1917 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1917 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1917 in baseball.
1917 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 11 – October 4, 1917
World Series:
  • October 7–15, 1917
Games154
Teams16 (8 per league)
Pennant winners
AL championsChicago White Sox
  AL runners-upBoston Red Sox
NL championsNew York Giants
  NL runners-upPhiladelphia Phillies
World Series
ChampionsChicago White Sox
  Runners-upNew York Giants
Locations of teams for the 1915–1922 American League seasons
American League
Locations of teams for the 1916–1919 National League seasons
National League

The 1917 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1917. The regular season ended on October 4, with the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 14th World Series on October 6 and ended with Game 6 on October 15. The White Sox defeated the Giants, four games to two, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1906. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Boston Red Sox from the 1916 season.

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

The 1917 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day, April 11, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1912 season. The final day of the regular season was on October 4. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 12.

Rule changes

The 1917 season saw earned run statistics and definitions added to the rules.[1]

Teams

League Team City Ballpark Capacity Manager[2]
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 27,000 Jack Barry
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Pants Rowland
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Lee Fohl
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 23,000 Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees New York, New York Brush Stadium 36,000 Bill Donovan
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000 Fielder Jones
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. National Park 27,000 Clark Griffith
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 George Stallings
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 30,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Weeghman Park 15,000 Fred Mitchell
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Christy Mathewson
New York Giants New York, New York Brush Stadium 36,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Pat Moran
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000 Jimmy Callahan
Honus Wagner
Hugo Bezdek
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 21,000 Miller Huggins

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 100 54 .649 — 56‍–‍21 44‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox 90 62 .592 9 45‍–‍33 45‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians 88 66 .571 12 44‍–‍34 44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 78 75 .510 21½ 34‍–‍41 44‍–‍34
Washington Senators 74 79 .484 25½ 42‍–‍35 32‍–‍44
New York Yankees 71 82 .464 28½ 35‍–‍40 36‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns 57 97 .370 43 31‍–‍46 26‍–‍51
Philadelphia Athletics 55 98 .359 44½ 29‍–‍47 26‍–‍51

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 56 .636 — 50‍–‍28 48‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies 87 65 .572 10 46‍–‍29 41‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals 82 70 .539 15 38‍–‍38 44‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds 78 76 .506 20 39‍–‍38 39‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs 74 80 .481 24 35‍–‍42 39‍–‍38
Boston Braves 72 81 .471 25½ 35‍–‍42 37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins 70 81 .464 26½ 36‍–‍38 34‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates 51 103 .331 47 25‍–‍53 26‍–‍50

Tie games

22 tie games (9 in AL, 13 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

  • Boston Red Sox, 5
  • Chicago White Sox, 2
  • Cleveland Indians, 2
  • Detroit Tigers, 1
  • New York Yankees, 2
  • Philadelphia Athletics, 1
  • St. Louis Browns, 1
  • Washington Senators, 4

National League

  • Boston Braves, 4
  • Brooklyn Robins, 5
  • Chicago Cubs, 3
  • Cincinnati Reds, 3
  • New York Giants, 4
  • Philadelphia Phillies, 2
  • Pittsburgh Pirates, 3
  • St. Louis Cardinals, 2

Postseason

The postseason began on October 7 and ended on October 15 with the Chicago White Sox defeating the New York Giants in the 1917 World Series in six games.

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Chicago White Sox 4
NL New York Giants 2

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
Boston Red Sox Bill Carrigan Jack Barry
Chicago Cubs Joe Tinker Fred Mitchell

In-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
Pittsburgh Pirates Jimmy Callahan Honus Wagner
Honus Wagner Hugo Bezdek

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders[3]
Stat Player Total
AVG Ty Cobb (DET) .383
OPS Ty Cobb (DET) 1.014
HR Wally Pipp (NYY) 9
RBI Bobby Veach (DET) 110
R Donie Bush (DET) 112
H Ty Cobb (DET) 225
SB Ty Cobb (DET) 55
Pitching leaders[4]
Stat Player Total
W Eddie Cicotte (CWS) 28
L Bob Groom (SLB)
Allen Sothoron (SLB) 		19
ERA Eddie Cicotte (CWS) 1.53
K Walter Johnson (WSH) 188
IP Eddie Cicotte (CWS) 346.2
SV Dave Danforth (CWS) 9
WHIP Eddie Cicotte (CWS) 0.912

National League

Hitting leaders[5]
Stat Player Total
AVG Edd Roush (CIN) .341
OPS Rogers Hornsby (STL) .868
HR Gavvy Cravath (PHI)
Dave Robertson (NYG) 		12
RBI Heinie Zimmerman (NYG) 100
R George Burns (NYG) 103
H Heinie Groh (CIN) 182
SB Max Carey (PIT) 46
Pitching leaders[6]
Stat Player Total
W Grover Alexander (PHI) 30
L Jesse Barnes (BSN)
Eppa Rixey (PHI) 		21
ERA Fred Anderson (NYG) 1.44
K Grover Alexander (PHI) 200
IP Grover Alexander (PHI) 388.0
SV Slim Sallee (NYG) 4
WHIP Fred Anderson (NYG) 0.963

Milestones

Pitchers

No-hitters

See also: List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
  • Eddie Cicotte (CWS):
    • Cicotte threw his first career no-hitter and sixth no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating St. Louis Browns 11–0 on April 14. Cicotte walked three and struck out five.[7]
  • George Mogridge (NYY):
    • Mogridge threw his first career no-hitter and first no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Boston Red Sox 2–1 on April 24. Mogridge walked three and struck out three.[8]
  • Fred Toney (CIN):
    • Toney threw his first career no-hitter and fourth no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago Cubs 1–0 on May 2. Toney walked two and struck out three.[9]
  • Ernie Koob (SLB):
    • Koob threw his first career no-hitter and second no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago White Sox 1–0 on May 5. Koob walked five and struck out two.[10]
  • Bob Groom (SLB):
    • Groom threw his first career no-hitter and third no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Chicago White Sox 3–0 in game 2 of a doubleheader on May 6. Groom walked three, hit one by pitch, and struck out four.[11]
  • Babe Ruth / Ernie Shore (BOS):
    • The two pitchers combined to throw the eighth no-hitter in franchise history by defeating the Washington Senators 4–0 in game 1 of a doubleheader on June 23. It was accomplished with two strikeouts and one walk. Ruth only faced one batter, walking the first batter of the game, before being thrown out for arguing balls with the umpire. Shore would face the last 26 batters (the first batter was caught stealing). It is the first combined no-hitter in league history.[12]

Home field attendance

Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
Chicago White Sox[13] 100 12.4% 684,521 0.7% 8,665
New York Giants[14] 98 14.0% 500,264 −9.4% 6,253
Cleveland Indians[15] 88 14.3% 477,298 −3.0% 6,119
Detroit Tigers[16] 78 −10.3% 457,289 −25.9% 6,017
Boston Red Sox[17] 90 −1.1% 387,856 −21.9% 4,848
Chicago Cubs[18] 74 10.4% 360,218 −20.6% 4,678
Philadelphia Phillies[19] 87 −4.4% 354,428 −31.2% 4,664
New York Yankees[20] 71 −11.3% 330,294 −29.6% 4,404
St. Louis Cardinals[21] 82 36.7% 288,491 28.6% 3,699
Cincinnati Reds[22] 78 30.0% 269,056 5.2% 3,363
Brooklyn Robins[23] 70 −25.5% 221,619 −50.5% 2,841
Philadelphia Athletics[24] 55 52.8% 221,432 20.0% 2,914
St. Louis Browns[25] 57 −27.8% 210,486 −37.3% 2,699
Pittsburgh Pirates[26] 51 −21.5% 192,807 −33.3% 2,441
Boston Braves[27] 72 −19.1% 174,253 −44.4% 2,263
Washington Senators[28] 74 −2.6% 89,682 −49.4% 1,121

See also

References

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