en 1917 New York Yankees season

1917 New York Yankees
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

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]

1917 American League record v t e 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	—

1917 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Lee Magee	51	173	38	.220	8
Roxy Walters	61	171	45	.263	14
Frank Gilhooley	54	165	40	.242	8
Joe Gedeon	33	117	28	.239	8
Paddy Baumann	49	110	24	.218	8
Armando Marsans	25	88	20	.227	15
Walt Alexander	20	51	7	.137	4
Ángel Aragón	14	45	3	.067	2
Bill Lamar	11	41	10	.244	3
Chick Fewster	11	36	8	.222	1
Sammy Vick	10	36	10	.278	2
Aaron Ward	8	26	3	.115	1
Howie Camp	5	21	6	.286	0
Muddy Ruel	6	17	2	.118	1

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

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

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

^ "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 ...