1917

1917 in baseball
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<< 1916 1918 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1917.

Club competitions

Professional

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Chicago White Sox (AL) over the New York Giants (NL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: Chicago White Sox (Details)
    • National League: New York Giants (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Indianapolis Indians
  • Blue Ridge League: Hagerstown Terriers
  • Central Association: Marshalltown Ansons
  • Central League: Grand Rapids Black Sox
  • Central Texas League: Mexia Gassers
  • Dixie League: Moultrie Packers
  • Eastern League: New Haven Murlins
  • Georgia-Alabama League: Anniston Moulders
  • International League: Toronto Maple Leafs
  • New York State League: Wilkes-Barre Barons
  • North Carolina State League: Durham Bulls
  • Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead Graingrowers
  • Northwestern League: Great Falls Electrics
  • Pacific Coast League: San Francisco Seals
  • South Atlantic League: Columbia Comers
  • Southern League: Atlanta Crackers
  • Texas League: Dallas Submarines
  • Three-I League: Peoria Distillers
  • Virginia League: Newport News Shipbuilders
  • Western Association: McAlester Miners
  • Western League: Des Moines Boosters

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Orientales

Amateur

• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Aichi First High School (Aichi) defeat Kwansei Gakuin University High School (Hyogo), 1 - 0 in a replay of the championship game after the first game was called for rain after 3 innings with the score 1 - 0 in favour of Kwansei Gakuin University (Details)

Births

Further information: Births in 1917

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1917

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1917 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]