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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 second 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

May 2, 1917: For the first, and to date, the only time in major league history, a regulation nine innings was played at Wrigley Field (known in 1917 as Weeghman Park) without either team logging a hit. Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs dueled for 9 hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, Reds outfielder Jim Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning. The Reds scored on a couple of hits and an error after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds.

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	98	56	.636	—	50‍–‍28	48‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies	87	65	.572	10	46‍–‍29	41‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals	82	70	.539	15	38‍–‍38	44‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds	78	76	.506	20	39‍–‍38	39‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	74	80	.481	24	35‍–‍42	39‍–‍38
Boston Braves	72	81	.471	25½	35‍–‍42	37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins	70	81	.464	26½	36‍–‍38	34‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates	51	103	.331	47	25‍–‍53	26‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1917 National League record v t e 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

September 20, 1917: Fred Lear was drafted by the Cubs from the Bridgeport Americans in the 1917 rule 5 draft.

Roster

1917 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Vic Aldridge Paul Carter Al Demaree Phil Douglas Claude Hendrix Gene Packard Mike Prendergast Dutch Ruether Tom Seaton Hippo Vaughn Roy Walker Harry Weaver		Catchers Pickles Dillhoefer Rowdy Elliott Bob O'Farrell Art Wilson Infielders Charlie Deal Larry Doyle Paddy Driscoll Herb Hunter Pete Kilduff Roy Leslie Fred Merkle Charlie Pechous Vic Saier Chuck Wortman Rollie Zeider		Outfielders Turner Barber Max Flack Les Mann William Marriott Morrie Schick Cy Williams Harry Wolfe Harry Wolter Other batters Jimmy Archer Earl Blackburn		Manager Fred Mitchell

1917 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Fred Mitchell

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	Art Wilson	81	211	45	.213	2	25
1B	Fred Merkle	146	549	146	.266	3	57
2B	Larry Doyle	135	476	121	.254	6	61
SS	Chuck Wortman	75	190	33	.174	0	9
3B	Charlie Deal	135	449	114	.254	0	47
OF	Cy Williams	138	468	113	.241	5	42
OF	Leslie Mann	117	444	121	.273	1	44
OF	Max Flack	131	447	111	.248	0	21

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.	RBI
Rollie Zeider	108	354	86	.243	27
Harry Wolter	117	353	88	.249	28
Rowdy Elliott	85	223	56	.251	28
Pete Kilduff	56	202	56	.277	15
Pickles Dillhoefer	42	95	12	.126	8
Dutch Ruether	31	44	12	.273	11
Charlie Pechous	13	41	10	.244	1
Morrie Schick	14	34	5	.147	3
Paddy Driscoll	13	28	3	.107	3
Turner Barber	7	28	6	.214	2
Vic Saier	6	21	5	.238	2
Roy Leslie	7	19	4	.211	1
Bob O'Farrell	3	8	3	.375	1
William Marriott	3	6	0	.000	0
Harry Wolfe	9	5	2	.400	1
Herb Hunter	3	3	0	.000	0
Earl Blackburn	2	2	0	.000	0
Jimmy Archer	2	2	0	.000	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
Hippo Vaughn	41	295.2	23	13	2.01	195
Phil Douglas	51	293.1	14	20	2.55	151
Al 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
Claude Hendrix	40	215.0	10	12	2.60	81
Paul Carter	23	113.1	5	8	3.26	34
Vic Aldridge	30	106.2	6	6	3.12	44
Mike Prendergast	35	99.1	3	6	3.35	43
Tom Seaton	16	74.2	5	4	2.53	27
Dutch Ruether	10	36.1	2	0	2.48	3
Harry Weaver	4	19.2	1	1	2.75	8
Roy Walker	2	7.0	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
Gene Packard	2	0	0	0	10.80	1

References

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

External links

1917 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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