1917 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 54-100
Finish: 7th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 514
Runs Allowed: 699
Exp W-L: 56-98
 
Ballpark: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 796,358
Manager: John Richardson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-65, 4th in the American League
AA: 68-63, 4th in the American League
A: 62-69, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
3B  Joe Cassidy 34 149 585 74 167 13 10 7 50 46 20 43 39 .285 .337 .378 .715 72.0 12.6 5.1
LF *Carson Bigbee 22 149 570 69 165 20 9 3 72 26 20 38 12 .289 .331 .372 .703 64.2 10.3 2.8
RF  Paul Meloan 28 141 544 62 124 18 9 6 52 49 15 31 13 .228 .279 .327 .606 49.3 5.0 3.0
2B *Marty Berghammer 29 144 498 40 112 14 3 2 49 19 15 77 46 .225 .328 .277 .605 49.8 5.9 4.0
SS *Johnny Evers 35 140 482 62 128 12 2 5 55 2 7 70 14 .266 .367 .330 .697 61.6 10.6 3.8
CF  Ira Flagstead 23 124 488 58 133 18 6 0 36 10 10 33 51 .273 .320 .334 .654 48.9 7.1 4.1
C  Fred Carisch 35 128 433 32 92 4 4 0 38 2 1 33 51 .212 .269 .240 .509 26.6 0.2 5.6
1B *Wally Pipp 24 80 323 39 95 19 7 4 40 2 5 23 16 .294 .342 .433 .775 43.2 8.7 1.4
1B *Ted Jourdan 21 72 245 15 46 4 1 0 17 0 0 15 33 .188 .235 .212 .447 9.7 0.0 1.3
LF  George Whiteman 34 66 222 11 27 6 1 0 15 0 1 17 54 .122 .184 .158 .342 1.6 0.0 1.8
SS  Doc Lavan 26 68 126 11 28 1 3 0 14 4 1 5 21 .222 .258 .278 .535 9.0 0.5 0.6
P *George Ruth 22 41 121 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 34 .116 .123 .140 .263 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Glaze 35 43 111 4 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 22 .117 .140 .153 .294 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Nick Allen 28 35 110 8 18 4 0 0 8 2 0 7 24 .164 .212 .200 .412 2.7 0.0 1.6
3B  Earle Gardner 33 42 106 6 22 2 2 1 9 0 0 3 19 .208 .229 .292 .522 6.1 0.0 0.7
P  Fred Toney 28 32 79 6 11 2 0 1 3 0 1 3 19 .139 .171 .203 .373 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dixie Davis 26 18 47 7 15 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 8 .319 .333 .340 .674 5.6 0.9 0.0
2B #Larry Kopf 26 18 41 4 14 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 .341 .372 .341 .714 5.3 1.0 0.2
P  Larry Cheney 31 38 21 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .048 .045 .048 .093 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Good 31 32 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Baskette 29 23 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Bob Fisher 30 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Lou Schettler 31 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Maury Kent 31 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joseph Myers 35 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Ed Summers 32 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 1703 5186 514 1228 143 58 29 478 164 97 404 496 .237 .294 .304 .598 452.4 62.8 36.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 7 8 8 5 7 6 4 7 2 7 7 8 7 7  
* - 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
*George Ruth 22 15 23 .395 41 41 0 352.3 320 124 8 123 141 3.17 21.0
 Ralph Glaze 35 11 20 .355 43 43 0 304.7 319 127 6 100 132 3.75 12.2
 Fred Toney 28 10 12 .455 32 27 1 210.3 200 82 13 41 53 3.51 12.4
 Dixie Davis 26 5 11 .313 18 17 0 147.7 195 93 13 46 46 5.67 0.0
 Larry Cheney 31 6 7 .462 38 2 0 74.0 91 30 5 25 15 3.65 3.2
 Maury Kent 31 0 9 .000 45 0 2 62.0 71 34 5 31 16 4.94 0.3
 Jim Baskette 29 0 4 .000 23 23 0 58.0 52 18 1 20 17 2.79 4.1
 Ralph Good 31 2 3 .400 32 0 0 47.3 30 8 1 10 12 1.52 5.3
 Joseph Myers 35 2 7 .222 38 1 15 36.0 30 22 3 29 21 5.50 2.1
 Tom Rogers 25 2 3 .400 26 0 4 33.3 38 16 0 19 8 4.32 1.7
 Ed Summers 32 0 1 .000 15 0 0 20.7 17 10 1 12 7 4.36 0.6
 Lou Schettler 31 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 19.7 18 10 0 10 13 4.58 0.2
 Leon Cadore 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 1 1 1 0 0 6.77 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 54 100 .351 369 154 22 1367.3 1382 575 57 466 481 3.78 63.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 1 7 7 5 8 7 5 7 7  
* - 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
F.Carisch 1091.0 123 124 388 104 14 1 .972 31.7
N.Allen 273.3 31 32 104 27 2 0 .985 32.6
D.Lavan 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1367.3 154 157 494 131 16 1 .975 31.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.89
W.Pipp 700.7 79 79 923 70 12 71 .988 12.76
T.Jourdan 618.7 70 70 829 54 3 59 .997 12.85
G.Whiteman 48.0 5 8 69 5 0 5 1.000 13.88
Team Total 1367.3 154 157 1821 129 15 135 .992 12.84
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 6.46
M.Berghammer 1235.0 139 139 309 579 30 104 .967 6.47
E.Gardner 94.0 11 11 24 47 1 7 .986 6.80
L.Kopf 26.0 3 3 12 13 2 2 .926 8.65
B.Fisher 9.0 1 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 7.00
J.Evers 3.3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.11
Team Total 1367.3 154 156 351 643 33 114 .968 6.54
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
J.Cassidy 1246.0 140 142 86 339 18 26 .959 3.07
E.Gardner 76.7 9 9 6 17 0 1 1.000 2.70
L.Kopf 44.7 5 5 4 7 1 0 .917 2.22
Team Total 1367.3 154 156 96 363 19 27 .960 3.02
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.59
J.Evers 1165.3 132 132 208 490 31 80 .957 5.39
D.Lavan 158.3 16 19 37 59 4 6 .960 5.46
E.Gardner 24.0 4 4 3 12 3 0 .833 5.63
J.Cassidy 12.7 1 2 3 4 1 0 .875 4.98
L.Kopf 7.0 1 1 2 2 1 1 .800 5.14
Team Total 1367.3 154 158 253 567 40 87 .953 5.40
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.83
C.Bigbee 1261.0 142 142 241 8 7 2 .973 1.78
G.Whiteman 106.3 12 12 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
Team Total 1367.3 154 154 267 8 7 2 .975 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.35
I.Flagstead 1062.3 119 119 310 11 11 2 .967 2.72
G.Whiteman 229.7 27 28 60 2 1 0 .984 2.43
D.Lavan 29.0 3 4 10 0 1 0 .909 3.10
J.Cassidy 27.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Bigbee 11.3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
P.Meloan 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1367.3 154 158 391 13 13 2 .969 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .942 1.88
P.Meloan 1211.0 136 139 264 9 17 3 .941 2.03
G.Whiteman 131.3 15 16 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
C.Bigbee 17.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
D.Lavan 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1367.3 154 158 307 9 17 3 .949 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.73
G.Ruth 352.3 41 41 24 87 10 6 .917 2.84
R.Glaze 304.7 43 43 17 65 4 3 .953 2.42
F.Toney 210.3 27 32 14 42 2 2 .966 2.40
D.Davis 147.7 17 18 15 32 3 4 .940 2.86
L.Cheney 74.0 2 38 7 12 1 1 .950 2.31
M.Kent 62.0 0 45 6 13 3 1 .864 2.76
J.Baskette 58.0 23 23 3 18 1 0 .955 3.26
R.Good 47.3 0 32 5 13 0 0 1.000 3.42
J.Myers 36.0 1 38 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Rogers 33.3 0 26 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.70
E.Summers 20.7 0 15 3 3 1 0 .857 2.61
L.Schettler 19.7 0 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.37
L.Cadore 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1367.3 154 369 99 305 25 17 .942 2.66
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bigbee .289
On-Base Pct Evers .367
Slugging Pct Cassidy .378
OPS Cassidy .715
XR Cassidy 72.0
Games Cassidy, Bigbee 149
At-Bats Cassidy 585
Runs Cassidy 74
Hits Cassidy 167
Total Bases Cassidy 221
Singles Cassidy 137
Doubles Bigbee 20
Triples Cassidy 10
Homeruns Cassidy 7
RBIs Bigbee 72
Stolen Bases Meloan 49
Caught Stealing Bigbee, Cassidy 20
Walks Berghammer 77
Strikeouts Whiteman 54
ERA Ruth 3.17
Wins Ruth 15
Losses Ruth 23
Winning Pct Toney .455
Saves Myers 15
Games Pitched Kent 45
Games Started Glaze 43
Complete Games Ruth 30
Shutouts Glaze, Ruth, Toney 1
Innings Pitched Ruth 352.3
Hits Allowed Ruth 320
Homeruns Allowed Davis, Toney 13
Strikeouts Ruth 141
Walks Allowed Ruth 123
Walks per 9IP Toney 1.8
Hits per 9IP Ruth 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Glaze 3.9
WHiP Toney 1.15
OAVG Ruth .244
OOBP Toney .287
OSLG Toney .346
OOPS Toney .633
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Johnny Evers $ 9,000,000
Joe Cassidy $ 6,250,000
Ralph Glaze $ 6,000,000
Joseph Myers $ 1,908,571
Fred Toney $ 1,392,857
Ralph Good $ 630,000
Maury Kent $ 428,571
Fred Carisch $ 360,000
George Whiteman $ 350,000
Ed Summers $ 350,000
Larry Cheney $ 350,000
Ira Flagstead $ 300,000
Jim Baskette $ 300,000
Marty Berghammer $ 300,000
Carson Bigbee $ 300,000
Leon Cadore $ 300,000
Dixie Davis $ 300,000
Earle Gardner $ 300,000
Bob Fisher $ 300,000
Wally Pipp $ 300,000
Nick Allen $ 300,000
George Ruth $ 300,000
Ted Jourdan $ 300,000
Larry Kopf $ 300,000
Doc Lavan $ 300,000
Paul Meloan $ 300,000
Tom Rogers $ 300,000
Lou Schettler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/18 Signed     Fred Carisch
2/20 Signed     Johnny Evers