# 1917 Cleveland Indians season

The 1917 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 88–66, 12 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

## 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 | Steve O'Neill | 129 | 370 | 68 | .184 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Joe Harris | 112 | 369 | 112 | .304 | 0 | 65 |
| 2B | Bill Wambsganss | 141 | 499 | 127 | .255 | 0 | 43 |
| SS | Ray Chapman | 156 | 563 | 170 | .302 | 2 | 36 |
| 3B | Joe Evans | 132 | 385 | 73 | .190 | 2 | 33 |
| OF | Jack Graney | 146 | 535 | 122 | .228 | 3 | 35 |
| OF | Braggo Roth | 145 | 495 | 141 | .285 | 1 | 72 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 142 | 523 | 184 | .352 | 2 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Lou Guisto | 73 | 200 | 37 | .185 | 0 | 29 |
| Terry Turner | 69 | 180 | 37 | .206 | 0 | 15 |
| Elmer Smith | 64 | 161 | 42 | .261 | 3 | 22 |
| Josh Billings | 66 | 129 | 23 | .178 | 0 | 9 |
| Ivan Howard | 27 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 0 | 0 |
| Milo Allison | 32 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank DeBerry | 25 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Miller | 19 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 14 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferd Eunick | 1 | 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 |
| Jim Bagby | 49 | 320.2 | 23 | 13 | 1.96 | 83 |
| Stan Coveleski | 45 | 298.1 | 19 | 14 | 1.81 | 133 |
| Ed Klepfer | 41 | 213.0 | 14 | 4 | 2.37 | 66 |
| Red Torkelson | 4 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | 7.66 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Guy Morton | 35 | 161.0 | 10 | 10 | 2.74 | 62 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 34 | 134.1 | 8 | 6 | 2.14 | 30 |
| Otis Lambeth | 26 | 97.1 | 7 | 6 | 3.14 | 27 |
| Al Gould | 27 | 94.0 | 4 | 4 | 3.64 | 24 |
| Joe Boehling | 12 | 46.1 | 1 | 6 | 4.66 | 11 |
| Smoky Joe Wood | 5 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 3.45 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Pop-Boy Smith | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 3 |
| George Dickerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |