1917 Washington Senators

74-79 • .484 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
79 Losses
.484 Win %
5th Rank
543 R 566 RA
Diff -23

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543 Runs Scored
566 Runs Allowed
-23 Run Diff
161K Attendance

📈 vs. 1917 AL Average

Batting Avg .240 3% below the 1917 league average (.247)
OBP .313 1% below the 1917 league average (.317)
SLG .303 5% below the 1917 league average (.320)
Team ERA 2.75 3% worse than the 1917 league average (2.66)
Runs Scored 543 4% below the 1917 league average (568 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 161,273
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Avg per Game 2,015

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1917

Batting Avg

1 Sam Rice 0.302 2 Clyde Milan 0.294 3 Horace Milan 0.288 4 Joe Judge 0.285 5 Patsy Gharrity 0.284

Home Runs

1 Joe Judge 2 2 Mike Menosky 1 3 Ray Morgan 1

RBI

1 Sam Rice 69 2 Clyde Milan 48 3 Eddie Foster 43 4 Eddie Ainsmith 42 5 Mike Menosky 34
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sam Rice 155 586 77 177 25 7 0 69 50 41 35 0.302
Clyde Milan 155 579 60 170 15 4 0 48 58 26 20 0.294
Eddie Foster 143 554 66 130 16 8 0 43 46 23 11 0.235
Howie Shanks 126 430 45 87 15 5 0 28 33 37 15 0.202
Joe Judge 102 393 62 112 15 15 2 30 50 40 17 0.285
Eddie Ainsmith 125 350 38 67 17 4 0 42 40 48 16 0.191
Ray Morgan 101 338 32 90 9 1 1 33 40 29 7 0.266
Mike Menosky 114 322 46 83 12 10 1 34 45 55 22 0.258
Joe Leonard 99 297 30 57 6 7 0 23 45 40 6 0.192
Patsy Gharrity 76 176 15 50 5 0 0 18 14 18 7 0.284
John Henry 65 163 10 31 6 0 0 18 24 16 1 0.190
George McBride 50 141 6 27 3 0 0 9 10 17 1 0.191
Walter Johnson 57 130 15 33 12 1 0 15 9 30 1 0.254
Elmer Smith 35 117 8 26 4 3 0 17 5 14 1 0.222
Sam Crane 32 95 6 17 2 0 0 4 4 14 0 0.179
Jim Shaw 47 91 4 14 1 2 0 4 3 30 0 0.154
Horace Milan 31 73 8 21 3 1 0 9 4 9 4 0.288
Bert Gallia 44 67 6 14 3 1 0 4 5 23 0 0.209
Doc Ayers 40 63 2 13 1 0 0 5 1 13 0 0.206
Harry Harper 31 60 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 15 1 0.117
George Dumont 37 58 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 28 0 0.034
Charlie Jamieson 20 35 4 6 2 0 0 2 6 5 0 0.171
Bill Murray 8 21 2 3 0 1 0 4 2 2 1 0.143
Molly Craft 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Doc Waldbauer 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1917

ERA

1 Doc Ayers 2.17 2 Walter Johnson 2.21 3 George Dumont 2.55 4 Bert Gallia 2.99 5 Harry Harper 3.01

Wins

1 Walter Johnson 23 2 Jim Shaw 15 3 Doc Ayers 11 4 Harry Harper 11 5 Bert Gallia 9

Strikeouts

1 Walter Johnson 188 2 Jim Shaw 118 3 Harry Harper 99 4 Bert Gallia 84 5 Doc Ayers 78
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Walter Johnson 23 16 2.21 47 34 3 326.0 248 80 68 188
Jim Shaw 15 14 3.21 47 31 1 266.1 233 95 123 118
Doc Ayers 11 10 2.17 40 15 1 207.2 192 50 59 78
Bert Gallia 9 13 2.99 42 23 1 207.2 191 69 93 84
George Dumont 5 14 2.55 37 23 2 204.2 171 58 76 65
Harry Harper 11 12 3.01 31 31 0 179.1 145 60 106 99
Molly Craft 0 0 3.86 8 0 1 14.0 17 6 8 2
Doc Waldbauer 0 0 7.20 2 0 1 5.0 10 4 2 2
Charlie Jamieson 0 0 38.57 1 0 0 2.1 10 10 2 1

👥 Roster (25)

Eddie Ainsmith Doc Ayers Molly Craft Sam Crane George Dumont Eddie Foster Bert Gallia Patsy Gharrity Harry Harper John Henry Charlie Jamieson Walter Johnson +13 more

25 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1917 Washington Senators

What was the 1917 Washington Senators record?
The 1917 Washington Senators finished 74-79 (.484 win pct).
Who led the 1917 Washington Senators in home runs?
Joe Judge led the 1917 Washington Senators with 2 home runs.
What was the 1917 Washington Senators team ERA?
The 1917 Washington Senators posted a team ERA of 2.75.
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