# 1917 Boston Red Sox season

The 1917 Boston Red Sox season was the 17th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses, nine games behind the Chicago White Sox, who went on to win the 1917 World Series. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

## Offseason

On February 24, 1917, Pitcher "Smoky Joe" Wood was sold to the Cleveland Indians for $15,000.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 56‍–‍21 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Boston Red Sox | 90 | 62 | .592 | 9 | 45‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 44‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 75 | .510 | 21½ | 34‍–‍41 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 42‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| New York Yankees | 71 | 82 | .464 | 28½ | 35‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 97 | .370 | 43 | 31‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍51 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 98 | .359 | 44½ | 29‍–‍47 | 26‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1917 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 13–9–1 | 18–3–1 | 17–5–1 | 13–9–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 15–7–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11–2 |
| Detroit | 12–9 | 6–16 | 10–12 | — | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 |
| New York | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 8–13 |
| Philadelphia | 3–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 5–17–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 |
| Washington | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 11–11–2 | 11–11 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Harry Hooper | RF |
| Jack Barry | 2B |
| Dick Hoblitzel | 1B |
| Duffy Lewis | LF |
| Tilly Walker | CF |
| Larry Gardner | 3B |
| Everett Scott | SS |
| Pinch Thomas | C |
| Babe Ruth | P |
Source:

### Roster
## 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 | Sam Agnew | 85 | 260 | 54 | .208 | 0 | 16 |
| 1B | Dick Hoblitzell | 120 | 420 | 108 | .257 | 1 | 47 |
| 2B | Jack Barry | 116 | 388 | 83 | .214 | 2 | 30 |
| SS | Everett Scott | 157 | 528 | 127 | .241 | 0 | 50 |
| 3B | Larry Gardner | 146 | 501 | 133 | .265 | 1 | 61 |
| OF | Tillie Walker | 106 | 337 | 83 | .246 | 2 | 37 |
| OF | Duffy Lewis | 150 | 553 | 167 | .302 | 1 | 65 |
| OF | Harry Hooper | 151 | 559 | 143 | .256 | 3 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Pinch Thomas | 83 | 202 | 48 | .238 | 0 | 24 |
| Jimmy Walsh | 57 | 185 | 49 | .265 | 0 | 12 |
| Del Gainer | 52 | 172 | 53 | .308 | 2 | 19 |
| Chick Shorten | 69 | 168 | 30 | .179 | 0 | 16 |
| Hal Janvrin | 55 | 127 | 25 | .197 | 0 | 8 |
| Mike McNally | 42 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Hick Cady | 17 | 46 | 7 | .152 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Cooney | 11 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
| Olaf Henriksen | 15 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
| Wally Mayer | 4 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 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 |
| Babe Ruth | 41 | 326.1 | 24 | 13 | 2.01 | 128 |
| Dutch Leonard | 37 | 294.1 | 16 | 17 | 2.17 | 144 |
| Carl Mays | 35 | 289.0 | 22 | 9 | 1.74 | 91 |
| Ernie Shore | 29 | 226.2 | 13 | 10 | 2.22 | 57 |
| Rube Foster | 17 | 124.2 | 8 | 7 | 2.53 | 34 |

#### Other 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 |
| Herb Pennock | 24 | 100.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.31 | 35 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Lore Bader | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.35 | 14 |
| Sad Sam Jones | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.41 | 5 |
| Weldon Wyckoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 |