1917 Boston Red Sox season
The 1917 Boston Red Sox season was the seventeenth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses.
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Owner(s) | Joseph Lannin, Harry Frazee |
Manager(s) | Jack Barry |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 100 | 54 | 0.649 | — | 56–21 | 44–33 |
Boston Red Sox | 90 | 62 | 0.592 | 9 | 45–33 | 45–29 |
Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 12 | 44–34 | 44–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 75 | 0.510 | 21½ | 34–41 | 44–34 |
Washington Senators | 74 | 79 | 0.484 | 25½ | 42–35 | 32–44 |
New York Yankees | 71 | 82 | 0.464 | 28½ | 35–40 | 36–42 |
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 97 | 0.370 | 43 | 31–46 | 26–51 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 98 | 0.359 | 44½ | 29–47 | 26–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 13–9–1 | 18–3–1 | 17–5–1 | 13–9–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11–2 | |||||
Detroit | 12–9 | 6–16 | 10–12 | — | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 8–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 11–11–2 | 11–11 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Harry Hooper | RF |
Jack Barry | 2B |
Dick Hoblitzel | 1B |
Duffy Lewis | LF |
Tilly Walker | CF |
Larry Gardner | 3B |
Everett Scott | SS |
Pinch Thomas | C |
Babe Ruth | P |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
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 |
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C | Sam Agnew | 85 | 260 | 54 | .208 | 0 | 16 |
1B | Dick Hoblitzell | 120 | 420 | 108 | .257 | 1 | 47 |
2B | Jack Barry | 116 | 388 | 83 | .214 | 2 | 30 |
SS | Everett Scott | 157 | 528 | 127 | .241 | 0 | 50 |
3B | Larry Gardner | 146 | 501 | 133 | .265 | 1 | 61 |
OF | Tillie Walker | 106 | 337 | 83 | .246 | 2 | 37 |
OF | Duffy Lewis | 150 | 553 | 167 | .302 | 1 | 65 |
OF | Harry Hooper | 151 | 559 | 143 | .256 | 3 | 45 |
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 |
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Pinch Thomas | 83 | 202 | 48 | .238 | 0 | 24 |
Jimmy Walsh | 57 | 185 | 49 | .265 | 0 | 12 |
Del Gainer | 52 | 172 | 53 | .308 | 2 | 19 |
Chick Shorten | 69 | 168 | 30 | .179 | 0 | 16 |
Hal Janvrin | 55 | 127 | 25 | .197 | 0 | 8 |
Mike McNally | 42 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
Hick Cady | 17 | 46 | 7 | .152 | 0 | 2 |
Jimmy Cooney | 11 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
Wally Mayer | 4 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Olaf Henriksen | 15 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
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 |
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Babe Ruth | 41 | 326.1 | 24 | 13 | 2.01 | 128 |
Dutch Leonard | 37 | 294.1 | 16 | 17 | 2.17 | 144 |
Carl Mays | 35 | 289 | 22 | 9 | 1.74 | 91 |
Ernie Shore | 29 | 226.2 | 13 | 10 | 2.22 | 57 |
Rube Foster | 17 | 124.2 | 8 | 7 | 2.53 | 34 |
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 |
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Herb Pennock | 24 | 100.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.31 | 35 |
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 |
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Lore Bader | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.35 | 14 |
Sad Sam Jones | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.41 | 5 |
Weldon Wyckoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 |
References
- 1917 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1917 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com