1917 Boston Red Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 90-62
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 387,856, Avg. 7,287
Ballpark: Fenway Park I
Manager: Jack Barry (90-62)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1917 Boston Red Sox RosterTeam Record: 90-62
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 387,856, Avg. 7,287
Ballpark: Fenway Park I
Manager: Jack Barry (90-62)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1917 Boston Red Sox Results
The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1917 season with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Red Sox led the league with just 454 runs allowed. Boston scored 555 runs. Duffy Lewis drove in 65 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Babe Ruth notched 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Dutch Leonard and Carl Mays added 15 or more victories also Carl Mays earned a 1.74 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jack Barry coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Ruth | 24 | 13 | .649 | 2.01 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 326.3 | 244 | 91 | 73 | 2 | 108 | 0 | 128 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1313 |
| Carl Mays | 22 | 9 | .710 | 1.74 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 289.0 | 230 | 81 | 56 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 91 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1129 |
| Dutch Leonard | 16 | 17 | .485 | 2.17 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 294.3 | 257 | 90 | 71 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 144 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1170 |
| Ernie Shore | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.22 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 226.7 | 201 | 79 | 56 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 906 |
| Rube Foster | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.53 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 124.7 | 108 | 45 | 35 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 511 |
| Herb Pennock | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.31 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.7 | 90 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 397 |
| Lore Bader | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.3 | 48 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 |
| Weldon Wyckoff | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Sad Sam Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.41 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Totals | 90 | 62 | .592 | 2.20 | 208 | 157 | 41 | 115 | 15 | 7 | 1421.3 | 1197 | 453 | 347 | 12 | 413 | 0 | 509 | 51 | 1 | 29 | 5689 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duffy Lewis | 150 | 620 | 553 | 55 | 167 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 54 | .302 | .342 | .392 | .735 | 217 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Hooper | 151 | 667 | 559 | 89 | 143 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 0 | 80 | 40 | .256 | .355 | .349 | .704 | 195 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Gardner | 146 | 598 | 501 | 53 | 133 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 54 | 37 | .265 | .341 | .345 | .686 | 173 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Everett Scott | 157 | 589 | 528 | 40 | 127 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 46 | .241 | .268 | .313 | .581 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hoblitzell | 120 | 492 | 420 | 49 | 108 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 46 | 22 | .257 | .336 | .343 | .679 | 144 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Tillie Walker | 106 | 385 | 337 | 41 | 83 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 38 | .246 | .300 | .359 | .659 | 121 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Barry | 116 | 493 | 388 | 45 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 27 | .214 | .305 | .253 | .558 | 98 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Agnew | 85 | 287 | 260 | 17 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 30 | .208 | .267 | .246 | .513 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Gainer | 52 | 197 | 172 | 28 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .308 | .374 | .424 | .798 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Walsh | 57 | 212 | 185 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 14 | .265 | .352 | .330 | .682 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinch Thomas | 83 | 238 | 202 | 24 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | .238 | .333 | .272 | .606 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Ruth | 52 | 142 | 123 | 14 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .325 | .385 | .472 | .857 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Shorten | 69 | 188 | 168 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .179 | .229 | .226 | .455 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Mays | 35 | 115 | 107 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .252 | .292 | .336 | .628 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Janvrin | 55 | 149 | 127 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .197 | .266 | .220 | .487 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McNally | 42 | 63 | 50 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .300 | .375 | .320 | .695 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Shore | 29 | 85 | 78 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .167 | .198 | .192 | .390 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Foster | 17 | 46 | 41 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .268 | .302 | .317 | .619 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Leonard | 37 | 113 | 104 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .087 | .144 | .115 | .260 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cooney | 11 | 48 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .222 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Forrest Cady | 17 | 48 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .152 | .170 | .217 | .388 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Pennock | 24 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lore Bader | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Mayer | 4 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .167 | .412 | .167 | .578 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olaf Henriksen | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sad Sam Jones | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Weldon Wyckoff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1655 | 5858 | 5048 | 556 | 1243 | 198 | 64 | 14 | 476 | 105 | 0 | 466 | 473 | .246 | .314 | .319 | .633 | 1611 | 0 | 34 | 310 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Janvrin | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hoblitzell | 1B | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 1274 | 52 | 14 | 58 | .990 | 11.237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Gainer | 1B | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 490 | 27 | 6 | 29 | .989 | 1.340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McNally | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Janvrin | 2B | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 101 | 10 | 17 | .940 | 4.158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Cooney | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Barry | 2B | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 196 | 339 | 14 | 40 | .974 | 4.612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McNally | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 3.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gardner | 3B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 148 | 315 | 31 | 18 | .937 | 3.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pinch Thomas | C | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 296 | 69 | 5 | 8 | .986 | 4.740 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Mayer | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 6.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forrest Cady | C | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .959 | 5.071 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Agnew | C | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 88 | 14 | 5 | .965 | 4.529 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Walsh | OF | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 2.362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tillie Walker | OF | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 225 | 20 | 7 | 7 | .972 | 2.552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Shorten | OF | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duffy Lewis | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 20 | 10 | 6 | .972 | 2.293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Hooper | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 245 | 20 | 8 | 3 | .971 | 1.755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Weldon Wyckoff | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Shore | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 77 | 4 | 5 | .960 | 3.310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Ruth | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 101 | 2 | 4 | .984 | 2.927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Pennock | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 1.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Mays | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 118 | 1 | 5 | .993 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Leonard | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sad Sam Jones | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Foster | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .963 | 3.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lore Bader | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Everett Scott | SS | 157 | 0 | 0.0 | 315 | 483 | 39 | 64 | .953 | 5.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McNally | SS | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Janvrin | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Cooney | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1551 | 0 | 0.0 | 4266 | 2110 | 183 | 290 | .972 | 4.111 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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