Does anyone have an original Cubs home schedule for the 1917 season?

[Scott Garner]

I'm trying to locate what home game number was the game played on 5/2/1917 in the original 1917 Cubs schedule.
Can anybody help with this? Quite possibly a 1917 National League schedule would have this info as well...
Thanks in advance for your help!

[doug.goodman]

Hi Scott -

I hope this helps :

Apr 11, 12, 13, 14 home Pitt
Apr 15, 16, 17, 18 home St L
Apr 19, 20, 21 AWAY Pitt
Apr 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 AWAY Cincy
Apr 27, 28, 29, 30 AWAY St L
May 1 AWAY St L
May 2,3,4,5 home Cincy

Season game #22, home game #9

Sorry for the crap pictures stitched together, I can't open the book wide enough to scan it.

Doug

[Scott Garner]

Wow, Doug, that's great!
Can you confirm then that the game played on 5/2/1917 @ CHI would be home game #9?
Thanks,
Scott

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Wow, Doug, that's great!
Can you confirm then that the game played on 5/2/1917 @ CHI would be home game #9?
Thanks,
Scott

Baseball Reference shows it as the 9th home game, but only the 18th overall. I'm assuming that there were some rain outs in there.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

Baseball Reference shows it as the 9th home game, but only the 18th overall. I'm assuming that there were some rain outs in there.

Thanks!
You are correct.
Several rainouts for Chicago in April. Four I believe...

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks!
You are correct.
Several rainouts for Chicago in April. Four I believe...

Apr 17 moved to June 29
Apr 27 moved to first game of June 26 DH
Apr 28 moved to first game of June 27 DH
Apr 30 moved to first game of Sept 2 DH

All according to BBRef.


So, May 2 was the 22nd game scheduled for the season, but the 18th actually played.

And, it was the 9th scheduled home game, but the 8th actually played.

Doug