1917 Philadelphia Athletics season

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
File:OaklandAthletics 100.png
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack

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	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 record 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	—

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	Wally Schang	118	316	90	.285	3	36
1B	Stuffy McInnis	150	567	172	.303	0	44
2B	Roy Grover	141	482	108	.224	0	34
SS	Whitey Witt	128	452	114	.252	0	28
OF	Ping Bodie	148	557	162	.291	7	74
OF	Amos 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
Joe Dugan	43	134	26	.194	0	16
Bill Johnson	48	109	19	.174	1	8
Richard Haley	41	98	27	.276	0	11
Pug Griffin	18	25	5	.200	1	3
Harry 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
Joe Bush	37	233.1	11	17	2.47	121
Jing 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
Socks Seibold	33	160	4	16	3.94	55
Cy Falkenberg	15	80.2	2	6	3.35	35
Ellis 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
Walter Anderson	14	0	0	0	3.03	10
Dave Keefe	3	1	0	0	1.80	1
Eddie Bacon	1	0	0	0	6.00	0
Red 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