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Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
Major League Baseball team season
The 1917
New York Yankees
season was the 15th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 71?82, finishing 28½ games behind the
American League
champion
Chicago White Sox
. New York was managed by
Bill Donovan
. Their home games were played at the
Polo Grounds
.
Opening game
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The opening game was against the
Boston Red Sox
on April 11, 1917, at the
Polo Grounds
in New York. 16,000 fans were in attendance. The Yankees lost 10-3. Major General
Leonard Wood
attended the game and
threw out the first ball
. Wood had
drill sergeant
Gibson, the recruiting officer from
Macon, Georgia
, where the team had their
spring training
, march the Yankees across the field in formation carrying rifles.
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Regular season
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Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
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Team
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BOS
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CWS
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CLE
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DET
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NYY
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PHA
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SLB
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WSH
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Boston
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?
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10?12?1
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10?12
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9?12
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13?9?1
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18?3?1
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17?5?1
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13?9?1
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Chicago
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12?10?1
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?
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14?8
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16?6
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12?10
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15?7
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16?6
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15?7?1
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Cleveland
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12?10
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8?14
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?
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12?10
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15?7
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16?6
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14?8
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11?11?2
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Detroit
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12?9
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6?16
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10?12
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?
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13?9?1
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12?10
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14?8
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11?11
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New York
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9?13?1
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10?12
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7?15
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9?13?1
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?
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15?7
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13?9
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8?13
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Philadelphia
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3?18?1
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7?15
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6?16
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10?12
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7?15
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?
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11?11
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11?11
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St. Louis
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5?17?1
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6?16
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8?14
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8?14
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9?13
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11?11
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?
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10?12
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Washington
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9?13?1
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7?15?1
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11?11?2
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11?11
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13?8
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11?11
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12?10
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?
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Roster
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1917 New York Yankees
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Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
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Batting
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Starters by position
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
References
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- ^
"Yankees Fall Before Red Sox and Robins Yield To Phillies In Season's First Games"
.
The New York Times
. April 12, 1917
. Retrieved
June 12,
2015
.
Red Sox Landslide Buries Yanks, 10-3 Donovan's Soldiers Do Military Stunts For 16,000 Fans, But Their Baseball Is Poor. Gen. Wood Reviews Drill Also Tosses Out The Ball That Sets New York's 1917 Baseball Year Moving. Caldwell Hit Hard. Brush Stadium Welcomes Spring. Red Sox Get Runs Early. Barry's Error Aids Yanks. An army of 16,000 fans, under Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, U.S.A., led the baseball season of 1917 out of the moth-bailed period up at the Polo Grounds yesterday. Coming from its Winter slumber, the aforesaid season ...
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