dave Danforth Red Faber Reb Russell Jim Scott Ed Walsh Lefty Williams Mellie Wolfgang		Catchers Jack Lapp Byrd Lynn Ray Schalk Infielders Eddie Collins Jack Fournier Ziggy Hasbrook Fred McMullin George Moriarty Jack Ness Zeb Terry Fritz Von Kolnitz Buck Weaver Cy Wright		Outfielders Shano Collins Happy Felsch Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Eddie Murphy Other positions Joe Fautsch Ted Jourdan Ray Shook		Manager Pants Rowland Coaches Kid Gleason

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	Ray Schalk	129	410	95	.232	0	41
1B	Jack Fournier	105	313	75	.240	3	44
2B	Eddie Collins	155	545	168	.308	0	52
SS	Zeb Terry	94	269	51	.190	0	17
3B	Buck Weaver	151	582	132	.227	3	38
OF	Joe Jackson	155	592	202	.341	3	78
OF	Happy Felsch	146	546	164	.300	7	70
OF	Shano Collins	143	527	128	.243	0	42

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
Jack Ness	75	258	69	.267	1	34
Fred McMullin	68	187	48	.257	0	10
Eddie Murphy	51	105	22	.210	0	4
Jack Lapp	40	101	21	.208	0	7
Nemo Leibold	45	82	20	.244	0	13
Fritz Von Kolnitz	24	44	10	.227	0	7
Byrd Lynn	31	40	9	.225	0	3
Cy Wright	8	18	0	.000	0	0
Ziggy Hasbrook	9	8	1	.125	0	0
George Moriarty	7	5	1	.200	0	0
Ted Jourdan	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Joe Fautsch	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Ray Shook	1	0	0	----	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
Red Faber	35	205.1	17	9	2.02	87

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
Reb Russell	56	264.1	18	11	2.42	112
Lefty Williams	43	224.1	13	7	2.89	138
Eddie Cicotte	44	187.0	15	7	1.78	91
Jim Scott	32	165.1	7	14	2.72	71
Joe Benz	28	142.0	9	5	2.03	57
Mellie Wolfgang	27	127.0	4	6	1.98	36
Dave Danforth	28	93.2	6	5	3.27	49
Ed Walsh	2	3.1	0	1	2.70	3

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Eddie Cicotte

• #2 in AL in ERA (1.78)

Joe Jackson

• #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.495)
• #3 in AL in batting average (.341)

References

1. "1916 Chicago White Sox Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Logos. Retrieved July 23, 2022.