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1917 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City, New York | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston | |
Managers | Bill Donovan | |
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The 1917 New York Yankees season was the 15th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 71–82, finishing 28½ games behind the American League champion Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.
Opening game
[edit]The opening game was against the Boston Red Sox on April 11, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York. 16,000 fans were in attendance. The Yankees lost 10-3. Major General Leonard Wood attended the game and threw out the first ball. Wood had drill sergeant Gibson, the recruiting officer from Macon, Georgia, where the team had their spring training, march the Yankees across the field in formation carrying rifles.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 56–21 | 44–33 |
Boston Red Sox | 90 | 62 | .592 | 9 | 45–33 | 45–29 |
Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 44–34 | 44–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 75 | .510 | 21½ | 34–41 | 44–34 |
Washington Senators | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 42–35 | 32–44 |
New York Yankees | 71 | 82 | .464 | 28½ | 35–40 | 36–42 |
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 97 | .370 | 43 | 31–46 | 26–51 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 98 | .359 | 44½ | 29–47 | 26–51 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 13–9–1 | 18–3–1 | 17–5–1 | 13–9–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11–2 | |||||
Detroit | 12–9 | 6–16 | 10–12 | — | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 8–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 11–11–2 | 11–11 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — |
Roster
[edit]1917 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Les Nunamaker | 104 | 310 | 81 | .261 | 0 | 33 |
1B | Wally Pipp | 155 | 587 | 143 | .244 | 9 | 70 |
2B | Fritz Maisel | 113 | 404 | 80 | .198 | 0 | 20 |
SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 148 | 543 | 141 | .260 | 0 | 41 |
3B | Home Run Baker | 146 | 553 | 156 | .282 | 6 | 71 |
OF | Tim Hendryx | 125 | 393 | 98 | .249 | 5 | 44 |
OF | Elmer Miller | 114 | 379 | 95 | .251 | 3 | 35 |
OF | Hugh High | 103 | 365 | 86 | .236 | 1 | 19 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Lee Magee | 51 | 173 | 38 | .220 | 0 | 8 |
Roxy Walters | 61 | 171 | 45 | .263 | 0 | 14 |
Frank Gilhooley | 54 | 165 | 40 | .242 | 0 | 8 |
Joe Gedeon | 33 | 117 | 28 | .239 | 0 | 8 |
Paddy Baumann | 49 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 0 | 8 |
Armando Marsans | 25 | 88 | 20 | .227 | 0 | 15 |
Walt Alexander | 20 | 51 | 7 | .137 | 0 | 4 |
Ángel Aragón | 14 | 45 | 3 | .067 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Lamar | 11 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 3 |
Chick Fewster | 11 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Sammy Vick | 10 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 2 |
Aaron Ward | 8 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 1 |
Howie Camp | 5 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Muddy Ruel | 6 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Shawkey | 32 | 236.1 | 13 | 15 | 2.44 | 97 |
Ray Caldwell | 32 | 236.0 | 13 | 16 | 2.86 | 102 |
George Mogridge | 29 | 196.1 | 9 | 11 | 2.98 | 46 |
Ray Fisher | 23 | 144.0 | 8 | 9 | 2.19 | 64 |
Bob McGraw | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.82 | 3 |
Bill Piercy | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 4 |
Hank Thormahlen | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 | 5 |
Jack Enright | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 1 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Nick Cullop | 30 | 146.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.32 | 27 |
Urban Shocker | 26 | 145.0 | 8 | 5 | 2.61 | 68 |
Slim Love | 33 | 130.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.35 | 82 |
Allen Russell | 25 | 104.1 | 7 | 8 | 2.24 | 55 |
Neal Brady | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ed Monroe | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.45 | 12 |
Walt Smallwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Yankees Fall Before Red Sox and Robins Yield To Phillies In Season's First Games". The New York Times. April 12, 1917. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
Red Sox Landslide Buries Yanks, 10-3 Donovan's Soldiers Do Military Stunts For 16,000 Fans, But Their Baseball Is Poor. Gen. Wood Reviews Drill Also Tosses Out The Ball That Sets New York's 1917 Baseball Year Moving. Caldwell Hit Hard. Brush Stadium Welcomes Spring. Red Sox Get Runs Early. Barry's Error Aids Yanks. An army of 16,000 fans, under Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, U.S.A., led the baseball season of 1917 out of the moth-bailed period up at the Polo Grounds yesterday. Coming from its Winter slumber, the aforesaid season ...