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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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
1917 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1917 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference