1915 Chicago White Sox

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Record: 93-61, Finished 3rd in American League (1915 AL)

Managed by Pants Rowland

Coach: Kid Gleason

Ballpark: Comiskey Park

History, Comments, Contributions

On August 16th, the 1915 Chicago White Sox acquired "Shoeless" Joe Jackson from the Cleveland Indians. Jackson would be an integral part of pennant winning Sox teams in 1917 and 1919.

Standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	101	50	.669	--
Detroit Tigers	100	54	.649	2½
Chicago White Sox	93	61	.604	9½
Washington Senators	85	68	.556	17
New York Yankees	69	83	.454	32½
St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	39½
Cleveland Indians	57	95	.375	44½
Philadelphia Athletics	43	109	.283	58½

1915 Opening Day Lineup

Finners Quinlan, lf

Buck Weaver, ss

Eddie Collins, 2b

Shano Collins, cf

Happy Felsch, rf

Bunny Brief, 1b

Ray Schalk, c

Jim Breton, 3b

Jim Scott, p

Further Reading

• Mark S. Sternman: "The last best day: When Chicago had three first-place teams", in Stuart Shea, ed.: North Side, South Side, All Around Town, The National Pastime, SABR, 2015. ISBN 978-1-93359987-8