1917 Major League Baseball season

The 1917 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 15, 1917. The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The While Sox then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to two.

1917 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 11 – October 15, 1917
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Chicago White Sox
AL runners-up	Boston Red Sox
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
Champions	Chicago White Sox
Runners-up	New York Giants

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ty Cobb DET .383 Edd Roush CIN .341 HR Wally Pipp NYY 9 Gavvy Cravath PHP Dave Robertson NYG 12 RBI Bobby Veach DET 103 Heinie Zimmerman NYG 102 Wins Eddie Cicotte CHW 28 Grover Cleveland Alexander PHP 30 ERA Eddie Cicotte CHW 1.53 Fred Anderson NYG 1.44 SO Walter Johnson WSH 188 Grover Cleveland Alexander PHP 200 SV Dave Danforth CHW 9 Slim Sallee NYG 4 SB Ty Cobb DET 55 Max Carey PIT 46

Standings

American League American League W L Pct. GB Home Road Chicago White Sox 100 54 0.649 — 56–21 44–33 Boston Red Sox 90 62 0.592 9 45–33 45–29 Cleveland Indians 88 66 0.571 12 44–34 44–32 Detroit Tigers 78 75 0.510 21½ 34–41 44–34 Washington Senators 74 79 0.484 25½ 42–35 32–44 New York Yankees 71 82 0.464 28½ 35–40 36–42 St. Louis Browns 57 97 0.370 43 31–46 26–51 Philadelphia Athletics 55 98 0.359 44½ 29–47 26–51

National League 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

Postseason

Bracket

	World Series
	AL	Chicago White Sox	4
	NL	New York Giants	2

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Jack Barry
Chicago White Sox	Pants Rowland
Cleveland Indians	Lee Fohl
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees	Bill Donovan
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Fielder Jones
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	George Stallings
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Fred Mitchell
Cincinnati Reds	Christy Mathewson
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Pat Moran
Pittsburgh Pirates	Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner and Hugo Bezdek
St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Huggins

External links

• 1917 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Fetched January 14, 2018