1917 Boston Braves Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 72-81
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 174,253, Avg. 4,293
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: George Stallings (72-81)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1917 Boston Braves RosterTeam Record: 72-81
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 174,253, Avg. 4,293
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: George Stallings (72-81)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1917 Boston Braves Results
The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1917 season with a record of 72 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Braves plated 536 runs and allowed 552 runs. Red Smith recorded 62 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .295 average. Art Nehf led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.16 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
George Stallings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Nehf | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.16 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 233.3 | 197 | 78 | 56 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 912 |
| Lefty Tyler | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.52 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 239.0 | 203 | 81 | 67 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 970 |
| Dick Rudolph | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.41 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 242.7 | 252 | 104 | 92 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1011 |
| Jesse Barnes | 13 | 21 | .382 | 2.68 | 50 | 33 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 295.0 | 261 | 115 | 88 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1166 |
| Pat Ragan | 6 | 9 | .400 | 2.93 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 147.7 | 138 | 59 | 48 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 611 |
| Tom Hughes | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.95 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 54 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 299 |
| Frank Allen | 3 | 11 | .214 | 3.94 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 124 | 61 | 49 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 490 |
| Jack Scott | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.82 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39.7 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 158 |
| Cal Crum | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |
| Ed Reulbach | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.82 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Ed Walsh | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 82 |
| Totals | 72 | 81 | .471 | 2.77 | 238 | 157 | 52 | 105 | 19 | 3 | 1424.7 | 1309 | 558 | 438 | 19 | 371 | 0 | 593 | 32 | 2 | 28 | 5824 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Smith | 147 | 585 | 505 | 60 | 149 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 53 | 61 | .295 | .369 | .392 | .761 | 198 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabbit Maranville | 142 | 613 | 561 | 69 | 146 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 43 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 47 | .260 | .312 | .357 | .668 | 200 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Konetchy | 130 | 526 | 474 | 56 | 129 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 40 | .272 | .330 | .380 | .710 | 180 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kelly | 116 | 489 | 445 | 41 | 99 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 45 | .222 | .268 | .299 | .567 | 133 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Powell | 88 | 388 | 357 | 42 | 97 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 54 | .272 | .318 | .356 | .673 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 122 | 429 | 371 | 37 | 95 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 32 | .256 | .337 | .318 | .655 | 118 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Rehg | 87 | 378 | 341 | 48 | 92 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 32 | .270 | .320 | .349 | .669 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tragesser | 98 | 323 | 297 | 23 | 66 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 36 | .222 | .264 | .269 | .534 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherry Magee | 72 | 277 | 246 | 24 | 63 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .256 | .302 | .333 | .635 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Wilhoit | 54 | 212 | 186 | 20 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 15 | .274 | .335 | .317 | .652 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Fitzpatrick | 63 | 203 | 178 | 20 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | .253 | .318 | .343 | .661 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Gowdy | 49 | 176 | 154 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 13 | .214 | .288 | .260 | .548 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Tyler | 61 | 158 | 134 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | .231 | .318 | .261 | .579 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Barnes | 53 | 108 | 101 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .238 | .280 | .267 | .548 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Bailey | 50 | 124 | 110 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 25 | .191 | .270 | .255 | .525 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Rudolph | 32 | 96 | 87 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .230 | .247 | .276 | .523 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| George Twombly | 32 | 127 | 102 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | .186 | .314 | .216 | .530 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Massey | 31 | 114 | 91 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | .198 | .318 | .198 | .516 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Meyers | 25 | 77 | 68 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .311 | .426 | .737 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Evers | 24 | 98 | 83 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .193 | .302 | .193 | .495 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Covington | 17 | 75 | 66 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .197 | .264 | .273 | .537 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Nehf | 38 | 87 | 70 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .171 | .310 | .271 | .581 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Ragan | 30 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .125 | .125 | .229 | .354 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Allen | 29 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .172 | .333 | .172 | .506 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Rico | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zip Collins | 9 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .222 | .370 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Schreiber | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Scott | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Walsh | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hughes | 13 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Reulbach | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Chappell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Crum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Jacklitsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1649 | 5855 | 5201 | 536 | 1280 | 169 | 75 | 22 | 452 | 155 | 0 | 427 | 587 | .246 | .309 | .320 | .629 | 1665 | 0 | 45 | 182 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Tyler | 1B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Twombly | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sherry Magee | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Konetchy | 1B | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 1351 | 70 | 8 | 65 | .994 | 11.016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Covington | 1B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 9 | 1 | 17 | .994 | 1.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Rawlings | 2B | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 177 | 290 | 11 | 40 | .977 | 4.865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Massey | 2B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 68 | 12 | 10 | .900 | 4.320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Fitzpatrick | 2B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 46 | 6 | 2 | .929 | 3.591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Evers | 2B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 65 | 5 | 13 | .950 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Smith | 3B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 141 | 264 | 33 | 27 | .925 | 2.755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Schreiber | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Rawlings | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Fitzpatrick | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .774 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Tragesser | C | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 433 | 105 | 16 | 11 | .971 | 5.723 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Rico | C | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Meyers | C | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 113 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Jacklitsch | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Gowdy | C | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 75 | 9 | 3 | .969 | 5.694 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Wilhoit | OF | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .928 | 1.481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Twombly | OF | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .943 | 1.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Rico | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wally Rehg | OF | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .956 | 1.523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Rawlings | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Powell | OF | 88 | 0 | 0.0 | 231 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 2.784 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sherry Magee | OF | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 137 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .954 | 2.215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kelly | OF | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 284 | 16 | 17 | 8 | .946 | 2.586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Fitzpatrick | OF | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zip Collins | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Chappell | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Bailey | OF | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Walsh | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Tyler | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 76 | 2 | 4 | .978 | 2.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Scott | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Rudolph | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 75 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 2.645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Reulbach | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Ragan | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Nehf | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 1.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hughes | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal Crum | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Barnes | P | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 96 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 2.280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Allen | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Schreiber | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Rawlings | SS | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 56 | 3 | 6 | .966 | 5.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rabbit Maranville | SS | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 341 | 474 | 46 | 67 | .947 | 5.739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1559 | 0 | 0.0 | 4250 | 2070 | 224 | 304 | .966 | 4.054 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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