1918 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1918 throughout the world.
Contents |
Champions
- World Series: Boston Red Sox over Chicago Cubs (4-2)
MLB Statistical Leaders
American League | National League | |||
AVG | Ty Cobb DET | .382 | Zack Wheat BRO | .335 |
HR | Babe Ruth BOS & Tilly Walker PHA |
11 | Gavvy Cravath PHI | 8 |
RBI | Bobby Veach DET | 78 | Sherry Magee CIN | 76 |
Wins | Walter Johnson WSH | 23 | Hippo Vaughn CHC | 22 |
ERA | Walter Johnson WSH | 1.27 | Hippo Vaughn CHC | 1.74 |
Ks | Walter Johnson WSH | 162 | Hippo Vaughn CHC | 148 |
Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
American League | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Boston Red Sox | 75 | 51 | .595 | -- |
Cleveland Indians | 73 | 54 | .575 | 2.5 |
Washington Senators | 72 | 56 | .563 | 4 |
New York Yankees | 60 | 63 | .488 | 13.5 |
St. Louis Browns | 58 | 64 | .475 | 15 |
Chicago White Sox | 57 | 67 | .460 | 17 |
Detroit Tigers | 55 | 71 | .437 | 20 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 76 | .406 | 24 |
National League final standings
National League | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 45 | .651 | -- |
New York Giants | 71 | 53 | .573 | 10.5 |
Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 60 | .531 | 15.5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 60 | .520 | 17 |
Brooklyn Robins | 57 | 69 | .452 | 25.5 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 68 | .447 | 26 |
Boston Braves | 53 | 71 | .427 | 28.5 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 78 | .395 | 33 |
Events
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Births
- January 25 - Ernie Harwell
- February 22 - Charles O. Finley
- March 1 - Hank Wyse
- April 7 - Bobby Doerr
- April 19 - Whitey Kurowski
- April 22 - Mickey Vernon
- May 23 - Frank Mancuso
- May 25 - Johnny Beazley
- May 28 - Bob Malloy
- July 23 - Pee Wee Reese
- August 30 - Ted Williams
- November 3 - Bob Feller
- December 3 - Joe Cleary
Deaths
- May 15 - Patsy Tebeau, 53, a 19th century infielder/manager for the Cleveland and St. Louis National League teams
- June 25 - Jake Beckley, 50, owner of the major league record for career games as a first baseman, a career .308 hitter who retired with the second-most hits in history
- November 7 - Mike Tiernan, 51, career .311 hitter who played right field for the New York Giants from 1887 to 1899
- December 20 - Silk O'Loughlin, 48, American League umpire since 1902 who worked in a record ten no-hitters and introduced the practice of shouting calls for balls, strikes and outs