1918 Major League Baseball season

The 1918 Major League Baseball season featured a reduced schedule — 130 games instead of 154 — due to American participation in World War I.[1]

This article is about the 1918 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1918 in baseball.
1918 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 15 – September 11, 1918
Pennant Winners
AL championsBoston Red Sox
  AL runners-upCleveland Indians
NL championsChicago Cubs
  NL runners-upNew York Giants
World Series
ChampionsBoston Red Sox
  Runners-upChicago Cubs

Statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGTy Cobb DET.382Zack Wheat BKN.335
HRBabe Ruth BSR
Tillie Walker PHA		11Gavvy Cravath PHP8
RBIBobby Veach DET78Sherry Magee CIN76
WinsWalter Johnson WSH23Claude Hendrix CHC20
ERAWalter Johnson WSH1.27Hippo Vaughn CHC1.74
SOWalter Johnson WSH162Hippo Vaughn CHC148
SVGeorge Mogridge NYY7Joe Oeschger PHP
Wilbur Cooper PIT
Fred Anderson NYG
Fred Toney CIN/NYG		3
SBGeorge Sisler SLB45Max Carey PIT58

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 7551 0.595 — 49–21 26–30
Cleveland Indians 7354 0.575 2½ 38–22 35–32
Washington Senators 7256 0.562 4 41–32 31–24
New York Yankees 6063 0.488 13½ 37–29 23–34
St. Louis Browns 5864 0.475 15 23–30 35–34
Chicago White Sox 5767 0.460 17 30–26 27–41
Detroit Tigers 5571 0.437 20 28–29 27–42
Philadelphia Athletics 5276 0.406 24 35–32 17–44

National League final standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8445 0.651 — 49–25 35–20
New York Giants 7153 0.573 10½ 35–21 36–32
Cincinnati Reds 6860 0.531 15½ 46–24 22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 6560 0.520 17 42–28 23–32
Brooklyn Robins 5769 0.452 25½ 33–21 24–48
Philadelphia Phillies 5568 0.447 26 27–29 28–39
Boston Braves 5371 0.427 28½ 23–29 30–42
St. Louis Cardinals 5178 0.395 33 32–40 19–38

Managers

American League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Ed Barrow
Chicago White Sox Pants Rowland
Cleveland Indians Lee Fohl
Detroit Tigers Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Fielder Jones, Jimmy Austin, and Jimmy Burke
Washington Senators Clark Griffith

National League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves George Stallings
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Fred Mitchell
Cincinnati Reds Christy Mathewson
New York Giants John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Pat Moran
Pittsburgh Pirates Hugo Bezdek
St. Louis Cardinals Jack Hendricks

World Series

The Red Sox defeated the Cubs, four games to two.

Notable events
  • September 2 - In the last game of the season, against the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers centrefielder Ty Cobb fields at third base and also pitches, yielding three hits and one run in two innings.[2]
gollark: ```foopymacro ><><><><><<><>>< infix (x, y) x + x - y.add x + y - x```
gollark: https://osmarks.tk/status/
gollark: Soon... soon the blinkenlichts shall rule all!
gollark: Triangle works. Hexagon doesn't. WHY?
gollark: ^

References
  1. "1918 All Work or Fight and No Play," This Great Game: The Online Book of Baseball. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. Paschal, John. "Once Upon A Time: When Hall of Famers Go One-And-Done". tht.fangraphs.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.