1917 Chicago Cubs season

1917 Chicago Cubs
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Owner(s) Charles Weeghman
Manager(s) Fred Mitchell
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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 2nd 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 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.[1] The Reds scored on a couple of hits 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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9856 0.636 — 50–28 48–28
Philadelphia Phillies 8765 0.572 10 46–29 41–36
St. Louis Cardinals 8270 0.539 15 38–38 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 7876 0.506 20 39–38 39–38
Chicago Cubs 7480 0.481 24 35–42 39–38
Boston Braves 7281 0.471 25½ 35–42 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 7081 0.464 26½ 36–38 34–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 51103 0.331 47 25–53 26–50

Record vs. opponents

1917 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —13–9–111–1110–12–27–1511–1114–86–15–1
Brooklyn 9–13–1—7–1510–129–13–29–11–116–6–110–11
Chicago 11–1115–7—8–14–17–15–16–16–117–510–12
Cincinnati 12–10–212–1014–8–1—11–118–1412–109–13
New York 15–713–9–215–7–111–11—14–816–6–114–8
Philadelphia 11–1111–9–116–6–114–88–14—14–813–9
Pittsburgh 8–146–16–15–1710–126–16–18–14—8–14–1
St. Louis 15–6–111–1012–1013–98–149–1314–8–1—

Notable transactions

Roster

1917 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

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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
CArt Wilson8121145.213225
2BLarry Doyle135476121.254661

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
Dutch Ruether314412.273011
Roy Leslie7194.21101
William Marriott360.00000
Harry Wolfe952.40001
Herb Hunter330.00000

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 Vaughn41295.223132.01195
Phil Douglas51293.114202.55151
Al Demaree24141.1592.5543

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 Hendrix4021510122.6081
Paul Carter23113.1583.2634
Vic Aldridge30106.2663.1244
Mike Prendergast3599.1363.3543
Dutch Ruether1036.1202.483
Roy Walker27013.864

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 Packard200010.801

References

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