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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
MLB seasons

The 1918 Major League Baseball season featured a reduced schedule — 140 games instead of 154 — due to American participation in World War I.[1]

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Ty Cobb DET .382 Zack Wheat BKN .335
HR Babe Ruth BSR
Tillie Walker PHA		 11 Gavvy Cravath PHP 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 PHP
Wilbur Cooper PIT
Fred Anderson NYG
Fred Toney CIN/NYG		 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

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]

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.

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