Depleted of most of their stars due to World War I, the Chicago White Sox had a relatively bad year in 1918, going 57–67 and finishing in the second place. They had won the American League pennant in 1917 and would win another in 1919.
Regular season Ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte led the AL in losses, with 19.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1918 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
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 108 333 73 .219 0 22 1B 114 439 119 .271 0 55 2B 97 330 91 .276 2 30 3B 70 235 65 .277 1 16 SS 112 420 126 .300 0 29 OF 103 365 100 .274 1 56 OF 91 286 85 .297 0 23 OF 116 440 110 .250 0 31
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 Swede Risberg 82 273 70 .256 1 27 Happy Felsch 53 206 52 .252 1 20 Wilbur Good 35 148 37 .250 0 11 Babe Pinelli 24 78 18 .231 1 7 Otto Jacobs 29 73 15 .205 0 3 17 65 23 .354 1 20 Johnny Mostil 10 33 9 .273 0 4 Al DeVormer 8 19 5 .263 0 0 Ted Jourdan 7 10 1 .100 0 1 Pat Hardgrove 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Kid Willson 4 1 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 38 266.0 12 19 2.77 104 Frank Shellenback 28 182.2 9 12 2.66 47 Reb Russell 19 124.2 7 5 2.60 38 Lefty Williams 15 105.2 6 4 2.73 30 11 80.2 4 1 1.23 26 Jack Quinn 6 51.0 5 1 2.29 22 Roy Mitchell 2 12.0 0 1 7.50 3
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 29 154.0 8 8 2.63 30 Dave Danforth 39 139.0 6 15 3.43 48
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 Mellie Wolfgang 4 0 1 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 0
Awards and honors League top ten finishers Eddie Cicotte #6 in AL in strikeouts (104)
Eddie Murphy #9 in AL in batting average (.297)
Buck Weaver #7 in AL in batting average (.300)
External links 1918 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference