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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Johnny Couch 1917-1925 148 222 10 37 2 2 3 18 9 62 .167 .203 .234 1 1 Apr 11 26.011 Bob Jones 1917-1925 853 2990 399 791 120 38 7 316 208 156 .265 .314 .337 49 30 Apr 11 27.130 Fred Nicholson 1917-1922 303 794 112 247 34 21 12 107 65 97 .311 .367 .452 21 17 Apr 11 22.222 Swede Risberg 1917-1920 476 1619 196 394 72 27 6 175 148 180 .243 .311 .332 52 10 Apr 11 22.180 Ben Shaw 1917-1918 23 38 5 7 1 0 0 2 2 2 .184 .262 .211 0 0 Apr 11 23.297 Chuck Ward 1917-1922 236 769 52 175 20 6 0 72 51 67 .228 .286 .269 7 1 Apr 11 22.255 Mike Massey 1917-1917 31 91 12 18 0 0 0 2 15 15 .198 .318 .198 2 0 Apr 12 23.196 Hal Carlson 1917-1930 385 712 58 159 18 4 5 72 24 118 .223 .251 .281 0 1 Apr 13 24.331 Jimmy Ring 1917-1928 391 817 59 120 23 1 4 57 17 288 .147 .167 .192 2 1 Apr 13 22.057 Dutch Ruether 1917-1927 488 969 83 250 30 12 7 111 77 129 .258 .314 .335 3 1 Apr 13 23.212 Ray Miller 1917-1917 25 48 2 8 2 0 0 2 10 6 .167 .310 .208 0 0 Apr 14 29.061 Kewpie Pennington 1917-1917 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 14 20.202 Tom Rogers 1917-1921 84 134 13 30 4 1 1 5 1 22 .224 .230 .291 1 0 Apr 14 25.061 Vic Aldridge 1917-1928 248 581 46 133 14 4 2 60 10 41 .229 .242 .277 2 0 Apr 15 23.172 Morrie Schick 1917-1917 14 34 3 5 0 0 0 3 3 10 .147 .216 .147 0 0 Apr 15 24.363 Harry Wolfe 1917-1917 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 .200 .333 .200 0 0 Apr 15 24.142 Pickles Dillhoefer 1917-1921 247 600 59 134 16 10 0 48 35 30 .223 .266 .283 12 2 Apr 16 23.185 Rich Durning 1917-1918 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 16 24.188 Hod Eller 1917-1921 163 308 24 68 6 3 1 29 6 60 .221 .238 .269 5 1 Apr 16 22.285 Patsy McGaffigan 1917-1918 73 252 22 49 4 2 1 14 16 30 .194 .245 .238 4 0 Apr 16 28.216 Roy Sanders 1917-1918 31 59 7 8 0 2 0 5 3 9 .136 .177 .203 0 0 Apr 16 24.258 Tony DeFate 1917-1917 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 6 .125 .300 .125 0 0 Apr 18 22.055 Oscar Horstmann 1917-1919 50 52 1 10 2 0 0 2 3 16 .192 .236 .231 0 0 Apr 18 25.320 Pete Kilduff 1917-1921 428 1384 163 374 62 28 4 159 134 132 .270 .338 .364 28 15 Apr 18 24.014 Jim Middleton 1917-1921 51 42 2 5 1 0 0 4 2 5 .119 .159 .143 0 0 Apr 18 27.325 Red Hill 1917-1917 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 21 24.091 Dave Keefe 1917-1922 98 107 9 22 1 1 0 3 4 17 .206 .234 .234 1 1 Apr 21 20.102 Cal Crum 1917-1918 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 4 27.281 Pete Bigler 1917-1917 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 6 24.144 Archie Yelle 1917-1919 87 199 12 32 4 0 0 7 15 19 .161 .223 .181 2 0 May 12 24.335 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Mike Regan 1917-1919 57 103 12 23 3 0 0 1 7 16 .223 .273 .252 2 0 May 13 28.175 Walter Anderson 1917-1919 17 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 .273 .333 .273 0 0 May 14 19.231 Ed Monroe 1917-1918 10 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 .167 .167 .250 0 0 May 29 22.096 Jake Pitler 1917-1918 111 383 40 89 8 5 0 23 31 24 .232 .298 .279 8 0 May 30 23.038 Arch Reilly 1917-1917 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 1 25.288 Dallas Bradshaw 1917-1917 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 5 21.194 Paddy Driscoll 1917-1917 13 28 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 6 .107 .167 .143 2 0 Jun 12 22.152 Scrappy Moore 1917-1917 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 0 0 Jun 21 24.187 Tim Murchison 1917-1920 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 21 20.256 Rasty Wright 1917-1923 109 133 15 26 2 1 0 5 16 36 .195 .282 .226 0 0 Jun 22 21.229 Ed Murray 1917-1917 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 24 22.047 Jakie May 1917-1932 410 468 33 80 10 5 2 24 28 120 .171 .221 .226 0 0 Jun 26 21.213 Bill Murray 1917-1917 8 21 2 3 0 1 0 4 2 2 .143 .217 .238 1 0 Jun 27 23.294 Pat French 1917-1917 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 2 23.283 John Russell 1917-1922 21 30 1 11 2 0 0 2 3 8 .367 .424 .433 0 0 Jul 4 22.257 Joe Dugan 1917-1931 1447 5410 665 1516 277 46 42 571 250 419 .280 .317 .372 37 28 Jul 5 20.054 Speed Martin 1917-1922 127 180 10 35 7 1 1 12 6 44 .194 .220 .261 2 0 Jul 5 23.293 Vince Molyneaux 1917-1918 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 5 28.322 Otto Neu 1917-1917 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 10 22.289 Adam Debus 1917-1917 38 131 9 30 5 4 0 7 7 14 .229 .279 .328 2 0 Jul 14 24.280 Ira Flagstead 1917-1930 1218 4139 644 1202 262 50 40 450 467 288 .290 .370 .407 71 58 Jul 20 23.301 Bill Leard 1917-1917 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 21 31.280 Tony Boeckel 1917-1923 777 2880 372 813 130 36 27 337 237 218 .282 .339 .381 90 46 Jul 23 24.332 Pug Griffin 1917-1920 23 29 4 6 1 0 1 3 2 11 .207 .258 .345 1 0 Jul 27 21.094 Herman Pillette 1917-1924 107 195 16 42 5 2 0 21 9 53 .215 .257 .262 0 0 Jul 30 20.216 George Dickerson 1917-1917 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 2 24.244 Tom Richardson 1917-1917 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Aug 2 33.360 John Brock 1917-1918 34 67 13 17 3 0 0 6 3 12 .254 .286 .299 7 0 Aug 10 20.298 Eddie Bacon 1917-1917 4 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .667 0 0 Aug 13 22.127 Aaron Ward 1917-1928 1059 3611 457 966 158 54 50 447 339 457 .268 .335 .383 36 38 Aug 14 20.351 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Ferd Eunick 1917-1917 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Aug 29 25.129 Red Torkelson 1917-1917 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .222 .222 .222 0 0 Aug 29 23.163 Don Flinn 1917-1917 14 37 1 11 1 1 0 1 1 6 .297 .316 .378 1 0 Sep 2 24.289 Roy Leslie 1917-1922 160 556 47 148 24 2 6 55 42 57 .266 .318 .349 4 7 Sep 6 23.014 William Marriott 1917-1927 265 826 86 220 27 14 4 95 57 55 .266 .317 .347 16 10 Sep 6 24.141 Eddie Palmer 1917-1917 16 52 7 11 1 0 0 5 7 7 .212 .305 .231 1 0 Sep 6 24.097 Frank Walker 1917-1925 139 407 38 87 16 5 3 41 29 66 .214 .273 .300 5 3 Sep 6 22.349 Gene Bailey 1917-1924 213 634 95 156 16 7 2 52 63 61 .246 .321 .303 13 15 Sep 10 23.289 Al Baird 1917-1919 48 107 9 27 1 0 0 9 7 11 .252 .298 .262 5 0 Sep 10 22.100 Ralph Sharman 1917-1917 13 37 2 11 2 1 0 2 3 2 .297 .366 .405 1 0 Sep 10 22.152 Rollie Naylor 1917-1924 183 328 25 58 6 1 1 13 15 120 .177 .217 .210 0 0 Sep 14 25.222 Howdy Caton 1917-1920 231 814 85 184 18 16 0 53 83 52 .226 .301 .287 18 9 Sep 17 21.063 Red Smith 1917-1918 26 45 2 7 2 0 0 5 6 4 .156 .255 .200 1 0 Sep 17 25.159 Bill Webb 1917-1917 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .294 .200 0 0 Sep 17 22.084 Elmer Ponder 1917-1921 69 124 2 13 2 0 0 5 2 50 .105 .119 .121 0 0 Sep 18 24.084 Paul Wachtel 1917-1917 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Sep 18 29.141 Howie Camp 1917-1917 5 21 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .318 .333 0 0 Sep 19 24.080 Chick Fewster 1917-1927 644 1963 282 506 91 12 6 167 240 264 .258 .346 .326 57 47 Sep 19 21.313 Bill Lamar 1917-1927 550 2040 303 633 114 23 19 245 86 78 .310 .339 .417 25 27 Sep 19 20.182 Walt Smallwood 1917-1919 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 19 24.148 Sammy Vick 1917-1921 213 641 90 159 28 11 2 50 51 91 .248 .305 .335 12 2 Sep 20 22.161 Jimmy Cooney 1917-1928 448 1575 181 413 64 16 2 150 76 58 .262 .298 .327 30 13 Sep 22 23.029 Bruce Hitt 1917-1917 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 23 20.193 Doc Waldbauer 1917-1917 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 24 25.214 Fred Blackwell 1917-1919 35 88 5 18 3 0 0 10 6 16 .205 .263 .239 0 0 Sep 25 26.018 Bob McGraw 1917-1929 168 174 12 24 3 4 1 15 6 70 .138 .171 .218 1 0 Sep 25 22.168 Ad Swigler 1917-1917 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 25 22.004 Ross Youngs 1917-1926 1211 4627 812 1491 236 93 42 592 550 390 .322 .399 .441 153 83 Sep 25 20.168 Jack Enright 1917-1917 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 26 21.301 Hank Thormahlen 1917-1925 104 173 11 29 6 3 0 18 8 62 .168 .209 .237 1 0 Sep 29 21.086 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Harry Pearce 1917-1919 135 424 42 88 9 5 0 29 17 62 .208 .247 .252 11 0 Oct 2 28.082 Bill Piercy 1917-1926 116 191 9 33 10 1 0 14 7 46 .173 .210 .236 0 0 Oct 3 21.154 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
Pitchers Debuting in 1917 Sorted by Debut Date
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Johnny Couch 1917-1925 29 34 .460 4.63 147 62 26 3 6 643.0 785 331 41 171 112 Apr 11 26.011 Hal Carlson 1917-1930 114 120 .487 3.97 377 238 121 17 19 2002.0 2256 883 93 498 590 Apr 13 24.331 Jimmy Ring 1917-1928 118 149 .442 4.12 389 294 154 9 11 2354.3 2545 1079 104 953 835 Apr 13 22.057 Dutch Ruether 1917-1927 137 95 .591 3.50 309 272 155 18 8 2124.7 2244 826 54 739 708 Apr 13 23.212 Kewpie Pennington 1917-1917 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Apr 14 20.202 Tom Rogers 1917-1921 15 30 .333 3.95 83 42 21 1 3 414.7 431 182 15 162 94 Apr 14 25.061 Vic Aldridge 1917-1928 97 80 .548 3.76 248 205 102 8 6 1600.7 1671 668 87 512 526 Apr 15 23.172 Rich Durning 1917-1918 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 4 0 Apr 16 24.188 Hod Eller 1917-1921 60 40 .600 2.62 160 88 52 9 5 863.0 806 251 19 213 381 Apr 16 22.285 Roy Sanders 1917-1918 7 10 .412 2.75 30 16 7 1 1 170.0 147 52 1 68 58 Apr 16 24.258 Oscar Horstmann 1917-1919 9 7 .563 3.67 50 15 4 1 1 176.7 154 72 5 80 61 Apr 18 25.320 Jim Middleton 1917-1921 7 12 .368 4.51 51 10 2 0 8 157.7 184 79 6 52 40 Apr 18 27.325 Red Hill 1917-1917 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 5 2 0 1 0 Apr 21 24.091 Dave Keefe 1917-1922 9 17 .346 4.15 97 27 12 1 1 353.7 403 163 23 113 126 Apr 21 20.102 Cal Crum 1917-1918 0 1 .000 10.80 2 1 0 0 0 3.3 7 4 0 4 0 May 04 27.281 Mike Regan 1917-1919 16 15 .516 2.84 55 32 20 4 2 298.3 306 94 4 70 66 May 13 28.175 Walter Anderson 1917-1919 1 0 1.000 3.25 17 2 0 0 0 52.7 45 19 0 29 20 May 14 19.231 Ed Monroe 1917-1918 1 0 1.000 3.52 10 1 1 0 1 30.7 36 12 1 8 13 May 29 22.096 Tim Murchison 1917-1920 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 6 2 Jun 21 20.256 Rasty Wright 1917-1923 24 19 .558 4.05 109 43 17 1 5 451.0 481 203 15 132 114 Jun 22 21.229 Jakie May 1917-1932 72 95 .431 3.88 410 161 70 7 19 1562.3 1645 673 35 617 765 Jun 26 21.213 John Russell 1917-1922 2 7 .222 5.40 21 11 5 0 1 90.0 103 54 4 46 19 Jul 04 22.257 Speed Martin 1917-1922 29 42 .408 3.78 126 63 30 4 6 592.3 645 249 16 191 207 Jul 05 23.293 Vince Molyneaux 1917-1918 1 0 1.000 4.41 13 0 0 0 0 32.7 21 16 0 28 5 Jul 05 28.322 Herman Pillette 1917-1924 34 32 .515 3.45 107 76 33 4 3 563.7 600 216 14 192 148 Jul 30 20.216 George Dickerson 1917-1917 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 02 24.244 Eddie Bacon 1917-1917 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 0 7 0 Aug 13 22.127 Red Torkelson 1917-1917 2 1 .667 7.66 4 3 0 0 0 22.3 33 19 1 13 10 Aug 29 23.163 Rollie Naylor 1917-1924 42 83 .336 3.93 181 136 67 2 0 1011.0 1174 442 34 346 282 Sep 14 25.222 Elmer Ponder 1917-1921 17 27 .386 3.21 69 42 20 3 0 378.7 395 135 11 72 113 Sep 18 24.084 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Paul Wachtel 1917-1917 0 0 10.50 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 0 4 3 Sep 18 29.141 Walt Smallwood 1917-1919 0 0 4.56 8 0 0 0 0 23.7 21 12 1 10 7 Sep 19 24.148 Bruce Hitt 1917-1917 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 1 1 1 Sep 23 20.193 Doc Waldbauer 1917-1917 0 0 7.20 2 0 0 0 1 5.0 10 4 0 2 2 Sep 24 25.214 Bob McGraw 1917-1929 26 38 .406 4.82 168 47 17 1 6 591.3 677 317 31 265 164 Sep 25 22.168 Ad Swigler 1917-1917 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 0 8 4 Sep 25 22.004 Jack Enright 1917-1917 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 0 3 1 Sep 26 21.301 Hank Thormahlen 1917-1925 29 30 .492 3.33 104 64 27 4 2 565.0 550 209 19 203 148 Sep 29 21.086 Bill Piercy 1917-1926 27 43 .386 4.26 116 70 28 2 0 610.7 676 289 16 268 165 Oct 03 21.154 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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