The Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

 season involved the White Sox attempting to win the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 pennant

Pennant (sports)

A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used to show support for a particular athletic team. Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc. Traditionally, pennants were made of felt and fashioned in the official colors of a...

. However, with the core of the team banned after the Black Sox Scandal

Black Sox Scandal

The Black Sox Scandal took place around and during the play of the American baseball 1919 World Series. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for intentionally losing games, which allowed the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series...

 broke, they fell back to seventh place.

Regular season

Owner Charles Comiskey

Charles Comiskey

Charles Albert "The Old Roman" Comiskey was a Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League and later owned the Chicago White Sox...

 struggled to find replacements for his stars. For example, new third baseman Eddie Mulligan

Eddie Mulligan

Edward Joseph Mulligan born in St. Louis, Missouri was a third baseman for the Chicago Cubs , Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates .He led the American League in outs in 1921....

 had a .623 OPS

On-base plus slugging

On-base plus slugging is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player to both get on base and to hit for power, two important hitting skills, are represented. An OPS of .900 or higher in Major League...

, lowest among the team's regulars and quite a drop from Buck Weaver

Buck Weaver

George Daniel "Buck" Weaver was an American shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox...

's .785 in 1920

1920 Chicago White Sox season

The 1920 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. The team was in contention to defend their American League pennant going into the final week of the season. However, news of the Black Sox Scandal became public, and with seven of their players suspended, the team finished two...

.

The pitching staff took a much worse beating. Chicago had lost its two best starters in Eddie Cicotte

Eddie Cicotte

Edward Victor Cicotte , nicknamed "Knuckles", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball best known for his time with the Chicago White Sox...

 and Lefty Williams

Lefty Williams

Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is probably best known for his involvement in the 1919 World Series fix, known as the Black Sox scandal.-Career:...

 and could not recover. Red Faber

Red Faber

Urban Clarence "Red" Faber was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through , playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....

 won 25 games with a league-leading 2.48 ERA. The only other pitcher over .500 was Dickey Kerr, who indeed allowed more hits and earned runs than anyone else in the majors. Number three starter Roy Wilkinson

Roy Wilkinson

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 went 4-20, and nobody else started more than 10 games.

Roster

1921 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager

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
3B		151	609	153	.251	1	45
SS		142	613	181	.295	1	51

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
	63	196	35	.179	1	14
	20	42	9	.214	0	4
	6	5	1	.200	0	0

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
	43	330.2	25	15	2.48	124
	44	308.2	19	17	4.72	80
	11	66.1	2	5	5.29	15
	12	56	2	8	7.23	10

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
	32	198.1	4	20	5.13	50
	36	142.2	6	8	6.56	25
	7	27.2	1	2	5.86	7
	5	22.1	0	1	6.45	6
	2	7	0	0	7.71	1

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
	13	0	3	0	6.88	9
	4	0	0	0	8.44	2
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

League top ten finishers

Red Faber

Red Faber

Urban Clarence "Red" Faber was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through , playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....

• MLB leader in ERA (2.48)
• #3 in AL in wins (25)
• #4 in AL in strikeouts (124)

Dickey Kerr

• MLB leader in earned runs allowed (162)
• MLB leader in hits allowed (357)
• #3 in AL in losses (17)
• #3 in AL in walks allowed (96)

Roy Wilkinson

Roy Wilkinson (baseball)

Roy Hamilton Wilkinson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox....

• #2 in AL in losses (20)