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1917 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 92-62
Finish: 3rd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 654
Runs Allowed: 567
Exp W-L: 87-67
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,799,008
Manager: Carl Mitchell

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-67, 6th in the American League
AA: 71-62, 3rd in the American League
A: 49-84, 8th 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
2B #Lee Magee 28 144 565 94 177 22 10 5 79 40 22 54 21 .313 .371 .414 .786 79.9 20.2 6.4
SS *John Henry Lloyd 33 140 509 93 163 25 10 4 68 77 33 97 22 .320 .428 .432 .860 96.0 27.2 8.4
1B  Chick Gandil 30 135 566 94 169 24 10 4 56 72 19 37 24 .299 .348 .398 .746 81.6 21.5 3.0
RF *Steve Evans 32 141 522 56 170 26 10 4 91 11 7 37 66 .326 .375 .437 .812 79.6 22.1 3.7
LF *Sam Crawford 37 114 450 56 109 10 3 0 32 46 3 31 78 .242 .290 .278 .568 42.1 6.4 3.1
C  Frank Owens 31 103 387 36 99 13 6 4 47 0 3 36 41 .256 .315 .351 .667 39.4 6.8 6.4
3B *Chet Chadbourne 32 102 371 51 102 14 7 1 56 2 5 36 16 .275 .337 .358 .696 41.9 9.1 4.5
RF *Frank Schulte 34 86 296 28 78 14 4 1 39 0 3 9 26 .264 .288 .348 .636 26.2 4.1 1.8
3B #Buck Weaver 26 86 209 16 51 7 1 0 20 2 5 9 14 .244 .273 .287 .560 13.4 0.7 2.3
LF  Howie Shanks 26 57 171 31 49 6 5 0 26 11 6 19 8 .287 .352 .380 .732 22.6 5.2 1.4
2B *Eddie Grant 34 54 175 12 41 5 1 0 18 0 0 14 38 .234 .289 .274 .564 12.4 1.0 1.6
P *Ray Caldwell 29 41 130 5 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 62 .085 .118 .085 .202 -3.4 0.0 0.0
C  Verne Clemons 25 37 134 8 29 5 0 0 16 0 0 10 16 .216 .267 .254 .521 7.9 0.0 2.3
P  Chief Bender 33 40 116 14 17 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 20 .147 .161 .155 .316 -0.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Butch Schmidt 30 41 121 19 34 8 0 0 10 0 1 9 13 .281 .331 .347 .678 13.6 3.1 0.5
CF  Armando Marsans 29 32 120 12 21 2 0 0 8 3 5 5 10 .175 .206 .192 .398 0.7 0.0 1.3
P  Ernie Groth 32 35 101 6 8 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 40 .079 .096 .089 .185 -3.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Paddy Baumann 31 27 93 6 23 2 2 0 10 3 1 8 12 .247 .307 .312 .619 8.5 1.4 0.6
P *Rube Benton 30 29 87 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .080 .101 .080 .182 -2.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Possum Whitted 27 20 72 6 22 3 4 0 3 2 1 5 4 .306 .351 .458 .809 9.3 2.2 0.6
C  Byrd Lynn 28 17 58 2 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 10 .172 .234 .190 .424 1.8 0.0 1.0
P  Ed Lafitte 31 7 21 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .190 .227 .286 .513 1.4 0.0 0.0
LF  Cozy Dolan 27 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 0.7 0.2 0.1
P #Bill James 30 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Doc White 38 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Cy Falkenberg 36 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.7 1509 5294 654 1399 189 74 23 607 271 118 432 575 .264 .320 .341 .661 569.3 131.3 49.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 5 4 6 3 7 5 1 5 6 6 4 4 5 5 4  
* - 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
 Ray Caldwell 29 25 11 .694 41 41 0 360.7 284 96 0 65 185 2.40 32.4
 Chief Bender 33 24 12 .667 40 40 0 348.7 292 103 5 74 97 2.66 28.6
 Ernie Groth 32 15 15 .500 35 35 0 297.0 290 120 15 79 122 3.64 12.3
*Rube Benton 30 15 10 .600 29 29 0 244.3 214 90 3 111 108 3.32 13.5
 Ed Lafitte 31 4 2 .667 7 4 0 60.7 66 23 3 22 20 3.41 3.6
*Lave Winham 35 4 4 .500 30 0 8 36.3 34 16 4 18 16 3.96 3.5
 Bill James 30 2 2 .500 9 1 0 23.0 23 10 0 14 4 3.91 1.0
 Biff Schlitzer 32 3 4 .429 18 0 3 15.3 20 10 3 13 4 5.87 0.0
*Doc White 38 0 1 .000 4 1 0 12.7 11 5 2 4 2 3.55 0.5
 Cy Falkenberg 36 0 0 .000 4 3 0 5.7 10 1 0 0 2 1.59 0.3
 Herm Malloy 32 0 1 .000 4 0 1 4.0 2 4 0 4 4 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 32.5 92 62 .597 221 154 12 1408.3 1246 478 35 404 564 3.05 95.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 4 3 1 2 6 3 4 4 3  
* - 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 .970 32.9
F.Owens 934.0 101 102 367 83 6 0 .987 38.9
V.Clemons 321.3 36 37 153 28 5 0 .973 25.7
B.Lynn 153.0 17 17 60 13 1 0 .986 30.0
Team Total 1408.3 154 156 580 124 12 0 .983 34.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.89
C.Gandil 1184.0 129 132 1700 124 11 123 .994 13.86
B.Schmidt 222.3 25 25 310 23 3 17 .991 13.48
L.Magee 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
J.Lloyd 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1408.3 154 159 2013 147 14 140 .994 13.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 6.46
L.Magee 1297.3 142 142 347 636 29 106 .971 6.82
E.Grant 111.0 12 12 23 55 5 11 .940 6.32
Team Total 1408.3 154 154 370 691 34 117 .969 6.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
C.Chadbourne 886.7 97 99 49 240 4 17 .986 2.93
B.Weaver 294.7 32 36 12 92 6 6 .945 3.18
P.Baumann 227.0 25 25 16 45 7 0 .897 2.42
Team Total 1408.3 154 160 77 377 17 23 .964 2.90
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.59
J.Lloyd 1244.0 136 136 214 629 41 86 .954 6.10
B.Weaver 161.7 18 19 28 59 7 14 .926 4.84
H.Shanks 2.7 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 10.15
Team Total 1408.3 154 156 243 690 48 100 .951 5.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.83
S.Crawford 1007.3 113 113 180 4 2 1 .989 1.64
H.Shanks 395.0 41 46 74 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
C.Chadbourne 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Evans 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1408.3 154 163 255 5 2 1 .992 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.35
S.Evans 926.3 102 102 201 5 19 0 .916 2.00
A.Marsans 283.0 31 31 69 1 1 1 .986 2.23
P.Whitted 180.0 20 20 37 0 1 0 .974 1.85
H.Shanks 10.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
C.Dolan 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1408.3 154 157 311 6 21 1 .938 2.03
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .942 1.88
F.Schulte 733.7 81 83 143 2 21 0 .873 1.78
E.Grant 345.7 38 38 63 1 0 0 1.000 1.67
S.Evans 308.0 34 34 45 1 3 1 .939 1.34
C.Dolan 9.0 1 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00
A.Marsans 7.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
S.Crawford 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Baumann 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1408.3 154 161 257 4 25 1 .913 1.67
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.73
R.Caldwell 360.7 41 41 28 93 1 7 .992 3.02
C.Bender 348.7 40 40 26 75 10 8 .910 2.61
E.Groth 297.0 35 35 21 67 2 1 .978 2.67
R.Benton 244.3 29 29 16 54 0 3 1.000 2.58
E.Lafitte 60.7 4 7 3 14 2 1 .895 2.52
L.Winham 36.3 0 30 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.97
B.James 23.0 1 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.96
B.Schlitzer 15.3 0 18 2 4 1 0 .857 3.52
D.White 12.7 1 4 0 7 0 1 1.000 4.98
C.Falkenberg 5.7 3 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
H.Malloy 4.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1408.3 154 221 100 329 16 21 .964 2.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Evans .326
On-Base Pct Lloyd .428
Slugging Pct Evans .437
OPS Lloyd .860
XR Lloyd 96.0
Games Magee 144
At-Bats Gandil 566
Runs Gandil, Magee 94
Hits Magee 177
Total Bases Magee 234
Singles Magee 140
Doubles Evans 26
Triples Evans, Gandil, Lloyd, Magee 10
Homeruns Magee 5
RBIs Evans 91
Stolen Bases Lloyd 77
Caught Stealing Lloyd 33
Walks Lloyd 97
Strikeouts Crawford 78
ERA Caldwell 2.40
Wins Caldwell 25
Losses Groth 15
Winning Pct Caldwell .694
Saves Winham 8
Games Pitched Caldwell 41
Games Started Caldwell 41
Complete Games Caldwell 35
Shutouts Caldwell 5
Innings Pitched Caldwell 360.7
Hits Allowed Bender 292
Homeruns Allowed Groth 15
Strikeouts Caldwell 185
Walks Allowed Benton 111
Walks per 9IP Caldwell 1.6
Hits per 9IP Caldwell 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Caldwell 4.6
WHiP Caldwell 0.97
OAVG Caldwell .214
OOBP Caldwell .252
OSLG Caldwell .268
OOPS Caldwell .520
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Doc White $ 7,600,000
Chick Gandil $ 7,150,000
Cy Falkenberg $ 5,990,000
Chet Chadbourne $ 5,000,002
Frank Owens $ 4,900,000
Ernie Groth $ 4,584,000
Ray Caldwell $ 4,040,000
Lee Magee $ 3,840,000
Steve Evans $ 3,450,000
Lave Winham $ 1,810,000
Chief Bender $ 1,510,000
Buck Weaver $ 1,450,000
Sam Crawford $ 1,113,000
Armando Marsans $ 900,000
Frank Schulte $ 755,000
Shag Shaughnessy $ 570,000
Eddie Grant $ 500,000
Paddy Baumann $ 350,000
John Henry Lloyd $ 300,000
Rube Benton $ 300,000
Verne Clemons $ 300,000
Ed Lafitte $ 300,000
Byrd Lynn $ 300,000
Biff Schlitzer $ 300,000
Butch Schmidt $ 300,000
Howie Shanks $ 300,000
Possum Whitted $ 300,000
Bill James $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Ernie Groth
2/19 Signed     Sam Crawford
2/24 Signed     Joe Burns
2/26 Signed     Eddie Grant
3/13 Released Oscar Stanage    
7/16 Traded Whitesox Tradebait Philadelphia (A) Cy Falkenberg
7/16 Traded Joe Tradebait
Round Draft Pick.		 Philadelphia (A) Whitesox Tradebait
7/31 Traded Trade Bait
Round Draft Pick.		 Pittsburgh Ed Lafitte
7/31 Released Herm Malloy    
7/31 Released Cozy Dolan    
8/31 Released Rollie Zeider    
 
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