1917 Chicago Cubs season
The 1917 Chicago Cubs season was the 46th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 42nd in the National League and the second at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–80, 24 games behind the New York Giants season|New York Giants].
Regular season
- May 2, 1917: For the first, and to date, the only time in major league history, a regulation nine innings was played at Wrigley Field without either team logging a hit. Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs dueled for 9 hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, Reds outfielder Jim Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning. The Reds scored on a couple of hits and an error after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds.
Notable transactions
- September 20, 1917: Fred Lear was drafted by the Cubs from the Bridgeport Americans in the 1917 rule 5 draft.
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | 81 | 211 | 45 | .213 | 2 | 25 | |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 146 | 549 | 146 | .266 | 3 | 57 |
| 2B | 135 | 476 | 121 | .254 | 6 | 61 | |
| SS | Chuck Wortman | 75 | 190 | 33 | .174 | 0 | 9 |
| 3B | Charlie Deal | 135 | 449 | 114 | .254 | 0 | 47 |
| OF | Cy Williams | 138 | 468 | 113 | .241 | 5 | 42 |
| OF | Leslie Mann | 117 | 444 | 121 | .273 | 1 | 44 |
| OF | Max Flack | 131 | 447 | 111 | .248 | 0 | 21 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Rollie Zeider | 108 | 354 | 86 | .243 | 0 | 27 |
| Harry Wolter | 117 | 353 | 88 | .249 | 0 | 28 |
| Rowdy Elliott | 85 | 223 | 56 | .251 | 0 | 28 |
| Pete Kilduff | 56 | 202 | 56 | .277 | 0 | 15 |
| Pickles Dillhoefer | 42 | 95 | 12 | .126 | 0 | 8 |
| 31 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 11 | |
| Charlie Pechous | 13 | 41 | 10 | .244 | 0 | 1 |
| Morrie Schick | 14 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 3 |
| Paddy Driscoll | 13 | 28 | 3 | .107 | 0 | 3 |
| Turner Barber | 7 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Saier | 6 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob O'Farrell | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Blackburn | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Archer | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 41 | 295.2 | 23 | 13 | 2.01 | 195 | |
| 51 | 293.1 | 14 | 20 | 2.55 | 151 | |
| 24 | 141.1 | 5 | 9 | 2.55 | 43 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 40 | 215.0 | 10 | 12 | 2.60 | 81 | |
| 23 | 113.1 | 5 | 8 | 3.26 | 34 | |
| 30 | 106.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.12 | 44 | |
| 35 | 99.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.35 | 43 | |
| Tom Seaton | 16 | 74.2 | 5 | 4 | 2.53 | 27 |
| 10 | 36.1 | 2 | 0 | 2.48 | 3 | |
| Harry Weaver | 4 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.75 | 8 |
| 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 |