Baseball Historians

April 29, 1917 at Comiskey Park
Tigers 3, White Sox 0  (10-6)
The White Sox lost for the fourth time in five games and it was the second time in four games that they’d been shutout.  Joe Jackson finished with two of the White Sox five hits in the 3-0 loss.
Red Faber took the loss and he […]

April 28, 1917 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 2, Tigers 1  (10-5)
The White Sox ended a three game skid in a fourteen inning win over the Tigers.  John Collins drew the first White Sox walk of the game in the bottom of the fourteenth and then he moved to second on Buck Weaver’s bunt.  Then Eddie Collins […]

April 27, 1917 at Comiskey Park
Indians 2, White Sox 1  (9-5)
The White Sox dropped their third straight game in what was a bizarre ending to the 2-1 loss.  With the bases loaded, catcher Ray Schalk stopped reliever Dave Danforth mid-windup and that resulted in the go ahead run scored on a balk.
A nice start by […]

April 26, 1917 at Comiskey Park
Indians 3, White Sox 0  (9-4)
The White Sox not only lost back to back games for the first time this year, but it was also the first time they’d been shutout as well.  The hitters were held to just seven hits and Nemo Liebold had three of them, all singles.
Red […]

April 25, 1917 at Comiskey Park
Indians 4, White Sox 1  (9-3)
The White Sox four game winning streak came to an end and it was Eddie Cicotte who lost his first game of the season in a 4-1 loss to the Indians.  Cicotte gave up four runs in six innings.
Happy Felsch was the only Sox hitter […]

April 24, 1917 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 1, Indians 0  (9-2)
The White Sox continued their impressive start with their fourth straight in a 1-0 pitchers duel with the Indians.  Jim Scott gave up just five hits in the shutout and he struck out six in the win.
The White Sox didn’t score their run until the […]

April 22, 1917 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 3, Browns 2  (8-2)
The White Sox came from behind to win their third straight game in a 3-2 win over the Browns.  Down 2-1, Swede Risberg drew a one out walk in the bottom of the ninth and he moved to third on a single by Eddie Collins.  […]

April 21, 1917 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 2, Browns 0  (7-2)
Red Faber threw another gem and in his second straight start, he shut out the opposition.  In this one, he gave up six hits and he walked four with five strikeouts.
Eddie Collins doubled and he scored one of the two White Sox runs.  Happy Felsch walked […]

April 20, 1917 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 5, Browns 2  (6-2)
The White Sox got back on track and they picked up their first home win in a 5-2 win over the Browns.  It was some tough goings for the outfielders as the game was played in some pretty heavy wins.
Eddie Cicotte picked up his second […]

April 19, 1917 at Comiskey Park
Browns 6, White Sox 2  (5-2)
The White Sox four game winning streak came to an end at the hands of the St. Louis Browns in the White Sox home opener.  The Browns did all of their damage in the third inning when they scored six runs and the White Sox […]

April 17, 1917 at Navin Field
White Sox 4, Tigers 2  (5-1)
The White Sox picked up their fourth straight win and Joe Jackson homered to tie the game up at 1-1 and Shano Collins belted a two run triple in the eighth inning for the game winner.  Buck Weaver scored on an RBI single by Ray […]

April 15, 1917 at Nevin Field
White Sox 4, Tigers 0  (4-1)
Just two days after Eddie Cicotte’s no hitter, the White Sox got another great outing from one of their pitchers. This time, it was Red Faber who held the Tigers to just two hits in a shutout win.  He walked three and struck out three […]

April 15, 1917 at Navin Field
White Sox 6, Tigers 2  (3-1)
Jim Scott did a nice job against the Tigers in the White Sox second straight win.  He gave up two runs on eight hits and if it weren’t for Ty Cobb, who scored both Tiger runs, Scott might have pitched a shutout.
Buck Weaver had a […]

April 14, 1917 at Sportsman’s Park
White Sox 11, Browns 0  (2-1)
Eddie Cicotte had a historic day as he no-hit the Browns.  He gave up three walks in a dominating performance.
The White Sox also got it done at the plate as everyone at the top of the order had nice games.  Eddie Collins led the way […]

April 13, 1917 at Sportsman’s Park
Browns 4, White Sox 3   (1-1)
The White Sox lost their first game of the season behind a lackluster outing by Red Faber.  The right hander went the distance but he gave up four runs on eight hits and five walks with four strikeouts and the key hit against him was a […]

April 11, 1917 at Sportsman’s Park
White Sox 7, Browns 2  (1-0)
The White Sox won their season opener on the road with a flurry of runs in the final two frames.  Ray Schalk homered in the game and Buck Weaver went two for four with two doubles and two runs.  Chick Gandil also had a nice […]