1917 Philadelphia Athletics season

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1917 Information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 98 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	100	54	.649	--
Boston Red Sox	90	62	.592	9
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	12
Detroit Tigers	78	75	.510	21½
Washington Senators	74	79	.484	25½
New York Yankees	71	82	.464	28½
St. Louis Browns	57	97	.370	43
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	.359	44½

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	Schang, WallyWally Schang	118	316	90	.285	3	36
1B	McInnis, StuffyStuffy McInnis	150	567	172	.303	0	44
2B	Grover, RoyRoy Grover	141	482	108	.224	0	34
SS	Witt, WhiteyWhitey Witt	128	452	114	.252	0	28
OF	Bodie, PingPing Bodie	148	557	162	.291	7	74
OF	Strunk, AmosAmos Strunk	148	540	152	.281	1	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
Dugan, JoeJoe Dugan	43	134	26	.194	0	16
Johnson, BillBill Johnson	48	109	19	.174	1	8
Haley, RichardRichard Haley	41	98	27	.276	0	11
Griffin, PugPug Griffin	18	25	5	.200	1	3
Davis, HarryHarry Davis	1	1	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
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	37	233.1	11	17	2.47	121
Johnson, JingJing Johnson	34	191	9	12	2.78	55

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
Seibold, SocksSocks Seibold	33	160	4	16	3.94	55
Falkenberg, CyCy Falkenberg	15	80.2	2	6	3.35	35
Johnson, EllisEllis Johnson	4	13.2	0	2	7.24	8

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
Anderson, WalterWalter Anderson	14	0	0	0	3.03	10
Keefe, DaveDave Keefe	3	1	0	0	1.80	1
Bacon, EddieEddie Bacon	1	0	0	0	6.00	0
Hill, RedRed Hill	1	0	0	0	6.75	0

External links

• 1917 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1917 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com