1917 Cleveland Indians season

1917 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record88–66 (.571)
League place3rd
OwnersJim Dunn
ManagersLee Fohl

The 1917 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 88–66, 12 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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


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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

1917 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Steve O'Neill 129 370 68 .184 0 29
1B Joe Harris 112 369 112 .304 0 65
2B Bill Wambsganss 141 499 127 .255 0 43
SS Ray Chapman 156 563 170 .302 2 36
3B Joe Evans 132 385 73 .190 2 33
OF Jack Graney 146 535 122 .228 3 35
OF Braggo Roth 145 495 141 .285 1 72
OF Tris Speaker 142 523 184 .352 2 60

Other batters

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
Lou Guisto 73 200 37 .185 0 29
Terry Turner 69 180 37 .206 0 15
Elmer Smith 64 161 42 .261 3 22
Josh Billings 66 129 23 .178 0 9
Ivan Howard 27 39 4 .103 0 0
Milo Allison 32 35 5 .143 0 0
Hank DeBerry 25 33 9 .273 0 1
Ray Miller 19 21 4 .190 0 2
Marty Kavanagh 14 14 0 .000 0 0
Ferd Eunick 1 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Bagby 49 320.2 23 13 1.96 83
Stan Coveleski 45 298.1 19 14 1.81 133
Ed Klepfer 41 213.0 14 4 2.37 66
Red Torkelson 4 22.1 2 1 7.66 10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Guy Morton 35 161.0 10 10 2.74 62
Fritz Coumbe 34 134.1 8 6 2.14 30
Otis Lambeth 26 97.1 7 6 3.14 27
Al Gould 27 94.0 4 4 3.64 24
Joe Boehling 12 46.1 1 6 4.66 11
Smoky Joe Wood 5 15.2 0 1 3.45 2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Pop-Boy Smith 6 0 1 0 8.31 3
George Dickerson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References