1917 Boston Red Sox

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Sam Agnew	30	85	287	260	17	54	6	2	0	16	2		19	30	.208	.267	.246	.513	57	64		2	6
2	1B	Dick Hoblitzell*	28	120	492	420	49	108	19	7	1	47	12		46	22	.257	.336	.343	.679	108	144		4	22
3	2B	Jack Barry	30	116	493	388	45	83	9	0	2	30	12		47	27	.214	.305	.253	.558	71	98		4	54
4	SS	Everett Scott	24	157	589	528	40	127	24	7	0	50	12		20	46	.241	.268	.313	.581	78	165		0	41
5	3B	Larry Gardner*	31	146	598	501	53	133	23	7	1	61	16		54	37	.265	.341	.345	.686	110	173		3	40
6	OF	Tillie Walker	29	106	385	337	41	83	18	7	2	37	6		25	38	.246	.300	.359	.659	102	121		1	22
7	OF	Duffy Lewis	29	150	620	553	55	167	29	9	1	65	8		29	54	.302	.342	.392	.735	125	217		5	33
8	OF	Harry Hooper*	29	151	667	559	89	143	21	11	3	45	21		80	40	.256	.355	.349	.704	116	195		6	22
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Pinch Thomas*	29	83	238	202	24	48	7	0	0	24	2		27	9	.238	.333	.272	.606	86	55		2	7
10	OF	Jimmy Walsh	29	57	212	185	25	49	6	3	0	12	6		25	14	.265	.352	.330	.682	109	61		0	2
11	1B	Del Gainer	30	52	197	172	28	53	10	2	2	19	1		15	21	.308	.374	.424	.798	144	73		3	7
12	OF	Chick Shorten*	25	69	188	168	12	30	4	2	0	16	2		10	10	.179	.229	.226	.455	39	38		1	9
13	2B	Hal Janvrin	24	55	149	127	21	25	3	0	0	8	2		11	13	.197	.266	.220	.487	49	28		1	10
14	IF	Mike McNally	23	42	63	50	9	15	1	0	0	2	3		6	3	.300	.375	.320	.695	113	16		0	7
15	MI	Jimmy Cooney	22	11	48	36	4	8	1	0	0	3	0		6	2	.222	.333	.250	.583	79	9		0	6
16	C	Hick Cady	31	17	48	46	4	7	1	1	0	2	0		1	6	.152	.170	.217	.388	19	10		0	1
17	C	Wally Mayer	26	4	17	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	.167	.412	.167	.578	78	2		0	0
18		Olaf Henriksen*	29	15	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	.083	.267	.083	.350	8	1		0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Babe Ruth*	22	52	142	123	14	40	6	3	2	12	0		12	18	.325	.385	.472	.857	162	58		0	7
20	P	Carl Mays*	25	35	115	107	9	27	3	3	0	14	0		6	11	.252	.292	.336	.628	92	36		0	2
21	P	Dutch Leonard*	25	37	113	104	5	9	3	0	0	1	0		7	23	.087	.144	.115	.260	-20	12		0	2
22	P	Ernie Shore	26	29	85	78	3	13	2	0	0	4	0		3	26	.167	.198	.192	.390	19	15		0	4
23	P	Rube Foster	29	17	46	41	2	11	2	0	0	4	0		2	10	.268	.302	.317	.619	90	13		0	3
24	P	Herb Pennock#	23	24	33	24	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		7	5	.167	.375	.167	.542	66	4		1	1
25	P	King Bader*	29	15	12	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	103	3		1	1
26	P	Sad Sam Jones	24	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
27	P	Weldon Wyckoff	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	28.0	157	5858	5048	556	1243	198	64	14	476	105		466	473	.246	.314	.319	.633	94	1611		34	310
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	4	5	3	4	6		8	1	6	8	4	5	5	5		4		6		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Babe Ruth*	22	24	13	.649	2.01	41	38	3	35	6	2	326.1	244	93	73	2	108		128	11	0	5	1277	128	1.079	6.7	0.1	3.0	3.5	1.19
2	SP	Dutch Leonard*	25	16	17	.485	2.17	37	36	1	26	4	1	294.1	257	88	71	4	72		144	5	0	7	1168	119	1.118	7.9	0.1	2.2	4.4	2.00
3	SP	Carl Mays	25	22	9	.710	1.74	35	33	2	27	2	0	289.0	230	81	56	1	74		91	14	0	6	1129	148	1.052	7.2	0.0	2.3	2.8	1.23
4	SP	Ernie Shore	26	13	10	.565	2.22	29	27	2	14	1	1	226.2	201	76	56	1	55		57	12	1	4	903	116	1.129	8.0	0.0	2.2	2.3	1.04
5	SP	Rube Foster	29	8	7	.533	2.53	17	16	1	9	1	0	124.2	108	43	35	0	53		34	4	0	5	502	103	1.291	7.8	0.0	3.8	2.5	0.64
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	RP	Herb Pennock*	23	5	5	.500	3.31	24	5	13	4	1	1	100.2	90	49	37	2	23		35	3	0	0	397	79	1.123	8.0	0.2	2.1	3.1	1.52
7	RP	King Bader	29	2	0	1.000	2.35	15	1	12	0	0	1	38.1	48	15	10	1	18		14	1	0	1	176	112	1.722	11.3	0.2	4.2	3.3	0.78
8	RP	Sad Sam Jones	24	0	1	.000	4.41	9	1	7	0	0	1	16.1	15	9	8	1	6		5	0	0	1	64	61	1.286	8.3	0.6	3.3	2.8	0.83
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
9		Weldon Wyckoff	26	0	0		1.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	23	160	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25
		Team Totals	24.8	90	62	.592	2.20	157	157	42	115	15	7	1421.1	1197	457	347	12	413		509	51	1	29	5639	118	1.133	7.6	0.1	2.6	3.2	1.23
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		2				1	5	7	2	1	1	2	2	1		6
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Sam Agnew	30	85		399	297	88	14	5	.965	4.53	6		68	58	46%		C
King Bader	29	15		17	1	15	1	1	.941	1.07							P
Jack Barry	30	116		549	196	339	14	40	.974	4.61							2B
Hick Cady	31	14		74	54	17	3	2	.959	5.07	4		11	11	50%		C
Jimmy Cooney	22	11		69	30	39	0	7	1.000	6.27							2B-SS
Rube Foster	29	17		54	14	38	2	1	.963	3.06							P
Del Gainer	30	50		523	490	27	6	29	.989	10.34							1B
Larry Gardner	31	146		494	148	315	31	18	.937	3.17							3B
Dick Hoblitzell	28	118		1340	1274	52	14	58	.990	11.24							1B
Harry Hooper	29	151		273	245	20	8	3	.971	1.75							OF
Hal Janvrin	24	49		182	63	108	11	17	.940	3.49							2B-SS-1B
Sad Sam Jones	24	9		8	3	5	0	2	1.000	0.89							P
Dutch Leonard	25	37		66	5	60	1	2	.985	1.76							P
Duffy Lewis	29	150		354	324	20	10	6	.972	2.29							OF
Wally Mayer	26	4		28	19	8	1	1	.964	6.75	0		4	5	56%		C
Carl Mays	25	35		141	22	118	1	5	.993	4.00							P
Mike McNally	23	29		72	21	48	3	3	.958	2.38							3B-SS-2B
Herb Pennock	23	24		33	1	30	2	2	.939	1.29							P
Babe Ruth	22	41		122	19	101	2	4	.984	2.93							P
Everett Scott	24	157		837	315	483	39	64	.953	5.08							SS
Ernie Shore	26	29		100	19	77	4	5	.960	3.31							P
Chick Shorten	25	43		86	82	2	2	0	.977	1.95							OF
Pinch Thomas	29	77		370	296	69	5	8	.986	4.74	12		55	45	45%		C
Tillie Walker	29	96		252	225	20	7	7	.972	2.55							OF
Jimmy Walsh	29	47		113	103	8	2	0	.982	2.36							OF
Weldon Wyckoff	26	1		3	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00							P
Team Totals	27.8	157		6559	4266	2110	183	290	.972	4.11	22		138	119	46%
Rank in 8 AL teams							8	6	1
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Sam Agnew	30	287	-13	-1	0	0	-1	6	10	1	-0.2	2	0.2	-0.4	$	Purchased	2
King Bader*	29	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		1
Jack Barry	30	493	-10	0	0	0	9	0	15	14	1.2	5	0.5	0.7	$	Purchased	*4
Hick Cady	31	48	-4	0	0	0	-1	1	2	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	Traded	2
Jimmy Cooney	22	48	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	Purchased	4/6
Rube Foster	29	46	-1	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$		1
Del Gainer	30	197	9	0	0	0	3	-2	7	17	1.9	14	1.5	0.4	$	Waivers	3
Larry Gardner*	31	598	8	-1	0	0	4	5	20	36	3.7	32	3.4	0.3	$	Amateur Free Agent	*5
Olaf Henriksen*	29	15	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
Dick Hoblitzell*	28	492	6	0	0	0	4	-4	17	23	2.4	19	2.0	0.4	$	Waivers	*3
Harry Hooper*	29	667	14	2	0	0	2	-8	21	31	3.5	29	3.1	0.4	$	Free Agency	*O
Hal Janvrin	24	149	-7	1	0	0	1	1	5	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		46/3
Sad Sam Jones	24	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Traded	/1
Dutch Leonard*	25	113	-15	0	0	0	0	5	4	-6	-0.9	-6	-0.6	-0.3	$		1
Duffy Lewis	29	620	16	-2	0	0	7	-8	21	34	3.7	27	2.9	0.8	$	Rule 5 Draft	*O
Wally Mayer	26	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/2
Carl Mays*	25	115	-1	0	0	0	0	5	4	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$	Minor Lg Working Ag	1
Mike McNally	23	63	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	0.6	4	0.4	0.2	$	Purchased	5/64
Herb Pennock#	23	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	Waivers	1
Babe Ruth*	22	142	9	-1	0	0	0	6	5	19	2.0	19	2.0	0.0	$3,500	Purchased	1
Everett Scott	24	589	-14	-1	0	0	10	10	19	24	2.1	14	1.5	0.6	$		*6
Ernie Shore	26	85	-8	0	0	0	0	3	3	-2	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	Purchased	1
Chick Shorten*	25	188	-12	0	0	0	0	-2	6	-8	-1.0	-8	-0.8	-0.2	$		O
Pinch Thomas*	29	238	-1	-1	0	0	0	5	8	11	1.1	11	1.2	-0.1	$	Rule 5 Draft	2
Tillie Walker	29	385	0	0	0	0	2	-2	13	13	1.3	11	1.2	0.1	$	Purchased	O
Jimmy Walsh	29	212	3	0	0	0	0	-1	7	9	1.0	9	1.0	0.0	$	Traded	O
Weldon Wyckoff	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Team Total	28.0	5858	-23	-4	0	0	43	24	195	235	22.9	192	20.5	2.4	$3,500
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
King Bader	29	38.1	1	14	17	1	1.0	3	0.3	$
Rube Foster	29	124.2	16	45	57	3	1.0	12	0.9	$
Sad Sam Jones	24	16.1	1	8	7	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$	Traded
Dutch Leonard*	25	294.1	36	90	134	6	1.0	44	4.2	$
Carl Mays	25	289.0	33	81	131	6	1.0	50	5.1	$	Minor Lg Working Ag
Herb Pennock*	23	100.2	5	42	46	2	1.0	4	0.0	$	Waivers
Babe Ruth*	22	326.1	38	91	148	7	1.0	57	5.8	$	Purchased
Ernie Shore	26	226.2	27	79	103	5	1.0	24	2.0	$	Purchased
Weldon Wyckoff	26	5.0	0	3	2	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
Team Total	24.8	1421.1	157	453	645	30	1.0	192	18.1	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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