| 1917 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Playoffs: | Pennant Winners |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | Chicago White Sox |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Boston Red Sox |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | New York Giants |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1917 World Series |
| Finals Runner-Up: | New York Giants |
| Seasonslist: | List of Major League Baseball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1916 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1916 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1918 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1918 |
The 1917 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1917. The regular season ended on October 4, with the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 14th World Series on October 6 and ended with Game 6 on October 15. The White Sox defeated the Giants, four games to two.
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1917 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the season. This format would last until .
Opening Day, April 11, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the season. The final day of the regular season was on October 4. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 12.
The 1917 season saw earned run statistics and definitions added to the rules.[1]
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Carrigan | Jack Barry | ||
| Chicago Cubs | Joe Tinker | Fred Mitchell |
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Jimmy Callahan | Honus Wagner | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Honus Wagner | Hugo Bezdek |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Cobb (DET) | .383 | ||
| Wally Pipp (NYY) | 9 | ||
| Bobby Veach (DET) | 110 | ||
| Donie Bush (DET) | 112 | ||
| Ty Cobb (DET) | 225 | ||
| Ty Cobb (DET) | 55 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Cicotte (CWS) | 28 | ||
| Bob Groom (SLB) Allen Sothoron (SLB) | 19 | ||
| Eddie Cicotte (CWS) | 1.53 | ||
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 188 | ||
| Eddie Cicotte (CWS) | 346.2 | ||
| Dave Danforth (CWS) | 9 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edd Roush (CIN) | .341 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) Dave Robertson (NYG) | 12 | ||
| Heinie Zimmerman (NYG) | 100 | ||
| George Burns (NYG) | 103 | ||
| Heinie Groh (CIN) | 182 | ||
| Max Carey (PIT) | 46 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP) | 30 | ||
| Jesse Barnes (BSB) Eppa Rixey (PHP) | 21 | ||
| Fred Anderson (NYG) | 1.44 | ||
| Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP) | 200 | ||
| Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP) | 388.0 | ||
| Slim Sallee (NYG) | 4 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox[2] | 100 | 12.4% | 684,521 | 0.7% | 8,665 | |
| New York Giants[3] | 98 | 14.0% | 500,264 | -9.4% | 6,253 | |
| Cleveland Indians[4] | 88 | 14.3% | 477,298 | -3.0% | 6,119 | |
| Detroit Tigers[5] | 78 | -10.3% | 457,289 | -25.9% | 6,017 | |
| Boston Red Sox[6] | 90 | -1.1% | 387,856 | -21.9% | 4,848 | |
| Chicago Cubs[7] | 74 | 10.4% | 360,218 | -20.6% | 4,678 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[8] | 87 | -4.4% | 354,428 | -31.2% | 4,664 | |
| New York Yankees[9] | 71 | -11.3% | 330,294 | -29.6% | 4,404 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 82 | 36.7% | 288,491 | 28.6% | 3,699 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[11] | 78 | 30.0% | 269,056 | 5.2% | 3,363 | |
| Brooklyn Robins[12] | 70 | -25.5% | 221,619 | -50.5% | 2,841 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[13] | 55 | 52.8% | 221,432 | 20.0% | 2,914 | |
| St. Louis Browns[14] | 57 | -27.8% | 210,486 | -37.3% | 2,699 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[15] | 51 | -21.5% | 192,807 | -33.3% | 2,441 | |
| Boston Braves[16] | 72 | -19.1% | 174,253 | -44.4% | 2,263 | |
| Washington Senators[17] | 74 | -2.6% | 89,682 | -49.4% | 1,121 |