1918 Chicago White Sox season

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.

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

Eddie Murphy

#9 in AL in batting average

Buck Weaver

#7 in AL in batting average