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AMERICAN LEAGUE 1917
STATISTICS & LEADERS
12/31/1917
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Team W L WPct GB R RA
Cleveland Indians 98 56 .636 - 626 502
Boston Red Sox 92 62 .597 6 637 483
Chicago White Sox 82 72 .532 16 593 479
St. Louis Browns 72 82 .468 26 509 565
Washington Senators 72 82 .468 26 521 587
Detroit Tigers 71 83 .461 27 525 575
New York Yankees 66 88 .429 32 500 580
Philadelphia Athletics 63 91 .409 35 472 612
LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Boston Red Sox 4.1 637 154 5092 1318 215 67 23 577 462 99 .259 .336 .341 .677
Cleveland Indians 4.1 626 154 5033 1280 237 69 15 673 596 191 .254 .344 .338 .682
Chicago White Sox 3.9 593 154 5016 1275 174 75 19 645 470 175 .254 .343 .330 .673
Detroit Tigers 3.4 525 154 5108 1307 187 85 13 576 504 129 .256 .333 .333 .667
Washington Senators 3.4 521 154 4975 1209 171 53 9 518 545 167 .243 .318 .304 .622
St. Louis Browns 3.3 509 154 4984 1236 177 64 11 490 545 187 .248 .317 .316 .633
New York Yankees 3.2 500 154 5041 1200 195 50 19 592 524 119 .238 .322 .308 .630
Philadelphia Athletics 3.1 472 154 5047 1185 157 58 26 462 554 85 .235 .303 .304 .607
TOTALS 3.6 4383 1232 40296 10010 1513 521 135 4533 4200 1152 .248 .327 .322 .649
AVERAGE 548 154 5037 1251 189 65 17 567 525 144
LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP
Chicago White Sox 3.1 479 154 84 15 12 2.56 1400.2 1276 13 484 543 1.26 .252 .278
Boston Red Sox 3.1 483 154 98 19 9 2.58 1405.1 1272 5 512 557 1.27 .251 .279
Cleveland Indians 3.3 502 154 72 16 16 2.46 1410.1 1221 10 456 486 1.19 .238 .259
St. Louis Browns 3.7 565 154 61 15 16 2.86 1372.2 1215 22 591 419 1.32 .245 .262
Detroit Tigers 3.7 575 154 64 17 16 2.90 1404.0 1237 11 627 538 1.33 .244 .269
New York Yankees 3.8 580 154 75 6 9 3.02 1399.0 1313 28 586 556 1.36 .260 .285
Washington Senators 3.8 587 154 66 18 17 3.11 1370.2 1222 20 629 617 1.35 .247 .276
Philadelphia Athletics 4.0 612 154 58 9 18 3.21 1383.0 1254 26 648 484 1.38 .250 .271
TOTALS 3.6 4383 1232 578 115 113 2.84 11145.2 10010 135 4533 4200 1.30 .248 .272
AVERAGE 548 154 72 14 14 1393 1251 17 567 525
Babe Ruth MVP Award Tris Speaker CLE .301/.394/.400, 545 AB, 2 HR, 33 SB, 152 wRC+, 10.2 WAR
Cy Young Award Babe Ruth BOS 26-11, 1.83 ERA, 359.1 IP, 1.14 WHIP, 3.8 K/9, 6.4 WAR
Jackie Robinson Award Joe Harris CLE .304/.411/.403, 382 AB, 7 SB, 153 wRC+, 4.3 WAR
Gold Glove Award Pitcher Eddie Cicotte CWS .988 PCT., 25 PO, 54 A, 2.09 RANGE
Catcher Ray Schalk CWS .989 PCT., 557 PO, 148 A, 45.8 CS %
First Base Stuffy McInnis PHA .992 PCT., 1472 PO, 158 A, 10.99 RANGE
Second Base Jack Barry BOS .963 PCT., 289 PO, 334 A, 5.31 RANGE
Third Base Buck Weaver CWS .964 PCT., 70 PO, 276 A, 3.04 RANGE
Shortstop Howie Shanks WS1 .958 PCT., 151 PO, 282 A, 4.83 RANGE
Left Field Bobby Veach DET .981 PCT., 403 PO, 6 A, 2.62 RANGE
Center Field Tris Speaker CLE .970 PCT., 520 PO, 24 A, 3.75 RANGE
Right Field Harry Hooper BOS .955 PCT., 344 PO, 16 A, 2.43 RANGE
Silver Slugger Award Pitcher Babe Ruth BOS .335/.421/.569, 7 HR, 35 RBI, 3.7 WAR
Catcher Wally Schang PHA .279/.400/.395, 4 HR, 31 RBI, 5.2 WAR
First Base George Sisler SLA .310/.375/.399, 2 HR, 56 RBI, 4.6 WAR
Second Base Eddie Collins CWS .292/.396/.366, 0 HR, 68 RBI, 6.8 WAR
Third Base Larry Gardner BOS .299/.380/.378, 1 HR, 66 RBI, 4.6 WAR
Shortstop Ray Chapman CLE .308/.388/.395, 0 HR, 56 RBI, 7.2 WAR
Left Field Joe Jackson CWS .315/.407/.466, 4 HR, 85 RBI, 7.0 WAR
Center Field Ty Cobb DET .331/.407/.449, 4 HR, 57 RBI, 8.5 WAR
Right Field Harry Hooper BOS .280/.386/.403, 3 HR, 60 RBI, 9.0 WAR
LEAGUE ALL-STARS
League Batting Leaderboards
Batting AVG
T. Cobb DET .331
H. Felsch CWS .323
J. Jackson CWS .315
G. Sisler SLA .310
R. Chapman CLE .308
On-Base PCT
J. Jackson CWS .407
T. Cobb DET .407
E. Collins CWS .396
N. Leibold CWS .394
T. Speaker CLE .394
Slugging PCT
J. Jackson CWS .466
T. Cobb DET .449
H. Felsch CWS .415
B. Roth CLE .407
W. Pipp NYY .406
On-Base + Slugging
J. Jackson CWS .873
T. Cobb DET .856
T. Speaker CLE .794
H. Hooper BOS .788
H. Felsch CWS .787
wRC+
J. Jackson CWS 178
T. Cobb DET 173
H. Hooper BOS 156
H. Felsch CWS 156
E. Collins CWS 152
WAR
T. Speaker CLE 10.2
H. Hooper BOS 9.0
H. Felsch CWS 8.5
T. Cobb DET 8.5
R. Chapman CLE 7.2
Runs Created / 27 outs
J. Jackson CWS 6.8
T. Cobb DET 6.2
T. Speaker CLE 6.1
H. Hooper BOS 5.9
N. Leibold CWS 5.7
Isolated Power
J. Jackson CWS .150
W. Pipp NYY .132
H. Hooper BOS .123
P. Bodie PHA .122
J. Graney CLE .120
Games
R. Chapman CLE 154
E. Collins CWS 154
W. Pipp NYY 154
E. Scott BOS 154
B. Veach DET 154
At-Bats
D. Bush DET 603
B. Veach DET 600
T. Cobb DET 595
W. Pipp NYY 591
H. Felsch CWS 588
Runs
R. Chapman CLE 93
E. Collins CWS 90
H. Hooper BOS 86
J. Jackson CWS 84
T. Speaker CLE 79
Hits
T. Cobb DET 197
H. Felsch CWS 190
R. Chapman CLE 181
J. Jackson CWS 174
B. Veach DET 173
Total Bases
T. Cobb DET 267
J. Jackson CWS 257
H. Felsch CWS 244
W. Pipp NYY 240
B. Veach DET 239
Singles
H. Felsch CWS 155
T. Cobb DET 151
S. McInnis PHA 150
R. Chapman CLE 142
C. Milan WS1 141
Doubles
T. Speaker CLE 40
F. Baker NYY 33
B. Veach DET 32
D. Lewis BOS 31
W. Pipp NYY 30
Triples
J. Jackson CWS 22
H. Hooper BOS 18
T. Cobb DET 16
H. Heilmann DET 15
W. Pipp NYY 15
Home Runs
P. Bodie PHA 8
H. Felsch CWS 8
B. Ruth BOS 7
F. Baker NYY 6
W. Pipp NYY 6
Runs Batted In
B. Veach DET 98
H. Felsch CWS 97
T. Speaker CLE 90
D. Lewis BOS 86
J. Jackson CWS 85
Stolen Bases
B. Roth CLE 55
G. Sisler SLA 48
R. Chapman CLE 41
T. Cobb DET 41
E. Collins CWS 38
Bases On Balls
E. Collins CWS 102
J. Graney CLE 100
H. Hooper BOS 97
B. Shotton SLA 90
N. Leibold CWS 89
Intentional Walks
R. Schalk CWS 16
J. Harris CLE 14
T. Cobb DET 13
S. O'Neill CLE 13
G. Sisler SLA 12
Hit-By-Pitch
E. Miller NYY 14
B. Veach DET 11
W. Schang PHA 10
B. Weaver CWS 10
J. Barry BOS 8
Strikeouts
W. Pipp NYY 72
B. Roth CLE 71
R. Chapman CLE 67
J. Graney CLE 61
R. Grover PHA 57
Sacrifice Hits
R. Chapman CLE 52
B. Weaver CWS 45
J. Austin SLA 44
J. Barry BOS 43
J. Graney CLE 41
Sacrifice Flies
T. Speaker CLE 13
E. Scott BOS 10
B. Wambsganss CLE 10
H. Felsch CWS 9
L. Gardner BOS 8
League Pitching Leaderboards
ERA
S. Coveleski CLE 1.81
B. Ruth BOS 1.83
R. Russell CWS 1.97
R. Schauer PHA 2.02
C. Mays BOS 2.17
Wins
S. Coveleski CLE 27
B. Ruth BOS 26
J. Bagby CLE 24
E. Cicotte CWS 22
C. Mays BOS 20
Losses
J. Bush PHA 22
D. Davenport SLA 22
H. Dauss DET 21
W. Johnson WS1 20
D. Leonard BOS 18
Winning PCT
S. Coveleski CLE .771
C. Mays BOS .741
G. Morton CLE .733
B. Ruth BOS .703
H. Harper WS1 .654
Saves
W. Johnson WS1 9
D. Ayers WS1 6
F. Coumbe CLE 6
E. Plank SLA 5
S. Seibold PHA 5
Games Pitched
W. Johnson WS1 68
D. Leonard BOS 53
J. Bush PHA 49
J. Bagby CLE 46
H. Coveleski DET 46
Games Started
J. Bagby CLE 43
B. Ruth BOS 42
E. Cicotte CWS 39
D. Leonard BOS 39
D. Davenport SLA 38
Complete Games
B. Ruth BOS 32
E. Cicotte CWS 28
D. Leonard BOS 28
S. Coveleski CLE 27
W. Johnson WS1 25
Shutouts
W. Johnson WS1 10
S. Coveleski CLE 6
R. Russell CWS 6
B. Boland DET 5
D. Davenport SLA 5
Innings Pitched
B. Ruth BOS 359.1
E. Cicotte CWS 339.2
D. Leonard BOS 337.2
S. Coveleski CLE 333.0
W. Johnson WS1 331.0
Hits Allowed
D. Leonard BOS 318
J. Bagby CLE 305
E. Cicotte CWS 295
B. Ruth BOS 293
H. Dauss DET 283
Home Runs Allowed
J. Johnson PHA 8
B. Shawkey NYY 7
G. Dumont WS1 6
J. Bush PHA 5
B. Groom SLA 5
Walks Allowed
H. Harper WS1 152
J. Bush PHA 142
D. Davenport SLA 135
B. Boland DET 130
E. Cicotte CWS 122
Walks per 9 IP
R. Russell CWS 1.9
J. Bagby CLE 2.1
E. Klepfer CLE 2.3
W. Johnson WS1 2.5
D. Leonard BOS 2.5
Strikeouts
D. Leonard BOS 181
E. Cicotte CWS 164
B. Ruth BOS 153
W. Johnson WS1 148
H. Harper WS1 136
Strikeouts per 9 IP
D. Leonard BOS 4.8
J. Shaw WS1 4.8
H. Ehmke DET 4.6
G. Morton CLE 4.4
H. Harper WS1 4.4
K/BB
D. Leonard BOS 1.9
W. Mitchell DET 1.7
W. Johnson WS1 1.6
R. Russell CWS 1.6
E. Klepfer CLE 1.5
WHIP
S. Coveleski CLE 1.08
W. Johnson WS1 1.10
B. Ruth BOS 1.14
W. Mitchell DET 1.15
J. Bagby CLE 1.16
Hits per 9 IP
S. Coveleski CLE 6.6
B. Boland DET 7.2
B. Gallia WS1 7.2
R. Schauer PHA 7.2
G. Morton CLE 7.3
Opponents AVG
S. Coveleski CLE .209
B. Gallia WS1 .223
B. Boland DET .226
G. Morton CLE .227
R. Schauer PHA .228
Opponents OBP
S. Coveleski CLE .279
J. Bagby CLE .293
W. Johnson WS1 .296
B. Ruth BOS .297
R. Russell CWS .303
Opponents SLG
S. Coveleski CLE .270
G. Morton CLE .278
R. Schauer PHA .288
B. Boland DET .290
B. Ruth BOS .290
Opponents OPS
S. Coveleski CLE .549
G. Morton CLE .584
B. Ruth BOS .587
R. Schauer PHA .594
W. Johnson WS1 .601
BABIP
S. Coveleski CLE .227
R. Schauer PHA .240
D. Davenport SLA .244
J. Johnson PHA .249
B. Gallia WS1 .250
WAR
D. Leonard BOS 7.8
B. Ruth BOS 6.4
E. Cicotte CWS 6.0
J. Bagby CLE 5.4
W. Johnson WS1 5.1