1917 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 98 losses.

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1917 American League Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Walter Anderson Eddie Bacon Joe Bush Cy Falkenberg Red Hill Ellis Johnson Jing Johnson Dave Keefe Elmer Myers Jack Nabors Rollie Naylor Win Noyes Rube Parnham Rube Schauer Socks Seibold		Catchers Richard Haley Wickey McAvoy Billy Meyer Cy Perkins Val Picinich Wally Schang Infielders Ray Bates Dallas Bradshaw Joe Dugan Pug Griffin Roy Grover Otis Lawry Stuffy McInnis Eddie Palmer Red Shannon Whitey Witt		Outfielders Gene Bailey Ping Bodie Pat French Lee Gooch Charlie Jamieson Bill Johnson Ralph Sharman Amos Strunk Buck Thrasher Other batters Harry Davis		Manager Connie Mack

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
C	Wally Schang	118	316	90	.285	3	36
1B	Stuffy McInnis	150	567	172	.303	0	44
2B	Roy Grover	141	482	108	.224	0	34
SS	Whitey Witt	128	452	114	.252	0	28
OF	Ping Bodie	148	557	162	.291	7	74
OF	Amos Strunk	148	540	152	.281	1	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
Joe Dugan	43	134	26	.194	0	16
Bill Johnson	48	109	19	.174	1	8
Richard Haley	41	98	27	.276	0	11
Pug Griffin	18	25	5	.200	1	3
Harry Davis	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Joe Bush	37	233.1	11	17	2.47	121
Jing Johnson	34	191	9	12	2.78	55

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
Socks Seibold	33	160	4	16	3.94	55
Cy Falkenberg	15	80.2	2	6	3.35	35
Ellis Johnson	4	13.2	0	2	7.24	8

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
Walter Anderson	14	0	0	0	3.03	10
Dave Keefe	3	1	0	0	1.80	1
Eddie Bacon	1	0	0	0	6.00	0
Red Hill	1	0	0	0	6.75	0

External links

• 1917 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1917 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com