1917 Boston Red Sox season

Summary

The 1917 Boston Red Sox season was the 17th 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, nine games behind the Chicago White Sox, who went on to win the 1917 World Series. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

1917 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record90–62 (.592)
League place2nd (9 GB)
OwnersJoseph Lannin, Harry Frazee
ManagersJack Barry
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason edit

On February 24, 1917, Pitcher "Smoky Joe" Wood was sold to the Cleveland Indians for $15,000.[1]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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 edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 edit

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

Source:[2]

Roster edit

1917 Boston Red Sox roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pinch hitter

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 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 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
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
Olaf Henriksen 15 12 1 .083 0 1
Wally Mayer 4 12 2 .167 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
Babe Ruth 41 326.1 24 13 2.01 128
Dutch Leonard 37 294.1 16 17 2.17 144
Carl Mays 35 289.0 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 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
Herb Pennock 24 100.2 5 5 3.31 35

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
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 edit

  1. ^ Ritter, Lawrence S. (2010). The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Enlarged ed.). New York, New York: Harper Perennial. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-0-06-199471-5.
  2. ^ "Boston Red Sox 10, New York Yankees 3". Retrosheet. April 11, 1917. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

External links edit

  • 1917 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1917 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com