1917 National League

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The 1917 season of the National League was the forty-second season of the league.

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Season summary[edit]

Standings[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion
Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB RS (RS/G) RA (RA/G) AVG OBP SLG ERA FPCT
1 New York Giants 158 98 56 4 .620 -.- 635 (4.02) 457 (2.89) 0.261 0.310 0.343 2.27 0.968
2 Philadelphia Phillies 154 87 65 2 .565 10.0 578 (3.75) 500 (3.25) 0.248 0.307 0.339 2.46 0.967
3 St. Louis Cardinals 154 82 70 2 .532 15.0 531 (3.45) 567 (3.68) 0.250 0.300 0.333 3.03 0.967
4 Cincinnati Reds 157 78 76 3 .497 20.0 601 (3.83) 611 (3.89) 0.264 0.305 0.354 2.70 0.962
5 Chicago Cubs 157 74 80 3 .471 24.0 552 (3.52) 567 (3.61) 0.239 0.296 0.313 2.62 0.959
6 Boston Braves 157 72 81 4 .459 25.5 536 (3.41) 552 (3.52) 0.246 0.303 0.320 2.77 0.966
7 Brooklyn Robins 156 70 81 5 .449 26.5 511 (3.28) 559 (3.58) 0.247 0.292 0.322 2.78 0.962
8 Pittsburgh Pirates 157 51 103 3 .325 47.0 464 (2.96) 595 (3.79) 0.238 0.293 0.298 3.01 0.961

League leaders[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Games Played Heinie Groh Cincinnati Reds 156
At Bats Hal Chase Cincinnati Reds 602
Runs Scored George Burns New York Giants 103
Hits Heinie Groh Cincinnati Reds 182
Doubles Heinie Groh Cincinnati Reds 39
Triples Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals 17
Home Runs Gavvy Cravath
Dave Robertson
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Giants
12
Total Bases Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals 253
Runs Batted In Heinie Zimmerman New York Giants 102
Stolen Bases Max Carey Pittsburgh Pirates 46
Walks George Burns New York Giants 75
Hit by Pitch Art Fletcher New York Giants 19
Strikeouts Cy Williams Chicago Cubs 78
Sacrifice Hits Charlie Deal Chicago Cubs 29
Batting Average Edd Roush Cincinnati Reds 0.341
On-Base Percentage Heinie Groh
Rogers Hornsby
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
0.385
Slugging Percentage Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals 0.484
On-Base plus Slugging Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals 0.869
On-Base plus Slugging Plus Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals 169

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Wins Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 30
Losses Jesse Barnes
Eppa Rixey
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
21
Win-Loss Percentage Ferdie Schupp New York Giants 0.750
Appearances Phil Douglas Chicago Cubs 51
Games Started Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 44
Complete Games Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 34
Shutouts Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 8
Games Finished Hod Eller Cincinnati Reds 21
Saves Slim Sallee New York Giants 4
Innings Pitched Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 388.0
Batters Faced Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 1529
Hits Allowed Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 336
Home Runs Allowed Phil Douglas Chicago Cubs 13
Base-on-Balls Allowed Pete Schneider Cincinnati Reds 117
Hit Batsmen Jeff Pfeffer Brooklyn Robins 16
Strikeouts Pete Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 200
Wild Pitches Larry Cheney
Phil Douglas
Brooklyn Robins
Chicago Cubs
11
Balks Burleigh Grimes
Elmer Jacobs
Eppa Rixey
Bob Steele
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals/Pittsburgh Pirates
2
Runs Allowed Pete Schneider Cincinnati Reds 128
Earned Runs Allowed Bill Doak St. Louis Cardinals 97
Earned Run Average Fred Anderson New York Giants 1.44
Walks plus Hits
per Inning Pitched
Fred Anderson New York Giants 0.963

Postseason[edit]

In the World Series, the National League champion New York Giants were defeated by the American League's Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2.

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

Further Reading[edit]

  • Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1917 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]