1918 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1918 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1918 in baseball.

The 1918 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ty Cobb DET .382 Edd Roush CIN .341 HR Babe Ruth BOS Tillie Walker 12 Gavvy Cravath PHI 8 RBI Bobby Veach DET 78 Sherry Magee CIN 76 Wins Walter Johnson WSH 23 Claude Hendrix CHC 20 ERA Walter Johnson WSH 1.27 Hippo Vaughn CHC 1.74 SO Walter Johnson WSH 162 Hippo Vaughn CHC 148 SV George Mogridge NYY 7 Joe Oeschger PHI Wilbur Cooper PIT Fred Anderson NYG Fred Toney 2TM 3 SB George Sisler SLB 45 Max Carey PIT 58

Major league baseball final standings

American League final 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

National League final standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	.651	—	49‍–‍25	35‍–‍20
New York Giants	71	53	.573	10½	35‍–‍21	36‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	.531	15½	46‍–‍24	22‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	.520	17	42‍–‍28	23‍–‍32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	.452	25½	33‍–‍21	24‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	.447	26	27‍–‍29	28‍–‍39
Boston Braves	53	71	.427	28½	23‍–‍29	30‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	.395	33	32‍–‍40	19‍–‍38

World Series

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

External links

• 1918 season at Baseball-reference.com