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Sports season
The1917 major league baseball season began on April 11, 1917. The regular season ended on October 4, with theNew York Giants andChicago White Sox as the regular season champions of theNational League andAmerican League , respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the14th World Series on October 6 and ended with Game 6 on October 15. The White Sox defeated the Giants, four games to two, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in1906 . Going into the season, the defendingWorld Series champions were theBoston Red Sox from the1916 season.
The 1917 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the1904 season. This format would last until1919 .
Opening Day, April 11, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the1912 season. The final day of the regular season was on October 4. TheWorld Series took place between October 7 and October 12.
The 1917 season sawearned run statistics and definitions added to the rules.[ 1]
League Team City Stadium Capacity Manager[ 2] American League Boston Red Sox Boston ,Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Jack Barry Chicago White Sox Chicago ,Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Pants Rowland Cleveland Indians Cleveland ,Ohio League Park 21,414 Lee Fohl Detroit Tigers Detroit ,Michigan Navin Field 23,000 Hughie Jennings New York Yankees New York ,New York Brush Stadium 36,000 Bill Donovan Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack St. Louis Browns St. Louis ,Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000 Fielder Jones Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Clark Griffith National League Boston Braves Boston ,Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 George Stallings Brooklyn Robins New York ,New York Ebbets Field 30,000 Wilbert Robinson Chicago Cubs Chicago ,Illinois Weeghman Park 15,000 Fred Mitchell Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati ,Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Christy Mathewson New York Giants New York ,New York Brush Stadium 36,000 John McGraw Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Pat Moran Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh ,Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000 Jimmy Callahan Honus Wagner Hugo Bezdek St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis ,Missouri Robison Field 21,000 Miller Huggins
The postseason began on October 7 and ended on October 15 with theChicago White Sox defeating theNew York Giants in the1917 World Series in six games.
Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Chicago White Sox [ 7] 100 12.4% 684,521 0.7% 8,665 New York Giants [ 8] 98 14.0% 500,264 −9.4% 6,253 Cleveland Indians [ 9] 88 14.3% 477,298 −3.0% 6,119 Detroit Tigers [ 10] 78 −10.3% 457,289 −25.9% 6,017 Boston Red Sox [ 11] 90 −1.1% 387,856 −21.9% 4,848 Chicago Cubs [ 12] 74 10.4% 360,218 −20.6% 4,678 Philadelphia Phillies [ 13] 87 −4.4% 354,428 −31.2% 4,664 New York Yankees [ 14] 71 −11.3% 330,294 −29.6% 4,404 St. Louis Cardinals [ 15] 82 36.7% 288,491 28.6% 3,699 Cincinnati Reds [ 16] 78 30.0% 269,056 5.2% 3,363 Brooklyn Robins [ 17] 70 −25.5% 221,619 −50.5% 2,841 Philadelphia Athletics [ 18] 55 52.8% 221,432 20.0% 2,914 St. Louis Browns [ 19] 57 −27.8% 210,486 −37.3% 2,699 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 20] 51 −21.5% 192,807 −33.3% 2,441 Boston Braves [ 21] 72 −19.1% 174,253 −44.4% 2,263 Washington Senators [ 22] 74 −2.6% 89,682 −49.4% 1,121
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