1918 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1918 Pittsburgh Pirates
1918 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Hugo Bezdek

The 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 37th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 32nd in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 65–60.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	0.651	—	49–25	35–20
New York Giants	71	53	0.573	10½	35–21	36–32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	0.531	15½	46–24	22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	0.520	17	42–28	23–32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	0.452	25½	33–21	24–48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	0.447	26	27–29	28–39
Boston Braves	53	71	0.427	28½	23–29	30–42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	0.395	33	32–40	19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–6	5–14	10–8	1–15	7–12	10–9	12–7
Brooklyn	6–8	—	10–9	6–12	8–12	9–8	10–9	8–11
Chicago	14–5	9–10	—	10–7–1	14–6	12–6	10–8–1	15–3
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	7–10–1	—	12–7	12–7	4–12	13–8
New York	15–1	12–8	6–14	7–12	—	10–3	8–11	13–4
Philadelphia	12–7	8–9	6–12	7–12	3–10	—	11–7	8–11–2
Pittsburgh	9–10	9–10	8–10–1	12–4	11–8	7–11	—	9–7
St. Louis	7–12	11–8	3–15	8–13	4–13	11–8–2	7–9	—

Game log

1918 Game Log: 65–60 (Home: 42–28; Away: 23–32)

April: 4–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–3)

May: 13–13 (Home: 12–11; Away: 1–2)

June: 11–17 (Home: 2–2; Away: 9–15)

July: 20–9 (Home: 16–5; Away: 4–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
63	July 2	Reds	7–6 (10)	Cooper (7–10)	Regan	—	—	29–34
64	July 3	Reds	8–5	Comstock (1–0)	Schneider	Cooper (2)	—	30–34
65	July 4	Reds	1–0 (11)	Sanders (4–7)	Ring	—	—	31–34
66	July 4	Reds	8–4	Cooper (8–10)	Eller	—	—	32–34
67	July 5	Giants	10–4	Slapnicka (1–0)	Schupp	—	—	33–34
68	July 6	Braves	17–1	Mayer (3–0)	Rudolph	—	—	34–34
69	July 6	Braves	5–4	Sanders (5–7)	Fillingim	Comstock (1)	—	35–34
70	July 8	Braves	0–5	Ragan	Comstock (1–1)	—	—	35–35
71	July 9	Braves	7–2	Cooper (9–10)	Fillingim	—	—	36–35
72	July 10	Giants	4–9	Demaree	Slapnicka (1–1)	—	—	36–36
73	July 11	Giants	5–4	Mayer (4–0)	Smith	—	—	37–36
74	July 13	Giants	5–4	Cooper (10–10)	Perritt	—	—	38–36
75	July 13	Giants	1–8	Causey	Sanders (5–8)	—	—	38–37
76	July 15	Robins	6–5	Mayer (5–0)	Marquard	—	—	39–37
77	July 16	Robins	7–6	Cooper (11–10)	Grimes	—	—	40–37
78	July 17	Robins	5–4 (11)	Cooper (12–10)	Robertson	—	—	41–37
79	July 18	Phillies	0–1 (13)	Jacobs	Slapnicka (1–2)	—	—	41–38
80	July 19	Phillies	3–2	Comstock (2–1)	Oeschger	—	—	42–38
81	July 20	Phillies	1–0	Mayer (6–0)	Hogg	—	—	43–38
82	July 20	Phillies	2–3	Prendergast	Cooper (12–11)	—	—	43–39
83	July 22	Braves	7–2	Sanders (6–8)	Nehf	Cooper (3)	—	44–39
84	July 24	@ Robins	3–1	Comstock (3–1)	Marquard	—	—	45–39
85	July 25	@ Robins	0–10	Grimes	Slapnicka (1–3)	—	—	45–40
86	July 25	@ Robins	2–6	Coombs	Cooper (12–12)	—	—	45–41
87	July 26	@ Robins	3–4	Cheney	Sanders (6–9)	—	—	45–42
88	July 27	@ Giants	8–4	Miller (8–5)	Demaree	Comstock (2)	—	46–42
89	July 29	@ Giants	4–2	Cooper (13–12)	Perritt	—	—	47–42
90	July 31	@ Giants	0–1	Causey	Comstock (3–2)	—	—	47–43
91	July 31	@ Giants	4–2	Adams (1–0)	Steele	—	—	48–43

August: 16–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
92	August 1	@ Braves	2–0 (21)	Cooper (14–12)	Nehf	—	—	49–43
93	August 2	@ Braves	2–4	Northrop	Miller (8–6)	—	2,500	49–44
94	August 3	@ Braves	4–3	Comstock (4–2)	George	—	—	50–44
95	August 5	@ Braves	0–1	Rudolph	Adams (1–1)	—	—	50–45
96	August 6	@ Phillies	10–2	Cooper (15–12)	Prendergast	—	—	51–45
97	August 7	@ Phillies	4–2	Mayer (7–0)	Watson	—	1,000	52–45
98	August 8	@ Phillies	1–6	Hogg	Comstock (4–3)	—	—	52–46
99	August 8	@ Phillies	2–8	Jacobs	Slapnicka (1–4)	—	—	52–47
100	August 9	Reds	4–3	Hill (1–0)	Schneider	—	—	53–47
101	August 10	Cubs	3–3 (10)			—	10,000	53–47
102	August 11	@ Cubs	3–5	Douglas	Comstock (4–4)	—	—	53–48
103	August 11	@ Cubs	6–3	Mayer (8–0)	Vaughn	—	—	54–48
104	August 12	@ Cubs	12–1	Hill (2–0)	Martin	—	—	55–48
105	August 13	@ Cubs	1–2	Tyler	Cooper (15–13)	—	—	55–49
106	August 13	@ Cubs	7–2	Miller (9–6)	Douglas	—	—	56–49
107	August 14	@ Cubs	0–2	Vaughn	Comstock (4–5)	—	2,000	56–50
108	August 15	Robins	3–1	Cooper (16–13)	Smith	—	—	57–50
109	August 16	Robins	1–5	Cheney	Mayer (8–1)	—	—	57–51
110	August 17	Robins	0–2	Grimes	Hill (2–1)	—	8,000	57–52
111	August 17	Robins	2–1	Miller (10–6)	Robertson	—	8,000	58–52
112	August 19	Giants	8–1	Comstock (5–5)	Causey	—	—	59–52
113	August 19	Giants	1–2	Toney	Cooper (16–14)	—	—	59–53
114	August 20	Giants	10–2	Mayer (9–1)	Steele	—	—	60–53
115	August 21	Braves	3–2	Miller (11–6)	Nehf	—	—	61–53
116	August 22	Braves	3–0	Sanders (7–9)	Rudolph	—	—	62–53
117	August 23	Braves	0–5	Northrop	Hill (2–2)	—	—	62–54
118	August 24	Phillies	4–3	Cooper (17–14)	Jacobs	—	—	63–54
119	August 24	Phillies	4–7	Hogg	Mayer (9–2)	—	—	63–55
120	August 27	Phillies	6–7	Prendergast	Comstock (5–6)	Hogg	—	63–56
121	August 27	Phillies	2–8	Watson	Miller (11–7)	—	—	63–57
122	August 29	Cardinals	1–0	Cooper (18–14)	Doak	—	—	64–57
123	August 29	Cardinals	1–4	Sherdel	Mayer (9–3)	—	—	64–58

September: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1918 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Hugo Bezdek

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

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
Lee King	36	112	26	.232	1	11

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
Babe Adams	3	22.2	1	1	1.19	6

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
Hal Carlson	3	12	0	1	3.75	5

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

External links

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

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American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1918 World Series