1917 Boston Red Sox season

The 1917 Boston Red Sox season was the 17th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses, nine games behind the Chicago White Sox, who went on to win the 1917 World Series. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

Offseason

On February 24, 1917, Pitcher "Smoky Joe" Wood was sold to the Cleveland Indians for $15,000.^[1]

On September 27, 1917, the Red Sox staged a benefit against a mostly American League team of all-stars to raise funds for Tim Murnane, long time baseball editor of The Boston Globe. Connie Mack managed a team that included Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Ray Chapman, Buck Weaver, Walter Johnson, and Rabbit Maranville (then with the Boston Braves of the National League). Babe Ruth pitched several innings for the Red Sox, yielding three singles, as the Red Sox defeated the All-Stars, 2–0.^[2] Attendance at the game was 17,119.^[3]

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	—

Source:^[4]

1917 Boston Red Sox roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pinch hitter

Manager

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	Sam Agnew	85	260	54	.208	0	16
1B	Dick Hoblitzell	120	420	108	.257	1	47
2B	Jack Barry	116	388	83	.214	2	30
SS	Everett Scott	157	528	127	.241	0	50
3B	Larry Gardner	146	501	133	.265	1	61
OF	Tillie Walker	106	337	83	.246	2	37
OF	Duffy Lewis	150	553	167	.302	1	65
OF	Harry Hooper	151	559	143	.256	3	45

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
Pinch Thomas	83	202	48	.238	0	24
Jimmy Walsh	57	185	49	.265	0	12
Del Gainer	52	172	53	.308	2	19
Chick Shorten	69	168	30	.179	0	16
Hal Janvrin	55	127	25	.197	0	8
Mike McNally	42	50	15	.300	0	2
Hick Cady	17	46	7	.152	0	2
Jimmy Cooney	11	36	8	.222	0	3
Olaf Henriksen	15	12	1	.083	0	1
Wally Mayer	4	12	2	.167	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Babe Ruth	41	326.1	24	13	2.01	128
Dutch Leonard	37	294.1	16	17	2.17	144
Carl Mays	35	289.0	22	9	1.74	91
Ernie Shore	29	226.2	13	10	2.22	57
Rube Foster	17	124.2	8	7	2.53	34

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Herb Pennock	24	100.2	5	5	3.31	35

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lore Bader	15	2	0	1	2.35	14
Sad Sam Jones	9	0	1	1	4.41	5
Weldon Wyckoff	1	0	0	0	1.80	1

↑ Ritter, Lawrence S. (2010). The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Enlarged ed.). New York, New York: Harper Perennial. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-0-06-199471-5.
↑ "Red Sox Shut Out All-Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 28, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved July 12, 2026 – via newspapers.com.
↑ Abraham, Peter (July 11, 2026). "All-Star charity game in 1917 predates official exhibition, and it happened 'One Day in September' at Fenway Park". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
↑ "Boston Red Sox 10, New York Yankees 3". Retrosheet. April 11, 1917. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

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