The Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....

 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 with a record of 78-76, 20 games behind the New York Giants

1917 New York Giants season

The New York Giants season was a season in Major League Baseball. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant for the first time in four years...

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Regular season

The Reds acquired legendary athlete Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...

. After returning to the Giants

San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

 in early 1917, he was sold to the Reds early in the season.

On May 2, in the "double no-hitter

No-hitter

A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

" between Fred Toney

Fred Toney

Fred Toney , of Nashville, Tennessee, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals from 1911-1923. His career record was 139 wins, 102 losses, and a 2.69 earned run average...

 of the Reds and Hippo Vaughn

Hippo Vaughn

James Leslie "Hippo" Vaughn was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs during the 1910s...

 of the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

, Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning. Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants. It is still the only occasion in major league history in which a regulation nine innings was played without either team logging a hit.

Notable transactions

• April 23, 1917: Jim Thorpe
  Jim Thorpe
  Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...
  
   was purchased by the Reds from the New York Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
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• August 18, 1917: Jim Thorpe was returned by the Reds to the New York Giants.
• September 20, 1917: Snipe Conley
  Snipe Conley
  James Patrick "Snipe" Conley was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League in 1914 and 1915, and for the Cincinnati Reds in 1918. He continued to play in the minors until 1926, then came back...
  
   was drafted by the Reds from the Dallas Giants in the 1917 rule 5 draft
  Rule 5 draft
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Roster

1917 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
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Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		121	399	106	.266	2	39
1B		152	602	167	.277	4	86
2B		131	442	93	.210	2	35
3B		156	599	182	.304	1	53
SS		148	573	146	.255	2	26
OF		136	522	178	.341	4	67
OF		121	385	113	.294	3	33
OF		115	363	98	.270	1	45

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	77	251	62	.247	4	36
	56	140	28	.200	1	11
	45	137	44	.321	0	23
	48	134	34	.254	0	15
	58	110	32	.291	1	13
	23	51	10	.196	0	3
	8	17	2	.118	0	1
	7	14	4	.286	0	3

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	43	339.2	24	16	2.20	123
	32	216	11	10	2.71	50
	2	14	0	1	4.50	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	37	152.1	10	5	2.36	77
	4	13.1	0	0	6.75	4
	2	9	0	0	6.00	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	11	0	0	1	2.96	7