1915 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 83-71
Finish: 3rd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 543
Runs Allowed: 538
Exp W-L: 78-76
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,461,763
Manager: Carl Mitchell

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-73, 6th in the American League
AA: 73-58, 2nd in the American League
A: 64-67, 4th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS #Buck Weaver 24 137 529 73 150 27 6 3 64 16 8 27 31 .284 .322 .374 .696 63.0 18.2 5.5
LF *Steve Evans 30 138 516 53 143 20 8 3 69 11 10 48 80 .277 .348 .364 .712 60.8 17.3 3.5
C  Frank Owens 29 130 482 50 120 14 11 7 72 3 0 50 46 .249 .318 .367 .685 57.1 15.8 7.3
3B  Emil Batch 35 133 495 57 106 10 7 4 42 38 11 26 22 .214 .256 .287 .543 36.3 4.4 4.7
RF *Ty Cobb 28 66 252 37 70 11 12 2 23 29 13 39 17 .278 .371 .440 .811 41.5 13.3 2.6
CF  Armando Marsans 27 74 264 29 70 7 3 1 23 17 9 15 23 .265 .312 .326 .638 24.1 5.5 3.0
LF  George Burns 25 63 255 33 73 7 4 1 21 19 9 27 17 .286 .353 .357 .710 32.8 9.7 2.2
RF  Sherry Magee 30 66 234 29 45 8 4 1 15 17 8 34 35 .192 .296 .274 .570 21.1 3.5 1.3
RF  Irish Meusel 22 62 224 21 50 10 1 0 22 9 9 20 21 .223 .290 .277 .567 15.8 1.9 2.3
2B  Paddy Baumann 29 58 192 15 44 4 3 1 15 8 4 8 25 .229 .260 .297 .557 15.8 2.3 2.1
2B  Johnny Rawlings 22 54 185 16 36 5 3 1 16 7 1 14 13 .195 .251 .270 .522 12.5 0.7 2.1
2B *Eddie Grant 32 51 161 12 24 3 0 0 12 1 4 12 34 .149 .207 .168 .375 2.4 0.0 2.2
P *Doc White 36 39 123 10 32 1 0 0 10 0 0 4 9 .260 .281 .268 .550 9.8 1.5 0.0
P  Bob Groom 30 39 118 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .093 .123 .119 .242 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Chief Bender 31 38 124 9 18 1 0 0 9 1 0 1 24 .145 .165 .153 .319 -0.3 0.0 0.0
1B  John Flynn 31 31 111 11 31 0 0 0 6 8 3 11 18 .279 .344 .279 .624 11.8 3.1 0.1
1B  Chick Gandil 28 29 113 20 28 5 3 1 11 13 4 8 2 .248 .295 .372 .667 13.5 3.6 0.1
C #Doc Kerr 33 38 112 9 27 5 0 0 11 0 0 7 26 .241 .286 .286 .571 8.4 1.6 1.6
LF *Moose McCormick 34 31 94 7 12 1 0 0 6 7 2 14 9 .128 .255 .138 .393 4.1 0.0 0.6
1B *Butch Schmidt 28 27 95 1 21 3 1 0 11 1 0 9 18 .221 .286 .274 .559 7.8 1.4 0.1
SS  Shag Shaughnessy 32 29 78 12 20 0 1 0 2 0 5 4 3 .256 .298 .282 .580 5.1 0.1 0.8
3B  Possum Whitted 25 28 81 6 24 2 2 0 9 1 3 4 4 .296 .337 .370 .708 8.2 2.2 1.0
P  Irv Higginbotham 33 21 76 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 30 .145 .156 .158 .314 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF #Lee Magee 26 16 64 6 18 2 0 1 5 3 2 6 1 .281 .343 .359 .702 7.0 1.7 0.6
CF *Beals Becker 28 13 52 6 17 2 2 0 6 3 2 3 5 .327 .364 .442 .806 7.3 2.4 0.4
P  Stan Coveleski 25 17 44 4 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 16 .136 .167 .159 .326 0.8 0.0 0.0
CF *Pete Compton 25 15 41 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 11 .171 .255 .171 .426 1.6 0.0 0.1
LF *Frank Schulte 32 12 33 3 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .273 .351 .303 .654 3.1 0.9 0.4
RF  Ed McLane 33 8 28 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .071 .129 .071 .200 -0.6 0.0 0.3
P  Hooks Wiltse 34 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Farmer Ray 28 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.8 0.4 0.0
P *Lave Winham 33 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Rube Benton 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Carl Mays 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Leifield 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 1495 5186 543 1227 154 71 26 503 213 108 410 564 .237 .295 .309 .603 468.6 111.5 45.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 7 4 8 4 4 7 4 4 8 5 5 6 6 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bob Groom 30 19 18 .514 39 39 0 345.3 227 81 7 155 228 2.11 30.2
*Doc White 36 17 18 .486 39 39 0 338.7 286 121 4 154 183 3.22 16.1
 Chief Bender 31 22 15 .595 38 38 0 333.0 314 101 4 100 144 2.73 23.7
 Irv Higginbotham 33 11 9 .550 21 21 0 189.3 167 62 1 50 71 2.95 11.3
 Stan Coveleski 25 7 9 .438 17 16 0 142.0 168 55 3 33 54 3.49 2.5
*Hooks Wiltse 34 4 1 .800 12 8 4 25.7 15 4 0 9 17 1.40 5.7
*Lave Winham 33 2 0 1.000 11 0 0 8.0 10 1 1 3 5 1.13 1.2
*Rube Benton 28 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 5.0 5 0 0 5 0 0.00 1.1
 Herm Malloy 30 0 1 .000 3 0 1 3.3 4 3 0 2 0 8.11 0.0
*Lefty Leifield 31 0 0 .000 2 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.4
 Farmer Ray 28 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2.0 4 1 0 2 1 4.50 0.0
 Addie Joss 35 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 1 0 6.77 0.0
 Biff Schlitzer 30 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
 Carl Mays 23 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 30.5 83 71 .539 191 164 5 1396.6 1202 430 20 514 703 2.77 92.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 8 3 1 3 3 2 7 1 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 33.3
F.Owens 1125.7 124 128 588 129 7 2 .990 33.5
D.Kerr 271.0 30 32 143 31 6 0 .967 37.5
Team Total 1396.7 154 160 731 160 13 2 .986 34.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.69
S.Magee 295.5 30 30 379 25 9 25 .978 12.30
J.Flynn 256.3 27 31 333 26 2 20 .994 12.60
C.Gandil 253.8 26 27 336 29 4 27 .989 12.94
B.Schmidt 244.0 27 27 317 21 2 22 .994 12.47
M.McCormick 85.0 9 9 113 7 1 9 .992 12.71
L.Magee 16.9 2 2 23 2 0 1 1.000 13.31
S.Shaughnessy 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1152.5 121 127 1502 110 18 104 .989 12.59
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 6.43
P.Baumann 497.0 55 56 123 224 20 37 .946 6.28
J.Rawlings 482.3 54 54 136 206 13 36 .963 6.38
E.Grant 395.3 44 46 110 203 15 36 .954 7.13
L.Magee 26.5 3 3 5 12 1 2 .944 5.77
S.Shaughnessy 21.0 1 5 10 13 0 5 1.000 9.86
E.McLane 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.2 157 165 384 658 49 116 .955 6.59
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.82
E.Batch 1195.7 133 133 83 292 23 20 .942 2.82
P.Whitted 195.0 21 27 18 51 3 3 .958 3.18
P.Baumann 6.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1396.7 154 162 101 344 26 23 .945 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 5.33
B.Weaver 1217.0 134 136 182 545 35 82 .954 5.38
S.Shaughnessy 179.7 20 20 32 51 5 11 .943 4.16
Team Total 1396.7 154 156 214 596 40 93 .953 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.80
S.Evans 526.3 58 60 97 1 7 1 .933 1.68
G.Burns 359.3 39 40 66 2 1 0 .986 1.70
I.Meusel 256.0 28 28 47 1 5 1 .906 1.69
M.McCormick 95.0 10 10 16 0 1 0 .941 1.52
F.Schulte 68.3 7 9 15 2 0 1 1.000 2.24
B.Becker 46.1 5 5 9 0 1 0 .900 1.76
L.Magee 45.7 5 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
E.McLane 44.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
S.Magee 11.7 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 0.77
Team Total 1452.5 157 162 268 7 16 3 .945 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.34
A.Marsans 608.4 65 65 140 5 3 3 .980 2.14
G.Burns 204.0 21 22 45 2 2 0 .959 2.07
S.Magee 133.3 13 17 31 1 0 1 1.000 2.16
P.Compton 83.0 9 9 15 1 7 0 .696 1.73
B.Becker 67.1 8 8 15 0 1 0 .938 2.01
L.Magee 57.3 6 6 15 1 1 0 .941 2.51
E.McLane 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Whitted 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1162.1 123 129 263 10 14 4 .951 2.11
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.87
S.Evans 689.0 77 77 121 0 8 0 .938 1.58
T.Cobb 598.7 65 65 120 6 0 2 1.000 1.89
I.Meusel 294.4 32 33 69 5 1 0 .987 2.26
S.Magee 138.7 13 15 28 1 3 1 .906 1.88
M.McCormick 52.0 6 6 13 2 2 2 .882 2.60
E.McLane 18.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
E.Grant 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
P.Compton 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Marsans 7.9 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
F.Schulte 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Shaughnessy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1831.7 198 205 359 16 14 5 .964 1.84
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 2.61
B.Groom 345.3 39 39 16 77 6 2 .939 2.42
D.White 338.7 39 39 29 61 3 2 .968 2.39
C.Bender 333.0 38 38 19 74 4 4 .959 2.51
I.Higginbotham 189.3 21 21 16 37 4 3 .930 2.52
S.Coveleski 142.0 16 17 10 31 2 3 .953 2.60
H.Wiltse 25.7 8 12 2 5 1 0 .875 2.45
L.Winham 8.0 0 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Benton 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Malloy 3.3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.41
L.Leifield 2.3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Ray 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Joss 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Schlitzer 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Mays 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1396.6 164 191 92 290 20 14 .950 2.46
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Weaver .284
On-Base Pct Evans .348
Slugging Pct Weaver .374
OPS Evans .712
XR Weaver 63.0
Games Evans 138
At-Bats Weaver 529
Runs Weaver 73
Hits Weaver 150
Total Bases Weaver 198
Singles Weaver 114
Doubles Weaver 27
Triples Cobb 12
Homeruns Owens 7
RBIs Owens 72
Stolen Bases Batch 38
Caught Stealing Cobb 13
Walks Owens 50
Strikeouts Evans 80
ERA Groom 2.11
Wins Bender 22
Losses Groom, White 18
Winning Pct Bender .595
Saves Wiltse 4
Games Pitched Groom, White 39
Games Started Groom, White 39
Complete Games White 33
Shutouts Groom 7
Innings Pitched Groom 345.3
Hits Allowed Bender 314
Homeruns Allowed Groom 7
Strikeouts Groom 228
Walks Allowed Groom 155
Walks per 9IP Higginbotham 2.4
Hits per 9IP Groom 5.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Groom 5.9
WHiP Groom 1.11
OAVG Groom .185
OOBP Groom .277
OSLG Groom .253
OOPS Groom .530
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ty Cobb $ 14,500,000
Doc White $ 7,600,000
Bob Groom $ 6,100,000
Frank Owens $ 4,900,000
Emil Batch $ 3,570,000
Irv Higginbotham $ 3,421,429
Chick Gandil $ 2,200,000
Steve Evans $ 2,031,429
Chief Bender $ 1,510,000
Lave Winham $ 680,000
Ed McLane $ 555,000
Eddie Grant $ 551,000
Armando Marsans $ 350,000
Shag Shaughnessy $ 350,000
John Flynn $ 350,000
Pete Compton $ 300,000
Rube Benton $ 300,000
Paddy Baumann $ 300,000
Herm Malloy $ 300,000
Johnny Rawlings $ 300,000
Farmer Ray $ 300,000
Biff Schlitzer $ 300,000
Butch Schmidt $ 300,000
Frank Schulte $ 300,000
Buck Weaver $ 300,000
Possum Whitted $ 300,000
Doc Kerr $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/15 Signed     Ed Mclane
2/17 Signed     Chief Bender
2/24 Signed     Eddie Grant
3/15 Traded Scott Perry Cincinnati Red Shannon
5/1 Traded Lee Magee
Lefty Leifield
Brooklyn Armando Marsans
Irish Meusel
5/1 Signed     Lave Winham
5/16 Released Addie Joss    
7/1 Traded Sherry Magee
George Burns
Hooks Wiltse
Philadelphia (A) Beals Becker
Irv Higginbotham
Chick Gandil
7/16 Traded Stan Coveleski
Carl Mays
Beals Becker
Irish Meusel
Round Draft Pick.
Philadelphia (N) Ty Cobb
7/31 Released Moose Mccormick