1917 Boston Red Sox Roster by Baseball Almanac

1917 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1917 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1917 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1917 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1917 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1917 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1917 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Lore Bader

6-00

175

Right

Left

1888-04-27

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Rube Foster

5-07½

170

Right

1888-01-05

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Sam Jones

6-00

170

Right

1892-07-26

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Dutch Leonard

5-10½

185

Left

1892-04-16

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Carl Mays

5-11½

195

Right

Left

1891-11-12

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Herb Pennock

6-00

160

Left

Both

1894-02-10

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Babe Ruth

6-02

215

Left

1895-02-06

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Ernie Shore

6-04

220

Right

1891-03-24

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Weldon Wyckoff

6-01

175

Right

1891-02-19

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Sam Agnew

5-11

185

Right

1887-04-12

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Hick Cady

6-02

179

Right

1886-01-26

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Wally Mayer

5-11

168

Right

1890-07-08

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Pinch Thomas

5-09½

173

Right

Left

1888-01-24

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Jack Barry

5-09

158

Right

1887-04-26

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Jimmy Cooney

5-11

160

Right

1894-08-24

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Del Gainer

6-00

180

Right

1886-11-10

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Larry Gardner

5-08

165

Right

Left

1886-05-13

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Dick Hoblitzel

6-00

172

Left

1888-10-26

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Hal Janvrin

5-11½

168

Right

1892-08-27

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Mike McNally

5-11

150

Right

1893-09-13

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Everett Scott

5-08

148

Right

1892-11-19

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Harry Hooper

5-10

168

Right

Left

1887-08-24

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Duffy Lewis

5-10½

165

Left

1888-04-18

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Chick Shorten

6-00

175

Left

1892-04-19

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Tilly Walker

5-11

165

Right

1887-09-04

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Jimmy Walsh

5-10½

170

Right

Left

1885-09-22

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Olaf Henriksen

5-07½

158

Left

1888-04-26

The 1917 Boston Red Sox played 152 games during the regular season, won 90 games, lost 62 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 99/97) where 387,856 fans witnessed their 1917 Red Sox finish the season with a .592 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1917 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1917 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1917 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1917 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1917 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1917 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position
C Sam Agnew (85)
1B Dick Hoblitzel (118)
2B Jack Barry (116)
3B Larry Gardner (146)
SS Everett Scott (157)
LF Duffy Lewis (150)
CF Tilly Walker (96)
RF Harry Hooper (151)

SP Rube Foster
SP Dutch Leonard
SP Carl Mays
SP Ernie Shore

RP Herb Pennock
CL Babe Ruth

1917 Boston Red Sox
Salaries
Babe Ruth $5,000.00

1917 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1917 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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