The 1917 Chicago White Sox dominated the 1915 Philadelphia Phillies, as their pitchers tossed three shutouts and gave up only one run in the other contest. Red Faber had the best outing with a one-hitter. Buck Weaver hit .438 (7-for-16) to lead the White Sox (6-2). Bobby Byrne was limited to nine at-bats but had four hits for a .444 average to lead Philadelphia (5-7), which had only 17 hits total and batted just .142 over the four games.
Game #1: Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0
Eddie Cicotte gave up just three hits and two walks in the shutout. Only two Phillies made it as far as second base. Chicago’s Swede Risberg had RBI singles in both the second and third innings. Happy Felsch and Ray Schalk also drove in runs during a three-run third inning.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (0)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 5 0 2 0 Bobby Byrne 2 0 1 0
Buck Weaver 4 0 0 0 Milt Stock 1 0 0 0
Eddie Collins 5 1 1 0 Dave Bancroft 4 0 0 0
Joe Jackson 3 0 1 0 Beals Becker 4 0 0 0
Happy Felsch 5 1 1 1 Gavvy Cravath 4 0 0 0
Chick Gandil 5 2 3 0 Fred Luderus 3 0 0 0
Swede Risberg 3 0 3 2 George Whitted 3 0 0 0
Ray Schalk 4 0 1 1 Bert Niehoff 3 0 0 0
Eddie Cicotte AXZ 3 0 0 0 Bill Killefer 3 0 0 0
Al Demaree C 1 0 1 0
George Paskert 1 0 1 0
Ed Burns 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 12 4 TOTALS 30 0 3 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 013 000 000 -- 4
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 11, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
5. ERR--Bobby Byrne. 2B--Chick Gandil, George Paskert.
3B--Swede Risberg. SACB--Eddie Cicotte AXZ. SB--Nemo Leibold
(2), Chick Gandil.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Cicotte AXZ [W] 9.00 3 0 0 2 6 0
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Al Demaree C [L] 5.00 10 4 4 1 2 0
Ben Tincup B 3.00 2 0 0 2 2 0
George Chalmers BY 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Game #2: Chicago 3, Philadelphia 1
Chicago got an RBI single from Joe Jackson in the first inning, and a sacrifice fly from Buck Weaver in the fifth inning to make it 2-0. The Phillies got their only run of the entire series in the bottom of the fifth as Bert Niehoff doubled and later scored on a wild pitch. The White Sox added another run on a Happy Felsch RBI single in the eighth.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (3) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 2 1 0 0 Milt Stock 5 0 1 0
Buck Weaver 4 0 2 1 Dave Bancroft 4 0 1 0
Eddie Collins 5 1 2 0 Beals Becker 4 0 0 0
Joe Jackson 4 0 1 1 Gavvy Cravath 4 0 1 0
Happy Felsch 4 0 1 1 Fred Luderus 4 0 1 0
Chick Gandil 4 0 0 0 George Whitted 4 0 1 0
Swede Risberg 4 0 0 0 Bert Niehoff 4 1 1 0
Ray Schalk 3 0 1 0 Bill Killefer 2 0 0 0
Reb Russell BZ 3 1 1 0 Erskine Mayer BYZ 2 0 1 0
George Paskert 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 34 1 7 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 100 010 010 -- 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 9.
ERR--Eddie Collins, Swede Risberg, Bert Niehoff. 2B--Buck
Weaver, Reb Russell BZ, Gavvy Cravath, Bert Niehoff.
HBP--Ray Schalk. SACF--Buck Weaver. SACB--Nemo Leibold, Reb
Russell BZ, Erskine Mayer BYZ. SB--Eddie Collins.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Reb Russell BZ [W] 9.00 7 1 1 2 0 0
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Erskine Mayer BYZ [L] 9.00 8 3 3 2 4 0
Game #3: Chicago 7, Philadelphia 0
Red Faber tossed a one-hit, two-walk gem for the White Sox. Bobby Byrne singled in the sixth inning, but that was it. Byrne reached on an error and made it to third base in the first inning, but that was the only time a Phillie runner would make it into scoring position. Buck Weaver and Joe Jackson both had three hits for Chicago.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (0) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (7)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Bobby Byrne 3 0 1 0 Nemo Leibold 5 1 1 0
Milt Stock 1 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 4 1 3 2
Dave Bancroft 3 0 0 0 Eddie Collins 5 0 0 0
Beals Becker 3 0 0 0 Joe Jackson 4 1 3 1
Gavvy Cravath 3 0 0 0 Happy Felsch 4 1 2 0
Fred Luderus 3 0 0 0 Chick Gandil 3 1 1 2
George Whitted 3 0 0 0 Swede Risberg 3 0 0 0
Bert Niehoff 2 0 0 0 Ray Schalk 3 1 0 0
Bill Killefer 3 0 0 0 Red Faber A 2 1 0 0
Eppa Rixey BY 1 0 0 0
George Paskert 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 26 0 1 0 TOTALS 33 7 10 5
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 000 -- 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 002 300 20x -- 7
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 2, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8.
ERR--Eppa Rixey BY, Dave Bancroft, Eddie Collins. 3B--Nemo
Leibold. SACB--Dave Bancroft, Swede Risberg. SB--Happy
Felsch (2), Buck Weaver.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eppa Rixey BY [L] 8.00 10 7 4 5 5 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Red Faber A [W] 9.00 1 0 0 2 3 0
Game #4: Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0
Lefty Williams tossed the final shutout, scattering six hits and one walk. The Phillies put runners into scoring position in three different innings but couldn’t find a run-scoring hit. Joe Jackson had a RBI triple in the first inning, and Buck Weaver had a two-run single, followed by an Eddie Collins RBI single, in the second inning.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (0) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Bobby Byrne 4 0 2 0 Nemo Leibold 3 1 1 0
Dave Bancroft 3 0 0 0 Buck Weaver 4 2 2 2
Beals Becker 4 0 0 0 Eddie Collins 4 0 2 1
Gavvy Cravath 4 0 1 0 Joe Jackson 4 0 1 1
Fred Luderus 4 0 0 0 Happy Felsch 3 0 0 0
George Whitted 3 0 0 0 Chick Gandil 4 0 1 0
Bert Niehoff 3 0 2 0 Swede Risberg 4 0 0 0
Bill Killefer 3 0 1 0 Ray Schalk 3 0 0 0
Grover C Alexander A 2 0 0 0 Lefty Williams CY 3 1 0 0
TOTALS 30 0 6 0 TOTALS 32 4 7 4
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 000 -- 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 130 000 00x -- 4
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 5, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6.
ERR--Fred Luderus, Joe Jackson. 3B--Joe Jackson. SACB--Dave
Bancroft. SB--Bobby Byrne, Eddie Collins (2), Nemo Leibold.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Grover C Alexander A [L] 8.00 7 4 1 2 6 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Lefty Williams CY [W] 9.00 6 0 0 1 6 0
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