1917 Cleveland Indians season

The 1917 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 88–66, 12 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

1917 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	Dunn Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Jim Dunn
Managers	Lee Fohl
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	100	54	.649	—	56‍–‍21	44‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox	90	62	.592	9	45‍–‍33	45‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	12	44‍–‍34	44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers	78	75	.510	21½	34‍–‍41	44‍–‍34
Washington Senators	74	79	.484	25½	42‍–‍35	32‍–‍44
New York Yankees	71	82	.464	28½	35‍–‍40	36‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns	57	97	.370	43	31‍–‍46	26‍–‍51
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	.359	44½	29‍–‍47	26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1917 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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	Steve O'Neill	129	370	68	.184	0	29
1B	Joe Harris	112	369	112	.304	0	65
2B	Bill Wambsganss	141	499	127	.255	0	43
SS	Ray Chapman	156	563	170	.302	2	36
3B	Joe Evans	132	385	73	.190	2	33
OF	Jack Graney	146	535	122	.228	3	35
OF	Braggo Roth	145	495	141	.285	1	72
OF	Tris Speaker	142	523	184	.352	2	60

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
Lou Guisto	73	200	37	.185	0	29
Terry Turner	69	180	37	.206	0	15
Elmer Smith	64	161	42	.261	3	22
Josh Billings	66	129	23	.178	0	9
Ivan Howard	27	39	4	.103	0	0
Milo Allison	32	35	5	.143	0	0
Hank DeBerry	25	33	9	.273	0	1
Ray Miller	19	21	4	.190	0	2
Marty Kavanagh	14	14	0	.000	0	0
Ferd Eunick	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Jim Bagby	49	320.2	23	13	1.96	83
Stan Coveleski	45	298.1	19	14	1.81	133
Ed Klepfer	41	213.0	14	4	2.37	66
Red Torkelson	4	22.1	2	1	7.66	10

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
Guy Morton	35	161.0	10	10	2.74	62
Fritz Coumbe	34	134.1	8	6	2.14	30
Otis Lambeth	26	97.1	7	6	3.14	27
Al Gould	27	94.0	4	4	3.64	24
Joe Boehling	12	46.1	1	6	4.66	11
Smoky Joe Wood	5	15.2	0	1	3.45	2

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
Pop-Boy Smith	6	0	1	0	8.31	3
George Dickerson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1917 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference