1917 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1917 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: Chicago White Sox over New York Giants (4-2)

Births

 * February 10 - Allie Reynolds
 * February 12 - Dom DiMaggio
 * March 17 - Hank Sauer
 * April 14 - Marvin Miller
 * April 26 - Virgil Trucks
 * July 17 - Lou Boudreau
 * September 25 - Phil Rizzuto
 * September 25 - Johnny Sain
 * October 8 - Danny Murtaugh
 * October 25 - Lee MacPhail
 * December 1 - Marty Marion

Deaths

 * February 7 - Tim Murnane, 64, first baseman and center fielder in the early years of professional baseball who became president of the New England League and went on to a distinguished tenure as sports editor of The Boston Globe for over 30 years, serving as one of the sport's leading advocates