1917 Cleveland Indians season

1917 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Dunn Field (since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Dunn
Manager(s)	Lee Fohl
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The 1917 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 88–66, 12 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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 v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Jim Bagby Joe Boehling Fritz Coumbe Stan Coveleski George Dickerson Al Gould Ed Klepfer Otis Lambeth Guy Morton Pop-Boy Smith Red Torkelson Joe Wood		Catchers Josh Billings Hank DeBerry Steve O'Neill Infielders Ray Chapman Ferd Eunick Joe Evans Lou Guisto Joe Harris Ivan Howard Ray Miller Terry Turner Bill Wambsganss		Outfielders Milo Allison Jack Graney Marty Kavanagh Braggo Roth Elmer Smith Tris Speaker		Manager Lee Fohl

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	Steve O'Neill	129	370	68	.184	0	29
1B	Joe Harris	112	369	112	.304	0	65
2B	Bill Wambsganss	141	499	127	.255	0	43
SS	Ray Chapman	156	563	170	.302	2	36
3B	Joe Evans	132	385	73	.190	2	33
OF	Jack Graney	146	535	122	.228	3	35
OF	Braggo Roth	145	495	141	.285	1	72
OF	Tris Speaker	142	523	184	.352	2	60

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
Lou Guisto	73	200	37	.185	0	29
Terry Turner	69	180	37	.206	0	15
Elmer Smith	64	161	42	.261	3	22
Josh Billings	66	129	23	.178	0	9
Ivan Howard	27	39	4	.103	0	0
Milo Allison	32	35	5	.143	0	0
Hank DeBerry	25	33	9	.273	0	1
Ray Miller	19	21	4	.190	0	2
Marty Kavanagh	14	14	0	.000	0	0
Ferd Eunick	1	2	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
Jim Bagby	49	320.2	23	13	1.96	83
Stan Coveleski	45	298.1	19	14	1.81	133
Ed Klepfer	41	213	14	4	2.37	66
Red Torkelson	4	22.1	2	1	7.66	10

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
Guy Morton	35	161	10	10	2.74	62
Fritz Coumbe	34	134.1	8	6	2.14	30
Otis Lambeth	26	97.1	7	6	3.14	27
Al Gould	27	94	4	4	3.64	24
Joe Boehling	12	46.1	1	6	4.66	11
Smoky Joe Wood	5	15.2	0	1	3.45	2

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
Pop-Boy Smith	6	0	1	0	8.31	3
George Dickerson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References[]

• 1917 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference