The 1917 White Sox entered the series with the best winning percentage in the league, while the 1912 Boston Red Sox had the worst. But, the series was split with two victories apiece. The finale saw a fantastic 1-0 pitchers’ duel decided on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth, with Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood getting the shutout win. Jake Stahl batted .500 (7-for-14) for Boston (6-10), while Chick Gandil hit .467 (7-for-15) for Chicago (8-4).
Game #1: Chicago 4, Boston 2
The White Sox jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on Eddie Collins’ RBI single and Happy Felsch’s sacrifice fly. Boston tied it in the top of the third on RBI singles from Tris Speaker and Larry Gardner. But the White Sox went back in front with two more in the bottom of the third, with Chick Gandil and Swede Risberg both providing two-out, run-scoring singles. Both Eddie Cicotte and Hugh Bedient were excellent the rest of the way, with Cicotte collecting his third win in three starts.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (2) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 4 0 0 0 Nemo Leibold 2 1 0 0
Steve Yerkes 3 1 1 0 Buck Weaver 3 0 0 0
Tris Speaker 2 1 1 1 Eddie Collins 4 2 2 1
Duffy Lewis 4 0 1 0 Joe Jackson 3 1 1 0
Larry Gardner 2 0 1 1 Happy Felsch 3 0 1 1
Clyde Engle 2 0 0 0 Chick Gandil 4 0 2 1
Jake Stahl 4 0 2 0 Swede Risberg 4 0 3 1
Heinie Wagner 4 0 0 0 Ray Schalk 4 0 0 0
Bill Carrigan 4 0 0 0 Eddie Cicotte AXZ 2 0 0 0
Hugh Bedient BYZ 3 0 0 0
Forrest Cady 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 6 2 TOTALS 29 4 9 4
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 002 000 000 -- 2
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 202 000 00x -- 4
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 7, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7.
2B--Steve Yerkes. SACF--Happy Felsch. SACB--Nemo Leibold,
Buck Weaver. SB--Eddie Collins, Swede Risberg.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Hugh Bedient BYZ [L] 8.00 9 4 4 3 4 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Eddie Cicotte AXZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 3 8 0
Game #2: Boston 5, Chicago 3
Both the Red Sox and the White Sox put up two runs in the first inning. The Red Sox then went ahead 3-2 in the fourth on Ray Collins’ sacrifice fly, and put two more runs on the board in the fifth as Tris Speaker and Jake Stahl both provided their second RBI doubles of the game. Chicago got one back in the seventh on Shano Collins’ pinch-hit single. The White Sox threatened in the ninth but had a runner thrown out trying to go from first to third on a single.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (5) AT 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (3)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 5 1 1 0 Nemo Leibold 4 0 0 0
Steve Yerkes 3 1 1 0 Buck Weaver 4 0 0 0
Tris Speaker 4 2 3 2 Eddie Collins 4 1 1 0
Duffy Lewis 4 0 0 0 Joe Jackson 5 1 3 1
Jake Stahl 4 1 3 2 Happy Felsch 3 0 0 0
Heinie Wagner 4 0 0 0 Chick Gandil 4 0 2 1
Bill Carrigan 4 0 0 0 Swede Risberg 2 1 0 0
Clyde Engle 4 0 1 0 Ray Schalk 4 0 0 0
Ray Collins BZ 3 0 0 1 Reb Russell BZ 2 0 0 0
Shano Collins 1 0 1 1
Fred McMullin 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 5 9 5 TOTALS 33 3 7 3
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 200 120 000 -- 5
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 200 000 100 -- 3
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 5, 1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 10.
ERR--Swede Risberg. 2B--Tris Speaker (2), Steve Yerkes, Jake
Stahl (2), Joe Jackson. 3B--Harry Hooper. HBP--Happy Felsch,
Swede Risberg. SACF--Ray Collins BZ. SB--Tris Speaker, Jake
Stahl, Eddie Collins, Shano Collins, Swede Risberg.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Collins BZ [W] 9.00 7 3 3 5 4 0
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Reb Russell BZ [L] 7.00 9 5 4 1 3 0
Jim Scott B 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Game #3: Chicago 5, Boston 1
Red Faber had an excellent performance on the mound for the White Sox, throwing eight shutout innings before the Red Sox finally got on the scoreboard in the ninth inning. Swede Risberg drove in the game’s opening run in the fifth inning on a fielder’s choice. Chick Gandil made it 2-0 in the seventh with an RBI single. The White Sox broke the game open in the top of the ninth as Risberg drove in another run with a hit and Ray Schalk followed with a two-run homer.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (5) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (1)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 4 0 0 0 Harry Hooper 4 0 0 0
Buck Weaver 5 0 3 0 Steve Yerkes 4 0 0 0
Eddie Collins 3 0 0 0 Tris Speaker 3 1 1 0
Joe Jackson 5 1 1 0 Duffy Lewis 3 0 1 1
Happy Felsch 3 1 1 0 Jake Stahl 3 0 1 0
Chick Gandil 4 1 3 1 Heinie Wagner 3 0 1 0
Swede Risberg 4 1 2 2 Bill Carrigan 3 0 0 0
Ray Schalk 3 1 1 2 Clyde Engle 2 0 1 0
Red Faber A 3 0 0 0 Buck OBrien B 0 0 0 0
Forrest Cady 1 0 0 0
Les Nunamaker 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 11 5 TOTALS 27 1 5 1
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 010 103 -- 5
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 8.
2B--Chick Gandil, Tris Speaker, Jake Stahl. HR--Ray Schalk.
HBP--Bill Carrigan. SACB--Happy Felsch, Red Faber A, Buck
OBrien B (2), Heinie Wagner. SB--Buck Weaver, Joe Jackson,
Heinie Wagner.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Red Faber A [W] 9.00 5 1 1 5 1 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Buck OBrien B [L] 8.00 7 2 2 2 1 0
Charley Hall BY 1.00 4 3 3 2 2 1
Game #4: Boston 1, Chicago 0
Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood and Chicago’s Lefty Williams had a marvelous pitching duel, with each putting zeroes on the scoreboard until the bottom of the ninth. Tris Speaker led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second. Larry Gardner’s double scored Speaker for the walk-off victory. Wood gave up six hits in the shutout and twice stranded runners on third base.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (1)
1917 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Nemo Leibold 4 0 1 0 Harry Hooper 4 0 2 0
Buck Weaver 3 0 2 0 Steve Yerkes 4 0 1 0
Eddie Collins 4 0 0 0 Tris Speaker 2 1 0 0
Joe Jackson 4 0 1 0 Duffy Lewis 3 0 0 0
Happy Felsch 4 0 1 0 Larry Gardner 4 0 1 1
Chick Gandil 3 0 0 0 Jake Stahl 3 0 1 0
Swede Risberg 3 0 0 0 Heinie Wagner 2 0 0 0
Ray Schalk 1 0 1 0 Bill Carrigan 3 0 0 0
Lefty Williams CY 2 0 0 0 Smoky Joe Wood AKZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 0 6 0 TOTALS 28 1 5 1
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 6.
2B--Larry Gardner. SACB--Lefty Williams CY, Buck Weaver,
Chick Gandil, Duffy Lewis. SB--Nemo Leibold, Ray Schalk.
1917 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lefty Williams CY [L] 8.33 5 1 1 3 6 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Smoky Joe Wood AKZ [W] 9.00 6 0 0 2 2 0
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