The following are the baseball events of the year 1917 throughout the world.
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- April 14 - Eddie Cicotte of the Chicago White Sox tosses a no-hitter in an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Browns.
- April 24 - George Mogridge pitches a no-hitter for the New York Yankees in a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox.
- May 2 - In one of the most outstanding pitching duel's in baseball history, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Fred Toney tosses a 10-inning no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. Opposing pitcher Hippo Vaughn did not surrender a hit until a one-out single in the 10th inning.
- May 5 - Ernie Koob pitches a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox as the St. Louis Browns defeat Chicago, 1-0.
- May 6 - In the second game of a doubleheader, St. Louis Browns pitcher Bob Groom makes it two no-hitters in three games against the Chicago White Sox in a 3-0 Browns victory.
- June 23 - In perhaps the most unusual no-hitter credited to a single pitcher, Ernie Shore lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Washington Senators. Babe Ruth started the game for Boston, walking the first batter, Ray Morgan. As newspaper accounts of the time tell it, the short-fused Ruth then engaged in a heated argument with apparently equally short-fused home plate umpire Brick Owens. Owens tossed Ruth out of the game, and the even-more-enraged Ruth then slugged the ump a glancing blow before being taken off the field; the catcher was also ejected. Shore was recruited to pitch, and came in with very few warmup pitches. With a new pitcher and catcher, runner Morgan tried to steal but was thrown out. Shore then proceeded to retire the remaining 26 Senators without surrendering a hit, earning the win. The game is sometimes erroneously referred to as a "perfect game in relief," and some baseball historians have argued that it should count as a no-hitter.
- July 15 - Boston Braves catcher Hank Gowdy reports for duty with the Ohio National Guard becoming the first Major League player to enlist for service during World War I.
- October 15 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the New York Giants, 4-2, in Game 6 of the World Series to capture their second World Championship, four games to two. The White Sox were essentially dismantled following the 1920 season by baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis due to the Black Sox Scandal in the 1919 World Series. The team would not win another World Series for 88 years.
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- 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
- April 5 - Frank McLaughlin, 60, infielder who played for five teams during his three-season career from 1882 to 1884.
- July 1 - Al Buckenberger, 56, manager for four teams, mainly for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Beaneaters. His career spanned from 1889 to 1904.
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