1917 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 74-80
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 360,218, Avg. 6,022
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Fred Mitchell (74-80)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1917 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 74-80
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 360,218, Avg. 6,022
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Fred Mitchell (74-80)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1917 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1917 season with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Cubs scored 552 runs and conceded 567 runs. Larry Doyle drove in 61 runs. Les Mann topped all regular hitters with a .273 average. Hippo Vaughn recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.01 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Fred Mitchell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hippo Vaughn | 23 | 13 | .639 | 2.01 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 295.7 | 255 | 97 | 66 | 3 | 91 | 0 | 195 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1216 |
| Phil Douglas | 14 | 20 | .412 | 2.55 | 51 | 37 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 293.3 | 269 | 123 | 83 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 151 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1161 |
| Claude Hendrix | 10 | 12 | .455 | 2.60 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 215.0 | 202 | 94 | 62 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 892 |
| Vic Aldridge | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.12 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 106.7 | 100 | 52 | 37 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 445 |
| Tom Seaton | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.53 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 74.7 | 60 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 295 |
| Paul Carter | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.26 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 113.3 | 115 | 47 | 41 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 453 |
| Al Demaree | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2.55 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 141.3 | 125 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 569 |
| Mike Prendergast | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.35 | 35 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 99.3 | 112 | 42 | 37 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 411 |
| Dutch Ruether | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.48 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 153 |
| Harry Weaver | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.75 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19.7 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 |
| Gene Packard | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Roy Walker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| Totals | 74 | 80 | .481 | 2.62 | 278 | 157 | 77 | 79 | 15 | 9 | 1404.0 | 1303 | 567 | 408 | 34 | 374 | 0 | 654 | 30 | 2 | 37 | 5719 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Merkle | 146 | 608 | 549 | 65 | 146 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 60 | .266 | .323 | .370 | .692 | 203 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Mann | 117 | 485 | 444 | 63 | 121 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 46 | .273 | .316 | .367 | .683 | 163 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Doyle | 135 | 550 | 476 | 48 | 121 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 28 | .254 | .323 | .353 | .675 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Deal | 135 | 497 | 449 | 46 | 114 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 18 | .254 | .284 | .292 | .576 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Williams | 138 | 539 | 468 | 53 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 78 | .241 | .308 | .338 | .646 | 158 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Flack | 131 | 510 | 447 | 65 | 111 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 51 | 34 | .248 | .325 | .320 | .645 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wolter | 117 | 401 | 353 | 44 | 88 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 40 | .249 | .324 | .331 | .655 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie Zeider | 108 | 393 | 354 | 36 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 30 | .243 | .302 | .294 | .596 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Kilduff | 56 | 225 | 202 | 23 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .277 | .324 | .371 | .695 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Rowdy Elliott | 85 | 244 | 223 | 18 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .251 | .292 | .332 | .624 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Wilson | 81 | 252 | 211 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 36 | .213 | .322 | .303 | .626 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Wortman | 75 | 220 | 190 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .174 | .245 | .205 | .450 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Hendrix | 48 | 96 | 86 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .256 | .304 | .314 | .618 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 41 | 111 | 100 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 33 | .160 | .229 | .200 | .429 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Ruether | 31 | 53 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .273 | .385 | .432 | .816 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pickles Dillhoefer | 42 | 104 | 95 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .126 | .144 | .158 | .302 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Douglas | 51 | 97 | 87 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .126 | .156 | .149 | .305 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Pechous | 13 | 44 | 41 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .244 | .295 | .244 | .539 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Prendergast | 35 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .276 | .321 | .597 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turner Barber | 7 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .214 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Carter | 23 | 38 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .171 | .216 | .200 | .416 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Seaton | 16 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .238 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Saier | 6 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .238 | .304 | .286 | .590 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morrie Schick | 14 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .147 | .216 | .147 | .363 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Demaree | 24 | 46 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .122 | .200 | .122 | .322 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Leslie | 7 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Aldridge | 30 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .625 | 1.069 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paddy Driscoll | 13 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .107 | .167 | .143 | .310 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wolfe | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Weaver | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Marriott | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Archer | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Blackburn | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Hunter | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Walker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Packard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1755 | 5775 | 5135 | 552 | 1229 | 194 | 67 | 17 | 458 | 127 | 0 | 415 | 599 | .239 | .299 | .313 | .612 | 1608 | 0 | 23 | 202 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Zeider | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Wolter | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Saier | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Ruether | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Merkle | 1B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 1415 | 66 | 26 | 84 | .983 | 1.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Leslie | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Zeider | 2B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 76 | 3 | 13 | .977 | 5.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Wortman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Kilduff | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Hunter | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paddy Driscoll | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 4 | .882 | 3.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Doyle | 2B | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 | 348 | 33 | 54 | .952 | 5.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Zeider | 3B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 55 | 6 | 6 | .926 | 2.885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Wortman | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Pechous | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Hunter | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paddy Driscoll | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Deal | 3B | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 151 | 254 | 18 | 21 | .957 | 3.115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Wilson | C | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 361 | 92 | 15 | 5 | .968 | 6.040 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob O'Farrell | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rowdy Elliott | C | 73 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 93 | 13 | 9 | .969 | 5.479 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pickles Dillhoefer | C | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 146 | 49 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 5.270 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Zeider | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Wolter | OF | 97 | 0 | 0.0 | 131 | 14 | 9 | 5 | .942 | 1.495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Wolfe | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cy Williams | OF | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 340 | 23 | 15 | 4 | .960 | 2.669 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morrie Schick | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Merkle | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Marriott | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Mann | OF | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 203 | 20 | 11 | 2 | .953 | 1.922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Hendrix | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Max Flack | OF | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 199 | 14 | 12 | 3 | .947 | 1.821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turner Barber | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Weaver | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Walker | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hippo Vaughn | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 89 | 7 | 2 | .936 | 2.512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Seaton | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Ruether | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Prendergast | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Packard | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Hendrix | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 52 | 4 | 1 | .935 | 1.450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Douglas | P | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 102 | 7 | 3 | .941 | 2.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Demaree | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Carter | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Aldridge | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 1.533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Zeider | SS | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 95 | 19 | 16 | .901 | 3.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Wortman | SS | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 162 | 22 | 26 | .918 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Wolfe | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Pechous | SS | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .846 | 4.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Kilduff | SS | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 128 | 19 | 19 | .920 | 4.294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paddy Driscoll | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1627 | 0 | 0.0 | 4193 | 2012 | 267 | 300 | .959 | 3.814 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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