The best season of the Chicago White Sox is no other season but the 1917 season.
The 1917 White Sox won 100 games and defeated the New York Giants to win the World Series, but the Pale Hose have faded into obscurity with the passing of time.
One of the main reasons is that many baseball fans desire that the 1919 World Series, which was rigged, be forgotten as soon as possible. Repressing bad memories is a good idea.
The 1919 American League Champion White Sox included several players from the 1917 World Champion White Sox.
When the White Stockings joined the fledgling American League in 1901, they were owned by Charles Comiskey. They were the first team in the American League to win a pennant.
The team’s name was changed from the White Stockings to the White Sox to better match the headlines in the media.
Baseball in 1917 was not at all like baseball now.
Pitching, defense, speed, bunting, and playing for one run at a time were all stressed during the game. There weren’t many players who could hit home runs.
With six home runs, Happy Felsch led the 1917 White Sox, Wally Pipp led the American League with nine, and Ty Cobb won the batting title with a.383 average.
The White Sox topped the majors in runs scored (656), stolen bases (219), on-base average (.323), and earned run average (ERA) in 1917. (2.16).
