1917 MLB Debuts

Players who made their Major League debut during the selected season. Player must have appeared in a game as a hitter or a pitcher.

Batting and Pitching statistics for debuts are available since 1957.

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playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Vic Aldridge1917-04-15boxscore23.177P5-9175RR1893-10-25Crane,INMLB1917-19281917-1928 premiumpremiumpremium
Walter Anderson1917-05-14boxscore19.235P6-2160LL1897-09-25Grand Rapids,MIMLB1917-19191917-1919 premiumpremiumpremium
Eddie Bacon1917-08-13boxscore22.132P 0  1895-04-08Frankfort,KYMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Gene Bailey1917-09-10boxscore23.294OF5-8160RR1893-11-25Pearsall,TXMLB1917-19241917-1924 premiumpremiumpremium
Fred Blackwell1917-09-25boxscore26.024C6-0160LR1891-09-07Bowling Green,KYMLB1917-19191917-1919 premiumpremiumpremium
Tony Boeckel1917-07-23boxscore24.3373B5-10175RR1892-08-25Los Angeles,CAMLB1917-19231917-1923 premiumpremiumpremium
Dallas Bradshaw1917-06-05boxscore21.1992B5-7145LR1895-11-23Wolf Creek,ILMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
John Brock1917-08-10boxscore20.302C5-7165RR1896-10-16Hamilton,ILMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Howie Camp1917-09-19boxscore24.085OF5-9169LR1893-07-01Hopeful,ALMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Hal Carlson1917-04-13boxscore24.336P6-0180RR1892-05-17Rockford,ILMLB1917-19301917-1930 premiumpremiumpremium
Howdy Caton1917-09-17boxscore23.068SS5-6165RR1894-07-16Zanesville,OHMLB1917-19201917-1920 premiumpremiumpremium
Jimmy Cooney1917-09-22boxscore23.034SS5-11160RR1894-08-24Cranston,RIMLB1917-19281917-1928 premiumpremiumpremium
Johnny Couch1917-04-11boxscore26.017P6-0180LR1891-03-31Vaughn,MTMLB1917-19251917-1925 premiumpremiumpremium
Cal Crum1917-05-04boxscore27.287P6-1175RR1889-07-27Cooks Mills,ILMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Adam DeBus1917-07-14boxscore24.285SS-3B5-11150RR1892-10-07Chicago,ILMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Clyde DeFate1917-04-18boxscore22.0602B5-9158RR1895-02-22Kansas City,MOMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
George Dickerson1917-08-02boxscore24.249P6-1170RR1892-12-01Renner,TXMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Pickles Dillhoefer1917-04-16boxscore23.190C5-7154RR1893-10-13Cleveland,OHMLB1917-19211917-1921 premiumpremiumpremium
Paddy Driscoll1917-06-12boxscore22.1572B-3B5-9155RR1895-01-11Evanston,ILMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Dugan1917-07-05boxscore20.0583B-SS5-11160RR1897-05-12Mahanoy City,PAMLB1917-19311917-1931 premiumpremiumpremium
Rich Durning1917-04-16boxscore24.193P6-2178LL1892-10-10Louisville,KYMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Hod Eller1917-04-16boxscore22.290P6-0185RR1894-07-05Muncie,INMLB1917-19211917-1921 premiumpremiumpremium
Jack Enright1917-09-26boxscore21.306P5-11177RR1895-11-29Fort Worth,TXMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Fred Eunick1917-08-29boxscore25.1343B5-6148RR1892-04-22Baltimore,MDMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Chick Fewster1917-09-19boxscore21.3182B-OF5-11160RR1895-11-10Baltimore,MDMLB1917-19271917-1927 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Ira Flagstead1917-07-20boxscore23.306OF5-9165RR1893-09-22Montague,MIMLB1917-19301917-1930 premiumpremiumpremium
Don Flinn1917-09-02boxscore24.294OF6-1185RR1892-11-17Bluff Dale,TXMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Pat French1917-07-02boxscore23.288OF6-1180RR1893-09-22Dover,NHMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Pug Griffin1917-07-27boxscore21.0981B-OF6-0187RR1896-04-24Lincoln,NEMLB1917-19201917-1920 premiumpremiumpremium
Red Hill1917-04-21boxscore24.096P 0BL1893-01-20Marshall,TXMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Bruce Hitt1917-09-23boxscore20.197P6-1190RR1897-03-14Comanche,TXMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Oscar Horstmann1917-04-18boxscore25.326P5-11165RR1891-06-02Alma,MOMLB1917-19191917-1919 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Jones1917-04-11boxscore27.1363B6-0170LR1889-12-02Clayton,CAMLB1917-19251917-1925 premiumpremiumpremium
Dave Keefe1917-04-21boxscore20.106P5-9165LR1897-01-09Williston,VTMLB1917-19221917-1922 premiumpremiumpremium
Pete Kilduff1917-04-18boxscore24.0192B-SS5-7155RR1893-04-04Weir City,KSMLB1917-19211917-1921 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Lamar1917-09-19boxscore20.186OF6-1185LR1897-03-21Rockville,MDMLB1917-19271917-1927 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Leard1917-07-21boxscore31.2872B5-10155RR1885-10-14Oneida,NYMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Roy Leslie1917-09-06boxscore23.0191B6-1175RR1894-08-23Bailey,TXMLB1917-19221917-1922 premiumpremiumpremium
William Marriott1917-09-06boxscore24.0243B6-0170LR1893-08-18Pratt,KSMLB1917-19271917-1927 premiumpremiumpremium
Speed Martin1917-07-05boxscore23.298P6-0165RR1893-09-15Wawawai,WAMLB1917-19221917-1922 premiumpremiumpremium
Mike Massey1917-04-12boxscore23.2012B6-0195BR1893-09-28Galveston,TXMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Jakie May1917-06-26boxscore21.218P5-8178RL1895-11-25Youngsville,NCMLB1917-19321917-1932 premiumpremiumpremium
Patsy McGaffigan1917-04-16boxscore28.2222B-SS5-8140RR1888-09-12Carlyle,ILMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob McGraw1917-09-25boxscore22.173P6-2160RR1895-04-10LaVeta,COMLB1917-19291917-1929 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Middleton1917-04-18boxscore27.331P6-0165RR1889-05-28Argos,INMLB1917-19211917-1921 premiumpremiumpremium
Ray Miller1917-04-14boxscore29.0681B5-10168LL1888-02-12Pittsburgh,PAMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Vince Molyneaux1917-07-05boxscore26.328P6-0180RR1890-08-17Lewiston,NYMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Ed Monroe1917-05-29boxscore22.101P6-5187RR1895-02-22Louisville,KYMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Scrappy Moore1917-06-21boxscore24.1923B5-8153RR1892-12-16St. Louis,MOMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Tim Murchison1917-06-21boxscore20.260P6-0185RL1896-10-08Liberty,NCMLB1917-19201917-1920 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Bill Murray1917-06-27boxscore23.2992B5-11165BR1893-09-06Vinalhaven,MEMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Ed Murray1917-06-24boxscore22.052SS5-6145RR1895-05-08Mystic,CTMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Rollie Naylor1917-09-14boxscore25.228P6-2180RR1892-02-04Krum,TXMLB1917-19241917-1924 premiumpremiumpremium
Fred Nicholson1917-04-11boxscore22.227OF5-11173RR1894-09-01Honey Grove,TXMLB1917-19221917-1922 premiumpremiumpremium
Eddie Palmer1917-09-06boxscore24.1023B5-10175RR1893-06-01Petty,TXMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Harry Pearce1917-10-02boxscore28.0882B-SS5-9158RR1889-07-12Philadelphia,PAMLB1917-19191917-1919 premiumpremiumpremium
Kewpie Pennington1917-04-14boxscore20.206P5-9168RR1896-09-24New York,NYMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Piercy1917-10-03boxscore21.158P6-1180RR1896-05-02El Monte,CAMLB1917-19261917-1926 premiumpremiumpremium
Herman Pillette1917-07-30boxscore21.221P6-2190RR1895-12-26St. Paul,ORMLB1917-19241917-1924 premiumpremiumpremium
Jake Pitler1917-05-30boxscore23.0432B5-8150RR1894-04-22New York,NYMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Elmer Ponder1917-09-18boxscore24.089P6-0178RR1893-06-26Reed,OKMLB1917-19211917-1921 premiumpremiumpremium
Mike Regan1917-05-13boxscore29.182P5-10160RR1887-11-19Phoenix,NYMLB1917-19191917-1919 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Richardson1917-08-02boxscore33.003H6-0190RR1883-08-07Louisville,ILMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Jimmy Ring1917-04-13boxscore22.062P6-1170RR1895-02-15Brooklyn,NYMLB1917-19281917-1928 premiumpremiumpremium
Swede Risberg1917-04-11boxscore22.185SS6-0175RR1894-10-13San Francisco,CAMLB1917-19201917-1920 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Rogers1917-04-14boxscore25.067P6-0180RR1892-02-12Sparta,TNMLB1917-19211917-1921 premiumpremiumpremium
Dutch Ruether1917-04-13boxscore23.217P6-2180LL1893-09-13Alameda,CAMLB1917-19271917-1927 premiumpremiumpremium
John Russell1917-07-04boxscore22.262P6-2195LL1894-10-20San Mateo,CAMLB1917-19221917-1922 premiumpremiumpremium
Roy Sanders1917-04-16boxscore24.263P6-0195RR1892-08-01Stafford,KSMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Morrie Schick1917-04-15boxscore24.003OF5-11170RR1892-04-17Chicago,ILMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Ralph Sharman1917-09-10boxscore22.157OF5-11176RR1895-04-11Cleveland,OHMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Ben Shaw1917-04-11boxscore23.3021B-C6-0190RR1893-06-18LaCenter,KYMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Walt Smallwood1917-09-19boxscore24.153P6-2190RR1893-04-24Dayton,MDMLB1917-19191917-1919 premiumpremiumpremium
Red Smith1917-09-17boxscore25.164C5-8165RR1892-04-11Logansport,INMLB1917-19181917-1918 premiumpremiumpremium
Ad Swigler1917-09-25boxscore22.009P5-10180RR1895-09-21Philadelphia,PAMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Hank Thormahlen1917-09-29boxscore21.090P6-0180LL1896-07-05Jersey City,NJMLB1917-19251917-1925 premiumpremiumpremium
Red Torkelson1917-08-29boxscore23.168P6-0175RR1894-03-19Chicago,ILMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Sammy Vick1917-09-20boxscore22.166OF5-11163RR1895-04-12Batesville,MSMLB1917-19211917-1921 premiumpremiumpremium
Paul Wachtel1917-09-18boxscore29.147P5-11175RR1888-04-30Myersville,MDMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Doc Waldbauer1917-09-24boxscore25.220P6-0172RR1892-02-22Richmond,VAMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank Walker1917-09-06boxscore22.354OF5-11165RR1894-09-22Enoree,SCMLB1917-19251917-1925 premiumpremiumpremium
Aaron Ward1917-08-14boxscore20.3552B-3B5-11160RR1896-08-28Booneville,ARMLB1917-19281917-1928 premiumpremiumpremium
Chuck Ward1917-04-11boxscore22.260SS-3B6-0170RR1894-07-30St. Louis,MOMLB1917-19221917-1922 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Webb1917-09-17boxscore22.0892B-SS5-10161RR1895-06-25Chicago,ILMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Harry Wolfe1917-04-15boxscore26.148SS-OF5-8160RR1890-11-24Cleveland,OHMLB1917-19171917-1917 premiumpremiumpremium
Rasty Wright1917-06-22boxscore21.234P5-11160RR1895-11-05Ceredo,WVMLB1917-19231917-1923 premiumpremiumpremium
Archie Yelle1917-05-12boxscore24.340C5-11170RR1892-06-11Saginaw,MIMLB1917-19191917-1919 premiumpremiumpremium
Ross Youngs1917-09-25boxscore20.172OF5-8162LR1897-04-10Shiner,TXMLB1917-19261917-1926 premiumpremiumpremium
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