1917 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 11 – October 15, 1917
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Chicago White Sox
AL runners-up	Boston Red Sox
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
Champions	Chicago White Sox
Runners-up	New York Giants
MLB seasons
← 1916 1918 →

The 1917 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 15, 1917. The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The White Sox then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to two.

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.383	Edd Roush CIN	.341
HR	Wally Pipp NYY	9	Gavvy Cravath PHP Dave Robertson NYG	12
RBIs	Bobby Veach DET	103	Heinie Zimmerman NYG	102
Wins	Eddie Cicotte CWS	28	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHP	30
ERA	Eddie Cicotte CWS	1.53	Fred Anderson NYG	1.44
SO	Walter Johnson WSH	188	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHP	200
SV	Dave Danforth CWS	9	Slim Sallee NYG	4
SB	Ty Cobb DET	55	Max Carey PIT	46

Standings

American League[edit]

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	100	54	0.649	—	56–21	44–33
Boston Red Sox	90	62	0.592	9	45–33	45–29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	0.571	12	44–34	44–32
Detroit Tigers	78	75	0.510	21½	34–41	44–34
Washington Senators	74	79	0.484	25½	42–35	32–44
New York Yankees	71	82	0.464	28½	35–40	36–42
St. Louis Browns	57	97	0.370	43	31–46	26–51
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	0.359	44½	29–47	26–51

National League[edit]

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	98	56	0.636	—	50–28	48–28
Philadelphia Phillies	87	65	0.572	10	46–29	41–36
St. Louis Cardinals	82	70	0.539	15	38–38	44–32
Cincinnati Reds	78	76	0.506	20	39–38	39–38
Chicago Cubs	74	80	0.481	24	35–42	39–38
Boston Braves	72	81	0.471	25½	35–42	37–39
Brooklyn Robins	70	81	0.464	26½	36–38	34–43
Pittsburgh Pirates	51	103	0.331	47	25–53	26–50

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Chicago White Sox	4

NL	New York Giants	2

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Jack Barry	Finished 2nd
Chicago White Sox	Pants Rowland	Won World Series
Cleveland Indians	Lee Fohl	Finished 3rd
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees	Bill Donovan
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Fielder Jones
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	George Stallings
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Fred Mitchell
Cincinnati Reds	Christy Mathewson
New York Giants	John McGraw	Won 5th NL pennant
Philadelphia Phillies	Pat Moran	Finished 2nd
Pittsburgh Pirates	Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner and Hugo Bezdek
St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Huggins	Finished 3rd

External links

1917 MLB season by team

1917 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1917 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

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