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1917 Season

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Cleveland Indians 94 60 .610 - 657 .259 29 140 535 2.54 578 424 Washington Senators 89 65 .578 5 653 .256 26 136 522 2.65 544 406 Philadelphia Athletics 79 75 .513 15 573 .250 33 162 570 2.79 490 493 New York Yankees 78 76 .506 16 622 .264 23 142 627 2.98 562 513 Detroit Tigers 73 81 .474 21 527 .244 34 171 597 3.13 555 491 Boston Red Sox 70 84 .455 24 578 .246 24 163 635 3.01 534 532 Chicago White Sox 69 85 .448 25 541 .242 18 205 574 2.73 543 518 St. Louis Browns 66 88 .429 28 529 .243 38 117 619 2.90 462 440

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG T. Cobb, CF WS1 152 590 6 84 46 .352 .430 .494 T. Speaker, CF WS1 152 564 2 90 19 .296 .395 .411 B. Kauff, RF CLE 149 578 7 95 31 .289 .372 .398 B. Veach, LF WS1 152 632 4 56 19 .290 .372 .392 R. Hornsby, SS SLA 147 589 8 68 16 .297 .350 .452 J. Bassler, C CLE 136 488 2 64 25 .290 .418 .387 E. Roush, CF NYA 151 622 4 79 43 .291 .334 .411 T. McDonald, 2B CLE 146 558 5 88 13 .282 .350 .396 S. Rice, RF NYA 149 594 3 87 20 .301 .340 .377 H. Hooper, LF CLE 138 552 1 53 19 .293 .368 .394 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 W. Lee CLE 38 23 12 0 2.33 335.1 313 51 113 3.03 J. Pfeffer PHA 38 22 14 0 2.25 335.0 302 83 103 2.76 P. Alexander BOS 38 21 14 0 2.29 332.0 322 56 141 3.84 G. Morton NYA 38 22 14 0 2.88 324.0 295 116 142 3.94 H. Vaughn DET 38 19 18 0 2.42 324.1 281 94 143 3.97 P. Douglas NYA 38 20 16 0 2.63 319.1 318 82 116 3.28 H. Bedient CLE 38 18 11 0 2.31 260.1 246 75 107 3.69 M. Fiske CLE 33 18 7 0 2.50 228.2 186 63 112 4.41 U. Shocker PHA 38 19 18 0 2.91 328.0 283 157 133 3.65 R. Benton PHA 38 17 20 0 2.70 330.0 298 67 123 3.35

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Chicago Cubs 86 68 .558 - 653 .262 21 180 575 2.71 541 510 Boston Braves 86 68 .558 - 632 .261 26 198 566 2.80 661 466 St. Louis Cardinals 80 74 .519 6 609 .261 19 159 587 2.80 514 450 Cincinnati Reds 80 74 .519 6 607 .252 24 153 572 2.55 543 415 Philadelphia Phillies 73 81 .474 13 541 .243 24 104 599 2.89 544 410 Pittsburgh Pirates 72 82 .468 14 563 .255 17 197 599 2.83 563 499 Brooklyn Robins 71 83 .461 15 608 .265 32 128 643 3.00 563 430 New York Giants 69 85 .448 17 588 .252 19 132 660 3.31 498 506

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG J. Jackson, RF CHN 149 614 2 79 24 .324 .377 .456 G. Sisler, 1B PIT 154 610 4 66 49 .320 .379 .435 E. Collins, SS CHN 149 591 1 75 56 .299 .375 .375 B. Roth, RF BSN 154 612 3 68 65 .278 .347 .375 W. Cruise, RF BRO 152 619 8 65 11 .290 .352 .397 A. Scheer, RF SLN 152 573 3 61 23 .290 .374 .397 G. Burns, LF CHN 149 582 3 62 42 .284 .348 .369 M. Krug, 1B BSN 154 582 4 88 15 .290 .338 .379 M. Stock, 3B BRO 140 565 2 70 40 .309 .345 .380 B. Southworth, CF BRO 148 571 2 57 27 .292 .357 .359 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 F. Schupp BSN 38 23 14 0 2.76 330.1 281 108 163 4.45 E. Rixey PHI 38 20 17 0 2.25 335.2 318 83 152 4.08 R. Marquard CIN 38 19 15 0 2.26 332.2 293 75 162 4.39 J. Scott CHN 38 20 13 0 2.43 315.2 286 116 104 2.98 J. Benz SLN 38 19 17 0 2.11 324.1 280 77 88 2.45 W. Mitchell CHN 38 20 12 0 2.70 320.2 325 103 144 4.06 B. O'Brien CHN 38 18 17 0 2.76 313.2 285 136 125 3.59 D. Ruether BSN 38 18 19 0 2.84 327.0 307 114 127 3.50 D. Walker BSN 38 18 17 0 3.04 314.1 309 112 122 3.49 D. Leonard PHI 38 16 20 0 2.78 325.0 329 83 157 4.36

Top 100 Prospects List Published
Wednesday, April 11th, 1917
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 20-year-old right fielder Ross Youngs of the Boston Red Sox is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) RF Ross Youngs, 20, Boston Red Sox
2) SP Dutch Ruether, 23, Boston Braves
3) LF Fred Nicholson, 22, Chicago White Sox
4) SP Bernie Boland, 25, Philadelphia Phillies
5) SS Pete Kilduff, 24, Pittsburgh Pirates
6) 3B Tony Boeckel, 24, St. Louis Cardinals
7) MR Jakie May, 21, Cincinnati Reds
8) RF Ira Flagstead, 23, Detroit Tigers
9) SP Scott Perry, 25, Brooklyn Robins
10) MR Rollie Naylor, 25, Boston Red Sox

NABL News: Opening Day
Wednesday, April 11th, 1917
The baseball fan's call to action -- "Play Ball!" -- can be heard all across the country with the arrival of Opening Day. At long last the 1917 season is getting under way with what promises to be another exciting season of baseball. Here is today's schedule of games:

Cleveland Indians @ Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees
Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox @ St. Louis Browns
New York Giants @ Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies @ Brooklyn Robins
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds