1917 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1917 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1917

World Series Champions

Chicago White Sox

Runner Up

New York Giants

Most Valuable Players

AL: NL:

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Teams

Players

486

Attendance

5,219,994

Payroll

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1917 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	100	54	.649	--	657	462	195	Won World Series (Giants)	684,521	1	---	Pants Rowland	Comiskey Park
2	2	3	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	152	90	62	.592	9.0	556	453	103	dnq	387,856	5	---	Jack Barry	Fenway Park
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	88	66	.571	12.0	584	542	42	dnq	477,298	3	---	Lee Fohl	League Park
4	4	7	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	153	78	75	.510	21.5	639	577	62	dnq	457,289	4	---	Hughie Jennings	Navin Field
5	5	9	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	153	74	79	.484	25.5	543	567	-24	dnq	89,682	16	---	Clark Griffith	Griffith Stadium
6	6	12	New York Yankees	T - S - R	153	71	82	.464	28.5	524	558	-34	dnq	330,294	8	---	Bill Donovan	Brush Stadium
7	7	14	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	57	97	.370	43.0	511	675	-164	dnq	210,486	13	---	Fielder Jones	Sportsman's Park
8	8	15	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	153	55	98	.359	44.5	528	688	-160	dnq	221,432	12	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	98	56	.636	--	635	457	178	Lost World Series (White Sox)	500,264	2	---	John McGraw	Polo Grounds
2	2	4	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	152	87	65	.572	10.0	578	500	78	dnq	354,428	7	---	Pat Moran	Baker Bowl
3	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	152	82	70	.539	15.0	531	568	-37	dnq	288,491	9	---	Miller Huggins	Cardinal Field
4	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	78	76	.506	20.0	601	611	-10	dnq	269,056	10	---	Christy Mathewson	Redland Field
5	5	10	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	74	80	.481	24.0	552	567	-15	dnq	360,218	6	---	Fred Mitchell	Weeghman Park
6	6	11	Boston Braves	T - S - R	153	72	81	.471	25.5	536	558	-22	dnq	174,253	15	---	George Stallings	Braves Field
7	7	13	Brooklyn Robins	T - S - R	151	70	81	.464	26.5	511	566	-55	dnq	221,619	11	---	Wilbert Robinson	Ebbets Field
8	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	51	103	.331	47.0	464	595	-131	dnq	192,807	14	---	Hugo Bedzek, Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner	Forbes Field
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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