1917 Washington Senators season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1917 Washington Senators won 74 games, lost 79, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

The Senators this season hit only four home runs for the entire campaign, second only to the 1908 Chicago White Sox in the modern era, who hit three. First baseman Joe Judge accounted for 50% of them, with two home runs for the season.

Regular season

File:1917 Washington Senators Opening Day.jpg

The 1917 Senators on the field at National Park on Opening Day, April 20, 1917.

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	Eddie Ainsmith	125	350	67	.191	0	42
1B	Joe Judge	102	393	112	.285	2	30
2B	Ray Morgan	101	338	90	.266	1	33
SS	Howie Shanks	126	430	87	.202	0	28
3B	Eddie Foster	143	554	130	.235	0	43
OF	Mike Menosky	114	322	83	.258	1	34
OF	Clyde Milan	155	579	170	.294	0	48
OF	Sam Rice	155	586	177	.302	0	69

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
Joe Leonard	99	297	57	.192	0	23
Patsy Gharrity	76	176	50	.284	0	18
John Henry	65	163	31	.190	0	18
George McBride	50	141	27	.191	0	9
Elmer Smith	35	117	26	.222	0	17
Sam Crane	32	95	17	.179	0	4
Horace Milan	31	73	21	.288	0	9
	20	35	6	.171	0	2
Bill Murray	8	21	3	.143	0	4

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
	47	326.0	23	16	2.21	88
Jim Shaw	47	266.1	15	14	3.21	118
Harry Harper	31	179.1	11	12	3.01	99

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
Bert Gallia	42	207.2	9	13	2.99	84
	40	207.2	11	10	2.17	78
George Dumont	37	204.2	5	14	2.55	65

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
Molly Craft	8	0	0	1	3.86	2
Doc Waldbauer	2	0	0	1	7.20	2
	1	0	0	0	38.57	1

References

• 1917 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1917 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com