1917 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1917 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1917 in baseball.

The 1917 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.383	Edd Roush CIN	.341
HR	Wally Pipp NYY	9	Gavvy Cravath PHI Dave Robertson NYG	12
RBI	Bobby Veach DET	103	Heinie Zimmerman NYG	102
Wins	Eddie Cicotte CHW	28	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHI	30
ERA	Eddie Cicotte CHW	1.53	Fred Anderson NYG	1.44
SO	Walter Johnson WSH	188	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHI	200
SV	Dave Danforth CHW	9	Slim Sallee NYG	4
SB	Ty Cobb DET	55	Max Carey PIT	46

Major league baseball final standings

American League final 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

National League final 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

External links

1917 season at Baseball-reference.com

1917 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1917 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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