1917 Chicago Cubs season

1917 Chicago Cubs
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Owner(s) Charles Weeghman
Manager(s) Fred Mitchell
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The 1917 Chicago Cubs season was the 46th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 42nd in the National League and the 2nd at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–80, 24 games behind the New York Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 56 0.636 — 50–28 48–28
Philadelphia Phillies 87 65 0.572 10 46–29 41–36
St. Louis Cardinals 82 70 0.539 15 38–38 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 78 76 0.506 20 39–38 39–38
Chicago Cubs 74 80 0.481 24 35–42 39–38
Boston Braves 72 81 0.471 25½ 35–42 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 70 81 0.464 26½ 36–38 34–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 51 103 0.331 47 25–53 26–50

Record vs. opponents

1917 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 13–9–1 11–11 10–12–2 7–15 11–11 14–8 6–15–1
Brooklyn 9–13–1 — 7–15 10–12 9–13–2 9–11–1 16–6–1 10–11
Chicago 11–11 15–7 — 8–14–1 7–15–1 6–16–1 17–5 10–12
Cincinnati 12–10–2 12–10 14–8–1 — 11–11 8–14 12–10 9–13
New York 15–7 13–9–2 15–7–1 11–11 — 14–8 16–6–1 14–8
Philadelphia 11–11 11–9–1 16–6–1 14–8 8–14 — 14–8 13–9
Pittsburgh 8–14 6–16–1 5–17 10–12 6–16–1 8–14 — 8–14–1
St. Louis 15–6–1 11–10 12–10 13–9 8–14 9–13 14–8–1 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1917 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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 Wilson, ArtArt Wilson 81 211 45 .213 2 25
2B Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle 135 476 121 .254 6 61

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
Ruether, DutchDutch Ruether 31 44 12 .273 0 11
Leslie, RoyRoy Leslie 7 19 4 .211 0 1
Marriott, WilliamWilliam Marriott 3 6 0 .000 0 0
Wolfe, HarryHarry Wolfe 9 5 2 .400 0 1
Hunter, HerbHerb Hunter 3 3 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
Vaughn, HippoHippo Vaughn 41 295.2 23 13 2.01 195
Douglas, PhilPhil Douglas 51 293.1 14 20 2.55 151
Demaree, AlAl Demaree 24 141.1 5 9 2.55 43

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
Hendrix, ClaudeClaude Hendrix 40 215 10 12 2.60 81
Carter, PaulPaul Carter 23 113.1 5 8 3.26 34
Aldridge, VicVic Aldridge 30 106.2 6 6 3.12 44
Prendergast, MikeMike Prendergast 35 99.1 3 6 3.35 43
Ruether, DutchDutch Ruether 10 36.1 2 0 2.48 3
Walker, RoyRoy Walker 2 7 0 1 3.86 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
Packard, GeneGene Packard 2 0 0 0 10.80 1

References

  1. ↑ Daley, Arthur. Baseball's 'Ten Greatest Moments', The New York Times, April 17, 1949, accessed April 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ Fred Lear page at Baseball Reference

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