# 1917 Chicago Cubs season

The 1917 Chicago Cubs season was the 46th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 42nd in the National League and the second at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–80, 24 games behind the New York Giants.

## Regular season

* May 2, 1917: For the first, and to date, the only time in major league history, a regulation nine innings was played at Wrigley Field (known in 1917 as Weeghman Park) without either team logging a hit. Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs dueled for 9 hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, Reds outfielder Jim Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning. The Reds scored on a couple of hits and an error after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds.

### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* September 20, 1917: Fred Lear was drafted by the Cubs from the Bridgeport Americans in the 1917 rule 5 draft.

### 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 | Art Wilson | 81 | 211 | 45 | .213 | 2 | 25 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 146 | 549 | 146 | .266 | 3 | 57 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 135 | 476 | 121 | .254 | 6 | 61 |
| SS | Chuck Wortman | 75 | 190 | 33 | .174 | 0 | 9 |
| 3B | Charlie Deal | 135 | 449 | 114 | .254 | 0 | 47 |
| OF | Cy Williams | 138 | 468 | 113 | .241 | 5 | 42 |
| OF | Leslie Mann | 117 | 444 | 121 | .273 | 1 | 44 |
| OF | Max Flack | 131 | 447 | 111 | .248 | 0 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Rollie Zeider | 108 | 354 | 86 | .243 | 0 | 27 |
| Harry Wolter | 117 | 353 | 88 | .249 | 0 | 28 |
| Rowdy Elliott | 85 | 223 | 56 | .251 | 0 | 28 |
| Pete Kilduff | 56 | 202 | 56 | .277 | 0 | 15 |
| Pickles Dillhoefer | 42 | 95 | 12 | .126 | 0 | 8 |
| Dutch Ruether | 31 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 11 |
| Charlie Pechous | 13 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 1 |
| Morrie Schick | 14 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 3 |
| Paddy Driscoll | 13 | 28 | 3 | .107 | 0 | 3 |
| Turner Barber | 7 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Saier | 6 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 2 |
| Roy Leslie | 7 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
| William Marriott | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wolfe | 9 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
| Herb Hunter | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Blackburn | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Archer | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 41 | 295.2 | 23 | 13 | 2.01 | 195 |
| Phil Douglas | 51 | 293.1 | 14 | 20 | 2.55 | 151 |
| Al Demaree | 24 | 141.1 | 5 | 9 | 2.55 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Claude Hendrix | 40 | 215.0 | 10 | 12 | 2.60 | 81 |
| Paul Carter | 23 | 113.1 | 5 | 8 | 3.26 | 34 |
| Vic Aldridge | 30 | 106.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.12 | 44 |
| Mike Prendergast | 35 | 99.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.35 | 43 |
| Tom Seaton | 16 | 74.2 | 5 | 4 | 2.53 | 27 |
| Dutch Ruether | 10 | 36.1 | 2 | 0 | 2.48 | 3 |
| Harry Weaver | 4 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.75 | 8 |
| Roy Walker | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Packard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 |