1917 Boston Braves Roster

The 1917 Boston Braves 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 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1917 Boston Braves salary list, a 1917 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1917 Boston Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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Complete Roster  
 
n/a Frank Allen 5-04 175 Left Right 1888-08-26
n/a Jesse Barnes 6-00 170 Right Left 1892-08-26
n/a Cal Crum 6-01 175 Right Right 1889-07-27
n/a Tom Hughes 6-02 175 Right Right 1884-01-28
n/a Art Nehf 5-09½ 176 Left Left 1892-07-31
n/a Pat Ragan 5-10½ 185 Right Right 1885-11-15
n/a Ed Reulbach 6-01 190 Right Right 1882-12-01
n/a Dick Rudolph 5-09½ 160 Right Right 1887-08-25
n/a Jack Scott 6-02½ 199 Right Left 1892-04-18
n/a Lefty Tyler 6-00 175 Left Left 1889-12-14
n/a Ed Walsh 6-01 193 Right Right 1881-05-14
n/a Hank Gowdy 6-02 182 Right Right 1889-08-24
n/a Fred Jacklitsch 5-09 180 Right Right 1876-05-24
n/a Chief Meyers 5-11 194 Right Right 1880-07-29
n/a Art Rico 5-09½ 185 Right Right 1895-07-23
n/a Walt Tragesser 6-00 175 Right Right 1887-06-14
n/a Sam Covington 6-01 190 Right Left 1894-12-18
n/a Johnny Evers 5-09 125 Right Left 1881-07-21
n/a Ed Fitzpatrick 5-08 165 Right Right 1889-12-09
n/a Ed Konetchy 6-02½ 195 Right Right 1885-09-03
n/a Rabbit Maranville 5-05 155 Right Right 1891-11-11
n/a Mike Massey 6-00 195 Right Both 1893-09-28
n/a Johnny Rawlings 5-08 158 Right Right 1892-08-17
n/a Hank Schreiber 5-11 165 Right Right 1891-07-12
n/a Red Smith 5-11 165 Right Right 1890-04-06
n/a Fred Bailey 5-11 150 Left Left 1895-08-16
n/a Larry Chappell 6-00 186 Right Left 1890-02-19
n/a Zip Collins 5-11 152 Left Left 1892-05-04
n/a Joe Kelly 5-10 175 Right Right 1886-09-23
n/a Sherry Magee 5-11 179 Right Right 1884-08-06
n/a Ray Powell 5-09 160 Right Left 1888-11-20
n/a Wally Rehg 5-08 160 Right Right 1888-08-31
n/a George Twombly 5-09 165 Right Right 1892-06-04
n/a Joe Wilhoit 6-02 175 Right Left 1885-12-20


The 1917 Boston Braves played 153 games during the regular season, won 72 games, lost 81 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Braves Field (Park Factors: 94/94) where 174,253 fans witnessed their 1917 Braves finish the season with a .471 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 Boston Braves Opening Day starters list, a 1917 Boston Braves salary list, a 1917 Boston Braves uniform number breakdown and a 1917 Boston Braves primary starters list:

1917 Boston Braves
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1917 Boston Braves
Most Games by Position

C Walt Tragesser (94)
1B Ed Konetchy (129)
2B Johnny Rawlings (96)
3B Red Smith (147)
SS Rabbit Maranville (142)
LF Joe Kelly (87)
CF Ray Powell (88)
RF Wally Rehg (86)
  
SP Art Nehf
SP Dick Rudolph
SP Lefty Tyler
  
CL Jesse Barnes


1917 Boston Braves
Salaries

Johnny Evers $11,000.00


1917 Boston Braves
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1917 Boston Braves 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)?
     

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