1917 Pittsburgh Pirates

51-103 • 0.331 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

51 Wins
103 Losses
0.331 Win %
8th Rank
464 R 595 RA
Diff -131

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464 Runs Scored
595 Runs Allowed
-131 Run Diff
236K Attendance

📈 vs. 1917 NL Average

Batting Avg .237 5% below the 1917 league average (.249)
OBP .292 3% below the 1917 league average (.300)
SLG .243 8% below the 1917 league average (.263)
Team ERA 3.01 11% worse than the 1917 league average (2.70)
Runs Scored 464 16% below the 1917 league average (551 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 236,800
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Avg per Game 2,997

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Max Carey 0.296 2 William Fischer 0.286 3 Honus Wagner 0.265 4 Tony Boeckel 0.265 5 Doug Baird 0.259

Home Runs

1 William Fischer 3 2 Bunny Brief 2 3 Bill Hinchman 2 4 Max Carey 1 5 Lee King 1

RBI

1 Max Carey 51 2 Chuck Ward 43 3 Lee King 35 4 Bill Hinchman 29 5 William Fischer 25
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Max Carey 155 588 82 174 0 0 1 51 58 38 46 0.296
Carson Bigbee 133 469 46 112 0 0 0 21 37 16 19 0.239
Chuck Ward 125 423 25 100 0 0 0 43 32 43 5 0.236
Jake Pitler 109 382 39 89 0 0 0 23 30 24 6 0.233
Lee King 111 381 32 95 0 0 1 35 15 58 8 0.249
William Fischer 95 245 25 70 0 0 3 25 27 19 11 0.286
Bill Hinchman 69 244 27 46 0 0 2 29 33 27 5 0.189
Honus Wagner 74 230 15 61 0 0 0 24 24 17 5 0.265
Tony Boeckel 64 219 16 58 0 0 0 23 8 31 6 0.265
Walter Schmidt 72 183 9 45 0 0 0 17 11 11 4 0.246
Alex McCarthy 49 151 15 33 0 0 0 8 11 13 1 0.219
Bill Wagner 53 151 15 31 0 0 0 9 11 22 1 0.205
Fritz Mollwitz 36 140 15 36 0 0 0 12 8 8 4 0.257
Doug Baird 43 135 17 35 0 0 0 18 20 19 8 0.259
Adam DeBus 38 131 9 30 0 0 0 7 7 14 2 0.229
Charlie Jackson 41 121 7 29 0 0 0 1 10 22 4 0.240
Bunny Brief 36 115 15 25 0 0 2 11 15 21 4 0.217
Wilbur Cooper 41 103 8 21 0 0 0 5 6 20 0 0.204
Frank Schulte 30 103 11 22 0 0 0 7 10 14 5 0.214
Frank Miller 39 76 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 11 0 0.118
Bob Steele 33 76 6 17 0 0 0 5 0 14 1 0.224
Burleigh Grimes 42 69 7 16 0 0 0 4 2 18 2 0.232
Elmer Jacobs 38 67 3 12 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 0.179
Howdy Caton 14 57 6 12 0 0 0 4 6 7 0 0.211
Hal Carlson 34 49 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 13 0 0.122
Billy Gleason 13 42 3 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 0.167
Don Flinn 14 37 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 0.297
Al Mamaux 16 31 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.226
Ray Miller 6 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.148
George Kelly 8 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.087
Red Smith 11 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 4 1 0.143
Jesse Altenburg 11 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0.176
Bill Webb 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.200
Fred Blackwell 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.200
Joe Wilhoit 9 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Bill Evans 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.111
Elmer Ponder 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Hooks Warner 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Harry Wolfe 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Ben Shaw 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Arch Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Wilbur Cooper 2.36 2 Bob Steele 2.76 3 Elmer Jacobs 2.81 4 Hal Carlson 2.90 5 Frank Miller 3.13

Wins

1 Wilbur Cooper 17 2 Frank Miller 10 3 Hal Carlson 7 4 Elmer Jacobs 6 5 Bob Steele 5

Strikeouts

1 Wilbur Cooper 99 2 Frank Miller 92 3 Bob Steele 82 4 Burleigh Grimes 72 5 Hal Carlson 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper 17 11 2.36 40 34 1 297.2 54 99
Elmer Jacobs 6 19 2.81 38 25 2 227.1 76 58
Frank Miller 10 19 3.13 38 28 1 224.0 60 92
Burleigh Grimes 3 16 3.53 37 17 0 194.0 70 72
Bob Steele 5 11 2.76 27 19 1 179.2 53 82
Hal Carlson 7 11 2.90 34 17 1 161.1 49 68
Al Mamaux 2 11 5.25 16 13 0 85.2 50 22
Bill Evans 0 4 3.38 8 2 0 26.2 14 5
Elmer Ponder 1 1 1.69 3 2 0 21.1 6 11

👥 Roster (41)

Jesse Altenburg Doug Baird Carson Bigbee Fred Blackwell Tony Boeckel Bunny Brief Max Carey Hal Carlson Howdy Caton Wilbur Cooper Adam DeBus Bill Evans +29 more

41 players

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