1917 Major League Baseball season
# 1917 Major League Baseball season

The 1917 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 15, 1917. The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The White Sox then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to two.

## Statistical leaders

| | American League | American League | National League |
| - | - | - | - |
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Ty Cobb DET | .383 | Edd Roush CIN | .341 |
| HR | Wally Pipp NYY | 9 | Gavvy Cravath PHP Dave Robertson NYG | 12 |
| RBIs | Bobby Veach DET | 103 | Heinie Zimmerman NYG | 102 |
| Wins | Eddie Cicotte CHW | 28 | Grover Cleveland Alexander PHP | 30 |
| ERA | Eddie Cicotte CHW | 1.53 | Fred Anderson NYG | 1.44 |
| SO | Walter Johnson WSH | 188 | Grover Cleveland Alexander PHP | 200 |
| SV | Dave Danforth CHW | 9 | Slim Sallee NYG | 4 |
| SB | Ty Cobb DET | 55 | Max Carey PIT | 46 |

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | Chicago White Sox | 4 |
| NL | New York Giants | 2 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Jack Barry | Finished 2nd |
| Chicago White Sox | Pants Rowland | Won World Series |
| Cleveland Indians | Lee Fohl | Finished 3rd |
| Detroit Tigers | Hughie Jennings | |
| New York Yankees | Bill Donovan | |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Fielder Jones | |
| Washington Senators | Clark Griffith | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | George Stallings | |
| Brooklyn Robins | Wilbert Robinson | |
| Chicago Cubs | Fred Mitchell | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Christy Mathewson | |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | Won 5th NL pennant |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Pat Moran | Finished 2nd |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner and Hugo Bezdek | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Miller Huggins | Finished 3rd |
