1917 National League

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

Season summary[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

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

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

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

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.