1918 Philadelphia Athletics season
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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 |
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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: | |||||||||||||
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
References
External links
- 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com