Baseball Historians

The White Sox had the best pitching staff in the American League in 1917, and the staff’s ace was Eddie Cicotte.  His 1917 numbers were pretty much off the chart.  He led the American League in wins (28), ERA (1.53), WHIP (0.912), innings (346 2/3) and only Walter Johnson had more strikeouts then Cicotte’s 150.  [...]