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1917 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

90-62, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Barry (90-62)
Scored 555 runs, Allowed 455 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-62

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 387,856 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106


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1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Sam Agnew 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Apr 12, 1887 5 85 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
King Bader 29 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 27, 1888 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jack Barry 30 R R 5' 9" 158 Apr 26, 1887 10 116 116 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Hick Cady 31 R R 6' 2" 179 Jan 26, 1886 6 17 17 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jimmy Cooney 22 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 24, 1894 1st 11 11 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rube Foster 29 R R 5' 7" 170 Jan 5, 1888 5 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Del Gainer 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 10, 1886 8 52 52 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Larry Gardner 31 L R 5' 8" 165 May 13, 1886 10 146 146 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Olaf Henriksen 29 L L 5' 7" 158 Apr 26, 1888 7 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dick Hoblitzell 28 L R 6' 0" 172 Oct 26, 1888 10 120 120 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Harry Hooper HOF 29 L R 5' 10" 168 Aug 24, 1887 9 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151 3.5 $
Hal Janvrin 24 R R 5' 11" 168 Aug 27, 1892 6 55 55 0 0 1 38 0 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Sad Sam Jones 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 26, 1892 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dutch Leonard 25 L L 5' 10" 185 Apr 16, 1892 5 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $
Duffy Lewis 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 18, 1888 8 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 3.7 $
Wally Mayer 26 R R 5' 11" 168 Jul 8, 1890 5 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Carl Mays 25 L R 5' 11" 195 Nov 12, 1891 3 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 $
Mike McNally 23 R R 5' 11" 150 Sep 13, 1893 3 42 42 0 0 0 6 14 9 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Herb Pennock HOF 23 B L 6' 0" 160 Feb 10, 1894 6 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Babe Ruth HOF 22 L L 6' 2" 215 Feb 6, 1895 4 52 52 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 $3,500
Everett Scott 24 R R 5' 8" 148 Nov 19, 1892 4 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Ernie Shore 26 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 24, 1891 5 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Chick Shorten 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 19, 1892 3 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 20 7 43 -1.0 $
Pinch Thomas 29 L R 5' 9" 173 Jan 24, 1888 6 83 83 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Tillie Walker 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1887 7 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 96 1.3 $
Jimmy Walsh 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 24, 1887 6 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43 2 47 1.0 $
Weldon Wyckoff 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Feb 19, 1891 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers