1917 Chicago Cubs

74-80 • .481 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
80 Losses
.481 Win %
5th Rank
552 R 567 RA
Diff -15

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552 Runs Scored
567 Runs Allowed
-15 Run Diff
433K Attendance

📈 vs. 1917 NL Average

Batting Avg .239 4% below the 1917 league average (.249)
OBP .299 2% below the 1917 league average (.305)
SLG .313 4% below the 1917 league average (.327)
Team ERA 2.62 3% better than the 1917 league average (2.70)
Runs Scored 552 equal to the 1917 league average (551 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 433,585
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Avg per Game 5,630

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1917

Batting Avg

1 Pete Kilduff 0.277 2 Les Mann 0.273 3 Fred Merkle 0.266 4 Claude Hendrix 0.256 5 Larry Doyle 0.254

Home Runs

1 Larry Doyle 6 2 Cy Williams 5 3 Fred Merkle 3 4 Art Wilson 2 5 Les Mann 1

RBI

1 Larry Doyle 61 2 Fred Merkle 57 3 Charlie Deal 47 4 Les Mann 44 5 Cy Williams 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Fred Merkle 146 549 65 146 30 9 3 57 42 60 13 0.266
Larry Doyle 135 476 48 121 19 5 6 61 48 28 5 0.254
Cy Williams 138 468 53 113 22 4 5 42 38 78 8 0.241
Charlie Deal 135 449 46 114 11 3 0 47 19 18 10 0.254
Max Flack 131 447 65 111 18 7 0 21 51 34 17 0.248
Les Mann 117 444 63 121 19 10 1 44 27 46 14 0.273
Rollie Zeider 108 354 36 86 14 2 0 27 28 30 17 0.243
Harry Wolter 117 353 44 88 15 7 0 28 38 40 7 0.249
Rowdy Elliott 85 223 18 56 8 5 0 28 11 11 4 0.251
Art Wilson 81 211 17 45 9 2 2 25 32 36 6 0.213
Pete Kilduff 56 202 23 56 9 5 0 15 12 19 11 0.277
Chuck Wortman 75 190 24 33 4 1 0 9 18 23 6 0.174
Hippo Vaughn 41 100 7 16 2 1 0 6 9 33 1 0.160
Pickles Dillhoefer 42 95 3 12 1 1 0 8 2 9 1 0.126
Phil Douglas 51 87 3 11 0 1 0 3 3 18 0 0.126
Claude Hendrix 48 86 7 22 3 1 0 7 5 20 1 0.256
Dutch Ruether 31 44 3 12 1 3 0 11 8 11 0 0.273
Al Demaree 24 41 0 5 0 0 0 1 4 17 0 0.122
Charlie Pechous 13 41 2 10 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 0.244
Paul Carter 23 35 4 6 1 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.171
Morrie Schick 14 34 3 5 0 0 0 3 3 10 0 0.147
Vic Aldridge 30 29 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.138
Turner Barber 7 28 2 6 1 0 0 2 2 8 1 0.214
Paddy Driscoll 13 28 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 6 2 0.107
Mike Prendergast 35 28 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.250
Vic Saier 6 21 5 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0.238
Tom Seaton 16 21 2 5 1 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.238
Roy Leslie 7 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0.211
Bob O'Farrell 3 8 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.375
William Marriott 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harry Weaver 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Harry Wolfe 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.400
Herb Hunter 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Archer 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Earl Blackburn 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roy Walker 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Packard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1917

ERA

1 Hippo Vaughn 2.01 2 Dutch Ruether 2.48 3 Tom Seaton 2.53 4 Al Demaree 2.55 5 Phil Douglas 2.55

Wins

1 Hippo Vaughn 23 2 Phil Douglas 14 3 Claude Hendrix 10 4 Vic Aldridge 6 5 Paul Carter 5

Strikeouts

1 Hippo Vaughn 195 2 Phil Douglas 151 3 Claude Hendrix 81 4 Vic Aldridge 44 5 Al Demaree 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hippo Vaughn 23 13 2.01 41 38 0 295.2 255 66 91 195
Phil Douglas 14 20 2.55 51 37 1 293.1 269 83 50 151
Claude Hendrix 10 12 2.60 40 21 1 215.0 202 62 72 81
Al Demaree 5 9 2.55 24 18 1 141.1 125 40 37 43
Paul Carter 5 8 3.26 23 13 2 113.1 115 41 19 34
Vic Aldridge 6 6 3.12 30 6 2 106.2 100 37 37 44
Mike Prendergast 3 6 3.35 35 8 1 99.1 112 37 21 43
Tom Seaton 5 4 2.53 16 9 1 74.2 60 21 23 27
Dutch Ruether 2 0 2.48 10 4 0 36.1 37 10 12 23
Harry Weaver 1 1 2.75 4 2 0 19.2 17 6 7 8
Roy Walker 0 1 3.86 2 1 0 7.0 8 3 5 4
Gene Packard 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 1.2 3 2 0 1

👥 Roster (37)

Vic Aldridge Jimmy Archer Turner Barber Earl Blackburn Paul Carter Charlie Deal Al Demaree Pickles Dillhoefer Phil Douglas Larry Doyle Paddy Driscoll Rowdy Elliott +25 more

37 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1917 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1917 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1917 Chicago Cubs finished 74-80 (.481 win pct).
Who led the 1917 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Larry Doyle led the 1917 Chicago Cubs with 6 home runs.
What was the 1917 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1917 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 2.62.
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