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1917 Boston Braves season

Summary

The 1917 Boston Braves season was the 47th season of the franchise. The Braves finished sixth in the National League with a record of 72 wins and 81 losses.

1917 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record72–81 (.471)
League place6th
OwnersPercy Haughton
ManagersGeorge Stallings
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Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 56 0.636 — 50–28 48–28
Philadelphia Phillies 87 65 0.572 10 46–29 41–36
St. Louis Cardinals 82 70 0.539 15 38–38 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 78 76 0.506 20 39–38 39–38
Chicago Cubs 74 80 0.481 24 35–42 39–38
Boston Braves 72 81 0.471 25½ 35–42 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 70 81 0.464 26½ 36–38 34–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 51 103 0.331 47 25–53 26–50

Record vs. opponents edit

1917 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 13–9–1 11–11 10–12–2 7–15 11–11 14–8 6–15–1
Brooklyn 9–13–1 — 7–15 10–12 9–13–2 9–11–1 16–6–1 10–11
Chicago 11–11 15–7 — 8–14–1 7–15–1 6–16–1 17–5 10–12
Cincinnati 12–10–2 12–10 14–8–1 — 11–11 8–14 12–10 9–13
New York 15–7 13–9–2 15–7–1 11–11 — 14–8 16–6–1 14–8
Philadelphia 11–11 11–9–1 16–6–1 14–8 8–14 — 14–8 13–9
Pittsburgh 8–14 6–16–1 5–17 10–12 6–16–1 8–14 — 8–14–1
St. Louis 15–6–1 11–10 12–10 13–9 8–14 9–13 14–8–1 —


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1917 Boston Braves roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Walt Tragesser 98 297 66 .222 0 25
1B Ed Konetchy 130 474 129 .272 2 54
2B Johnny Rawlings 122 371 95 .256 2 31
SS Rabbit Maranville 142 561 146 .260 3 43
3B Red Smith 147 505 149 .295 2 62
OF Wally Rehg 87 341 92 .270 1 31
OF Ray Powell 88 357 97 .272 4 30
OF Joe Kelly 116 445 99 .222 3 36

Other batters edit

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
Sherry Magee 72 246 63 .256 1 29
Joe Wilhoit 54 186 51 .274 1 10
Ed Fitzpatrick 63 178 45 .253 0 17
Hank Gowdy 49 154 33 .214 0 14
Fred Bailey 50 110 21 .191 1 5
George Twombley 32 102 19 .186 0 9
Mike Massey 31 91 18 .198 0 2
Johnny Evers 24 83 16 .193 0 0
Chief Meyers 25 68 17 .250 0 4
Sam Covington 17 66 13 .197 1 10
Zip Collins 9 27 4 .148 0 2
Art Rico 13 14 4 .286 0 2
Hank Schreiber 2 7 2 .286 0 0
Larry Chappell 4 2 0 .000 0 1
Fred Jacklitsch 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jesse Barnes 50 295.0 13 21 2.68 107
Dick Rudolph 31 242.2 13 14 3.41 96
Lefty Tyler 32 239.0 14 12 2.52 98
Tom Hughes 11 74.0 5 3 1.95 30

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Art Nehf 38 233.1 17 8 2.16 101
Pat Ragan 30 147.2 6 9 2.93 61
Frank Allen 29 112.0 3 11 3.94 56
Jack Scott 7 39.2 1 2 1.82 21
Ed Reulbach 5 22.1 0 1 2.82 9
Ed Walsh 4 18.0 0 1 3.50 4

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Cal Crum 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References edit

  1. ^ Mike Massey page at Baseball Reference

External links edit

  • 1917 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference