1918 Boston Red Sox season

1918 Boston Red Sox
1918 World Series Champions 1918 American League Champions
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	Harry Frazee
Managers	Ed Barrow
Seasons

The 1918 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 51 losses. The season was cut short due to World War I. They defeated the Chicago Cubs in 6 games in the World Series. This would be the last World Series victory for the Red Sox until 2004, losing in the World Series in 1946, 1967, 1975, and 1986. It would be the last World Series victory for the Red Sox at Fenway Park until winning the Championship at home in 2013.

Their pitching staff, led by Carl Mays and Bullet Joe Bush, allowed the fewest runs in the league. Babe Ruth was the fourth starter and also spent significant time in the outfield, as he was the best hitter on the team. He led the AL in home runs and slugging percentage.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	75	51	.595	—	49‍–‍21	26‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians	73	54	.575	2½	38‍–‍22	35‍–‍32
Washington Senators	72	56	.562	4	41‍–‍32	31‍–‍24
New York Yankees	60	63	.488	13½	37‍–‍29	23‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns	58	64	.475	15	23‍–‍30	35‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox	57	67	.460	17	30‍–‍26	27‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	55	71	.437	20	28‍–‍29	27‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics	52	76	.406	24	35‍–‍32	17‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–7	10–10	13–5	6–11	13–6	14–5	7–7
Chicago	7–12	—	10–11	6–10	12–6	11–10	5–5	6–13
Cleveland	10–10	11–10	—	10–3	11–7–1	13–7–1	10–6	8–11
Detroit	5–13	10–6	3–10	—	9–10–1	9–11	10–10	9–11–1
New York	11–6	6–12	7–11–1	10–9–1	—	8–4	10–10–1	8–11
Philadelphia	6–13	10–11	7–13–1	11–9	4–8	—	8–10	6–12–1
St. Louis	5–14	5–5	6–10	10–10	10–10–1	10–8	—	12–7
Washington	7–7	13–6	11–8	11–9–1	11–8	12–6–1	7–12	—

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper	RF
Dave Shean	2B
Amos Strunk	CF
Dick Hoblitzel	1B
Stuffy McInnis	3B
George Whiteman	LF
Everett Scott	SS
Sam Agnew	C
Babe Ruth	P

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
2B	Dave Shean	115	425	112	.264	0	34
OF	Amos Strunk	114	413	106	.257	0	35
OF	Harry Hooper	126	474	137	.289	1	44

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Babe Ruth	90	317	95	.300	11	66
Dick Hoblitzel	25	69	11	.159	0	4
George Cochran	24	60	7	.117	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Carl Mays	35	293.1	21	13	2.21	114
Joe Bush	36	272.2	15	15	2.11	125
Sam Jones	24	184	16	5	2.25	44
Babe Ruth	20	166.1	13	7	2.22	40
Dutch Leonard	16	125.2	8	6	2.72	47
Lore Bader	5	27	1	3	3.33	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jean Dubuc	2	10.2	0	1	4.22	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Walt Kinney	5	0	0	0	1.80	4

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Bullet Joe Bush

• #3 strikeouts (125)
• #5 earned run average (2.11)

Harry Hooper

• #3 runs scored (81)

Carl Mays

• #3 wins (21)
• #5 strikeouts (114)

Babe Ruth

• #1 home runs (11)
• #1 slugging percentage (.555)
• #2 on-base percentage (.411)
• #3 runs batted in (66)

1918 World Series

Main article: 1918 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 0	September 5	Comiskey Park	19,274
2	Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3	September 6	Comiskey Park	20,040
3	Red Sox – 2, Cubs – 1	September 7	Comiskey Park	27,054
4	Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3	September 9	Fenway Park	22,183
5	Cubs – 3, Red Sox – 0	September 10	Fenway Park	24,694
6	Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2	September 11	Fenway Park	15,238

External links

• 1918 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1918 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com