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.
1917 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 11 – October 15, 1917 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Pennant Winners | |
AL champions | Chicago White Sox |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | New York Giants |
NL runners-up | Philadelphia Phillies |
World Series | |
Champions | Chicago White Sox |
Runners-up | New York Giants |
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.
The 1917 season saw earned run statistics and definitions added to the rules.[1]
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NL | New York Giants | 2 |
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Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Chicago White Sox[2] | 100 | 12.4% | 684,521 | 0.7% | 8,665 |
New York Giants[3] | 98 | 14.0% | 500,264 | -9.4% | 6,253 |
Cleveland Indians[4] | 88 | 14.3% | 477,298 | -3.0% | 6,119 |
Detroit Tigers[5] | 78 | -10.3% | 457,289 | -25.9% | 6,017 |
Boston Red Sox[6] | 90 | -1.1% | 387,856 | -21.9% | 4,848 |
Chicago Cubs[7] | 74 | 10.4% | 360,218 | -20.6% | 4,678 |
Philadelphia Phillies[8] | 87 | -4.4% | 354,428 | -31.2% | 4,664 |
New York Yankees[9] | 71 | -11.3% | 330,294 | -29.6% | 4,404 |
St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 82 | 36.7% | 288,491 | 28.6% | 3,699 |
Cincinnati Reds[11] | 78 | 30.0% | 269,056 | 5.2% | 3,363 |
Brooklyn Robins[12] | 70 | -25.5% | 221,619 | -50.5% | 2,841 |
Philadelphia Athletics[13] | 55 | 52.8% | 221,432 | 20.0% | 2,914 |
St. Louis Browns[14] | 57 | -27.8% | 210,486 | -37.3% | 2,699 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[15] | 51 | -21.5% | 192,807 | -33.3% | 2,441 |
Boston Braves[16] | 72 | -19.1% | 174,253 | -44.4% | 2,263 |
Washington Senators[17] | 74 | -2.6% | 89,682 | -49.4% | 1,121 |