1917 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 36th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 31st in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 51–103.

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	William Fischer	95	245	70	.286	3	25
1B		74	230	61	.265	0	24
2B	Jake Pitler	109	382	89	.233	0	23
SS	Chuck Ward	125	423	100	.236	0	43
3B	Tony Boeckel	64	219	58	.265	0	23
OF	Carson Bigbee	133	469	112	.239	0	21
OF		111	381	95	.249	1	35
OF	Max Carey	155	588	174	.296	1	51

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
Bill Hinchman	69	244	46	.189	2	29
Walter Schmidt	72	183	45	.246	0	17
Bill Wagner	53	151	31	.205	0	9
Alex McCarthy	49	151	33	.219	0	8
Fritz Mollwitz	36	140	36	.257	0	12
Doug Baird	43	135	35	.259	0	18
Adam DeBus	38	131	30	.229	0	7
Charlie Jackson	41	121	29	.240	0	1
Bunny Brief	36	115	25	.217	2	11
Frank Schulte	30	103	22	.214	0	7
Howdy Caton	14	57	12	.211	0	4
Billy Gleason	13	42	7	.167	0	0
Don Flinn	14	37	11	.297	0	1
Ray Miller	6	27	4	.148	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	8	23	2	.087	0	0
Red Smith	11	21	3	.143	0	2
Jesse Altenburg	11	17	3	.176	0	3
Bill Webb	5	15	3	.200	0	0
Joe Wilhoit	9	10	2	.200	0	0
Fred Blackwell	3	10	2	.200	0	2
Harry Wolfe	3	5	0	.000	0	0
Hooks Warner	3	5	1	.200	0	0
Ben Shaw	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Arch Reilly	1	0	0	----	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
Wilbur Cooper	40	297.2	17	11	2.36	99
Elmer Jacobs	38	227.1	6	19	2.81	58
Frank Miller	38	224.0	10	19	3.13	92
Bob Steele	27	179.2	5	11	2.76	82
Al Mamaux	16	85.2	2	11	5.25	22
Elmer Ponder	3	21.1	1	1	1.69	11

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
Burleigh Grimes	37	194.0	3	16	3.53	72
	34	161.1	7	11	2.90	68
Bill Evans	8	26.2	0	4	3.38	5