1918 Philadelphia Athletics season

1918 Philadelphia Athletics
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Owner(s) Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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The 1918 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 76 losses.

Regular season

In 1918, the A's Elephant Mascot turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 75 51 0.595 — 49–21 26–30
Cleveland Indians 73 54 0.575 2½ 38–22 35–32
Washington Senators 72 56 0.562 4 41–32 31–24
New York Yankees 60 63 0.488 13½ 37–29 23–34
St. Louis Browns 58 64 0.475 15 23–30 35–34
Chicago White Sox 57 67 0.460 17 30–26 27–41
Detroit Tigers 55 71 0.437 20 28–29 27–42
Philadelphia Athletics 52 76 0.406 24 35–32 17–44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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 —

Roster

1918 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
C McAvoy, WickeyWickey McAvoy 83 271 66 .244 0 32
1B Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns 130 505 178 .352 6 70
2B Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes 59 186 35 .188 0 13
3B Gardner, LarryLarry Gardner 127 463 132 .285 1 52
OF Walker, TillyTilly Walker 114 414 122 .295 11 48
OF Kopp, MerlinMerlin Kopp 96 363 85 .234 0 18
OF Jamieson, CharlieCharlie Jamieson 110 416 84 .202 0 11

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
Munch, JakeJake Munch 22 30 8 .267 0 0
Fahey, FrankFrank Fahey 10 17 3 .176 0 1

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
Gregg, VeanVean Gregg 30 199.1 9 14 3.12 63
Myers, ElmerElmer Myers 18 95.1 4 8 4.63 17
Johnson, RoyRoy Johnson 10 50 1 5 3.42 12
Keen, VicVic Keen 1 8 0 1 3.38 1

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
Adams, WillieWillie Adams 32 169 5 12 4.42 39
Geary, BobBob Geary 16 87 2 5 2.69 22
Jamieson, CharlieCharlie Jamieson 5 23 2 1 4.30 2

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
Fahey, FrankFrank Fahey 3 0 0 0 6.00 1
Holmes, ChickChick Holmes 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
McAvoy, WickeyWickey McAvoy 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
Bauer, LouLou Bauer 1 0 0 0 ∞ 0

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