1917 Philadelphia Athletics season

1917  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1916 1918  →

The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 98 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Walter Anderson Eddie Bacon Bullet Joe Bush Cy Falkenberg Cliff Hill Ellis Johnson Jing Johnson Dave Keefe Elmer Myers Jack Nabors Rollie Naylor Win Noyes Rube Parnham Rube Schauer Socks Seibold		Catchers Raymond Haley Wickey McAvoy Billy Meyer Cy Perkins Val Picinich Wally Schang Infielders Ray Bates Dallas Bradshaw Joe Dugan Pug Griffin Roy Grover Otis Lawry Stuffy McInnis Eddie Palmer Red Shannon Whitey Witt		Outfielders Gene Bailey Ping Bodie Pat French Lee Gooch Charlie Jamieson Bill Johnson Ralph Sharman Amos Strunk Buck Thrasher Other batters Harry Davis		Manager Connie Mack

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
3B	Ray Bates	127	485	115	.237	2	66
OF	Ping Bodie	148	557	162	.291	7	74
OF	Amos Strunk	148	540	152	.281	1	45
OF	Charlie Jamieson	85	345	92	.267	0	27

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
Billy Meyer	62	162	38	.235	0	9
Joe Dugan	43	134	26	.194	0	16
Bill Johnson	48	109	19	.174	1	8
Raymond Haley	41	98	27	.276	0	11
Buck Thrasher	23	77	18	.234	0	2
Lee Gooch	17	59	17	.288	1	8
Otis Lawry	30	55	9	.164	0	1
Eddie Palmer	16	52	11	.212	0	5
Ralph Sharman	13	37	11	.297	0	2
Red Shannon	11	35	10	.286	0	7
Pug Griffin	18	25	5	.200	1	3
Wickey McAvoy	10	24	6	.250	1	4
Cy Perkins	6	18	3	.167	0	2
Gene Bailey	5	12	1	.083	0	0
Val Picinich	2	6	2	.333	0	0
Dallas Bradshaw	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Pat French	3	2	0	.000	0	0
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
Bullet Joe Bush	37	233.1	11	17	2.47	121
Rube Schauer	33	215.0	7	16	3.14	62
Elmer Myers	38	201.2	9	16	4.42	88
Jing Johnson	34	191.0	9	12	2.78	55
Win Noyes	27	171.0	10	10	2.95	64
Rube Parnham	2	11.0	0	1	4.09	4

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	160.0	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
Jack Nabors	2	0	0	0	3.00	2
Eddie Bacon	1	0	0	0	6.00	0
Cliff 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