1917 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1917
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Weeghman Park
City:	Chicago, Illinois
Owners:	Charles Weeghman
Managers:	Fred Mitchell

The 1917 Chicago Cubs season was the 46th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 42nd in the National League and the second at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–80, 24 games behind the New York Giants.

Regular season

• May 2, 1917: For the first, and to date, the only time in major league history, a regulation nine innings was played at Wrigley Field (known in 1917 as Weeghman Park) without either team logging a hit. Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs dueled for 9 hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, Reds outfielder Jim Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning.^[1] The Reds scored on a couple of hits and an error after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds.

Notable transactions

• September 20, 1917: Fred Lear was drafted by the Cubs from the Bridgeport Americans in the 1917 rule 5 draft.^[2]

Roster

1917 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager

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		81	211	45	.213	2	25
1B		146	549	146	.266	3	57
2B		135	476	121	.254	6	61
SS		75	190	33	.174	0	9
3B		135	449	114	.254	0	47
OF		138	468	113	.241	5	42
OF		117	444	121	.273	1	44
OF		131	447	111	.248	0	21

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
	108	354	86	.243	0	27
	117	353	88	.249	0	28
	85	223	56	.251	0	28
	56	202	56	.277	0	15
	42	95	12	.126	0	8
	31	44	12	.273	0	11
	13	41	10	.244	0	1
	14	34	5	.147	0	3
	13	28	3	.107	0	3
	7	28	6	.214	0	2
	6	21	5	.238	0	2
	7	19	4	.211	0	1
	3	8	3	.375	0	1
	3	6	0	.000	0	0
	9	5	2	.400	0	1
	3	3	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	2	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
	41	295.2	23	13	2.01	195
	51	293.1	14	20	2.55	151
	24	141.1	5	9	2.55	43

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
	40	215.0	10	12	2.60	81
	23	113.1	5	8	3.26	34
	30	106.2	6	6	3.12	44
	35	99.1	3	6	3.35	43
	16	74.2	5	4	2.53	27
	10	36.1	2	0	2.48	3
	4	19.2	1	1	2.75	8
	2	7.0	0	1	3.86	4

Relief pitchers

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

External links

• 1917 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Daley, Arthur. Baseball's 'Ten Greatest Moments', The New York Times, April 17, 1949, accessed April 23, 2007.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/learfr01.shtml Fred Lear page at Baseball Reference