1917 Cleveland Indians Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 477,298, Avg. 7,112
Ballpark: League Park II
Manager: Lee Fohl (88-66)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1917 Cleveland Indians RosterTeam Record: 88-66
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 477,298, Avg. 7,112
Ballpark: League Park II
Manager: Lee Fohl (88-66)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1917 Cleveland Indians Results
The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1917 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Indians scored 584 runs and surrendered 543 runs. Braggo Roth drove in 72 runs. Tris Speaker led all regular batters by hitting .352. Jim Bagby earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Stan Coveleski added 15 or more wins also Stan Coveleski registered a 1.81 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Lee Fohl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bagby | 23 | 13 | .639 | 1.96 | 49 | 37 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 320.7 | 277 | 90 | 70 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1266 |
| Stan Coveleski | 19 | 14 | .576 | 1.81 | 45 | 36 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 298.3 | 202 | 78 | 60 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1142 |
| Ed Klepfer | 14 | 4 | .778 | 2.37 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 213.0 | 208 | 84 | 56 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 843 |
| Guy Morton | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.74 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 161.0 | 158 | 74 | 49 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 657 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.14 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 134.3 | 119 | 54 | 32 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 514 |
| Otis Lambeth | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.14 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97.3 | 97 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 402 |
| Al Gould | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.64 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 95 | 44 | 38 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 399 |
| Red Torkelson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.66 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 33 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| Joe Boehling | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.66 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 50 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 191 |
| George Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Smoky Joe Wood | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.45 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Pop-boy Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Totals | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2.52 | 285 | 156 | 82 | 73 | 19 | 22 | 1412.7 | 1270 | 542 | 396 | 17 | 438 | 0 | 451 | 32 | 2 | 20 | 5640 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tris Speaker | 142 | 612 | 523 | 90 | 184 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 60 | 30 | 0 | 67 | 14 | .352 | .432 | .486 | .918 | 254 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Chapman | 156 | 691 | 563 | 98 | 170 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 36 | 52 | 0 | 61 | 65 | .302 | .370 | .409 | .779 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Braggo Roth | 145 | 569 | 495 | 69 | 141 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 72 | 51 | 0 | 52 | 73 | .285 | .355 | .388 | .743 | 192 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Wambsganss | 141 | 570 | 499 | 52 | 127 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 0 | 37 | 42 | .255 | .315 | .313 | .628 | 156 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Graney | 146 | 648 | 535 | 87 | 122 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 94 | 49 | .228 | .348 | .325 | .673 | 174 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Harris | 112 | 435 | 369 | 40 | 112 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 55 | 32 | .304 | .398 | .385 | .783 | 142 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Evans | 132 | 460 | 385 | 36 | 73 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 44 | .190 | .271 | .242 | .513 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve O'Neill | 129 | 429 | 370 | 21 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 55 | .184 | .272 | .222 | .494 | 82 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Smith | 64 | 181 | 161 | 21 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 18 | .261 | .316 | .360 | .676 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Turner | 69 | 202 | 180 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .206 | .263 | .244 | .507 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Guisto | 73 | 233 | 200 | 9 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 18 | .185 | .282 | .225 | .507 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bagby | 49 | 114 | 108 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .231 | .252 | .306 | .558 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Billings | 66 | 147 | 129 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .178 | .243 | .233 | .475 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Coveleski | 46 | 107 | 97 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | .134 | .160 | .175 | .335 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank DeBerry | 25 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .273 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Lambeth | 26 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .188 | .212 | .250 | .462 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 35 | 42 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .154 | .175 | .205 | .380 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Gould | 27 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .208 | .269 | .292 | .561 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milo Allison | 32 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .143 | .318 | .143 | .461 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Miller | 19 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .190 | .414 | .238 | .652 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Howard | 27 | 44 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .103 | .167 | .103 | .269 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Morton | 35 | 50 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .085 | .085 | .085 | .170 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Boehling | 14 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Torkelson | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Klepfer | 41 | 72 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .032 | .104 | .032 | .137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferd Eunick | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop-boy Smith | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 14 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .176 | .000 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoky Joe Wood | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Dickerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1787 | 5833 | 4994 | 584 | 1224 | 218 | 64 | 13 | 475 | 210 | 0 | 549 | 596 | .245 | .324 | .322 | .646 | 1609 | 0 | 35 | 255 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Wambsganss | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Miller | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Harris | 1B | 95 | 0 | 0.0 | 1019 | 86 | 17 | 58 | .985 | 11.632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Guisto | 1B | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 611 | 33 | 7 | 45 | .989 | 1.915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wambsganss | 2B | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 441 | 38 | 70 | .951 | 5.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Turner | 2B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 61 | 2 | 4 | .981 | 4.609 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Howard | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Turner | 3B | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 58 | 2 | 3 | .980 | 2.475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Howard | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Harris | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Evans | 3B | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 279 | 27 | 20 | .939 | 3.283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ferd Eunick | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve O'Neill | C | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 446 | 145 | 12 | 19 | .980 | 4.654 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank DeBerry | C | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 3.333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Billings | C | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 51 | 5 | 2 | .974 | 3.854 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tris Speaker | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 365 | 23 | 8 | 5 | .980 | 2.732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Smith | OF | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 1.725 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Braggo Roth | OF | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 228 | 18 | 11 | 6 | .957 | 1.822 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Kavanagh | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Howard | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Harris | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Graney | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 288 | 14 | 13 | 6 | .959 | 2.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Coveleski | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Milo Allison | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Smoky Joe Wood | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Torkelson | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pop-boy Smith | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Morton | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 0 | .887 | 1.343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Lambeth | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Klepfer | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 60 | 8 | 3 | .892 | 1.610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Gould | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Dickerson | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stan Coveleski | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 66 | 4 | 3 | .951 | 1.733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Coumbe | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 56 | 7 | 2 | .899 | 1.824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Boehling | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bagby | P | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 77 | 3 | 5 | .972 | 2.102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Turner | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Chapman | SS | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 360 | 528 | 59 | 71 | .938 | 5.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1612 | 0 | 0.0 | 4238 | 2176 | 242 | 329 | .964 | 3.979 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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