# 1917 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 98 losses.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Wally Schang | 118 | 316 | 90 | .285 | 3 | 36 |
| 1B | Stuffy McInnis | 150 | 567 | 172 | .303 | 0 | 44 |
| 2B | Roy Grover | 141 | 482 | 108 | .224 | 0 | 34 |
| SS | Whitey Witt | 128 | 452 | 114 | .252 | 0 | 28 |
| 3B | Ray Bates | 127 | 485 | 115 | .237 | 2 | 66 |
| OF | Ping Bodie | 148 | 557 | 162 | .291 | 7 | 74 |
| OF | Amos Strunk | 148 | 540 | 152 | .281 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Charlie Jamieson | 85 | 345 | 92 | .267 | 0 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Meyer | 62 | 162 | 38 | .235 | 0 | 9 |
| Joe Dugan | 43 | 134 | 26 | .194 | 0 | 16 |
| Bill Johnson | 48 | 109 | 19 | .174 | 1 | 8 |
| Raymond Haley | 41 | 98 | 27 | .276 | 0 | 11 |
| Buck Thrasher | 23 | 77 | 18 | .234 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee Gooch | 17 | 59 | 17 | .288 | 1 | 8 |
| Otis Lawry | 30 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Palmer | 16 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 5 |
| Ralph Sharman | 13 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 2 |
| Red Shannon | 11 | 35 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 7 |
| Pug Griffin | 18 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 3 |
| Wickey McAvoy | 10 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 1 | 4 |
| Cy Perkins | 6 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Gene Bailey | 5 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Val Picinich | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Bradshaw | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat French | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Bullet Joe Bush | 37 | 233.1 | 11 | 17 | 2.47 | 121 |
| Rube Schauer | 33 | 215.0 | 7 | 16 | 3.14 | 62 |
| Elmer Myers | 38 | 201.2 | 9 | 16 | 4.42 | 88 |
| Jing Johnson | 34 | 191.0 | 9 | 12 | 2.78 | 55 |
| Win Noyes | 27 | 171.0 | 10 | 10 | 2.95 | 64 |
| Rube Parnham | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.09 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Socks Seibold | 33 | 160.0 | 4 | 16 | 3.94 | 55 |
| Cy Falkenberg | 15 | 80.2 | 2 | 6 | 3.35 | 35 |
| Ellis Johnson | 4 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.24 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Walter Anderson | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.03 | 10 |
| Dave Keefe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 |
| Jack Nabors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Eddie Bacon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Cliff Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |