1917 Boston Red Sox

90-62 • 0.592 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
62 Losses
0.592 Win %
2nd Rank
555 R 454 RA
Diff +101

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555 Runs Scored
454 Runs Allowed
+101 Run Diff
473K Attendance

📈 vs. 1917 AL Average

Batting Avg .246 1% below the 1917 league average (.247)
OBP .309 1% below the 1917 league average (.312)
SLG .254 1% below the 1917 league average (.257)
Team ERA 2.20 17% better than the 1917 league average (2.66)
Runs Scored 555 2% below the 1917 league average (568 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park I
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 473,633
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Avg per Game 5,920

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Babe Ruth 0.325 2 Del Gainer 0.308 3 Duffy Lewis 0.302 4 Mike McNally 0.300 5 Larry Gardner 0.265

Home Runs

1 Harry Hooper 3 2 Jack Barry 2 3 Del Gainer 2 4 Babe Ruth 2 5 Tillie Walker 2

RBI

1 Duffy Lewis 65 2 Larry Gardner 61 3 Everett Scott 50 4 Dick Hoblitzell 47 5 Harry Hooper 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Harry Hooper 151 559 89 143 0 0 3 45 80 40 21 0.256
Duffy Lewis 150 553 55 167 0 0 1 65 29 54 8 0.302
Everett Scott 157 528 40 127 0 0 0 50 20 46 12 0.241
Larry Gardner 146 501 53 133 0 0 1 61 54 37 16 0.265
Dick Hoblitzell 120 420 49 108 0 0 1 47 46 22 12 0.257
Jack Barry 116 388 45 83 0 0 2 30 47 27 12 0.214
Tillie Walker 106 337 41 83 0 0 2 37 25 38 6 0.246
Sam Agnew 85 260 17 54 0 0 0 16 19 30 2 0.208
Pinch Thomas 83 202 24 48 0 0 0 24 27 9 2 0.238
Jimmy Walsh 57 185 25 49 0 0 0 12 25 14 6 0.265
Del Gainer 52 172 28 53 0 0 2 19 15 21 1 0.308
Chick Shorten 69 168 12 30 0 0 0 16 10 10 2 0.179
Hal Janvrin 55 127 21 25 0 0 0 8 11 13 2 0.197
Babe Ruth 52 123 14 40 0 0 2 12 12 18 0 0.325
Carl Mays 35 107 9 27 0 0 0 14 6 11 0 0.252
Dutch Leonard 37 104 5 9 0 0 0 1 7 23 0 0.087
Ernie Shore 29 78 3 13 0 0 0 4 3 26 0 0.167
Mike McNally 42 50 9 15 0 0 0 2 6 3 3 0.300
Forrest Cady 17 46 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.152
Rube Foster 17 41 2 11 0 0 0 4 2 10 0 0.268
Jimmy Cooney 11 36 4 8 0 0 0 3 6 2 0 0.222
Herb Pennock 24 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 7 5 0 0.167
Olaf Henriksen 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.083
Wally Mayer 4 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.167
Lore Bader 15 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.300
Sad Sam Jones 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Weldon Wyckoff 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Carl Mays 1.74 2 Babe Ruth 2.01 3 Dutch Leonard 2.17 4 Ernie Shore 2.22 5 Lore Bader 2.35

Wins

1 Babe Ruth 24 2 Carl Mays 22 3 Dutch Leonard 16 4 Ernie Shore 13 5 Rube Foster 8

Strikeouts

1 Dutch Leonard 144 2 Babe Ruth 128 3 Carl Mays 91 4 Ernie Shore 57 5 Herb Pennock 35
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Babe Ruth 24 13 2.01 41 38 2 326.1 108 128
Dutch Leonard 16 17 2.17 37 36 1 294.1 72 144
Carl Mays 22 9 1.74 35 33 0 289.0 74 91
Ernie Shore 13 10 2.22 29 27 1 226.2 55 57
Rube Foster 8 7 2.53 17 16 0 124.2 53 34
Herb Pennock 5 5 3.31 24 5 1 100.2 23 35
Lore Bader 2 0 2.35 15 1 1 38.1 18 14
Sad Sam Jones 0 1 4.41 9 1 1 16.1 6 5
Weldon Wyckoff 0 0 1.80 1 0 0 5.0 4 1

👥 Roster (27)

Sam Agnew Lore Bader Jack Barry Forrest Cady Jimmy Cooney Rube Foster Del Gainer Larry Gardner Olaf Henriksen Dick Hoblitzell Harry Hooper Hal Janvrin +15 more

27 players

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