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1917 Major League Baseball Retirements

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Last Game Age
1 Walt Alexander 5 1912 1917 0 162 467 405 26 76 18 3 1 24 5 1 42 83 .188 .271 .254 .525 Sep 8 26.187
2 Frank Allen 6 1912 1917 0 181 338 288 23 39 8 6 2 25 1 35 126 .135 .231 .226 .457 Sep 19 29.024
3 Milo Allison 4 1913 1917 0 49 78 60 15 13 0 0 0 0 4 15 9 .217 .373 .217 .590 Jun 29 26.256
4 Jesse Altenburg 2 1916 1917 0 19 33 31 3 9 1 1 0 3 0 1 5 .290 .313 .387 .700 May 17 24.135
5 Angel Aragon 3 1914 1917 0 32 87 76 4 9 1 0 0 5 2 5 6 .118 .183 .132 .315 Jul 14 26.346
6 Eddie Bacon 1 1917 1917 0 4 6 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167 Aug 20 22.134
7 Ray Bates 2 1913 1917 0 154 561 515 51 120 20 9 2 70 15 24 48 .233 .277 .318 .595 Sep 24 27.228
8 Paddy Baumann 7 1911 1917 0 299 1025 904 118 248 30 13 4 101 30 10 81 76 .274 .340 .350 .690 Sep 8 31.262
9 Pete Bigler 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10 Earl Blackburn 5 1912 1917 0 71 163 145 13 38 4 4 0 10 4 14 27 .262 .327 .345 .672 Apr 15 24.165
11 Dallas Bradshaw 1 1917 1917 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 9 21.198
12 Bunny Brief 4 1912 1917 0 184 669 569 61 127 25 9 5 59 17 6 58 95 .223 .306 .325 .631 Jun 24 24.356
13 Bobby Byrne 11 1907 1917 0 1283 5480 4831 667 1225 186 60 10 329 176 12 456 220 .254 .324 .323 .647 Sep 4 32.247
14 Howie Camp 1 1917 1917 0 5 22 21 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .318 .333 .652 Sep 22 24.083
15 Larry Chappell 5 1913 1917 0 109 337 305 27 69 9 2 0 26 9 25 42 .226 .289 .269 .558 Apr 25 27.065
16 Claude Cooper 5 1913 1917 0 373 1246 1089 156 283 47 23 4 104 60 119 163 .260 .338 .356 .694 Jun 26 25.086
17 Sam Crawford HOF 19 1899 1917 0 2517 10594 9570 1391 2961 458 309 97 1525 366 30 760 104 .309 .362 .452 .814 Sep 16 37.151
18 Harry Davis 22 1895 1917 0 1755 7379 6653 1001 1841 361 145 75 951 285 2 525 45 .277 .335 .408 .743 May 30 43.315
19 Adam Debus 1 1917 1917 0 38 142 131 9 30 5 4 0 7 2 7 14 .229 .279 .328 .607 Aug 31 24.328
20 Tony DeFate 1 1917 1917 0 17 20 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .125 .300 .125 .425 Jul 9 22.137
21 Wheezer Dell 4 1912 1917 0 92 137 126 5 15 2 0 0 12 0 0 5 42 .119 .165 .135 .300 Jul 4 31.023
22 George Dickerson 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 2 24.244
23 Paddy Driscoll 1 1917 1917 0 13 32 28 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 6 .107 .167 .143 .310 Aug 12 22.213
24 Jack Enright 1 1917 1917 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 26 21.301
25 Ferd Eunick 1 1917 1917 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 29 25.129
26 Bunny Fabrique 2 1916 1917 0 27 99 90 8 18 3 0 1 3 0 8 10 .200 .265 .267 .532 Jun 20 29.179
27 Cy Falkenberg 12 1903 1917 0 332 857 771 48 117 11 4 1 47 7 39 107 .152 .197 .180 .377 Jul 4 36.199
28 William Fischer 5 1913 1917 0 412 1224 1099 109 301 50 15 10 115 20 90 66 .274 .332 .374 .706 Sep 29 26.211
29 Paul Fittery 2 1914 1917 0 30 45 39 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 20 .077 .163 .077 .240 Oct 3 29.358
30 Ed Fitzpatrick 3 1915 1917 0 251 825 697 91 158 35 7 1 59 22 8 70 84 .227 .319 .301 .620 Oct 4 27.299
31 Don Flinn 1 1917 1917 0 14 38 37 1 11 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 .297 .316 .378 .694 Sep 26 24.313
32 Rube Foster 5 1913 1917 0 150 305 270 19 58 13 0 1 19 1 16 59 .215 .259 .274 .533 Sep 29 29.267
33 Pat French 1 1917 1917 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 4 23.285
34 Lee Gooch 2 1915 1917 0 19 66 61 4 18 2 0 1 8 0 4 10 .295 .338 .377 .716 Jun 28 27.125
35 Al Gould 2 1916 1917 0 57 60 53 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 3 20 .151 .196 .189 .385 Aug 18 24.210
36 Ray Haley 3 1915 1917 0 81 228 214 17 53 8 1 0 15 2 11 32 .248 .291 .294 .585 Sep 15 26.235
37 Ziggy Hasbrook 2 1916 1917 0 11 10 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 Sep 27 23.310
38 Olaf Henriksen 7 1911 1917 0 321 598 487 84 131 12 7 1 48 15 9 97 43 .269 .392 .329 .721 Jun 27 29.062
39 Red Hill 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 21 24.091
40 Bruce Hitt 1 1917 1917 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 30 20.200
41 Ivan Howard 4 1914 1917 0 302 966 818 91 191 27 14 2 86 53 22 104 129 .233 .331 .308 .639 Sep 29 34.352
42 Emil Huhn 3 1915 1917 0 184 608 560 40 128 22 5 1 47 14 32 56 .229 .273 .291 .564 Jun 24 25.106
43 Fred Jacklitsch 13 1900 1917 0 490 1578 1344 160 327 64 12 5 153 35 201 100 .243 .349 .320 .669 Jun 30 41.037
44 Charlie Jackson 2 1915 1917 0 42 135 122 7 29 3 2 0 1 4 10 23 .238 .301 .295 .596 Sep 26 23.231
45 Bill Johnson 2 1916 1917 0 52 139 124 8 23 3 2 1 9 4 8 18 .185 .241 .266 .507 Jul 4 24.259
46 Walt Johnson 3 1912 1917 0 8 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 Oct 2 24.298
47 Bill Kenworthy 4 1912 1917 0 285 1113 989 159 301 71 21 18 146 61 67 77 .304 .360 .473 .833 May 8 30.308
48 Elmer Knetzer 8 1909 1917 0 221 437 386 23 42 2 2 0 10 1 12 144 .109 .149 .124 .273 Jun 18 31.331
49 Jimmy Lavender 6 1912 1917 0 224 408 374 19 54 12 1 0 13 2 16 155 .144 .184 .182 .365 Oct 3 33.130
50 Otis Lawry 2 1916 1917 0 71 196 178 17 34 1 0 0 5 5 11 30 .191 .242 .197 .439 Sep 29 23.332
51 Bill Leard 1 1917 1917 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 25 31.284
52 Paddy Livingston 7 1901 1917 0 206 660 574 48 120 17 12 0 45 9 41 1 .209 .287 .280 .568 Jun 15 37.152
53 Hans Lobert 14 1903 1917 0 1317 5227 4563 640 1252 159 82 32 482 316 15 395 156 .274 .337 .366 .703 Oct 3 35.350
54 Tom Long 5 1911 1917 0 418 1612 1489 148 401 47 49 6 140 65 29 79 137 .269 .309 .379 .688 Sep 30 27.121
55 Mike Massey 1 1917 1917 0 31 114 91 12 18 0 0 0 2 2 15 15 .198 .318 .198 .516 Jun 30 23.275
56 Alex McCarthy 8 1910 1917 0 432 1519 1335 136 306 34 11 5 122 23 5 104 123 .229 .295 .282 .577 Jul 23 29.072
57 Billy Meyer 3 1913 1917 0 113 325 301 15 71 7 3 1 21 3 15 25 .236 .274 .289 .563 Sep 18 24.247
58 Chief Meyers 9 1909 1917 0 992 3226 2834 276 826 120 41 14 363 44 4 274 162 .291 .367 .378 .744 Oct 4 37.067
59 Horace Milan 2 1915 1917 0 42 116 100 14 32 4 2 0 16 6 12 16 .320 .404 .400 .804 Sep 29 23.175
60 Ray Miller 1 1917 1917 0 25 59 48 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 10 6 .167 .310 .208 .519 Aug 22 29.191
61 Ward Miller 8 1909 1917 0 769 2680 2244 322 623 79 35 8 221 128 21 318 230 .278 .375 .355 .729 Jul 15 33.010
62 Scrappy Moore 1 1917 1917 0 4 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 Jul 5 24.201
63 Mike Mowrey 13 1905 1917 0 1276 4979 4291 485 1099 183 54 7 461 167 469 297 .256 .334 .329 .663 Aug 13 33.115
64 Bill Murray 1 1917 1917 0 8 24 21 2 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 .143 .217 .238 .455 Sep 21 24.015
65 Ed Murray 1 1917 1917 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 24 22.047
66 Red Murray 11 1906 1917 0 1264 4786 4334 555 1170 168 96 37 579 321 8 299 194 .270 .323 .379 .702 Oct 3 33.213
67 Jack Nabors 3 1915 1917 0 52 89 85 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 45 .106 .136 .106 .242 Apr 16 29.148
68 Otto Neu 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 10 22.289
69 Jack Onslow 2 1912 1917 0 45 95 77 8 13 2 0 0 4 1 10 1 .169 .289 .195 .484 Oct 3 28.355
70 Eddie Palmer 1 1917 1917 0 16 59 52 7 11 1 0 0 5 1 7 7 .212 .305 .231 .536 Oct 3 24.124
71 Jim Park 3 1915 1917 0 42 32 32 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 .188 .188 .219 .406 Jul 11 24.243
72 Rube Parnham 2 1916 1917 0 6 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500 Sep 24 23.235
73 George Pearce 6 1912 1917 0 103 182 166 12 20 5 1 0 6 0 1 7 65 .120 .161 .163 .324 May 19 29.129
74 Charlie Pechous 3 1915 1917 0 53 178 161 11 29 4 1 0 9 3 9 45 .180 .228 .217 .445 Sep 30 20.360
75 Kewpie Pennington 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 14 20.202
76 Eddie Plank HOF 17 1901 1917 0 630 1778 1607 130 331 39 7 3 122 13 1 71 72 .206 .250 .245 .495 Aug 6 41.340
77 Arch Reilly 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 1 25.288
78 Ed Reulbach 13 1905 1917 0 401 981 862 52 127 16 6 1 52 3 59 171 .147 .204 .183 .387 Jul 13 34.224
79 Tom Richardson 1 1917 1917 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 2 33.360
80 Art Rico 2 1916 1917 0 17 18 18 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500 Sep 3 22.042
81 Jack Roche 3 1914 1917 0 59 56 49 3 14 2 2 0 9 2 4 9 .286 .364 .408 .772 Apr 18 26.147
82 William Rumler 3 1914 1917 0 139 191 171 15 43 7 4 1 32 4 2 14 28 .251 .312 .357 .669 Sep 27 26.184
83 Rube Schauer 5 1913 1917 0 93 131 121 9 16 3 1 0 6 0 4 19 .132 .160 .174 .334 Sep 29 26.194
84 Morrie Schick 1 1917 1917 0 14 39 34 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 .147 .216 .147 .363 Sep 29 25.165
85 Jim Scott 9 1909 1917 0 317 679 614 30 79 11 1 1 34 3 2 34 91 .129 .177 .155 .332 Aug 17 29.116
86 Tom Seaton 6 1912 1917 0 232 493 451 44 84 12 6 4 32 8 24 163 .186 .227 .266 .493 Jun 23 29.297
87 Ralph Sharman 1 1917 1917 0 13 43 37 2 11 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 .297 .366 .405 .771 Oct 3 22.175
88 Fred Smith 4 1913 1917 0 438 1607 1422 143 321 39 25 8 158 58 133 219 .226 .296 .305 .601 Sep 30 31.063
89 Pop-Boy Smith 3 1913 1917 0 26 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 May 2 24.344
90 Jack Snyder 2 1914 1917 0 8 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .273 .333 .273 .606 Oct 4 30.363
91 Ad Swigler 1 1917 1917 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 25 22.004
92 Buck Thrasher 2 1916 1917 0 30 118 106 9 27 4 2 0 6 0 5 13 .255 .295 .330 .625 May 16 27.283
93 Red Torkelson 1 1917 1917 0 4 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 Sep 29 23.194
94 Paul Wachtel 1 1917 1917 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Sep 27 29.150
95 Honus Wagner HOF 21 1897 1917 0 2792 11739 10430 1736 3415 640 252 101 1732 722 15 963 327 .327 .391 .466 .857 Sep 17 43.205
96 Doc Waldbauer 1 1917 1917 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 29 25.219
97 Ed Walsh HOF 14 1904 1917 0 459 1171 1088 93 210 38 10 3 68 14 0 46 14 .193 .230 .255 .485 Sep 11 36.120
98 Jimmy Walsh 6 1912 1917 0 541 2100 1771 235 410 71 31 6 150 92 49 249 204 .232 .330 .317 .647 Oct 4 32.012
99 Bill Webb 1 1917 1917 0 5 17 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .294 .200 .494 Oct 1 22.098
100 Harry Wolfe 1 1917 1917 0 12 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .200 .333 .200 .533 Jul 16 24.234
101 Harry Wolter 7 1907 1917 0 588 2248 1907 286 514 69 42 12 167 95 268 90 .270 .365 .369 .733 Sep 23 33.074
Totals 445 1895 1917 0 24998 88220 78082 9983 20768 3308 1460 493 9110 3331 252 6941 5306 .266 .332 .365 .696
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Rk Yrs From To ASG W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Last Game Age
1 Frank Allen 6 1912 1917 0 50 67 .427 2.93 180 127 31 60 10 3 970.1 893 411 316 26 373 457 35 2 23 4014 Sep 19 29.024
2 Eddie Bacon 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 7 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 28 Aug 20 22.134
3 Wheezer Dell 4 1912 1917 0 19 23 .452 2.55 92 44 29 21 6 3 430.1 367 170 122 10 171 198 14 0 8 1776 Jul 4 31.023
4 George Dickerson 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Aug 2 24.244
5 Jack Enright 1 1917 1917 0 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 20 Sep 26 21.301
6 Cy Falkenberg 12 1903 1917 0 130 123 .514 2.68 330 266 48 180 27 8 2275.0 2090 960 678 23 690 1164 69 0 93 7939 Jul 4 36.199
7 Paul Fittery 2 1914 1917 0 1 3 .250 3.90 25 6 19 3 0 0 99.1 110 56 43 1 39 34 6 4 3 439 Oct 3 29.358
8 Rube Foster 5 1913 1917 0 58 33 .637 2.36 138 103 27 60 15 3 842.1 726 304 221 6 305 294 29 1 19 3372 Sep 29 29.267
9 Al Gould 2 1916 1917 0 9 11 .450 3.05 57 16 27 7 1 1 200.2 196 81 68 1 92 65 6 0 1 837 Aug 18 24.210
10 Red Hill 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 Apr 21 24.091
11 Bruce Hitt 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 Sep 30 20.200
12 Walt Johnson 3 1912 1917 0 0 2 .000 5.93 8 2 4 0 0 0 27.1 29 20 18 0 12 18 2 0 3 125 Oct 2 24.298
13 Elmer Knetzer 8 1909 1917 0 69 69 .500 3.15 220 134 59 82 13 6 1267.1 1206 603 444 30 484 535 14 1 27 5210 Jun 18 31.331
14 Jimmy Lavender 6 1912 1917 0 63 76 .453 3.09 224 142 50 65 10 12 1207.1 1097 547 414 38 447 547 56 0 29 5058 Oct 3 33.130
15 Jack Nabors 3 1915 1917 0 1 25 .038 3.87 52 37 11 13 0 1 269.2 266 156 116 3 131 94 8 0 6 1113 Apr 16 29.148
16 Jim Park 3 1915 1917 0 4 5 .444 3.02 42 9 18 2 0 0 122.0 114 56 41 4 46 40 1 0 2 495 Jul 11 24.243
17 Rube Parnham 2 1916 1917 0 2 2 .500 4.04 6 5 1 2 0 0 35.2 39 20 16 1 22 12 0 0 2 153 Sep 24 23.235
18 George Pearce 6 1912 1917 0 36 27 .571 3.11 103 60 30 27 5 1 509.2 445 250 176 8 217 260 11 0 16 2151 May 19 29.129
19 Kewpie Pennington 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Apr 14 20.202
20 Eddie Plank HOF 17 1901 1917 0 326 194 .627 2.35 623 529 74 410 69 23 4495.2 3958 1569 1174 41 1072 2246 196 6 87 18225 Aug 6 41.340
21 Ed Reulbach 13 1905 1917 0 182 106 .632 2.28 399 300 78 201 40 13 2632.1 2117 887 668 33 892 1137 107 8 49 10700 Jul 13 34.224
22 Rube Schauer 5 1913 1917 0 10 29 .256 3.35 93 31 43 16 0 1 400.1 384 215 149 12 137 164 7 1 20 1680 Sep 29 26.194
23 Jim Scott 9 1909 1917 0 107 113 .486 2.30 317 226 63 123 26 9 1892.0 1624 686 483 21 609 945 53 3 33 7468 Aug 17 29.116
24 Tom Seaton 6 1912 1917 0 93 65 .589 3.14 231 154 60 90 15 11 1340.0 1235 609 468 30 530 644 42 0 34 4473 Jun 23 29.297
25 Pop-Boy Smith 3 1913 1917 0 1 4 .200 4.21 26 5 15 0 0 1 66.1 70 41 31 1 26 20 5 0 0 284 May 2 24.344
26 Ad Swigler 1 1917 1917 0 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 0 8 4 0 0 0 30 Sep 25 22.004
27 Red Torkelson 1 1917 1917 0 2 1 .667 7.66 4 3 1 0 0 0 22.1 33 25 19 1 13 10 2 0 0 121 Sep 29 23.194
28 Paul Wachtel 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 10.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 30 Sep 27 29.150
29 Honus Wagner HOF 21 1897 1917 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 7 5 0 0 6 6 0 0 3 0 Sep 17 43.205
30 Doc Waldbauer 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 10 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 23 Sep 29 25.219
31 Ed Walsh HOF 14 1904 1917 0 195 126 .607 1.82 430 315 102 250 57 34 2964.1 2346 877 598 23 617 1736 54 14 84 11713 Sep 11 36.120
32 Harry Wolter 7 1907 1917 0 4 6 .400 3.75 15 9 5 1 0 0 84.0 96 40 35 1 50 29 6 0 3 338 Sep 23 33.074
Totals 167 1897 1917 0 1362 1112 .551 2.56 3629 2525 806 1613 294 131 22199.1 19497 8625 6326 315 7007 10666 723 40 545 87856
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