Major League Baseball team season
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates |
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League | National League |
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Ballpark | Forbes Field |
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City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] |
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Owners | Barney Dreyfuss |
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Managers | Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner, Hugo Bezdek |
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The 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 36th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 31st in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 51–103.
Regular season
Season standings
National League Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
New York Giants | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 50–28 | 48–28 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 65 | .572 | 10 | 46–29 | 41–36 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 70 | .539 | 15 | 38–38 | 44–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 39–38 | 39–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 74 | 80 | .481 | 24 | 35–42 | 39–38 |
Boston Braves | 72 | 81 | .471 | 25½ | 35–42 | 37–39 |
Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 81 | .464 | 26½ | 36–38 | 34–43 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 103 | .331 | 47 | 25–53 | 26–50 |
Record vs. opponents
1917 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 11–11 | 10–12–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 6–15–1 |
Brooklyn | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | 10–12 | 9–13–2 | 9–11–1 | 16–6–1 | 10–11 |
Chicago | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–16–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 |
Cincinnati | 12–10–2 | 12–10 | 14–8–1 | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
New York | 15–7 | 13–9–2 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 |
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 14–8 | 13–9 |
Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | — | 8–14–1 |
St. Louis | 15–6–1 | 11–10 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | — |
Game log
1917 Game Log: 51–103 (Home: 25–53; Away: 26–50) |
April: 7–11 (Home: 2–3; Away: 5–8) # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | 1 | April 11 | @ Cubs | 3–5 | Vaughn | Evans (0–1) | — | — | 0–1 | 2 | April 12 | @ Cubs | 0–2 | Douglas | Cooper (0–1) | — | — | 0–2 | 3 | April 13 | @ Cubs | 1–6 | Ruether | Mamaux (0–1) | — | — | 0–3 | 4 | April 14 | @ Cubs | 4–2 | Miller (1–0) | Hendrix | — | — | 1–3 | 5 | April 15 | @ Reds | 2–5 | Toney | Mamaux (0–2) | — | — | 1–4 | 6 | April 16 | @ Reds | 8–4 | Cooper (1–1) | Mitchell | — | — | 2–4 | 7 | April 17 | @ Reds | 2–3 | Schneider | Miller (1–1) | — | — | 2–5 | 8 | April 18 | @ Reds | 5–7 | Eller | Mamaux (0–3) | Mitchell | — | 2–6 | 9 | April 19 | Cubs | 3–10 | Hendrix | Cooper (1–2) | — | — | 2–7 | 10 | April 20 | Cubs | 6–1 | Grimes (1–0) | Demaree | — | — | 3–7 | 11 | April 21 | Cubs | 1–2 | Vaughn | Miller (1–2) | — | — | 3–8 | 12 | April 22 | @ Cardinals | 1–4 | Doak | Mamaux (0–4) | — | — | 3–9 | 13 | April 23 | @ Cardinals | 2–0 | Cooper (2–2) | Watson | — | — | 4–9 | 14 | April 24 | @ Cardinals | 1–2 (10) | Ames | Grimes (1–1) | — | — | 4–10 | 15 | April 25 | @ Cardinals | 10–8 (10) | Carlson (1–0) | Watson | — | — | 5–10 | 16 | April 27 | Reds | 3–5 | Toney | Miller (1–3) | — | — | 5–11 | 17 | April 28 | Reds | 2–0 | Grimes (2–1) | Sanders | — | — | 6–11 | 18 | April 29 | @ Reds | 3–0 | Carlson (2–0) | Schneider | — | — | 7–11 | |
May: 6–14 (Home: 2–3; Away: 4–11) # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | 19 | May 2 | Cardinals | 0–4 | Ames | Grimes (2–2) | — | — | 7–12 | 20 | May 3 | Cardinals | 3–4 | Pierce | Mamaux (0–5) | Doak | — | 7–13 | 21 | May 6 | @ Cubs | 2–3 | Vaughn | Carlson (2–1) | — | — | 7–14 | 22 | May 7 | @ Cubs | 1–4 | Seaton | Grimes (2–3) | — | — | 7–15 | 23 | May 10 | @ Braves | 11–4 | Grimes (3–3) | Nehf | — | — | 8–15 | 24 | May 11 | @ Braves | 2–3 (10) | Rudolph | Jacobs (0–1) | — | — | 8–16 | 25 | May 14 | @ Phillies | 2–3 | Alexander | Jacobs (0–2) | — | — | 8–17 | 26 | May 15 | @ Phillies | 2–8 | Mayer | Grimes (3–4) | — | — | 8–18 | 27 | May 16 | @ Phillies | 12–4 | Cooper (3–2) | Oeschger | — | — | 9–18 | 28 | May 17 | @ Phillies | 6–8 | Rixey | Carlson (2–2) | Lavender | — | 9–19 | 29 | May 18 | @ Giants | 1–8 | Sallee | Grimes (3–5) | — | — | 9–20 | 30 | May 19 | @ Giants | 5–4 | Cooper (4–2) | Benton | — | — | 10–20 | 31 | May 21 | @ Giants | 3–4 | Tesreau | Jacobs (0–3) | — | — | 10–21 | 32 | May 22 | @ Giants | 2–0 | Miller (2–3) | Anderson | — | — | 11–21 | 33 | May 24 | @ Robins | 0–6 | Pfeffer | Grimes (3–6) | — | — | 11–22 | 34 | May 25 | @ Robins | 3–4 | Cadore | Cooper (4–3) | — | — | 11–23 | 35 | May 26 | @ Robins | 1–4 | Marquard | Miller (2–4) | — | — | 11–24 | 36 | May 30 | Cubs | 5–6 | Douglas | Jacobs (0–4) | Demaree | — | 11–25 | 37 | May 30 | Cubs | 2–1 | Carlson (3–2) | Demaree | — | — | 12–25 | 38 | May 31 | Phillies | 3–2 | Mamaux (1–5) | Rixey | Jacobs (1) | — | 13–25 | |
June: 8–15 (Home: 6–14; Away: 2–1) # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | 39 | June 1 | Phillies | 1–9 | Mayer | Miller (2–5) | — | — | 13–26 | 40 | June 2 | Phillies | 1–9 | Alexander | Grimes (3–7) | — | — | 13–27 | 41 | June 4 | Phillies | 5–1 | Jacobs (1–4) | Lavender | — | — | 14–27 | 42 | June 7 | Robins | 3–5 | Pfeffer | Mamaux (1–6) | — | — | 14–28 | 43 | June 8 | Robins | 5–4 | Miller (3–5) | Dell | — | — | 15–28 | 44 | June 9 | Braves | 5–6 | Tyler | Carlson (3–3) | — | — | 15–29 | 45 | June 11 | Braves | 0–2 | Nehf | Miller (3–6) | Tyler | — | 15–30 | 46 | June 12 | Braves | 5–4 (11) | Jacobs (2–4) | Tyler | — | — | 16–30 | 47 | June 13 | Giants | 3–7 | Anderson | Grimes (3–8) | — | — | 16–31 | 48 | June 14 | Giants | 0–2 | Perritt | Jacobs (2–5) | — | — | 16–32 | 49 | June 16 | Giants | 1–4 | Benton | Miller (3–7) | — | — | 16–33 | 50 | June 18 | @ Cardinals | 4–0 | Cooper (5–3) | Packard | — | — | 17–33 | 51 | June 19 | @ Cardinals | 7–3 (11) | Jacobs (3–5) | Ames | — | — | 18–33 | 52 | June 20 | @ Cardinals | 4–4 (6) | | | — | — | 18–33 | 53 | June 21 | Cubs | 4–12 | Seaton | Miller (3–8) | — | — | 18–34 | 54 | June 22 | Cubs | 4–3 (10) | Cooper (6–3) | Demaree | — | — | 19–34 | 55 | June 23 | Cubs | 0–2 | Douglas | Jacobs (3–6) | — | — | 19–35 | 56 | June 23 | Cubs | 4–6 (10) | Hendrix | Miller (3–9) | Seaton | — | 19–36 | 57 | June 24 | @ Cubs | 1–2 | Vaughn | Mamaux (1–7) | — | — | 19–37 | 58 | June 26 | Reds | 5–6 | Schneider | Cooper (6–4) | — | — | 19–38 | 59 | June 27 | Reds | 5–6 | Regan | Jacobs (3–7) | Ring | — | 19–39 | 60 | June 28 | Reds | 6–2 | Steele (1–0) | Toney | — | — | 20–39 | 61 | June 29 | Reds | 0–1 | Mitchell | Mamaux (1–8) | — | — | 20–40 | 62 | June 30 | Reds | 5–4 | Cooper (7–4) | Ring | — | — | 21–40 | |
July: 10–23 (Home: 3–11; Away: 7–12) # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | 63 | July 1 | @ Reds | 1–4 | Toney | Jacobs (3–8) | — | — | 21–41 | 64 | July 1 | @ Reds | 1–5 | Toney | Steele (1–1) | — | — | 21–42 | 65 | July 2 | Cardinals | 4–6 | Horstmann | Mamaux (1–9) | Packard | — | 21–43 | 66 | July 3 | Cardinals | 6–8 | Ames | Miller (3–10) | — | — | 21–44 | 67 | July 4 | Cardinals | 3–4 | Packard | Jacobs (3–9) | Meadows | — | 21–45 | 68 | July 4 | Cardinals | 1–4 | Doak | Cooper (7–5) | — | — | 21–46 | 69 | July 5 | Cardinals | 6–9 (11) | Ames | Grimes (3–9) | — | — | 21–47 | 70 | July 6 | @ Phillies | 8–5 | Mamaux (2–9) | Oeschger | Carlson (1) | — | 22–47 | 71 | July 7 | @ Phillies | 4–1 | Miller (4–10) | Alexander | Jacobs (2) | — | 23–47 | 72 | July 12 | @ Robins | 2–1 | Carlson (4–3) | Pfeffer | — | — | 24–47 | 73 | July 13 | @ Robins | 0–4 | Cheney | Jacobs (3–10) | — | — | 24–48 | 74 | July 13 | @ Robins | 1–2 (10) | Smith | Grimes (3–10) | — | — | 24–49 | 75 | July 14 | @ Robins | 3–5 | Coombs | Mamaux (2–10) | — | — | 24–50 | 76 | July 14 | @ Robins | 0–1 | Marquard | Miller (4–11) | — | — | 24–51 | 77 | July 16 | @ Braves | 7–8 (11) | Tyler | Grimes (3–11) | — | — | 24–52 | 78 | July 16 | @ Braves | 2–7 | Barnes | Jacobs (3–11) | — | — | 24–53 | 79 | July 17 | @ Braves | 6–10 | Nehf | Mamaux (2–11) | — | — | 24–54 | 80 | July 18 | @ Braves | 8–6 | Steele (2–1) | Tyler | — | — | 25–54 | 81 | July 18 | @ Braves | 3–2 | Carlson (5–3) | Rudolph | — | — | 26–54 | 82 | July 19 | @ Braves | 6–1 | Cooper (8–5) | Barnes | — | — | 27–54 | 83 | July 20 | @ Giants | 0–4 | Benton | Carlson (5–4) | — | — | 27–55 | 84 | July 21 | @ Giants | 3–4 (10) | Sallee | Grimes (3–12) | — | — | 27–56 | 85 | July 23 | @ Giants | 1–0 | Cooper (9–5) | Schupp | — | — | 28–56 | 86 | July 24 | @ Giants | 2–6 | Perritt | Miller (4–12) | Anderson | — | 28–57 | 87 | July 25 | Robins | 3–4 (13) | Smith | Jacobs (3–12) | — | — | 28–58 | 88 | July 26 | Robins | 4–1 | Carlson (6–4) | Pfeffer | — | — | 29–58 | 89 | July 26 | Robins | 1–5 | Cadore | Jacobs (3–13) | — | — | 29–59 | 90 | July 27 | Robins | 5–1 | Cooper (10–5) | Coombs | — | — | 30–59 | 91 | July 28 | Robins | 2–6 | Cheney | Steele (2–2) | — | — | 30–60 | 92 | July 28 | Robins | 2–4 | Smith | Miller (4–13) | — | — | 30–61 | 93 | July 30 | Giants | 4–3 | Carlson (7–4) | Anderson | Cooper (1) | — | 31–61 | 94 | July 31 | Giants | 7–11 | Tesreau | Cooper (10–6) | — | — | 31–62 | 95 | July 31 | Giants | 3–9 | Schupp | Grimes (3–13) | — | — | 31–63 | |
August: 8–19 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–12) # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | 96 | August 1 | Giants | 1–3 | Perritt | Steele (2–3) | — | — | 31–64 | 97 | August 2 | Giants | 3–7 | Demaree | Miller (4–14) | — | — | 31–65 | 98 | August 3 | Braves | 4–5 | Nehf | Carlson (7–5) | — | — | 31–66 | 99 | August 4 | Braves | 3–6 | Tyler | Steele (2–4) | — | — | 31–67 | 100 | August 9 | Phillies | 5–1 | Jacobs (4–13) | Alexander | — | — | 32–67 | 101 | August 10 | Phillies | 1–0 | Cooper (11–6) | Rixey | — | — | 33–67 | 102 | August 11 | Phillies | 3–4 | Alexander | Miller (4–15) | — | — | 33–68 | 103 | August 11 | Phillies | 2–3 | Oeschger | Evans (0–2) | — | — | 33–69 | 104 | August 12 | @ Cubs | 2–3 | Vaughn | Carlson (7–6) | — | — | 33–70 | 105 | August 13 | @ Cubs | 3–7 | Hendrix | Steele (2–5) | — | — | 33–71 | 106 | August 14 | @ Cubs | 2–0 (12) | Cooper (12–6) | Douglas | — | — | 34–71 | 107 | August 15 | Reds | 3–2 | Miller (5–15) | Schneider | — | — | 35–71 | 108 | August 16 | @ Phillies | 3–5 | Oeschger | Jacobs (4–14) | — | — | 35–72 | 109 | August 16 | @ Phillies | 0–3 | Mayer | Evans (0–3) | — | — | 35–73 | 110 | August 17 | @ Phillies | 0–3 | Bender | Jacobs (4–15) | — | — | 35–74 | 111 | August 17 | @ Phillies | 3–7 | Rixey | Carlson (7–7) | — | — | 35–75 | 112 | August 18 | @ Phillies | 2–3 (14) | Alexander | Cooper (12–7) | — | — | 35–76 | 113 | August 20 | @ Robins | 1–0 (10) | Miller (6–15) | Marquard | — | — | 36–76 | 114 | August 21 | @ Robins | 3–3 (13) | | | — | — | 36–76 | 115 | August 22 | @ Robins | 5–6 (22) | Marquard | Jacobs (4–16) | — | — | 36–77 | 116 | August 23 | @ Braves | 1–2 | Tyler | Grimes (3–14) | — | — | 36–78 | 117 | August 24 | @ Braves | 1–0 | Miller (7–15) | Barnes | — | — | 37–78 | 118 | August 25 | @ Braves | 0–2 | Ragan | Steele (2–6) | — | — | 37–79 | 119 | August 27 | @ Giants | 1–0 | Cooper (13–7) | Benton | — | — | 38–79 | 120 | August 28 | @ Giants | 3–7 | Perritt | Grimes (3–15) | — | — | 38–80 | 121 | August 29 | @ Giants | 5–6 | Tesreau | Miller (7–16) | Sallee | — | 38–81 | 122 | August 31 | Cardinals | 2–0 | Jacobs (5–16) | Doak | — | — | 39–81 | 123 | August 31 | Cardinals | 0–1 (5) | Ames | Steele (2–7) | — | — | 39–82 | |
September: 11–21 (Home: 7–15; Away: 4–6) # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | 124 | September 1 | Cardinals | 0–1 | Horstmann | Cooper (13–8) | — | — | 39–83 | 125 | September 1 | Cardinals | 0–1 | Watson | Carlson (7–8) | — | — | 39–84 | 126 | September 2 | @ Reds | 8–7 | Steele (3–7) | Mitchell | — | — | 40–84 | 127 | September 3 | Reds | 8–0 | Miller (8–16) | Engel | — | — | 41–84 | 128 | September 3 | Reds | 5–3 | Steele (4–7) | Schneider | — | — | 42–84 | 129 | September 4 | Reds | 5–4 (10) | Cooper (14–8) | Toney | — | — | 43–84 | 130 | September 7 | Cubs | 1–2 | Carter | Steele (4–8) | — | — | 43–85 | 131 | September 8 | Cubs | 2–6 | Vaughn | Miller (8–17) | — | — | 43–86 | 132 | September 9 | @ Cubs | 0–1 | Douglas | Cooper (14–9) | — | — | 43–87 | 133 | September 10 | @ Cardinals | 1–2 | Goodwin | Jacobs (5–17) | — | — | 43–88 | 134 | September 11 | @ Cardinals | 3–0 | Steele (5–8) | Doak | — | — | 44–88 | 135 | September 11 | @ Cardinals | 2–5 | Horstmann | Carlson (7–9) | — | — | 44–89 | 136 | September 12 | @ Cardinals | 2–1 | Miller (9–17) | Watson | — | — | 45–89 | 137 | September 13 | @ Cardinals | 2–1 | Cooper (15–9) | Meadows | — | — | 46–89 | 138 | September 15 | @ Reds | 6–7 | Eller | Grimes (3–16) | — | — | 46–90 | 139 | September 16 | @ Reds | 2–4 | Schneider | Steele (5–9) | — | — | 46–91 | 140 | September 16 | @ Reds | 2–3 | Regan | Carlson (7–10) | — | — | 46–92 | 141 | September 17 | Braves | 1–4 (15) | Hughes | Miller (9–18) | — | — | 46–93 | 142 | September 18 | Braves | 3–5 | Rudolph | Cooper (15–10) | — | — | 46–94 | 143 | September 18 | Braves | 0–1 | Nehf | Ponder (0–1) | — | — | 46–95 | 144 | September 19 | Braves | 2–1 | Jacobs (6–17) | Barnes | — | — | 47–95 | 145 | September 19 | Braves | 4–6 | Scott | Evans (0–4) | — | — | 47–96 | 146 | September 20 | Giants | 9–9 (10) | | | — | — | 47–96 | 147 | September 21 | Giants | 1–3 | Benton | Steele (5–10) | Anderson | — | 47–97 | 148 | September 22 | Giants | 1–2 (11) | Perritt | Cooper (15–11) | — | — | 47–98 | 149 | September 22 | Giants | 1–0 | Ponder (1–1) | Demaree | — | — | 48–98 | 150 | September 24 | Phillies | 0–2 | Bender | Jacobs (6–18) | — | — | 48–99 | 151 | September 25 | Phillies | 3–0 | Miller (10–18) | Oeschger | — | — | 49–99 | 152 | September 26 | Phillies | 0–5 | Rixey | Carlson (7–11) | — | — | 49–100 | 153 | September 27 | Robins | 10–2 | Cooper (16–11) | Pfeffer | — | — | 50–100 | 154 | September 28 | Robins | 1–3 | Smith | Steele (5–11) | — | — | 50–101 | 155 | September 29 | Robins | 2–3 | Cadore | Jacobs (6–19) | — | — | 50–102 | 156 | September 29 | Robins | 3–7 | Marquard | Miller (10–19) | — | — | 50–103 | |
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0) # | Date | Opponent | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Record | 157 | October 1 | Braves | 2–0 | Cooper (17–11) | Scott | — | — | 51–103 | |
Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie Bold = Pirates team member |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates |
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Pitchers Catchers | | Infielders | | Outfielders Other batters | | Manager |
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
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
References
External links
- 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
- 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
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