MLB players born in 1917
149 MLB players on file were born in 1917. Lou Boudreau leads them with 57.9 career WAR. The first born in 1917 to play in the MLB was Elmer Burkart, in 1936. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1917 (149)
- Johnny Ostrowski 1943–1950
- Dave Short 1940–1941
- Chet Johnson 1946
- Hugh Alexander 1937
- Len Gilmore 1944
- Pat Scantlebury 1956
- Phil McCullough 1942
- Jimmy Bloodworth 1937–1951
- Ray Murray 1948–1954
- Ray Poat 1942–1949
- Roy Bruner 1939–1941
- Bob Repass 1939–1942
- Eddie Feinberg 1938–1939
- George Jumonville 1940–1941
- Eli Hodkey 1946
- George Woodend 1944
- Herman Reich 1949
- Joe Walsh 1938
- John Douglas 1945
- Glen Moulder 1946–1948
- Chet Clemens 1939–1944
- Earl Henry 1944–1945
- Loy Hanning 1939–1942
- Al Veigel 1939
- Charlie Cuellar 1950
- Roy Lee 1945
- Johnny Grodzicki 1941–1947
- Skippy Roberge 1941–1946
- Leo Wells 1942–1946
- Ray Hoffman 1942
- Vince Ventura 1945
- Clayton Lambert 1946–1947
- Johnny Rucker 1940–1946
- Chuck Aleno 1941–1944
- Stan Andrews 1939–1945
- Anse Moore 1946
- Tommy Warren 1944
- George Barnicle 1939–1941
- Ace Williams 1940–1946
- Jim Prendergast 1948
- Roy Partee 1943–1948
- Huck Geary 1942–1943
- Jack Sanford 1940–1946
- Tommy Nelson 1945
- Bob Ramazzotti 1946–1953
- Paul Calvert 1942–1951
- Lefty Hoerst 1940–1947
- Jimmy Pofahl 1940–1942
- Johnny Berardino 1939–1952
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.