1917 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Forbes Field | |
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1] | |
Owners | Barney Dreyfuss | |
Managers | Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner, Hugo Bezdek | |
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The 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 36th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 31st in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 51–103.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 50–28 | 48–28 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 65 | 0.572 | 10 | 46–29 | 41–36 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 70 | 0.539 | 15 | 38–38 | 44–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 20 | 39–38 | 39–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 24 | 35–42 | 39–38 |
Boston Braves | 72 | 81 | 0.471 | 25½ | 35–42 | 37–39 |
Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 81 | 0.464 | 26½ | 36–38 | 34–43 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 47 | 25–53 | 26–50 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 11–11 | 10–12–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 6–15–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–13–2 | 9–11–1 | 16–6–1 | 10–11 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–16–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10–2 | 12–10 | 14–8–1 | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 13–9–2 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 14–8 | 13–9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | — | 8–14–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–6–1 | 11–10 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | — |
1917 Game Log: 51–103 (Home: 25–53; Away: 26–50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 7–11 (Home: 2–3; Away: 5–8)
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May: 6–14 (Home: 2–3; Away: 4–11)
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June: 8–15 (Home: 6–14; Away: 2–1)
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July: 10–23 (Home: 3–11; Away: 7–12)
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August: 8–19 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–12)
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September: 11–21 (Home: 7–15; Away: 4–6)
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October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie Bold = Pirates team member |
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders
Other batters | Manager |
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 | William Fischer | 95 | 245 | 70 | .286 | 3 | 25 |
1B | Honus Wagner | 74 | 230 | 61 | .265 | 0 | 24 |
2B | Jake Pitler | 109 | 382 | 89 | .233 | 0 | 23 |
SS | Chuck Ward | 125 | 423 | 100 | .236 | 0 | 43 |
3B | Tony Boeckel | 64 | 219 | 58 | .265 | 0 | 23 |
OF | Carson Bigbee | 133 | 469 | 112 | .239 | 0 | 21 |
OF | Lee King | 111 | 381 | 95 | .249 | 1 | 35 |
OF | Max Carey | 155 | 588 | 174 | .296 | 1 | 51 |
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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Bill Hinchman | 69 | 244 | 46 | .189 | 2 | 29 |
Walter Schmidt | 72 | 183 | 45 | .246 | 0 | 17 |
Bill Wagner | 53 | 151 | 31 | .205 | 0 | 9 |
Alex McCarthy | 49 | 151 | 33 | .219 | 0 | 8 |
Fritz Mollwitz | 36 | 140 | 36 | .257 | 0 | 12 |
Doug Baird | 43 | 135 | 35 | .259 | 0 | 18 |
Adam DeBus | 38 | 131 | 30 | .229 | 0 | 7 |
Charlie Jackson | 41 | 121 | 29 | .240 | 0 | 1 |
Bunny Brief | 36 | 115 | 25 | .217 | 2 | 11 |
Frank Schulte | 30 | 103 | 22 | .214 | 0 | 7 |
Howdy Caton | 14 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 0 | 4 |
Billy Gleason | 13 | 42 | 7 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Don Flinn | 14 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 1 |
Ray Miller | 6 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 0 |
High Pockets Kelly | 8 | 23 | 2 | .087 | 0 | 0 |
Red Smith | 11 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
Jesse Altenburg | 11 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
Bill Webb | 5 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Wilhoit | 9 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Blackwell | 3 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Harry Wolfe | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hooks Warner | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Shaw | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Arch Reilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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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Wilbur Cooper | 40 | 297.2 | 17 | 11 | 2.36 | 99 |
Elmer Jacobs | 38 | 227.1 | 6 | 19 | 2.81 | 58 |
Frank Miller | 38 | 224.0 | 10 | 19 | 3.13 | 92 |
Bob Steele | 27 | 179.2 | 5 | 11 | 2.76 | 82 |
Al Mamaux | 16 | 85.2 | 2 | 11 | 5.25 | 22 |
Elmer Ponder | 3 | 21.1 | 1 | 1 | 1.69 | 11 |
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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Burleigh Grimes | 37 | 194.0 | 3 | 16 | 3.53 | 72 |
Hal Carlson | 34 | 161.1 | 7 | 11 | 2.90 | 68 |
Bill Evans | 8 | 26.2 | 0 | 4 | 3.38 | 5 |
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