1917 Boston Red Sox season

1917 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Joseph Lannin, Harry Frazee
Manager(s)	Jack Barry
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The 1917 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 90 wins and 62 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 Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper	RF
Jack Barry	2B
Dick Hoblitzel	1B
Duffy Lewis	LF
Tilly Walker	CF
Larry Gardner	3B
Everett Scott	SS
Pinch Thomas	C
Babe Ruth	P

Roster

1917 Boston Red Sox roster
Roster
Pitchers Lore Bader Rube Foster Sad Sam Jones Dutch Leonard Carl Mays Herb Pennock Babe Ruth Ernie Shore Weldon Wyckoff		Catchers Sam Agnew Hick Cady Wally Mayer Pinch Thomas Infielders Jack Barry Jimmy Cooney Del Gainer Larry Gardner Dick Hoblitzel Hal Janvrin Mike McNally Everett Scott		Outfielders Harry Hooper Duffy Lewis Chick Shorten Tilly Walker Jimmy Walsh Pinch hitter Olaf Henriksen		Manager Jack Barry

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
2B	Barry, JackJack Barry	116	388	83	.214	2	30
OF	Hooper, HarryHarry Hooper	151	559	143	.256	3	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

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
Ruth, BabeBabe Ruth	41	326.1	24	13	2.01	128
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard	37	294.1	16	17	2.17	144
Mays, CarlCarl Mays	35	2	289	9	1.74	91
Shore, ErnieErnie Shore	29	226.2	13	10	2.22	57
Foster, RubeRube Foster	17	124.2	8	7	2.53	34

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

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
Bader, LoreLore Bader	15	2	0	1	2.35	14

References

• 1917 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1917 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com