1907 Chicago White Sox season

The 1907 Chicago White Sox led the American League for much of the first half but finished third.

1907 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	South Side Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Fielder Jones
Seasons

Chicago allowed the fewest runs in the AL. The pitching staff was led by Ed Walsh, who paced the circuit in innings pitched (422.1), complete games (37), and earned run average (1.60).

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	92	58	.613	—	50‍–‍27	42‍–‍31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	.607	1½	50‍–‍20	38‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	.576	5½	48‍–‍29	39‍–‍35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	.559	8	46‍–‍31	39‍–‍36
New York Highlanders	70	78	.473	21	32‍–‍41	38‍–‍37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	.454	24	36‍–‍40	33‍–‍43
Boston Americans	59	90	.396	32½	34‍–‍41	25‍–‍49
Washington Senators	49	102	.325	43½	26‍–‍48	23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–11–3	8–13	6–16	8–12–1	8–14–2	10–12	9–12
Chicago	11–10–3	—	10–11–1	13–9–1	12–10	10–12–1	16–6	15–6
Cleveland	13–8	11–10–1	—	11–11–1	15–7	8–14	12–10–2	15–7–2
Detroit	16–6	9–13–1	11–11–1	—	13–8	11–8–1	14–8	18–4
New York	12–8–1	10–12	7–15	8–13	—	10–9–1	8–14–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	14–8–2	12–10–1	14–8	8–11–1	9–10–1	—	14–6	17–4
St. Louis	12–10	6–16	10–12–2	8–14	14–8–1	6–14	—	13–9
Washington	12–9	6–15	7–15–2	4–18	7–15–1	4–17	9–13	—

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	Billy Sullivan	112	329	59	.179	0	36
1B	Jiggs Donahue	157	609	158	.259	0	68
2B	Frank Isbell	125	486	118	.243	0	41
SS	George Davis	132	466	111	.238	1	52
3B	George Rohe	144	494	105	.213	2	51
OF	Ed Hahn	156	592	151	.255	0	45
OF	Patsy Dougherty	148	533	144	.270	1	59
OF	Fielder Jones	154	559	146	.261	0	47

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
Lee Quillen	49	151	29	.192	0	14
Ed McFarland	52	138	39	.283	0	8
Lee Tannehill	33	108	26	.241	0	11
Hub Hart	29	70	19	.271	0	7
Mike Welday	44	35	8	.229	0	0
Charlie Hickman	21	23	6	.261	0	1
Jake Atz	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Charlie Armbruster	1	3	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
Ed Walsh	56	422.1	24	18	1.60	206
Frank Smith	41	310.0	23	10	2.47	139
Doc White	46	291.0	27	13	2.26	141
Nick Altrock	30	213.2	7	13	2.57	61
Roy Patterson	19	96.0	4	6	2.63	27

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
Frank Owen	11	47.0	2	3	2.49	15
Lou Fiene	6	26.0	0	1	4.15	15

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
Frank Isbell	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Ed Walsh

• AL leader in ERA (1.60)
• #2 in AL in strikeouts (206)

Doc White

• AL leader in wins (27)

External links

• 1907 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference