1917 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1917 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1917 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Gavvy Cravath and Dave Robertson tied for the lead with 12 home runs, Bobby Veach led with 103 RBI, and Ty Cobb led with 225 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 480 plate appearances at 155 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (155 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 480 plate appearances at 155 team games. 84 of the 173 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1917 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1917 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ty Cobb DET 152 669 588 107 225 44 24 6 102 55 61 34 .383 .444 .570 1.014
George Sisler SLA 135 587 539 60 190 30 9 2 52 37 30 19 .353 .390 .453 .843
Tris Speaker CLE 142 612 523 90 184 42 11 2 60 30 67 14 .352 .432 .486 .918
Edd Roush CIN 136 567 522 82 178 19 14 4 67 21 27 24 .341 .379 .454 .833
Rogers Hornsby SLN 145 589 523 86 171 24 17 8 66 17 45 34 .327 .385 .484 .868
Bobby Veach DET 154 666 571 79 182 31 12 8 103 21 61 44 .319 .393 .457 .850
Happy Felsch CHA 152 632 575 75 177 17 10 6 102 26 33 52 .308 .352 .403 .755
Benny Kauff NY1 153 644 559 89 172 22 4 5 68 30 59 54 .308 .379 .388 .767
Heinie Groh CIN 156 685 599 91 182 39 11 1 53 15 71 30 .304 .385 .411 .796
Stuffy McInnis PHA 150 621 567 50 172 19 4 0 44 18 33 19 .303 .342 .351 .693
Sam Rice WS1 155 653 586 77 177 25 7 0 69 35 50 41 .302 .360 .369 .729
Duffy Lewis BOS 150 620 553 55 167 29 9 1 65 8 29 54 .302 .342 .392 .735
Ray Chapman CLE 156 691 563 98 170 28 13 2 36 52 61 65 .302 .370 .409 .779
George Burns NY1 152 678 597 103 180 25 13 5 45 40 75 55 .302 .380 .412 .792
Shoeless Joe Jackson CHA 146 621 538 91 162 20 17 5 75 13 57 25 .301 .375 .429 .805
Heinie Zimmerman NY1 150 620 585 61 174 22 9 5 102 13 16 43 .297 .317 .391 .709
Jack Smith SLN 137 515 462 64 137 16 11 3 34 25 38 65 .297 .351 .398 .750
Max Carey PIT 155 668 588 82 174 21 12 1 51 46 58 38 .296 .369 .378 .746
Red Smith BSN 147 585 505 60 149 31 6 2 62 16 53 61 .295 .369 .392 .761
Walton Cruise SLN 153 589 529 70 156 20 10 5 59 16 38 73 .295 .343 .399 .742
Clyde Milan WS1 155 662 579 60 170 15 4 0 48 20 58 26 .294 .364 .333 .697
Ping Bodie PHA 148 635 557 51 162 28 11 7 74 13 53 40 .291 .356 .418 .774
Eddie Collins CHA 156 689 564 91 163 18 12 0 67 53 89 16 .289 .389 .363 .752
Braggo Roth CLE 145 569 495 69 141 30 9 1 72 51 52 73 .285 .355 .388 .743
Buck Weaver CHA 118 514 447 64 127 16 5 3 32 19 27 29 .284 .332 .362 .694
Home Run Baker NYA 146 613 553 57 156 24 2 6 71 18 48 27 .282 .345 .365 .710
Amos Strunk PHA 148 634 540 83 152 26 7 1 45 16 68 37 .281 .363 .361 .724
Harry Heilmann DET 150 619 556 57 156 22 11 5 86 11 41 54 .281 .333 .387 .720
Donie Bush DET 147 673 581 112 163 18 3 0 24 34 80 40 .281 .370 .322 .691
Gavvy Cravath PHI 140 590 503 70 141 29 16 12 83 6 70 57 .280 .369 .473 .842
George Whitted PHI 149 611 553 69 155 24 9 3 70 10 30 56 .280 .317 .373 .690
Hal Chase CIN 152 628 602 71 167 28 15 4 86 21 15 49 .277 .296 .394 .690
Walter Holke NY1 153 583 527 55 146 12 7 2 55 13 34 54 .277 .327 .338 .665
Chick Gandil CHA 149 601 553 53 151 9 7 0 57 16 30 36 .273 .316 .315 .631
Les Mann CHN 117 485 444 63 121 19 10 1 44 14 27 46 .273 .316 .367 .683
Ed Konetchy BSN 130 526 474 56 129 19 13 2 54 16 36 40 .272 .330 .380 .710
Ivy Olson BRO 139 613 580 64 156 18 5 2 38 6 14 34 .269 .291 .328 .619
Hi Myers BRO 120 507 471 37 126 15 10 1 41 5 18 25 .268 .294 .348 .643
Larry Gardner BOS 146 598 501 53 133 23 7 1 61 16 54 37 .265 .341 .345 .686
Hank Severeid SLA 143 544 501 45 133 23 4 1 57 6 28 20 .265 .306 .333 .639
Milt Stock PHI 150 644 564 76 149 27 6 3 53 25 51 34 .264 .326 .349 .676
Fred Merkle 2 teams 148 616 557 66 147 31 9 3 57 13 42 61 .264 .320 .368 .688
Jake Daubert BRO 125 550 468 59 122 4 4 2 30 11 51 30 .261 .341 .299 .640
Fred Luderus PHI 154 607 522 57 136 24 4 5 72 5 65 35 .261 .349 .351 .700
Art Fletcher NY1 151 608 557 70 145 24 5 4 56 12 23 28 .260 .312 .343 .655
Rabbit Maranville BSN 142 613 561 69 146 19 13 3 43 27 40 47 .260 .312 .357 .668
Roger Peckinpaugh NYA 148 629 543 63 141 24 7 0 41 17 64 46 .260 .340 .330 .670
Dave Robertson NY1 142 560 532 64 138 16 9 12 54 17 10 47 .259 .276 .391 .667
George Cutshaw BRO 135 529 487 42 126 17 7 4 49 22 21 26 .259 .292 .347 .639
Dick Hoblitzell BOS 120 492 420 49 108 19 7 1 47 12 46 22 .257 .336 .343 .679
Casey Stengel BRO 150 622 549 69 141 23 12 6 73 18 60 62 .257 .336 .375 .711
Harry Hooper BOS 151 667 559 89 143 21 11 3 45 21 80 40 .256 .355 .349 .704
Larry Kopf CIN 148 630 573 81 146 19 8 2 26 17 28 48 .255 .297 .326 .623
Doug Baird 2 teams 147 568 499 55 127 25 13 0 42 26 43 71 .255 .316 .357 .673
Bill Wambsganss CLE 141 570 499 52 127 17 6 0 43 16 37 42 .255 .315 .313 .628
Larry Doyle CHN 135 550 476 48 121 19 5 6 61 5 48 28 .254 .323 .353 .675
Ossie Vitt DET 140 600 512 65 130 13 6 0 47 18 56 15 .254 .329 .303 .631
Charlie Deal CHN 135 497 449 46 114 11 3 0 47 10 19 18 .254 .284 .292 .576
Whitey Witt PHA 128 530 452 62 114 13 4 0 28 12 65 45 .252 .346 .299 .645
Dode Paskert PHI 141 620 546 78 137 27 11 4 43 19 62 63 .251 .331 .363 .693
Max Flack CHN 131 510 447 65 111 18 7 0 21 17 51 34 .248 .325 .320 .645
Dots Miller SLN 148 598 544 61 135 15 9 2 45 14 33 52 .248 .295 .320 .615
Baby Doll Jacobson SLA 148 572 529 53 131 23 7 4 55 10 31 67 .248 .294 .340 .635
Del Pratt SLA 123 499 450 40 111 22 8 1 53 18 33 36 .247 .301 .338 .639
Wally Pipp NYA 155 668 587 82 143 29 12 9 70 11 60 66 .244 .320 .380 .700
Dave Bancroft PHI 127 540 478 56 116 22 5 4 43 14 44 42 .243 .307 .335 .641
Cy Williams CHN 138 539 468 53 113 22 4 5 42 8 38 78 .241 .308 .338 .646
Everett Scott BOS 157 589 528 40 127 24 7 0 50 12 20 46 .241 .268 .312 .581
Jimmy Austin SLA 127 534 455 61 109 18 8 0 19 13 50 46 .240 .319 .314 .633
Carson Bigbee PIT 133 530 469 46 112 11 6 0 21 19 37 16 .239 .301 .288 .589
Ray Bates PHA 127 526 485 47 115 20 7 2 66 12 21 39 .237 .277 .320 .597
Chuck Ward PIT 125 483 423 25 100 12 3 0 43 5 32 43 .236 .302 .279 .581
Nemo Leibold CHA 125 509 428 59 101 12 6 0 29 27 74 34 .236 .350 .292 .642
Eddie Foster WS1 143 618 554 66 130 16 8 0 43 11 46 23 .235 .293 .292 .586
Tom Long SLN 144 581 530 49 123 12 14 3 41 21 37 44 .232 .285 .325 .609
Ralph Young DET 141 598 503 64 116 18 2 1 35 8 61 35 .231 .317 .280 .598
Jack Graney CLE 146 648 535 87 122 29 7 3 35 16 94 49 .228 .348 .325 .673
Ray Schalk CHA 140 507 424 48 96 12 5 2 51 19 59 27 .226 .331 .292 .623
Roy Grover PHA 141 571 482 45 108 15 7 0 34 12 43 53 .224 .292 .284 .576
Joe Kelly BSN 116 489 445 41 99 9 8 3 36 21 26 45 .222 .268 .299 .567
Jack Barry BOS 116 493 388 45 83 9 0 2 30 12 47 27 .214 .305 .253 .558
Dave Shean CIN 131 482 442 36 93 9 5 2 35 10 22 39 .210 .249 .267 .516
Swede Risberg CHA 149 563 474 59 96 20 8 1 45 16 59 65 .203 .297 .285 .582
Howie Shanks WS1 126 496 430 45 87 15 5 0 28 15 33 37 .202 .269 .260 .529
Zack Wheat UNQ BRO 109 387 362 38 113 15 11 1 41 5 20 18 .312 .352 .423 .774
Joe Harris UNQ CLE 112 435 369 40 112 22 4 0 65 11 55 32 .304 .398 .385 .783
John Henry Lloyd UNQ CAG 57 228 206 26 62 12 7 1 39 6 15 0 .301 .348 .442 .790
Ben Taylor UNQ ABC 57 242 218 27 64 9 4 0 39 5 18 0 .294 .350 .372 .722
Greasy Neale UNQ CIN 121 420 385 40 113 14 9 3 33 25 24 36 .294 .343 .400 .743
Oscar Charleston UNQ ABC 48 205 178 26 52 6 4 1 19 3 14 0 .292 .354 .388 .741
William Fischer UNQ PIT 95 277 245 25 70 9 2 3 25 11 27 19 .286 .359 .376 .734
Joe Judge UNQ WS1 102 451 393 62 112 15 15 2 30 17 50 40 .285 .369 .415 .783
Wally Schang UNQ PHA 118 366 316 41 90 14 9 3 36 6 29 24 .285 .362 .415 .776
Joe Wilhoit UNQ 2 teams 97 282 246 29 70 7 2 1 18 5 26 21 .285 .353 .341 .694
Earl Smith UNQ SLA 52 222 199 31 56 7 7 0 10 5 15 21 .281 .332 .387 .719
Sherry Magee UNQ 2 teams 117 435 383 41 107 16 8 1 52 11 29 30 .279 .338 .371 .709
Bill Killefer UNQ PHI 125 437 409 28 112 12 0 0 31 4 15 21 .274 .306 .303 .609
Ray Powell UNQ BSN 88 388 357 42 97 10 4 4 30 12 24 54 .272 .318 .356 .673
Candy Jim Taylor UNQ ABC 58 245 214 28 58 14 2 0 33 9 21 0 .271 .342 .355 .697
Bill Rariden UNQ NY1 101 314 266 20 72 10 1 0 25 3 42 17 .271 .372 .316 .688
Leroy Grant UNQ CAG 54 200 170 21 46 12 0 0 23 3 19 0 .271 .347 .341 .689
Tommy Griffith UNQ CIN 115 393 363 45 98 18 7 1 45 5 19 23 .270 .308 .366 .674
Wally Rehg UNQ BSN 87 378 341 48 92 12 6 1 31 13 24 32 .270 .320 .349 .669
Jimmy Johnston UNQ BRO 103 369 330 33 89 10 4 0 25 16 23 28 .270 .321 .324 .645
Ray Morgan UNQ WS1 101 390 338 32 90 9 1 1 33 7 40 29 .266 .346 .308 .653
Ivey Wingo UNQ CIN 121 432 399 37 106 16 11 2 39 9 25 13 .266 .311 .376 .687
Honus Wagner UNQ PIT 74 264 230 15 61 7 1 0 24 5 24 17 .265 .337 .304 .642
Jimmy Walsh UNQ BOS 57 212 185 25 49 6 3 0 12 6 25 14 .265 .352 .330 .682
Tony Boeckel UNQ PIT 64 238 219 16 58 11 1 0 23 6 8 31 .265 .297 .324 .621
Mike Gonzalez UNQ SLN 106 322 290 28 76 8 1 1 28 12 22 24 .262 .316 .307 .623
Les Nunamaker UNQ NYA 104 338 310 22 81 9 2 0 33 5 21 25 .261 .310 .303 .613
Gene Paulette UNQ 2 teams 107 386 354 35 92 21 7 0 34 9 19 19 .260 .301 .359 .660
Charlie Jamieson UNQ 2 teams 105 428 380 45 98 8 2 0 29 8 43 41 .258 .336 .289 .626
Mike Menosky UNQ WS1 114 382 322 46 83 12 10 1 34 22 45 55 .258 .359 .366 .726
Pete Kilduff UNQ 2 teams 87 310 280 35 72 12 5 1 27 13 16 30 .257 .304 .346 .651
Johnny Rawlings UNQ BSN 122 429 371 37 95 9 4 2 31 12 38 32 .256 .337 .318 .655
Bert Niehoff UNQ PHI 114 401 361 30 92 17 4 2 42 8 23 29 .255 .303 .341 .644
Ed Fitzpatrick UNQ BSN 63 203 178 20 45 8 4 0 17 4 12 22 .253 .318 .343 .661
Rowdy Elliott UNQ CHN 85 244 223 18 56 8 5 0 28 4 11 11 .251 .292 .332 .624
Elmer Miller UNQ NYA 114 449 379 43 95 11 3 3 35 11 40 44 .251 .336 .319 .656
Tim Hendryx UNQ NYA 125 476 393 43 98 14 7 5 44 6 62 45 .249 .359 .359 .717
Lee King UNQ PIT 111 408 381 32 95 14 5 1 35 8 15 58 .249 .281 .320 .602
Harry Wolter UNQ CHN 117 401 353 44 88 15 7 0 28 7 38 40 .249 .324 .331 .655
Tillie Walker UNQ BOS 106 385 337 41 83 18 7 2 37 6 25 38 .246 .300 .359 .659
Ernie Johnson UNQ SLA 80 224 199 28 49 6 2 2 20 13 12 16 .246 .296 .327 .622
Walter Schmidt UNQ PIT 72 202 183 9 45 7 0 0 17 4 11 11 .246 .296 .284 .580
Elmer Smith UNQ 2 teams 99 309 278 29 68 9 4 3 39 7 18 32 .245 .293 .338 .631
Pete Hill UNQ CAG 58 245 193 29 47 8 3 0 25 9 41 0 .244 .381 .316 .697
Rollie Zeider UNQ CHN 108 393 354 36 86 14 2 0 27 17 28 30 .243 .302 .294 .596
Frank Gilhooley UNQ NYA 54 201 165 14 40 6 1 0 8 6 30 13 .242 .362 .291 .653
Tubby Spencer UNQ DET 70 218 192 13 46 8 3 0 22 0 15 15 .240 .324 .312 .637
Doc Lavan UNQ SLA 118 388 355 19 85 8 5 0 30 5 19 34 .239 .284 .290 .574
Pinch Thomas UNQ BOS 83 238 202 24 48 7 0 0 24 2 27 9 .238 .333 .272 .606
Frank O'Rourke UNQ BRO 64 221 198 18 47 7 1 0 15 11 14 25 .237 .294 .283 .577
Fred McMullin UNQ CHA 59 245 194 35 46 2 1 0 12 9 27 17 .237 .339 .258 .597
Jim Thorpe UNQ 2 teams 103 337 308 41 73 5 10 4 40 12 14 45 .237 .275 .357 .632
Frank Snyder UNQ SLN 115 346 313 18 74 9 2 1 33 4 27 43 .236 .301 .288 .589
Hugh High UNQ NYA 103 430 365 37 86 11 6 1 19 8 48 31 .236 .329 .307 .636
Buck Herzog UNQ NY1 114 477 417 69 98 10 8 2 31 12 31 36 .235 .308 .312 .620
Shano Collins UNQ CHA 82 270 252 38 59 13 3 1 14 14 10 27 .234 .269 .321 .590
Dave Malarcher UNQ ABC 58 226 193 24 45 6 2 0 10 6 19 0 .233 .308 .285 .593
Jake Pitler UNQ PIT 109 437 382 39 89 8 5 0 23 6 30 24 .233 .297 .280 .577
Tod Sloan UNQ SLA 109 351 313 32 72 6 2 2 25 8 28 34 .230 .307 .281 .589
Otto Miller UNQ BRO 92 301 274 19 63 5 4 1 17 5 14 29 .230 .272 .288 .561
Armando Marsans UNQ 2 teams 100 386 345 41 79 16 0 0 35 17 28 9 .229 .287 .275 .562
George Burns UNQ DET 119 442 407 42 92 14 10 1 40 3 15 33 .226 .264 .317 .581
Jack Meyers UNQ 2 teams 72 225 200 13 45 7 4 0 7 4 17 11 .225 .292 .300 .592
Jesse Barber UNQ CAG 58 246 219 31 49 9 0 1 24 7 20 0 .224 .300 .279 .579
Burt Shotton UNQ SLA 118 469 398 47 89 9 1 1 20 16 62 47 .224 .330 .259 .589
Walt Tragesser UNQ BSN 98 323 297 23 66 10 2 0 25 5 15 36 .222 .264 .269 .534
Frank Duncan UNQ CAG 54 221 190 23 42 5 2 0 13 8 19 0 .221 .302 .268 .570
Jim Hickman UNQ BRO 114 398 370 46 81 15 4 6 36 14 17 66 .219 .253 .330 .583
Bruno Betzel UNQ SLN 106 358 328 24 71 4 3 1 17 9 20 47 .216 .266 .256 .522
Johnny Evers UNQ 2 teams 80 317 266 25 57 5 1 1 12 9 43 21 .214 .324 .252 .576
Frank Schulte UNQ 2 teams 94 285 252 32 54 15 1 1 22 9 26 36 .214 .293 .294 .587
Mike Mowrey UNQ BRO 83 308 271 20 58 9 5 0 25 7 29 25 .214 .292 .284 .576
Frank Warfield UNQ ABC 59 237 206 18 44 5 1 0 10 12 19 0 .214 .286 .248 .534
Art Wilson UNQ CHN 81 252 211 17 45 9 2 2 25 6 32 36 .213 .322 .303 .626
Sam Agnew UNQ BOS 85 287 260 17 54 6 2 0 16 2 19 30 .208 .267 .246 .513
Morten Clark UNQ ABC 56 212 189 14 39 7 2 0 19 5 16 0 .206 .279 .265 .543
Terry Turner UNQ CLE 69 202 180 16 37 7 0 0 15 4 14 19 .206 .263 .244 .507
Oscar Stanage UNQ DET 99 329 297 19 61 14 1 0 30 3 20 35 .205 .263 .259 .522
Bill Francis UNQ CAG 57 211 174 21 35 7 2 0 15 5 26 0 .201 .325 .264 .590
Bingo DeMoss UNQ CAG 58 250 215 33 43 4 0 0 12 17 24 0 .200 .280 .219 .499
Lee Magee UNQ 2 teams 87 325 285 28 57 5 1 0 12 6 19 24 .200 .252 .225 .477
Fritz Maisel UNQ NYA 113 466 404 46 80 4 4 0 20 29 36 18 .198 .267 .228 .495
Joe Leonard UNQ WS1 99 355 297 30 57 6 7 0 23 6 45 40 .192 .302 .259 .562
Eddie Ainsmith UNQ WS1 125 409 350 38 67 17 4 0 42 16 40 48 .191 .280 .263 .543
Joe Evans UNQ CLE 132 460 385 36 73 4 5 2 33 12 42 44 .190 .271 .242 .513
Bill Hinchman UNQ PIT 69 282 244 27 46 5 5 2 29 5 33 27 .189 .288 .275 .562
Lou Guisto UNQ CLE 73 233 200 9 37 4 2 0 29 3 25 18 .185 .282 .225 .507
Steve O'Neill UNQ CLE 129 429 370 21 68 10 2 0 29 2 41 55 .184 .272 .222 .494
Chuck Wortman UNQ CHN 75 220 190 24 33 4 1 0 9 6 18 23 .174 .245 .205 .450
Showing 1-50 of 173 batters listed (84 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 155 innings at 155 team games. 74 of the 128 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1917 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Fred Anderson NY1 8 8 38 18 8 1 3 162.0 122 26 34 69 1.44 0.96
Eddie Cicotte CHA 28 12 49 35 29 7 4 346.2 246 59 70 150 1.53 0.91
Carl Mays BOS 22 9 35 33 27 2 0 289.0 230 56 74 91 1.74 1.05
Stan Coveleski CLE 19 14 45 36 24 9 4 298.1 202 60 94 133 1.81 0.99
Pete Alexander PHI 30 13 45 44 34 8 0 388.0 336 79 56 200 1.83 1.01
Pol Perritt NY1 17 7 35 26 14 5 1 215.0 186 45 45 72 1.88 1.07
Red Faber CHA 16 13 41 29 16 3 3 248.0 224 53 85 84 1.92 1.25
Reb Russell CHA 15 5 35 24 11 5 3 189.1 170 41 32 54 1.95 1.07
Ferdie Schupp NY1 21 7 36 32 25 6 0 272.0 202 59 70 147 1.95 1.00
Jim Bagby CLE 23 13 49 37 26 8 7 320.2 277 70 73 83 1.96 1.09
Hippo Vaughn CHN 23 13 41 38 27 5 0 295.2 255 66 91 195 2.01 1.17
Babe Ruth BOS 24 13 41 38 35 6 2 326.1 244 73 108 128 2.01 1.08
Bill James DET 13 10 34 23 10 2 1 198.0 163 46 96 62 2.09 1.31
Pete Schneider CIN 20 19 46 42 24 0 0 333.2 311 78 117 138 2.10 1.28
Art Nehf BSN 17 8 38 23 17 5 0 233.1 197 56 39 101 2.16 1.01
Doc Ayers WS1 11 10 40 15 12 3 1 207.2 192 50 59 78 2.17 1.21
Slim Sallee NY1 18 7 34 24 18 1 4 215.2 199 52 34 54 2.17 1.08
Dutch Leonard BOS 16 17 37 36 26 4 1 294.1 257 71 72 144 2.17 1.12
Willie Mitchell DET 12 8 30 22 12 5 0 185.1 172 45 46 80 2.19 1.18
Fred Toney CIN 24 16 43 42 31 7 1 339.2 300 83 77 123 2.20 1.11
Walter Johnson WS1 23 16 47 34 30 8 3 326.0 248 80 68 188 2.21 0.97
Ernie Shore BOS 13 10 29 27 14 1 1 226.2 201 56 55 57 2.22 1.13
Jeff Pfeffer BRO 11 15 30 30 24 3 0 266.0 225 66 66 115 2.23 1.09
Eppa Rixey PHI 16 21 39 36 23 4 1 281.1 249 71 67 121 2.27 1.12
Larry Cheney BRO 8 12 35 24 14 1 2 210.1 185 55 73 102 2.35 1.23
Wilbur Cooper PIT 17 11 40 34 23 7 1 297.2 276 78 54 99 2.36 1.11
Ed Klepfer CLE 14 4 41 27 9 0 1 213.0 208 56 55 66 2.37 1.23
Hooks Dauss DET 17 14 37 31 22 6 2 270.2 243 73 87 102 2.43 1.22
Bob Shawkey NYA 13 15 32 26 16 2 0 236.1 207 64 72 97 2.44 1.18
Leon Cadore BRO 13 13 37 30 21 1 3 264.0 231 72 63 115 2.45 1.11
Bullet Joe Bush PHA 11 17 37 31 17 4 2 233.1 207 64 111 121 2.47 1.36
Lefty Tyler BSN 14 12 32 28 22 4 1 239.0 203 67 86 98 2.52 1.21
Phil Douglas CHN 14 20 51 37 20 5 1 293.1 269 83 50 151 2.55 1.09
George Dumont WS1 5 14 37 23 8 2 2 204.2 171 58 76 65 2.55 1.21
Rube Marquard BRO 19 12 37 29 14 2 0 232.2 200 66 60 117 2.55 1.12
Gene Packard 2 teams 9 6 36 11 6 0 2 155.0 141 44 25 45 2.55 1.07
Al Demaree 2 teams 9 14 39 29 7 1 1 219.2 195 63 54 66 2.58 1.13
Claude Hendrix CHN 10 12 40 21 13 1 1 215.0 202 62 72 81 2.60 1.27
Dave Danforth CHA 11 6 50 9 1 1 9 173.0 155 51 74 79 2.65 1.32
Jesse Barnes BSN 13 21 50 33 27 2 1 295.0 261 88 50 107 2.68 1.05
Bernie Boland DET 16 11 43 28 13 3 6 238.0 192 71 95 89 2.68 1.21
Mike Regan CIN 11 10 32 26 16 1 0 216.0 228 65 41 50 2.71 1.25
Red Ames SLN 15 10 43 19 10 2 3 209.0 189 63 57 62 2.71 1.18
Rube Benton NY1 15 9 35 25 14 3 3 215.0 190 65 41 70 2.72 1.07
Guy Morton CLE 10 10 35 18 6 1 2 161.0 158 49 59 62 2.74 1.35
Joe Oeschger PHI 15 14 42 30 18 5 1 262.0 241 80 72 123 2.75 1.19
Erskine Mayer PHI 11 6 28 18 11 1 0 160.0 160 49 33 64 2.76 1.21
Jing Johnson PHA 9 12 34 23 13 0 0 191.0 184 59 56 55 2.78 1.26
Elmer Jacobs PIT 6 19 38 25 10 1 2 227.1 214 71 76 58 2.81 1.28
Allen Sothoron SLA 14 19 48 32 17 3 4 276.2 259 87 96 85 2.83 1.28
Bob Steele 2 teams 6 14 39 25 14 1 1 221.2 191 70 72 105 2.84 1.19
Ray Caldwell NYA 13 16 32 29 21 1 0 236.0 199 75 76 102 2.86 1.17
Hal Carlson PIT 7 11 34 17 9 1 1 161.1 140 52 49 68 2.90 1.17
Bob Groom SLA 8 19 38 28 11 4 3 232.2 193 76 95 82 2.94 1.24
Win Noyes PHA 10 10 27 22 11 1 1 171.0 156 56 77 64 2.95 1.36
Howard Ehmke DET 10 15 35 25 13 4 2 206.0 174 68 88 90 2.97 1.27
Lefty Williams CHA 17 8 45 29 8 1 1 230.0 221 76 81 85 2.97 1.31
George Mogridge NYA 9 11 29 25 15 1 0 196.1 185 65 39 46 2.98 1.14
Bert Gallia WS1 9 13 42 23 9 1 1 207.2 191 69 93 84 2.99 1.37
Harry Harper WS1 11 12 31 31 10 4 0 179.1 145 60 106 99 3.01 1.40
Dave Davenport SLA 17 17 47 39 20 2 2 280.2 273 96 105 100 3.08 1.35
Lee Meadows SLN 15 9 43 37 18 4 2 265.2 253 91 90 100 3.08 1.29
Jeff Tesreau NY1 13 8 33 20 11 1 2 183.2 168 63 58 85 3.09 1.23
Bill Doak SLN 16 20 44 37 16 3 2 281.1 257 97 85 111 3.10 1.22
Frank Miller PIT 10 19 38 28 14 5 1 224.0 216 78 60 92 3.13 1.23
Rube Schauer PHA 7 16 33 21 10 0 1 215.0 209 75 69 62 3.14 1.29
Jim Shaw WS1 15 14 47 31 15 2 1 266.1 233 95 123 118 3.21 1.34
Clarence Mitchell CIN 9 15 32 20 10 2 1 159.1 166 57 34 37 3.22 1.26
Sherry Smith BRO 12 12 38 23 15 0 3 211.1 210 78 51 58 3.32 1.24
Dick Rudolph BSN 13 13 31 30 22 5 0 242.2 252 92 54 96 3.41 1.26
Milt Watson SLN 10 13 41 20 5 3 0 161.1 149 63 51 45 3.51 1.24
Burleigh Grimes PIT 3 16 37 17 8 1 0 194.0 186 76 70 72 3.53 1.32
Socks Seibold PHA 4 16 33 15 9 1 1 160.0 141 70 85 55 3.94 1.41
Elmer Myers PHA 9 16 38 23 13 2 3 201.2 221 99 79 88 4.42 1.49
Dick Redding UNQ CAG 14 3 22 16 15 5 3 153.2 87 14 44 111 0.82 0.85
Tom Williams UNQ CAG 13 2 16 14 12 3 1 126.2 77 18 29 57 1.28 0.84
Juan Padrón UNQ CSW 8 8 19 16 14 2 1 139.2 110 24 30 78 1.55 1.00
Charles Bender UNQ PHI 8 2 20 10 8 4 2 113.0 84 21 26 43 1.67 0.97
Joe Williams UNQ NLG 10 0 12 9 9 1 0 101.0 88 19 31 70 1.69 1.18
Eddie Plank UNQ SLA 5 6 20 14 8 1 1 131.0 105 26 38 26 1.79 1.09
Jim Scott UNQ CHA 6 7 24 17 6 2 1 125.0 126 26 42 37 1.87 1.34
Tom Hughes UNQ BSN 5 3 11 8 6 2 0 74.0 54 16 30 40 1.95 1.14
Dick Whitworth UNQ CAG 3 4 9 8 5 0 0 73.0 56 17 23 30 2.10 1.08
José Junco UNQ CSW 6 9 16 15 13 0 0 124.1 109 29 29 19 2.10 1.11
Fritz Coumbe UNQ CLE 8 6 34 10 4 1 5 134.1 119 32 35 30 2.14 1.15
Ray Fisher UNQ NYA 8 9 23 18 12 3 0 144.0 126 35 43 64 2.19 1.17
Marv Goodwin UNQ SLN 6 4 14 12 6 3 0 85.1 70 21 19 38 2.21 1.04
Allen Russell UNQ NYA 7 8 25 10 6 0 2 104.1 89 26 39 55 2.24 1.23
Slim Love UNQ NYA 6 5 33 9 2 0 1 130.1 115 34 57 82 2.35 1.32
Hod Eller UNQ CIN 10 5 37 11 7 1 1 152.1 131 40 37 77 2.36 1.10
Joe Benz UNQ CHA 7 3 19 13 7 2 0 94.2 76 26 23 25 2.47 1.05
Jim Jeffries UNQ ABC 4 3 15 11 5 1 0 86.2 66 24 30 40 2.49 1.11
Rube Foster UNQ BOS 8 7 17 16 9 1 0 124.2 108 35 53 34 2.53 1.29
Tom Seaton UNQ CHN 5 4 16 9 3 1 1 74.2 60 21 23 27 2.53 1.11
Tom Johnson UNQ CAG 7 3 13 12 8 3 0 98.0 83 28 34 38 2.57 1.19
Urban Shocker UNQ NYA 8 5 26 13 7 0 1 145.0 124 42 46 68 2.61 1.17
Harry Coveleski UNQ DET 4 6 16 11 2 0 0 69.0 70 20 14 15 2.61 1.22
String Bean Williams UNQ 2 teams 12 8 21 15 14 2 0 152.0 132 46 49 85 2.72 1.19
Dicta Johnson UNQ ABC 3 4 14 9 4 1 0 82.2 67 26 31 33 2.83 1.19
George Cunningham UNQ DET 2 7 44 8 4 0 4 139.0 113 45 51 49 2.91 1.18
Carroll Jones UNQ DET 4 4 24 6 2 0 0 77.0 69 25 26 28 2.92 1.23
Pat Ragan UNQ BSN 6 9 30 13 5 1 1 147.2 138 48 35 61 2.93 1.17
Dutch Ruether UNQ 2 teams 3 2 17 8 2 1 0 72.0 80 24 26 35 3.00 1.47
Dizzy Dismukes UNQ ABC 2 5 7 7 6 1 0 58.0 43 20 17 27 3.10 1.03
Vic Aldridge UNQ CHN 6 6 30 6 1 1 2 106.2 100 37 37 44 3.12 1.28
Otis Lambeth UNQ CLE 7 6 26 10 2 0 2 97.1 97 34 30 27 3.14 1.30
Earl Hamilton UNQ SLA 0 9 27 8 2 0 1 83.0 86 29 41 19 3.14 1.53
Paul Carter UNQ CHN 5 8 23 13 6 0 2 113.1 115 41 19 34 3.26 1.18
Herb Pennock UNQ BOS 5 5 24 5 4 1 1 100.2 90 37 23 35 3.31 1.12
Nick Cullop UNQ NYA 5 9 30 18 5 2 1 146.1 161 54 31 27 3.32 1.31
Cy Falkenberg UNQ PHA 2 6 15 8 4 0 0 80.2 86 30 26 35 3.35 1.39
Mike Prendergast UNQ CHN 3 6 35 8 1 0 1 99.1 112 37 21 43 3.35 1.34
Bernardo Baró UNQ CSW 3 5 8 8 8 0 0 67.0 64 25 25 14 3.36 1.33
Oscar Horstmann UNQ SLN 9 4 35 11 4 1 1 138.2 111 53 54 50 3.44 1.19
Jimmy Lavender UNQ PHI 6 8 28 14 7 0 1 129.1 119 51 44 52 3.55 1.26
Al Gould UNQ CLE 4 4 27 7 1 0 0 94.0 95 38 52 24 3.64 1.56
Bill Gatewood UNQ ABC 7 9 20 15 11 3 1 118.2 130 48 33 63 3.64 1.37
Wheezer Dell UNQ BRO 0 4 17 4 0 0 1 58.0 55 24 25 28 3.72 1.38
Evelio Calderin UNQ CSE 6 6 13 13 10 2 0 105.1 108 45 42 50 3.84 1.42
Tom Rogers UNQ SLA 3 6 24 8 3 0 0 108.2 112 47 44 27 3.89 1.44
Ernie Koob UNQ SLA 6 14 39 18 3 1 1 133.2 139 58 57 47 3.91 1.47
Frank Allen UNQ BSN 3 11 29 14 2 0 0 112.0 124 49 47 56 3.94 1.53
José Suárez UNQ CSE 4 4 8 7 7 2 0 64.0 70 28 34 26 3.94 1.62
Jack Coombs UNQ BRO 7 11 31 14 9 0 0 141.0 147 62 49 34 3.96 1.39
Lefty Harvey UNQ BRG 6 5 13 12 8 0 0 93.2 99 43 51 62 4.13 1.60
Jimmy Ring UNQ CIN 3 7 24 7 3 0 2 88.0 90 43 35 33 4.40 1.42
Paul Fittery UNQ PHI 1 1 17 2 1 0 0 55.2 69 28 27 13 4.53 1.72
Al Mamaux UNQ PIT 2 11 16 13 5 0 0 85.2 92 50 50 22 5.25 1.66
Showing 1-50 of 128 pitchers listed (74 qualified)

Reading the 1917 leader tables

Of the 173 batting lines shown for 1917, 84 are qualified. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Ty Cobb at .383, with George Sisler next at .353. Sorting by home runs brings Gavvy Cravath (12) to the top; for runs batted in, Bobby Veach is first with 103. Ty Cobb's 55 steals are the most listed. On the 1917 pitching side, 74 of 128 listed pitchers qualify. The qualified ERA race is led by Fred Anderson at 1.44, and Eddie Cicotte has the best WHIP, 0.91. The counting columns are topped by Pete Alexander in wins (30).

1917 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1917?
Gavvy Cravath and Dave Robertson tied for the lead with 12 home runs in 1917.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1917?
Bobby Veach led with 103 RBI in 1917.
Who led MLB in hits in 1917?
Ty Cobb led with 225 hits in 1917.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1917?
Ty Cobb led at .383 in 1917, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1917?
Pete Alexander led with 30 wins in 1917.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1917?
Pete Alexander led with 200 strikeouts in 1917.