1917 Chicago Cubs season

1917 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Weeghman Park (since 1916)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Weeghman
Manager(s)	Fred Mitchell
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The 1917 Chicago Cubs season was the 46th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 42nd in the National League and the 2nd at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–80, 24 games behind the New York Giants.

Regular season

• May 2, 1917: For the first, and to date only, time in major league history, a regulation nine innings was played at Wrigley Field (known in 1917 as Weeghman Park) without either team logging a hit. Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs dueled for 9 hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, Reds outfielder Jim Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning.^[1] The Reds scored on a couple of hits after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1917 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Notable transactions

• September 20, 1917: Fred Lear was drafted by the Cubs from the Bridgeport Americans in the 1917 rule 5 draft.^[2]

Roster

1917 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Vic Aldridge Paul Carter Al Demaree Phil Douglas Claude Hendrix Gene Packard Mike Prendergast Dutch Ruether Tom Seaton Hippo Vaughn Roy Walker Harry Weaver		Catchers Pickles Dillhoefer Rowdy Elliott Bob O'Farrell Art Wilson Infielders Charlie Deal Larry Doyle Paddy Driscoll Herb Hunter Pete Kilduff Roy Leslie Fred Merkle Charlie Pechous Vic Saier Chuck Wortman Rollie Zeider		Outfielders Turner Barber Max Flack Les Mann William Marriott Morrie Schick Cy Williams Harry Wolfe Harry Wolter Other batters Jimmy Archer Earl Blackburn		Manager Fred Mitchell

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	Wilson, ArtArt Wilson	81	211	45	.213	2	25
2B	Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle	135	476	121	.254	6	61

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
Ruether, DutchDutch Ruether	31	44	12	.273	0	11
Leslie, RoyRoy Leslie	7	19	4	.211	0	1
Marriott, WilliamWilliam Marriott	3	6	0	.000	0	0
Wolfe, HarryHarry Wolfe	9	5	2	.400	0	1
Hunter, HerbHerb Hunter	3	3	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
Vaughn, HippoHippo Vaughn	41	295.2	23	13	2.01	195
Douglas, PhilPhil Douglas	51	293.1	14	20	2.55	151
Demaree, AlAl Demaree	24	141.1	5	9	2.55	43

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
Hendrix, ClaudeClaude Hendrix	40	215	10	12	2.60	81
Carter, PaulPaul Carter	23	113.1	5	8	3.26	34
Aldridge, VicVic Aldridge	30	106.2	6	6	3.12	44
Prendergast, MikeMike Prendergast	35	99.1	3	6	3.35	43
Ruether, DutchDutch Ruether	10	36.1	2	0	2.48	3
Walker, RoyRoy Walker	2	7	0	1	3.86	4

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
Packard, GeneGene Packard	2	0	0	0	10.80	1

References

1. Daley, Arthur. Baseball's 'Ten Greatest Moments', The New York Times, April 17, 1949, accessed April 23, 2007.
2. Fred Lear page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1917 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference