# 1917 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1917 Philadelphia Phillies season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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 | Bill Killefer | 125 | 409 | 112 | .274 | 0 | 31 |
| 1B | Fred Luderus | 154 | 522 | 136 | .261 | 5 | 72 |
| 2B | Bert Niehoff | 114 | 361 | 92 | .255 | 2 | 42 |
| SS | Dave Bancroft | 127 | 478 | 116 | .243 | 4 | 43 |
| 3B | Milt Stock | 150 | 564 | 149 | .264 | 3 | 53 |
| OF | Dode Paskert | 141 | 546 | 137 | .251 | 4 | 43 |
| OF | Gavvy Cravath | 140 | 503 | 141 | .280 | 12 | 83 |
| OF | Possum Whitted | 149 | 553 | 155 | .280 | 3 | 70 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Evers | 56 | 183 | 41 | .224 | 1 | 12 |
| Frank Schulte | 64 | 149 | 32 | .215 | 1 | 15 |
| Bert Adams | 43 | 107 | 22 | .206 | 1 | 7 |
| Oscar Dugey | 44 | 72 | 14 | .194 | 0 | 9 |
| Patsy McGaffigan | 19 | 60 | 10 | .167 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Burns | 20 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 0 | 6 |
| Claude Cooper | 24 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Pearce | 7 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Byrne | 13 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 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 |
| Pete Alexander | 45 | 388.0 | 30 | 14 | 1.83 | 200 |
| Eppa Rixey | 39 | 281.1 | 16 | 21 | 2.27 | 121 |
| Joe Oeschger | 42 | 262.0 | 15 | 14 | 2.75 | 123 |
| Erskine Mayer | 28 | 160.0 | 11 | 6 | 2.76 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Lavender | 28 | 129.1 | 6 | 8 | 3.55 | 52 |
| Chief Bender | 20 | 113.0 | 8 | 2 | 1.67 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Fittery | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.53 | 13 |