1917 Boston Red Sox season
1917 Boston Red Sox | |
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Results | |
Record | 90–62 (.592) |
League place | 2nd (9 GB) |
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Owner(s) | Joseph Lannin, Harry Frazee |
Manager(s) | Jack Barry |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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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.
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 |
Source:[1]
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[]
- ^ "Boston Red Sox 10, New York Yankees 3". Retrosheet. April 11, 1917. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
External links[]
- 1917 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1917 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
- Boston Red Sox seasons
- 1917 Major League Baseball season
- 1917 in sports in Massachusetts
- 1910s in Boston
- Boston Red Sox season stubs