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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Vic Aldridge        1917-1928  248   581   46  133  14   4   2   60   10   41  .229  .242  .277    2   0 Apr 15 23.172
 Walter Anderson     1917-1919   17    11    0    3   0   0   0    0    1    6  .273  .333  .273    0   0 May 14 19.231
 Eddie Bacon         1917-1917    4     6    1    3   1   0   0    2    0    0  .500  .500  .667    0   0 Aug 13 22.127
 Gene Bailey         1917-1924  213   634   95  156  16   7   2   52   63   61  .246  .321  .303   13  15 Sep 10 23.289
 Al Baird            1917-1919   48   107    9   27   1   0   0    9    7   11  .252  .298  .262    5   0 Sep 10 22.100
 Pete Bigler         1917-1917    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May  6 24.144
 Fred Blackwell      1917-1919   35    88    5   18   3   0   0   10    6   16  .205  .263  .239    0   0 Sep 25 26.018
 Tony Boeckel        1917-1923  777  2880  372  813 130  36  27  337  237  218  .282  .339  .381   90  46 Jul 23 24.332
 Dallas Bradshaw     1917-1917    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun  5 21.194
 John Brock          1917-1918   34    67   13   17   3   0   0    6    3   12  .254  .286  .299    7   0 Aug 10 20.298
 Howie Camp          1917-1917    5    21    3    6   1   0   0    0    1    2  .286  .318  .333    0   0 Sep 19 24.080
 Hal Carlson         1917-1930  385   712   58  159  18   4   5   72   24  118  .223  .251  .281    0   1 Apr 13 24.331
 Howdy Caton         1917-1920  231   814   85  184  18  16   0   53   83   52  .226  .301  .287   18   9 Sep 17 21.063
 Jimmy Cooney        1917-1928  448  1575  181  413  64  16   2  150   76   58  .262  .298  .327   30  13 Sep 22 23.029
 Johnny Couch        1917-1925  148   222   10   37   2   2   3   18    9   62  .167  .203  .234    1   1 Apr 11 26.011
 Cal Crum            1917-1918    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May  4 27.281
 Adam Debus          1917-1917   38   131    9   30   5   4   0    7    7   14  .229  .279  .328    2   0 Jul 14 24.280
 Tony DeFate         1917-1917   17    16    1    2   0   0   0    1    4    6  .125  .300  .125    0   0 Apr 18 22.055
 George Dickerson    1917-1917    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug  2 24.244
 Pickles Dillhoefer  1917-1921  247   600   59  134  16  10   0   48   35   30  .223  .266  .283   12   2 Apr 16 23.185
 Paddy Driscoll      1917-1917   13    28    2    3   1   0   0    3    2    6  .107  .167  .143    2   0 Jun 12 22.152
 Joe Dugan           1917-1931 1447  5410  665 1516 277  46  42  571  250  419  .280  .317  .372   37  28 Jul  5 20.054
 Rich Durning        1917-1918    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 16 24.188
 Hod Eller           1917-1921  163   308   24   68   6   3   1   29    6   60  .221  .238  .269    5   1 Apr 16 22.285
 Jack Enright        1917-1917    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 26 21.301
 Ferd Eunick         1917-1917    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 29 25.129
 Chick Fewster       1917-1927  644  1963  282  506  91  12   6  167  240  264  .258  .346  .326   57  47 Sep 19 21.313
 Ira Flagstead       1917-1930 1218  4139  644 1202 262  50  40  450  467  288  .290  .370  .407   71  58 Jul 20 23.301
 Don Flinn           1917-1917   14    37    1   11   1   1   0    1    1    6  .297  .316  .378    1   0 Sep  2 24.289
 Pat French          1917-1917    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul  2 23.283
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Pug Griffin         1917-1920   23    29    4    6   1   0   1    3    2   11  .207  .258  .345    1   0 Jul 27 21.094
 Red Hill            1917-1917    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 21 24.091
 Bruce Hitt          1917-1917    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 23 20.193
 Oscar Horstmann     1917-1919   50    52    1   10   2   0   0    2    3   16  .192  .236  .231    0   0 Apr 18 25.320
 Bob Jones           1917-1925  853  2990  399  791 120  38   7  316  208  156  .265  .314  .337   49  30 Apr 11 27.130
 Dave Keefe          1917-1922   98   107    9   22   1   1   0    3    4   17  .206  .234  .234    1   1 Apr 21 20.102
 Pete Kilduff        1917-1921  428  1384  163  374  62  28   4  159  134  132  .270  .338  .364   28  15 Apr 18 24.014
 Bill Lamar          1917-1927  550  2040  303  633 114  23  19  245   86   78  .310  .339  .417   25  27 Sep 19 20.182
 Bill Leard          1917-1917    3     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 21 31.280
 Roy Leslie          1917-1922  160   556   47  148  24   2   6   55   42   57  .266  .318  .349    4   7 Sep  6 23.014
 William Marriott    1917-1927  265   826   86  220  27  14   4   95   57   55  .266  .317  .347   16  10 Sep  6 24.141
 Speed Martin        1917-1922  127   180   10   35   7   1   1   12    6   44  .194  .220  .261    2   0 Jul  5 23.293
 Mike Massey         1917-1917   31    91   12   18   0   0   0    2   15   15  .198  .318  .198    2   0 Apr 12 23.196
 Jakie May           1917-1932  410   468   33   80  10   5   2   24   28  120  .171  .221  .226    0   0 Jun 26 21.213
 Patsy McGaffigan    1917-1918   73   252   22   49   4   2   1   14   16   30  .194  .245  .238    4   0 Apr 16 28.216
 Bob McGraw          1917-1929  168   174   12   24   3   4   1   15    6   70  .138  .171  .218    1   0 Sep 25 22.168
 Jim Middleton       1917-1921   51    42    2    5   1   0   0    4    2    5  .119  .159  .143    0   0 Apr 18 27.325
 Ray Miller          1917-1917   25    48    2    8   2   0   0    2   10    6  .167  .310  .208    0   0 Apr 14 29.061
 Vince Molyneaux     1917-1918   13     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul  5 28.322
 Ed Monroe           1917-1918   10    12    1    2   1   0   0    1    0    6  .167  .167  .250    0   0 May 29 22.096
 Scrappy Moore       1917-1917    4     8    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .125  .222  .125    0   0 Jun 21 24.187
 Tim Murchison       1917-1920    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 21 20.256
 Bill Murray         1917-1917    8    21    2    3   0   1   0    4    2    2  .143  .217  .238    1   0 Jun 27 23.294
 Ed Murray           1917-1917    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 24 22.047
 Rollie Naylor       1917-1924  183   328   25   58   6   1   1   13   15  120  .177  .217  .210    0   0 Sep 14 25.222
 Otto Neu            1917-1917    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 10 22.289
 Fred Nicholson      1917-1922  303   794  112  247  34  21  12  107   65   97  .311  .367  .452   21  17 Apr 11 22.222
 Eddie Palmer        1917-1917   16    52    7   11   1   0   0    5    7    7  .212  .305  .231    1   0 Sep  6 24.097
 Harry Pearce        1917-1919  135   424   42   88   9   5   0   29   17   62  .208  .247  .252   11   0 Oct  2 28.082
 Kewpie Pennington   1917-1917    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 14 20.202
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Bill Piercy         1917-1926  116   191    9   33  10   1   0   14    7   46  .173  .210  .236    0   0 Oct  3 21.154
 Herman Pillette     1917-1924  107   195   16   42   5   2   0   21    9   53  .215  .257  .262    0   0 Jul 30 20.216
 Jake Pitler         1917-1918  111   383   40   89   8   5   0   23   31   24  .232  .298  .279    8   0 May 30 23.038
 Elmer Ponder        1917-1921   69   124    2   13   2   0   0    5    2   50  .105  .119  .121    0   0 Sep 18 24.084
 Mike Regan          1917-1919   57   103   12   23   3   0   0    1    7   16  .223  .273  .252    2   0 May 13 28.175
 Arch Reilly         1917-1917    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jun  1 25.288
 Tom Richardson      1917-1917    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug  2 33.360
 Jimmy Ring          1917-1928  391   817   59  120  23   1   4   57   17  288  .147  .167  .192    2   1 Apr 13 22.057
 Swede Risberg       1917-1920  476  1619  196  394  72  27   6  175  148  180  .243  .311  .332   52  10 Apr 11 22.180
 Tom Rogers          1917-1921   84   134   13   30   4   1   1    5    1   22  .224  .230  .291    1   0 Apr 14 25.061
 Dutch Ruether       1917-1927  488   969   83  250  30  12   7  111   77  129  .258  .314  .335    3   1 Apr 13 23.212
 John Russell        1917-1922   21    30    1   11   2   0   0    2    3    8  .367  .424  .433    0   0 Jul  4 22.257
 Roy Sanders         1917-1918   31    59    7    8   0   2   0    5    3    9  .136  .177  .203    0   0 Apr 16 24.258
 Morrie Schick       1917-1917   14    34    3    5   0   0   0    3    3   10  .147  .216  .147    0   0 Apr 15 24.363
 Ralph Sharman       1917-1917   13    37    2   11   2   1   0    2    3    2  .297  .366  .405    1   0 Sep 10 22.152
 Ben Shaw            1917-1918   23    38    5    7   1   0   0    2    2    2  .184  .262  .211    0   0 Apr 11 23.297
 Walt Smallwood      1917-1919    8     5    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 19 24.148
 Red Smith           1917-1918   26    45    2    7   2   0   0    5    6    4  .156  .255  .200    1   0 Sep 17 25.159
 Ad Swigler          1917-1917    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 25 22.004
 Hank Thormahlen     1917-1925  104   173   11   29   6   3   0   18    8   62  .168  .209  .237    1   0 Sep 29 21.086
 Red Torkelson       1917-1917    4     9    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    2  .222  .222  .222    0   0 Aug 29 23.163
 Sammy Vick          1917-1921  213   641   90  159  28  11   2   50   51   91  .248  .305  .335   12   2 Sep 20 22.161
 Paul Wachtel        1917-1917    2     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Sep 18 29.141
 Doc Waldbauer       1917-1917    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 24 25.214
 Frank Walker        1917-1925  139   407   38   87  16   5   3   41   29   66  .214  .273  .300    5   3 Sep  6 22.349
 Aaron Ward          1917-1928 1059  3611  457  966 158  54  50  447  339  457  .268  .335  .383   36  38 Aug 14 20.351
 Chuck Ward          1917-1922  236   769   52  175  20   6   0   72   51   67  .228  .286  .269    7   1 Apr 11 22.255
 Bill Webb           1917-1917    5    15    1    3   0   0   0    0    2    3  .200  .294  .200    0   0 Sep 17 22.084
 Harry Wolfe         1917-1917   12    10    1    2   0   0   0    1    2    5  .200  .333  .200    0   0 Apr 15 24.142
 Rasty Wright        1917-1923  109   133   15   26   2   1   0    5   16   36  .195  .282  .226    0   0 Jun 22 21.229
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Archie Yelle        1917-1919   87   199   12   32   4   0   0    7   15   19  .161  .223  .181    2   0 May 12 24.335
 Ross Youngs         1917-1926 1211  4627  812 1491 236  93  42  592  550  390  .322  .399  .441  153  83 Sep 25 20.168
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+

92 Players

Pitchers Debuting in 1917

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Vic Aldridge        1917-1928  97  80  .548  3.76  248 205 102   8   6 1600.7 1671  668  87  512  526 Apr 15 23.172
 Walter Anderson     1917-1919   1   0 1.000  3.25   17   2   0   0   0   52.7   45   19   0   29   20 May 14 19.231
 Eddie Bacon         1917-1917   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    6.0    5    4   0    7    0 Aug 13 22.127
 Hal Carlson         1917-1930 114 120  .487  3.97  377 238 121  17  19 2002.0 2256  883  93  498  590 Apr 13 24.331
 Johnny Couch        1917-1925  29  34  .460  4.63  147  62  26   3   6  643.0  785  331  41  171  112 Apr 11 26.011
 Cal Crum            1917-1918   0   1  .000 10.80    2   1   0   0   0    3.3    7    4   0    4    0 May 04 27.281
 George Dickerson    1917-1917   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0   0    0    0 Aug 02 24.244
 Rich Durning        1917-1918   0   0        9.00    2   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    3   0    4    0 Apr 16 24.188
 Hod Eller           1917-1921  60  40  .600  2.62  160  88  52   9   5  863.0  806  251  19  213  381 Apr 16 22.285
 Jack Enright        1917-1917   0   1  .000  5.40    1   1   0   0   0    5.0    5    3   0    3    1 Sep 26 21.301
 Red Hill            1917-1917   0   0        6.75    1   0   0   0   0    2.7    5    2   0    1    0 Apr 21 24.091
 Bruce Hitt          1917-1917   0   0        9.00    2   0   0   0   0    4.0    7    4   1    1    1 Sep 23 20.193
 Oscar Horstmann     1917-1919   9   7  .563  3.67   50  15   4   1   1  176.7  154   72   5   80   61 Apr 18 25.320
 Dave Keefe          1917-1922   9  17  .346  4.15   97  27  12   1   1  353.7  403  163  23  113  126 Apr 21 20.102
 Speed Martin        1917-1922  29  42  .408  3.78  126  63  30   4   6  592.3  645  249  16  191  207 Jul 05 23.293
 Jakie May           1917-1932  72  95  .431  3.88  410 161  70   7  19 1562.3 1645  673  35  617  765 Jun 26 21.213
 Bob McGraw          1917-1929  26  38  .406  4.82  168  47  17   1   6  591.3  677  317  31  265  164 Sep 25 22.168
 Jim Middleton       1917-1921   7  12  .368  4.51   51  10   2   0   8  157.7  184   79   6   52   40 Apr 18 27.325
 Vince Molyneaux     1917-1918   1   0 1.000  4.41   13   0   0   0   0   32.7   21   16   0   28    5 Jul 05 28.322
 Ed Monroe           1917-1918   1   0 1.000  3.52   10   1   1   0   1   30.7   36   12   1    8   13 May 29 22.096
 Tim Murchison       1917-1920   0   0        0.00    3   0   0   0   0    6.0    3    0   0    6    2 Jun 21 20.256
 Rollie Naylor       1917-1924  42  83  .336  3.93  181 136  67   2   0 1011.0 1174  442  34  346  282 Sep 14 25.222
 Kewpie Pennington   1917-1917   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    0    0 Apr 14 20.202
 Bill Piercy         1917-1926  27  43  .386  4.26  116  70  28   2   0  610.7  676  289  16  268  165 Oct 03 21.154
 Herman Pillette     1917-1924  34  32  .515  3.45  107  76  33   4   3  563.7  600  216  14  192  148 Jul 30 20.216
 Elmer Ponder        1917-1921  17  27  .386  3.21   69  42  20   3   0  378.7  395  135  11   72  113 Sep 18 24.084
 Mike Regan          1917-1919  16  15  .516  2.84   55  32  20   4   2  298.3  306   94   4   70   66 May 13 28.175
 Jimmy Ring          1917-1928 118 149  .442  4.12  389 294 154   9  11 2354.3 2545 1079 104  953  835 Apr 13 22.057
 Tom Rogers          1917-1921  15  30  .333  3.95   83  42  21   1   3  414.7  431  182  15  162   94 Apr 14 25.061
 Dutch Ruether       1917-1927 137  95  .591  3.50  309 272 155  18   8 2124.7 2244  826  54  739  708 Apr 13 23.212
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 John Russell        1917-1922   2   7  .222  5.40   21  11   5   0   1   90.0  103   54   4   46   19 Jul 04 22.257
 Roy Sanders         1917-1918   7  10  .412  2.75   30  16   7   1   1  170.0  147   52   1   68   58 Apr 16 24.258
 Walt Smallwood      1917-1919   0   0        4.56    8   0   0   0   0   23.7   21   12   1   10    7 Sep 19 24.148
 Ad Swigler          1917-1917   0   1  .000  6.00    1   1   0   0   0    6.0    7    4   0    8    4 Sep 25 22.004
 Hank Thormahlen     1917-1925  29  30  .492  3.33  104  64  27   4   2  565.0  550  209  19  203  148 Sep 29 21.086
 Red Torkelson       1917-1917   2   1  .667  7.66    4   3   0   0   0   22.3   33   19   1   13   10 Aug 29 23.163
 Paul Wachtel        1917-1917   0   0       10.50    2   0   0   0   0    6.0    9    7   0    4    3 Sep 18 29.141
 Doc Waldbauer       1917-1917   0   0        7.20    2   0   0   0   1    5.0   10    4   0    2    2 Sep 24 25.214
 Rasty Wright        1917-1923  24  19  .558  4.05  109  43  17   1   5  451.0  481  203  15  132  114 Jun 22 21.229
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+

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