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1917 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Summary

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1917
league	American League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City, New York
record
league_place	6th
owners	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
managers	Bill Donovan

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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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1917 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

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	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		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

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

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
Bob Shawkey	32	236.1	13	15	2.44	97
	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

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
	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
	2	9.0	1	0	2.00	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
Ed Monroe	9	1	0	1	3.45	12
Walt Smallwood	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

(April 12, 1917). "Yankees Fall Before Red Sox and Robins Yield To Phillies In Season's First Games". [[The New York Times]].

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