1917 Cleveland Indians
Record: 72-82
Finish: 6th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 644
Runs Allowed: 669
Exp W-L: 74-80
 
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 1,271,342
Manager: Mark Kossoff

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-59, 2nd in the American League
AA: 57-74, 7th in the American League
A: 61-70, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Johnny Bates 34 144 575 103 168 21 12 2 46 68 30 58 26 .292 .367 .381 .748 82.6 20.3 3.1
SS  Rube Oldring 33 146 555 80 149 28 12 3 79 43 12 49 23 .268 .325 .378 .703 70.3 15.5 5.7
1B *Dick Hoblitzel 28 144 538 74 138 29 5 9 82 14 7 41 18 .257 .311 .379 .690 61.3 12.3 2.9
2B  Marty Kavanagh 26 131 488 51 130 21 3 0 52 11 8 47 33 .266 .336 .322 .658 53.3 10.4 3.2
C  Eddie Ainsmith 25 136 501 54 116 14 7 3 57 3 5 31 59 .232 .277 .305 .582 41.0 4.8 4.5
RF *Al Burch 33 113 395 55 116 12 4 3 52 45 17 43 26 .294 .363 .367 .731 54.1 12.3 2.3
3B  Ray Chapman 26 110 384 38 97 13 2 1 46 27 15 42 57 .253 .324 .305 .629 40.5 6.9 3.2
CF  Tommy McMillan 29 72 232 36 53 6 2 3 22 9 6 42 29 .228 .351 .310 .662 28.5 5.1 2.0
LF *Max Flack 27 73 244 47 86 20 6 0 33 19 10 22 11 .352 .410 .484 .893 43.8 12.8 1.5
RF *Claude Rossman 36 49 175 22 35 5 1 1 17 0 3 9 20 .200 .242 .257 .499 8.1 0.0 0.7
3B  Ray Morgan 28 40 147 12 37 9 1 0 17 1 2 11 14 .252 .304 .327 .630 12.1 1.8 1.0
CF  Happy Felsch 25 43 105 11 22 2 2 0 9 2 0 11 7 .210 .288 .267 .555 9.4 1.0 0.8
P  Lew Richie 33 34 107 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 .056 .056 .056 .112 -6.4 0.0 0.0
P  Spec Harkness 29 33 95 8 16 1 0 0 10 0 0 3 6 .168 .192 .179 .371 2.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Steve Yerkes 29 26 95 13 27 4 2 2 21 1 0 6 14 .284 .327 .432 .758 13.4 3.3 0.6
P *Lefty Tyler 27 32 87 2 22 2 0 0 9 1 0 3 30 .253 .278 .276 .554 6.8 0.7 0.0
P *George Baumgardner 25 30 84 4 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 34 .131 .131 .179 .310 -0.9 0.0 0.0
C *Jack Lapp 32 21 81 8 24 3 1 0 9 0 1 5 6 .296 .345 .358 .703 9.7 2.3 0.8
P  Jean Dubuc 28 22 68 4 6 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 29 .088 .100 .132 .232 -1.2 0.0 0.0
LF *Eddie Eayrs 26 19 63 4 13 1 0 0 10 2 2 3 4 .206 .242 .222 .465 2.7 0.0 0.2
LF *Gus Williams 29 24 47 5 12 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 13 .255 .327 .319 .646 6.4 1.3 0.2
LF *Duffy Lewis 29 13 40 5 8 3 1 0 5 0 0 5 4 .200 .289 .325 .614 4.0 0.8 0.2
3B  Red Smith 27 11 42 3 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .262 .279 .286 .565 3.2 0.5 0.2
2B #Charlie Malay 38 10 32 3 4 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 4 .125 .205 .156 .361 2.5 0.0 0.3
P *Dutch Ruether 23 3 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0 0.1 0.0
P  Ed Reulbach 34 14 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Elijah Jones 35 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Charlie Shields 37 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Lefty Webb 32 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Orlie Weaver 31 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Patton 33 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 1554 5208 644 1311 203 63 27 603 249 118 439 504 .252 .312 .330 .643 547.6 112.2 33.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 6 3 6 6 6 2 7 5 4 6 6 6 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Lew Richie 33 19 11 .633 34 34 0 297.0 286 86 1 43 90 2.61 22.0
 Spec Harkness 29 15 16 .484 33 33 0 255.7 264 106 5 126 63 3.73 11.1
*Lefty Tyler 27 14 14 .500 32 29 0 253.7 271 89 0 68 98 3.16 17.6
 George Baumgardner 25 9 16 .360 30 28 0 245.3 266 109 3 53 68 4.00 8.7
 Jean Dubuc 28 9 11 .450 22 21 0 183.0 173 92 8 97 106 4.52 3.1
 Ed Reulbach 34 1 4 .200 14 3 4 29.3 36 20 0 17 12 6.14 0.0
*Dutch Ruether 23 2 1 .667 3 3 0 27.0 22 8 1 10 5 2.67 2.6
*Charlie Shields 37 0 4 .000 14 2 2 19.0 28 13 3 11 5 6.16 0.0
*Lefty Webb 32 0 1 .000 9 1 0 16.0 17 12 1 19 7 6.75 0.0
 Elijah Jones 35 1 0 1.000 15 0 5 16.0 9 4 0 7 6 2.25 3.6
 Orlie Weaver 31 1 2 .333 11 0 0 15.0 14 12 1 16 6 7.20 0.0
 Harry Patton 33 1 2 .333 12 0 0 12.3 7 1 0 7 3 0.73 1.6
Team Totals 30.6 72 82 .468 229 154 11 1369.3 1393 552 23 474 469 3.63 70.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 5 6 6 6 2 6 6 8 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 32.9
E.Ainsmith 1178.0 133 134 429 92 22 1 .959 29.0
J.Lapp 191.3 21 21 74 20 5 0 .949 30.0
Team Total 1369.3 154 155 503 112 27 1 .958 29.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.89
D.Hoblitzel 1281.3 144 144 1721 151 14 130 .993 13.15
M.Kavanagh 88.0 10 10 116 5 2 7 .984 12.38
Team Total 1369.3 154 154 1837 156 16 137 .992 13.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 6.46
M.Kavanagh 1078.3 121 121 287 516 42 92 .950 6.70
S.Yerkes 165.0 19 19 34 81 4 15 .966 6.27
C.Malay 64.0 7 7 20 33 3 3 .946 7.45
R.Oldring 53.0 6 7 12 22 0 9 1.000 5.77
R.Chapman 9.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1369.3 154 155 353 654 49 119 .954 6.62
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
R.Chapman 919.7 102 106 77 235 19 15 .943 3.05
R.Morgan 346.7 40 40 22 84 5 7 .955 2.75
R.Smith 85.0 10 10 7 21 2 2 .933 2.96
J.Bates 18.0 2 2 1 7 0 2 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1369.3 154 158 107 347 26 26 .946 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.59
R.Oldring 1199.3 134 135 220 520 26 93 .966 5.55
T.McMillan 86.0 10 10 18 43 3 10 .953 6.38
S.Yerkes 35.0 4 4 5 16 0 0 1.000 5.40
C.Malay 26.0 3 3 3 10 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Chapman 23.0 3 3 5 23 0 3 1.000 10.96
Team Total 1369.3 154 155 251 612 29 106 .967 5.67
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.83
J.Bates 568.0 64 65 116 6 13 1 .904 1.93
M.Flack 459.7 51 53 109 3 2 0 .982 2.19
E.Eayrs 160.7 19 19 24 0 2 0 .923 1.34
D.Lewis 97.0 11 11 23 0 2 0 .920 2.13
G.Williams 84.0 9 10 16 0 1 0 .941 1.71
Team Total 1369.3 154 158 288 9 20 1 .937 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.35
J.Bates 654.7 73 73 142 12 5 6 .969 2.12
T.McMillan 469.7 54 54 134 1 10 0 .931 2.59
H.Felsch 210.0 23 26 61 4 3 0 .956 2.79
A.Burch 27.0 3 4 10 0 1 0 .909 3.33
C.Rossman 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1369.3 154 158 349 17 19 6 .951 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .942 1.88
A.Burch 880.3 100 100 196 8 13 1 .940 2.09
C.Rossman 410.0 45 48 73 2 6 0 .926 1.65
M.Flack 79.0 9 9 18 1 1 0 .950 2.16
Team Total 1369.3 154 157 287 11 20 1 .937 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.73
L.Richie 297.0 34 34 24 75 1 2 .990 3.00
S.Harkness 255.7 33 33 19 59 4 2 .951 2.75
L.Tyler 253.7 29 32 19 59 1 2 .987 2.77
G.Baumgardner 245.3 28 30 24 61 2 4 .977 3.12
J.Dubuc 183.0 21 22 15 52 1 3 .985 3.30
E.Reulbach 29.3 3 14 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.45
D.Ruether 27.0 3 3 3 10 0 0 1.000 4.33
C.Shields 19.0 2 14 0 5 2 1 .714 2.37
E.Jones 16.0 0 15 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
L.Webb 16.0 1 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.81
O.Weaver 15.0 0 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Patton 12.3 0 12 1 8 0 1 1.000 6.57
Team Total 1369.3 154 229 110 343 11 15 .976 2.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bates .292
On-Base Pct Bates .367
Slugging Pct Bates .381
OPS Bates .748
XR Bates 82.6
Games Oldring 146
At-Bats Bates 575
Runs Bates 103
Hits Bates 168
Total Bases Bates 219
Singles Bates 133
Doubles Hoblitzel 29
Triples Oldring, Bates 12
Homeruns Hoblitzel 9
RBIs Hoblitzel 82
Stolen Bases Bates 68
Caught Stealing Bates 30
Walks Bates 58
Strikeouts Ainsmith 59
ERA Richie 2.61
Wins Richie 19
Losses Baumgardner, Harkness 16
Winning Pct Richie .633
Saves Jones 5
Games Pitched Richie 34
Games Started Richie 34
Complete Games Richie 29
Shutouts Harkness, Richie, Tyler 2
Innings Pitched Richie 297.0
Hits Allowed Richie 286
Homeruns Allowed Dubuc 8
Strikeouts Dubuc 106
Walks Allowed Harkness 126
Walks per 9IP Richie 1.3
Hits per 9IP Dubuc 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Dubuc 5.2
WHiP Richie 1.11
OAVG Dubuc .251
OOBP Richie .278
OSLG Richie .304
OOPS Richie .582
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Johnny Bates $ 9,110,000
Dick Hoblitzel $ 8,300,000
Ed Reulbach $ 8,010,000
Al Burch $ 6,270,000
Lew Richie $ 4,790,000
Lefty Tyler $ 4,400,000
Rube Oldring $ 3,020,000
Elijah Jones $ 2,970,000
Jack Lapp $ 2,610,000
Eddie Ainsmith $ 2,470,000
Ray Chapman $ 1,342,857
Duffy Lewis $ 1,002,002
Lefty Webb $ 940,000
Red Smith $ 480,000
Gus Williams $ 350,000
Steve Yerkes $ 350,000
Claude Rossman $ 340,000
Spec Harkness $ 300,000
George Baumgardner $ 300,000
Orlie Weaver $ 300,000
Cozy Dolan $ 300,000
Jean Dubuc $ 300,000
Eddie Eayrs $ 300,000
Tommy McMillan $ 300,000
Max Flack $ 300,000
Greasy Neale $ 300,000
Dutch Ruether $ 300,000
Marty Kavanagh $ 300,000
Harry Patton $ 300,000
Ray Morgan $ 300,000
Happy Felsch $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/16 Traded Ed Burns Cincinnati Ray Morgan
6/1 Released Charlie Malay    
8/15 Signed     Cozy Dolan
10/7 Released Charlie Shields