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1917 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Pete Alexander
PHI
SP
30.3
9.3
37.4
24.6
2 Wilbur Cooper
PIT
SP
25.4
6.9
20.4
10.5
3 Hippo Vaughn
CHN
SP
29.2
6.8
23.8
14.1
4 Jeff Pfeffer
BRO
SP
29.3
5.3
18.6
9.8
5 Leon Cadore *
BRO
SP
26.6
4.8
18.7
10.0
6 Ferdie Schupp
NY1
SP
26.5
4.5
22.1
13.1
7 Fred Toney
CIN
SP
28.6
4.3
20.0
8.7
8 Chief Bender
PHI
SP
33.2
3.7
12.6
8.9
9 Eppa Rixey
PHI
SP
26.2
3.5
20.1
10.8
10 Elmer Jacobs
PIT
SP
24.9
3.4
10.7
3.1
11 Phil Douglas
CHN
SP
27.0
3.3
16.2
6.5
12 Art Nehf
BSN
SP
24.9
3.2
16.7
9.0
13 Rube Marquard
BRO
SP
30.7
3.1
16.4
8.7
14 Fred Anderson
NY1
SP
31.6
2.9
13.8
8.4
15 Lefty Tyler
BSN
SP
27.5
2.8
14.9
7.0
16 Pete Schneider
CIN
SP
21.9
2.7
17.8
6.8
17 Larry Cheney
BRO
SP
31.2
2.6
13.0
6.0
18 Pol Perritt
NY1
SP
25.8
2.4
17.0
9.9
19 Bob Steele
MULT
SP
23.3
2.4
10.4
3.0
20 Al Demaree
MULT
SP
32.8
2.2
11.5
4.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1917 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Eddie Cicotte
CHA
SP
33.0
11.4
34.2
21.7
2 Stan Coveleski
CLE
SP
28.0
8.3
29.4
18.6
3 Jim Bagby
CLE
SP
27.7
8.3
31.4
19.9
4 Walter Johnson
WS1
SP
29.7
6.8
24.3
12.5
5 Babe Ruth
BOS
SP
22.4
6.5
29.9
18.2
6 Carl Mays
BOS
SP
25.6
5.8
27.6
17.2
7 Dutch Leonard
BOS
SP
25.2
5.2
22.9
12.3
8 Bob Shawkey
NYA
SP
26.6
4.2
16.7
8.1
9 Bob Groom
SLA
SP
32.8
4.1
10.3
1.9
10 Doc Ayers
WS1
SP
26.1
4.0
14.4
6.9
11 Reb Russell
CHA
SP
28.3
3.6
15.4
8.6
12 Red Faber
CHA
SP
28.8
3.3
17.0
8.1
13 Dave Danforth
CHA
RP
27.3
3.2
12.5
6.2
14 Eddie Plank
SLA
SP
41.8
3.0
8.1
3.4
15 Jim Scott
CHA
SP
29.2
2.9
9.1
4.6
16 Jing Johnson
PHA
SP
22.7
2.8
9.0
2.1
17 George Dumont
WS1
SP
21.6
2.8
10.6
3.2
18 Bill James
DET
SP
30.4
2.7
12.3
5.2
19 Ernie Shore
BOS
SP
26.3
2.7
16.6
8.5
20 Ray Caldwell
NYA
SP
29.2
2.6
13.9
5.4
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James