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Yankees on April 11, 1917

1917 New York Yankees
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

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

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 100 54 0.649 — 56–21 44–33
Boston Red Sox 90 62 0.592 9 45–33 45–29
Cleveland Indians 88 66 0.571 12 44–34 44–32
Detroit Tigers 78 75 0.510 21½ 34–41 44–34
Washington Senators 74 79 0.484 25½ 42–35 32–44
New York Yankees 71 82 0.464 28½ 35–40 36–42
St. Louis Browns 57 97 0.370 43 31–46 26–51
Philadelphia Athletics 55 98 0.359 44½ 29–47 26–51

Record vs. opponents

1917 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 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

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
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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ed Monroe 9 1 0 1 3.45 12
Walt Smallwood 2 0 0 0 0.00 1

References

  1. ^ "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 ...
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