1917 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1917 Pittsburgh Pirates
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner, Hugo Bezdek

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

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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 v t e 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

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Ben Shaw

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	William Fischer	95	245	70	.286	3	25
1B	Honus Wagner	74	230	61	.265	0	24
2B	Jake Pitler	109	382	89	.233	0	23
SS	Chuck Ward	125	423	100	.236	0	43
3B	Tony Boeckel	64	219	58	.265	0	23
OF	Carson Bigbee	133	469	112	.239	0	21
OF	Lee King	111	381	95	.249	1	35
OF	Max Carey	155	588	174	.296	1	51

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bill Hinchman	69	244	46	.189	2	29
Walter Schmidt	72	183	45	.246	0	17
Bill Wagner	53	151	31	.205	0	9
Alex McCarthy	49	151	33	.219	0	8
Fritz Mollwitz	36	140	36	.257	0	12
Doug Baird	43	135	35	.259	0	18
Adam DeBus	38	131	30	.229	0	7
Charlie Jackson	41	121	29	.240	0	1
Bunny Brief	36	115	25	.217	2	11
Frank Schulte	30	103	22	.214	0	7
Howdy Caton	14	57	12	.211	0	4
Billy Gleason	13	42	7	.167	0	0
Don Flinn	14	37	11	.297	0	1
Ray Miller	6	27	4	.148	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	8	23	2	.087	0	0
Red Smith	11	21	3	.143	0	2
Jesse Altenburg	11	17	3	.176	0	3
Bill Webb	5	15	3	.200	0	0
Joe Wilhoit	9	10	2	.200	0	0
Fred Blackwell	3	10	2	.200	0	2
Harry Wolfe	3	5	0	.000	0	0
Hooks Warner	3	5	1	.200	0	0
Ben Shaw	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Arch Reilly	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wilbur Cooper	40	297.2	17	11	2.36	99
Elmer Jacobs	38	227.1	6	19	2.81	58
Frank Miller	38	224.0	10	19	3.13	92
Bob Steele	27	179.2	5	11	2.76	82
Al Mamaux	16	85.2	2	11	5.25	22
Elmer Ponder	3	21.1	1	1	1.69	11

Other pitchers