1917 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
← 1916 1918 →

The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 98 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	100	54	.649	—	56‍–‍21	44‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox	90	62	.592	9	45‍–‍33	45‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	12	44‍–‍34	44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	78	75	.510	21½	34‍–‍41	44‍–‍34
Washington Senators	74	79	.484	25½	42‍–‍35	32‍–‍44
New York Yankees	71	82	.464	28½	35‍–‍40	36‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns	57	97	.370	43	31‍–‍46	26‍–‍51
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	.359	44½	29‍–‍47	26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1917 American League record v t e Sources:
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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Walter Anderson Eddie Bacon Bullet Joe Bush Cy Falkenberg Cliff Hill Ellis Johnson Jing Johnson Dave Keefe Elmer Myers Jack Nabors Rollie Naylor Win Noyes Rube Parnham Rube Schauer Socks Seibold		Catchers Raymond Haley Wickey McAvoy Billy Meyer Cy Perkins Val Picinich Wally Schang Infielders Ray Bates Dallas Bradshaw Joe Dugan Pug Griffin Roy Grover Otis Lawry Stuffy McInnis Eddie Palmer Red Shannon Whitey Witt		Outfielders Gene Bailey Ping Bodie Pat French Lee Gooch Charlie Jamieson Bill Johnson Ralph Sharman Amos Strunk Buck Thrasher Other batters Harry Davis		Manager Connie Mack

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	Wally Schang	118	316	90	.285	3	36
1B	Stuffy McInnis	150	567	172	.303	0	44
2B	Roy Grover	141	482	108	.224	0	34
SS	Whitey Witt	128	452	114	.252	0	28
3B	Ray Bates	127	485	115	.237	2	66
OF	Ping Bodie	148	557	162	.291	7	74
OF	Amos Strunk	148	540	152	.281	1	45
OF	Charlie Jamieson	85	345	92	.267	0	27

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
Billy Meyer	62	162	38	.235	0	9
Joe Dugan	43	134	26	.194	0	16
Bill Johnson	48	109	19	.174	1	8
Raymond Haley	41	98	27	.276	0	11
Buck Thrasher	23	77	18	.234	0	2
Lee Gooch	17	59	17	.288	1	8
Otis Lawry	30	55	9	.164	0	1
Eddie Palmer	16	52	11	.212	0	5
Ralph Sharman	13	37	11	.297	0	2
Red Shannon	11	35	10	.286	0	7
Pug Griffin	18	25	5	.200	1	3
Wickey McAvoy	10	24	6	.250	1	4
Cy Perkins	6	18	3	.167	0	2
Gene Bailey	5	12	1	.083	0	0
Val Picinich	2	6	2	.333	0	0
Dallas Bradshaw	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Pat French	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Harry 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
Bullet Joe Bush	37	233.1	11	17	2.47	121
Rube Schauer	33	215.0	7	16	3.14	62
Elmer Myers	38	201.2	9	16	4.42	88
Jing Johnson	34	191.0	9	12	2.78	55
Win Noyes	27	171.0	10	10	2.95	64
Rube Parnham	2	11.0	0	1	4.09	4

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
Socks Seibold	33	160.0	4	16	3.94	55
Cy Falkenberg	15	80.2	2	6	3.35	35
Ellis 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
Walter Anderson	14	0	3.03	10
Dave Keefe	3	1	1.80	1
Jack Nabors	2	0	3.00	2
Eddie Bacon	1	0	6.00	0
Cliff Hill	1	0	6.75	0

External links

v t 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

Athletics

Established in 1901
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics, the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics
Based in West Sacramento, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John Fisher
President: Dave Kaval
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Minors

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

Seasons (125)
1900s	1900 · 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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