1917 San Francisco Seals season

The 1915 San Francisco Seals season was the 13th season in the history of the San Francisco Seals baseball team. The team won the Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant with a 119–93 record. The season ran from April 3 to October 28, 1917.

1917 San Francisco Seals
Minor league affiliations
Location
Results
Record119–93
League place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Henry Berry
Manager(s)Harry Wolverton, Jerry Downs
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Harry Wolverton began the season as the team's manager. On June 17, however, team owner Henry Berry fired Wolverton, stating that he could not get along with Wolverton in a business way.[1] Jerry Downs took over as player-manager after Wolverton.[2]

Pitcher Eric Erickson led the PCL in both wins (30) and earned run average (1.93).[3]

1917 PCL standings
TeamWLPct.GB
San Francisco Seals11993.561--
Los Angeles Angels11694.552
Salt Lake City Bees10297.513
Portland Beavers98102.490
Oakland Oaks103108.488
Vernon Tigers84128.396

Statistics

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR SLG
RFMike Fitzgerald179704228.3242.405
LFBiff Schaller181657206.3144.423
CFGeorge Maisel169616190.3080.359
3BCharlie Pick209795240.3020.376
1BPhil Koerner211741204.2758.387
CDel Baker12134993.2661.321
CFJack Calvo148498131.2631.329
SSRoy Corhan210680172.2532.306
CRed McKee6820956.2681.330
2BJerry Downs166610146.2391.295

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Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L PCT ERA SO
Eric Erickson62443.23115.6741.93
Spider Baum50352.12417.5852.50
Red Oldham48343.21819.4862.88
Luther Smith49293.01715.5332.33

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References
  1. "Harry Wolverton Is Released As Seal Manager". San Francisco Chronicle. June 18, 1917. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Jerry Downs Stepping Away to a Good Start: New Manager of the Seals Wins Many Friends". San Francisco Examiner. July 1, 1917. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1917 Pacific Coast League Leaders". Stats Crew. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  4. "1917 San Francisco Seals Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
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