1917 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics 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 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1917 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1917 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1917 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"An outfield composed of Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, even with Ruth, lacks the combined power of DiMaggio, Musial and (Ted) Williams." - Connie Mack
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1917 Philadelphia Athletics



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n/a Walter Anderson 6-02 160 Left Left 1897-09-25
n/a Eddie Bacon Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1895-04-08
n/a Joe Bush 5-09 173 Right Right 1892-11-27
n/a Cy Falkenberg 6-05 180 Right Right 1880-12-17
n/a Red Hill Unknown Unknown Left Both 1893-01-20
n/a Jing Johnson 5-09 172 Right Right 1894-10-09
n/a Walt Johnson 6-00½ 180 Right Right 1892-12-08
n/a Dave Keefe 5-09 165 Right Left 1897-01-09
n/a Elmer Myers 6-02 185 Right Right 1894-03-02
n/a Jack Nabors 6-03 185 Right Right 1887-11-19
n/a Rollie Naylor 6-01½ 180 Right Right 1892-02-04
n/a Win Noyes 6-00 180 Right Right 1889-06-16
n/a Rube Parnham 6-03 185 Right Right 1894-02-01
n/a Rube Schauer 6-02 192 Right Right 1891-03-19
n/a Socks Seibold 5-08½ 162 Right Right 1896-05-31
n/a Ray Haley 5-11 180 Right Right 1891-01-23
n/a Wickey McAvoy 5-11 172 Right Right 1894-10-20
n/a Billy Meyer 5-09½ 170 Right Right 1893-01-14
n/a Cy Perkins 5-10½ 158 Right Right 1896-02-27
n/a Val Picinich 5-09 165 Right Right 1896-09-08
n/a Wally Schang 5-10 180 Right Both 1889-08-22
n/a Ray Bates 6-00 165 Right Right 1890-02-08
n/a Dallas Bradshaw 5-07 145 Right Left 1895-11-23
n/a Joe Dugan 5-11 160 Right Right 1897-05-12
n/a Pug Griffin 5-11½ 187 Right Right 1896-04-24
n/a Roy Grover 5-08 150 Right Right 1892-01-17
n/a Otis Lawry 5-08 133 Right Left 1893-11-01
n/a Stuffy McInnis 5-09½ 162 Right Right 1890-09-19
n/a Eddie Palmer 5-09½ 175 Right Right 1893-06-01
n/a Red Shannon 5-11 170 Right Both 1897-02-11
n/a Whitey Witt 5-07 150 Right Left 1895-09-28
n/a Gene Bailey 5-08 160 Right Right 1893-11-25
n/a Ping Bodie 5-08 195 Right Right 1887-10-08
n/a Pat French 6-01 180 Right Right 1893-09-22
n/a Lee Gooch 6-00 190 Right Right 1890-02-23
n/a Charlie Jamieson 5-08½ 165 Left Left 1893-02-07
n/a Bill Johnson 5-11 170 Right Left 1892-10-18
n/a Ralph Sharman 5-11 176 Right Right 1895-04-11
n/a Amos Strunk 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1889-01-22
n/a Buck Thrasher 5-11 182 Right Left 1889-08-06
n/a Harry Davis 5-10 180 Right Right 1873-07-19
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The 1917 Philadelphia Athletics played 153 games during the regular season, won 55 games, lost 98 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 99/103) where 221,432 fans witnessed their 1917 Athletics finish the season with a .359 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 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1917 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1917 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1917 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Wally Schang (80)
1B Stuffy McInnis (150)
2B Roy Grover (139)
3B Ray Bates (124)
SS Whitey Witt (111)
LF Ping Bodie (145)
CF Amos Strunk (146)
RF Charlie Jamieson (83)
  
SP Joe Bush
SP Jing Johnson
SP Win Noyes
SP Rube Schauer
SP Socks Seibold
  
CL Elmer Myers


1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1917 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1917 Philadelphia Athletics 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)?