# 1917 New York Yankees season

The 1917 New York Yankees season was the 15th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 71–82, finishing 28½ games behind the American League champion Chicago White Sox. New York was managed by Bill Donovan. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

## Opening game

The opening game was against the Boston Red Sox on April 11, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York. 16,000 fans were in attendance. The Yankees lost 10-3. Major General Leonard Wood attended the game and threw out the first ball. Wood had drill sergeant Gibson, the recruiting officer from Macon, Georgia, where the team had their spring training, march the Yankees across the field in formation carrying rifles.

## 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 | Les Nunamaker | 104 | 310 | 81 | .261 | 0 | 33 |
| 1B | Wally Pipp | 155 | 587 | 143 | .244 | 9 | 70 |
| 2B | Fritz Maisel | 113 | 404 | 80 | .198 | 0 | 20 |
| SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 148 | 543 | 141 | .260 | 0 | 41 |
| 3B | Home Run Baker | 146 | 553 | 156 | .282 | 6 | 71 |
| OF | Tim Hendryx | 125 | 393 | 98 | .249 | 5 | 44 |
| OF | Elmer Miller | 114 | 379 | 95 | .251 | 3 | 35 |
| OF | Hugh High | 103 | 365 | 86 | .236 | 1 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Lee Magee | 51 | 173 | 38 | .220 | 0 | 8 |
| Roxy Walters | 61 | 171 | 45 | .263 | 0 | 14 |
| Frank Gilhooley | 54 | 165 | 40 | .242 | 0 | 8 |
| Joe Gedeon | 33 | 117 | 28 | .239 | 0 | 8 |
| Paddy Baumann | 49 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 0 | 8 |
| Armando Marsans | 25 | 88 | 20 | .227 | 0 | 15 |
| Walt Alexander | 20 | 51 | 7 | .137 | 0 | 4 |
| Ángel Aragón | 14 | 45 | 3 | .067 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Lamar | 11 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 3 |
| Chick Fewster | 11 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Sammy Vick | 10 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 2 |
| Aaron Ward | 8 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 1 |
| Howie Camp | 5 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Muddy Ruel | 6 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Bob Shawkey | 32 | 236.1 | 13 | 15 | 2.44 | 97 |
| Ray Caldwell | 32 | 236.0 | 13 | 16 | 2.86 | 102 |
| George Mogridge | 29 | 196.1 | 9 | 11 | 2.98 | 46 |
| Ray Fisher | 23 | 144.0 | 8 | 9 | 2.19 | 64 |
| Bob McGraw | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.82 | 3 |
| Bill Piercy | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 4 |
| Hank Thormahlen | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 | 5 |
| Jack Enright | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Nick Cullop | 30 | 146.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.32 | 27 |
| Urban Shocker | 26 | 145.0 | 8 | 5 | 2.61 | 68 |
| Slim Love | 33 | 130.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.35 | 82 |
| Allen Russell | 25 | 104.1 | 7 | 8 | 2.24 | 55 |
| Neal Brady | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 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 |
| Ed Monroe | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.45 | 12 |
| Walt Smallwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |