1917 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1917 Information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 98 losses.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 External links

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	100	54	.649	--
Boston Red Sox	90	62	.592	9
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	12
Detroit Tigers	78	75	.510	21½
Washington Senators	74	79	.484	25½
New York Yankees	71	82	.464	28½
St. Louis Browns	57	97	.370	43
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	.359	44½

Roster

1917 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Harry Davis

Manager

Connie Mack

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	Schang, WallyWally Schang	118	316	90	.285	3	36
1B	McInnis, StuffyStuffy McInnis	150	567	172	.303	0	44
2B	Grover, RoyRoy Grover	141	482	108	.224	0	34
SS	Witt, WhiteyWhitey Witt	128	452	114	.252	0	28
OF	Bodie, PingPing Bodie	148	557	162	.291	7	74
OF	Strunk, AmosAmos Strunk	148	540	152	.281	1	45

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
Dugan, JoeJoe Dugan	43	134	26	.194	0	16
Johnson, BillBill Johnson	48	109	19	.174	1	8
Haley, RichardRichard Haley	41	98	27	.276	0	11
Griffin, PugPug Griffin	18	25	5	.200	1	3
Davis, HarryHarry Davis	1	1	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
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	37	233.1	11	17	2.47	121
Johnson, JingJing Johnson	34	191	9	12	2.78	55

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
Seibold, SocksSocks Seibold	33	160	4	16	3.94	55
Falkenberg, CyCy Falkenberg	15	80.2	2	6	3.35	35
Johnson, EllisEllis Johnson	4	13.2	0	2	7.24	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Anderson, WalterWalter Anderson	14	0	3.03	10
Keefe, DaveDave Keefe	3	1	1.80	1
Bacon, EddieEddie Bacon	1	0	6.00	0
Hill, RedRed Hill	1	0	6.75	0

External links

v d e 1917 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1917 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (112)

1900s-1910s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s-1930s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s-1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s-2010s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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