1917 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1917 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner, Hugo Bezdek
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The 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 36th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 31st in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 51–103.

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National 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

1917 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

1917 Game Log: 51–103 (Home: 25–53; Away: 26–50)
April: 7–11 (Home: 2–3; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 11 @ Cubs 3–5 Vaughn Evans (0–1) — — 0–1 2 April 12 @ Cubs 0–2 Douglas Cooper (0–1) — — 0–2 3 April 13 @ Cubs 1–6 Ruether Mamaux (0–1) — — 0–3 4 April 14 @ Cubs 4–2 Miller (1–0) Hendrix — — 1–3 5 April 15 @ Reds 2–5 Toney Mamaux (0–2) — — 1–4 6 April 16 @ Reds 8–4 Cooper (1–1) Mitchell — — 2–4 7 April 17 @ Reds 2–3 Schneider Miller (1–1) — — 2–5 8 April 18 @ Reds 5–7 Eller Mamaux (0–3) Mitchell — 2–6 9 April 19 Cubs 3–10 Hendrix Cooper (1–2) — — 2–7 10 April 20 Cubs 6–1 Grimes (1–0) Demaree — — 3–7 11 April 21 Cubs 1–2 Vaughn Miller (1–2) — — 3–8 12 April 22 @ Cardinals 1–4 Doak Mamaux (0���4) — — 3–9 13 April 23 @ Cardinals 2–0 Cooper (2–2) Watson — — 4–9 14 April 24 @ Cardinals 1–2 (10) Ames Grimes (1–1) — — 4–10 15 April 25 @ Cardinals 10–8 (10) Carlson (1–0) Watson — — 5–10 16 April 27 Reds 3–5 Toney Miller (1–3) — — 5–11 17 April 28 Reds 2–0 Grimes (2–1) Sanders — — 6–11 18 April 29 @ Reds 3–0 Carlson (2–0) Schneider — — 7–11
May: 6–14 (Home: 2–3; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 19 May 2 Cardinals 0–4 Ames Grimes (2–2) — — 7–12 20 May 3 Cardinals 3–4 Pierce Mamaux (0–5) Doak — 7–13 21 May 6 @ Cubs 2–3 Vaughn Carlson (2–1) — — 7–14 22 May 7 @ Cubs 1–4 Seaton Grimes (2–3) — — 7–15 23 May 10 @ Braves 11–4 Grimes (3–3) Nehf — — 8–15 24 May 11 @ Braves 2–3 (10) Rudolph Jacobs (0–1) — — 8–16 25 May 14 @ Phillies 2–3 Alexander Jacobs (0–2) — — 8–17 26 May 15 @ Phillies 2–8 Mayer Grimes (3–4) — — 8–18 27 May 16 @ Phillies 12–4 Cooper (3–2) Oeschger — — 9–18 28 May 17 @ Phillies 6–8 Rixey Carlson (2–2) Lavender — 9–19 29 May 18 @ Giants 1–8 Sallee Grimes (3–5) — — 9–20 30 May 19 @ Giants 5–4 Cooper (4–2) Benton — — 10–20 31 May 21 @ Giants 3–4 Tesreau Jacobs (0–3) — — 10–21 32 May 22 @ Giants 2–0 Miller (2–3) Anderson — — 11–21 33 May 24 @ Robins 0–6 Pfeffer Grimes (3–6) — — 11–22 34 May 25 @ Robins 3–4 Cadore Cooper (4–3) — — 11–23 35 May 26 @ Robins 1–4 Marquard Miller (2–4) — — 11–24 36 May 30 Cubs 5–6 Douglas Jacobs (0–4) Demaree — 11–25 37 May 30 Cubs 2–1 Carlson (3–2) Demaree — — 12–25 38 May 31 Phillies 3–2 Mamaux (1–5) Rixey Jacobs (1) — 13–25
June: 8–15 (Home: 6–14; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 39 June 1 Phillies 1–9 Mayer Miller (2–5) — — 13–26 40 June 2 Phillies 1–9 Alexander Grimes (3–7) — — 13–27 41 June 4 Phillies 5–1 Jacobs (1–4) Lavender — — 14–27 42 June 7 Robins 3–5 Pfeffer Mamaux (1–6) — — 14–28 43 June 8 Robins 5–4 Miller (3–5) Dell — — 15–28 44 June 9 Braves 5–6 Tyler Carlson (3–3) — — 15–29 45 June 11 Braves 0–2 Nehf Miller (3–6) Tyler — 15–30 46 June 12 Braves 5–4 (11) Jacobs (2–4) Tyler — — 16–30 47 June 13 Giants 3–7 Anderson Grimes (3–8) — — 16–31 48 June 14 Giants 0–2 Perritt Jacobs (2–5) — — 16–32 49 June 16 Giants 1–4 Benton Miller (3–7) — — 16–33 50 June 18 @ Cardinals 4–0 Cooper (5–3) Packard — — 17–33 51 June 19 @ Cardinals 7–3 (11) Jacobs (3–5) Ames — — 18–33 52 June 20 @ Cardinals 4–4 (6) — — 18–33 53 June 21 Cubs 4–12 Seaton Miller (3–8) — — 18–34 54 June 22 Cubs 4–3 (10) Cooper (6–3) Demaree — — 19–34 55 June 23 Cubs 0–2 Douglas Jacobs (3–6) — — 19–35 56 June 23 Cubs 4–6 (10) Hendrix Miller (3–9) Seaton — 19–36 57 June 24 @ Cubs 1–2 Vaughn Mamaux (1–7) — — 19–37 58 June 26 Reds 5–6 Schneider Cooper (6–4) — — 19–38 59 June 27 Reds 5–6 Regan Jacobs (3–7) Ring — 19–39 60 June 28 Reds 6–2 Steele (1–0) Toney — — 20–39 61 June 29 Reds 0–1 Mitchell Mamaux (1–8) — — 20–40 62 June 30 Reds 5–4 Cooper (7–4) Ring — — 21–40
July: 10–23 (Home: 3–11; Away: 7–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 63 July 1 @ Reds 1–4 Toney Jacobs (3–8) — — 21–41 64 July 1 @ Reds 1–5 Toney Steele (1–1) — — 21–42 65 July 2 Cardinals 4–6 Horstmann Mamaux (1–9) Packard — 21–43 66 July 3 Cardinals 6–8 Ames Miller (3–10) — — 21–44 67 July 4 Cardinals 3–4 Packard Jacobs (3–9) Meadows — 21–45 68 July 4 Cardinals 1–4 Doak Cooper (7–5) — — 21–46 69 July 5 Cardinals 6–9 (11) Ames Grimes (3–9) — — 21–47 70 July 6 @ Phillies 8–5 Mamaux (2–9) Oeschger Carlson (1) — 22–47 71 July 7 @ Phillies 4–1 Miller (4–10) Alexander Jacobs (2) — 23–47 72 July 12 @ Robins 2–1 Carlson (4–3) Pfeffer — — 24–47 73 July 13 @ Robins 0–4 Cheney Jacobs (3–10) — — 24–48 74 July 13 @ Robins 1–2 (10) Smith Grimes (3–10) — — 24–49 75 July 14 @ Robins 3–5 Coombs Mamaux (2–10) — — 24–50 76 July 14 @ Robins 0–1 Marquard Miller (4–11) — — 24–51 77 July 16 @ Braves 7–8 (11) Tyler Grimes (3–11) — — 24–52 78 July 16 @ Braves 2–7 Barnes Jacobs (3–11) — — 24–53 79 July 17 @ Braves 6–10 Nehf Mamaux (2–11) — — 24–54 80 July 18 @ Braves 8–6 Steele (2–1) Tyler — — 25–54 81 July 18 @ Braves 3–2 Carlson (5–3) Rudolph — — 26–54 82 July 19 @ Braves 6–1 Cooper (8–5) Barnes — — 27–54 83 July 20 @ Giants 0–4 Benton Carlson (5–4) — — 27–55 84 July 21 @ Giants 3–4 (10) Sallee Grimes (3–12) — — 27–56 85 July 23 @ Giants 1–0 Cooper (9–5) Schupp — — 28–56 86 July 24 @ Giants 2–6 Perritt Miller (4–12) Anderson — 28–57 87 July 25 Robins 3–4 (13) Smith Jacobs (3–12) — — 28–58 88 July 26 Robins 4–1 Carlson (6–4) Pfeffer — — 29–58 89 July 26 Robins 1–5 Cadore Jacobs (3–13) — — 29–59 90 July 27 Robins 5–1 Cooper (10–5) Coombs — — 30–59 91 July 28 Robins 2–6 Cheney Steele (2–2) — — 30–60 92 July 28 Robins 2–4 Smith Miller (4–13) — — 30–61 93 July 30 Giants 4–3 Carlson (7–4) Anderson Cooper (1) — 31–61 94 July 31 Giants 7–11 Tesreau Cooper (10–6) — — 31–62 95 July 31 Giants 3–9 Schupp Grimes (3–13) — — 31–63
August: 8–19 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 96 August 1 Giants 1–3 Perritt Steele (2–3) — — 31–64 97 August 2 Giants 3–7 Demaree Miller (4–14) — — 31–65 98 August 3 Braves 4–5 Nehf Carlson (7–5) — — 31–66 99 August 4 Braves 3–6 Tyler Steele (2–4) — — 31–67 100 August 9 Phillies 5–1 Jacobs (4–13) Alexander — — 32–67 101 August 10 Phillies 1–0 Cooper (11–6) Rixey — — 33–67 102 August 11 Phillies 3–4 Alexander Miller (4–15) — — 33–68 103 August 11 Phillies 2–3 Oeschger Evans (0–2) — — 33–69 104 August 12 @ Cubs 2–3 Vaughn Carlson (7–6) — — 33–70 105 August 13 @ Cubs 3–7 Hendrix Steele (2–5) — — 33–71 106 August 14 @ Cubs 2–0 (12) Cooper (12–6) Douglas — — 34–71 107 August 15 Reds 3–2 Miller (5–15) Schneider — — 35–71 108 August 16 @ Phillies 3–5 Oeschger Jacobs (4–14) — — 35–72 109 August 16 @ Phillies 0–3 Mayer Evans (0–3) — — 35–73 110 August 17 @ Phillies 0–3 Bender Jacobs (4–15) — — 35–74 111 August 17 @ Phillies 3–7 Rixey Carlson (7–7) — — 35–75 112 August 18 @ Phillies 2–3 (14) Alexander Cooper (12–7) — — 35–76 113 August 20 @ Robins 1–0 (10) Miller (6–15) Marquard — — 36–76 114 August 21 @ Robins 3–3 (13) — — 36–76 115 August 22 @ Robins 5–6 (22) Marquard Jacobs (4–16) — — 36–77 116 August 23 @ Braves 1–2 Tyler Grimes (3–14) — — 36–78 117 August 24 @ Braves 1–0 Miller (7–15) Barnes — — 37–78 118 August 25 @ Braves 0–2 Ragan Steele (2–6) — — 37–79 119 August 27 @ Giants 1–0 Cooper (13–7) Benton — — 38–79 120 August 28 @ Giants 3–7 Perritt Grimes (3–15) — — 38–80 121 August 29 @ Giants 5–6 Tesreau Miller (7–16) Sallee — 38–81 122 August 31 Cardinals 2–0 Jacobs (5–16) Doak — — 39–81 123 August 31 Cardinals 0–1 (5) Ames Steele (2–7) — — 39–82
September: 11–21 (Home: 7–15; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 124 September 1 Cardinals 0–1 Horstmann Cooper (13–8) — — 39–83 125 September 1 Cardinals 0–1 Watson Carlson (7–8) — — 39–84 126 September 2 @ Reds 8–7 Steele (3–7) Mitchell — — 40–84 127 September 3 Reds 8–0 Miller (8–16) Engel — — 41–84 128 September 3 Reds 5–3 Steele (4–7) Schneider — — 42–84 129 September 4 Reds 5–4 (10) Cooper (14–8) Toney — — 43–84 130 September 7 Cubs 1–2 Carter Steele (4–8) — — 43–85 131 September 8 Cubs 2–6 Vaughn Miller (8–17) — — 43–86 132 September 9 @ Cubs 0–1 Douglas Cooper (14–9) — — 43–87 133 September 10 @ Cardinals 1–2 Goodwin Jacobs (5–17) — — 43–88 134 September 11 @ Cardinals 3–0 Steele (5–8) Doak — — 44–88 135 September 11 @ Cardinals 2–5 Horstmann Carlson (7–9) — — 44–89 136 September 12 @ Cardinals 2–1 Miller (9–17) Watson — — 45–89 137 September 13 @ Cardinals 2–1 Cooper (15–9) Meadows — — 46–89 138 September 15 @ Reds 6–7 Eller Grimes (3–16) — — 46–90 139 September 16 @ Reds 2–4 Schneider Steele (5–9) — — 46–91 140 September 16 @ Reds 2–3 Regan Carlson (7–10) — — 46–92 141 September 17 Braves 1–4 (15) Hughes Miller (9–18) — — 46–93 142 September 18 Braves 3–5 Rudolph Cooper (15–10) — — 46–94 143 September 18 Braves 0–1 Nehf Ponder (0–1) — — 46–95 144 September 19 Braves 2–1 Jacobs (6–17) Barnes — — 47–95 145 September 19 Braves 4–6 Scott Evans (0–4) — — 47–96 146 September 20 Giants 9–9 (10) — — 47–96 147 September 21 Giants 1–3 Benton Steele (5–10) Anderson — 47–97 148 September 22 Giants 1–2 (11) Perritt Cooper (15–11) — — 47–98 149 September 22 Giants 1–0 Ponder (1–1) Demaree — — 48–98 150 September 24 Phillies 0–2 Bender Jacobs (6–18) — — 48–99 151 September 25 Phillies 3–0 Miller (10–18) Oeschger — — 49–99 152 September 26 Phillies 0–5 Rixey Carlson (7–11) — — 49–100 153 September 27 Robins 10–2 Cooper (16–11) Pfeffer — — 50–100 154 September 28 Robins 1–3 Smith Steele (5–11) — — 50–101 155 September 29 Robins 2–3 Cadore Jacobs (6–19) — — 50–102 156 September 29 Robins 3–7 Marquard Miller (10–19) — — 50–103
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 157 October 1 Braves 2–0 Cooper (17–11) Scott — — 51–103
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pirates team member

1917 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Hal Carlson Wilbur Cooper Bill Evans Burleigh Grimes Elmer Jacobs Al Mamaux Frank Miller Elmer Ponder Bob Steele Catchers Fred Blackwell William Fischer Walter Schmidt Red Smith Bill Wagner		Infielders Doug Baird Tony Boeckel Bunny Brief Howdy Caton Adam DeBus Billy Gleason George Kelly Alex McCarthy Ray Miller Fritz Mollwitz Jake Pitler Arch Reilly Honus Wagner Chuck Ward Hooks Warner Bill Webb Harry Wolfe		Outfielders Jesse Altenburg Carson Bigbee Max Carey Don Flinn Bill Hinchman Charlie Jackson Lee King Wildfire Schulte Joe Wilhoit Other batters Ben Shaw		Manager Hugo Bezdek Nixey Callahan Honus Wagner

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	William Fischer	95	245	70	.286	3	25
1B	Honus Wagner	74	230	61	.265	0	24
2B	Jake Pitler	109	382	89	.233	0	23
SS	Chuck Ward	125	423	100	.236	0	43
3B	Tony Boeckel	64	219	58	.265	0	23
OF	Carson Bigbee	133	469	112	.239	0	21
OF	Lee King	111	381	95	.249	1	35
OF	Max Carey	155	588	174	.296	1	51

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
Bill Hinchman	69	244	46	.189	2	29
Walter Schmidt	72	183	45	.246	0	17
Bill Wagner	53	151	31	.205	0	9
Alex McCarthy	49	151	33	.219	0	8
Fritz Mollwitz	36	140	36	.257	0	12
Doug Baird	43	135	35	.259	0	18
Adam DeBus	38	131	30	.229	0	7
Charlie Jackson	41	121	29	.240	0	1
Bunny Brief	36	115	25	.217	2	11
Frank Schulte	30	103	22	.214	0	7
Howdy Caton	14	57	12	.211	0	4
Billy Gleason	13	42	7	.167	0	0
Don Flinn	14	37	11	.297	0	1
Ray Miller	6	27	4	.148	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	8	23	2	.087	0	0
Red Smith	11	21	3	.143	0	2
Jesse Altenburg	11	17	3	.176	0	3
Bill Webb	5	15	3	.200	0	0
Joe Wilhoit	9	10	2	.200	0	0
Fred Blackwell	3	10	2	.200	0	2
Harry Wolfe	3	5	0	.000	0	0
Hooks Warner	3	5	1	.200	0	0
Ben Shaw	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Arch Reilly	1	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wilbur Cooper	40	297.2	17	11	2.36	99
Elmer Jacobs	38	227.1	6	19	2.81	58
Frank Miller	38	224.0	10	19	3.13	92
Bob Steele	27	179.2	5	11	2.76	82
Al Mamaux	16	85.2	2	11	5.25	22
Elmer Ponder	3	21.1	1	1	1.69	11

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Burleigh Grimes	37	194.0	3	16	3.53	72
Hal Carlson	34	161.1	7	11	2.90	68
Bill Evans	8	26.2	0	4	3.38	5

• 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac