1918 Philadelphia Athletics season

1918 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1918 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 76 losses.

Regular season

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

Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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1918 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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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1918 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Wickey McAvoy 83 271 66 .244 0 32
1B George Burns 130 505 178 .352 6 70
2B Jimmy Dykes 59 186 35 .188 0 13
SS Joe Dugan 121 411 80 .195 3 34
3B Larry Gardner 127 463 132 .285 1 52
OF Tilly Walker 114 414 122 .295 11 48
OF Merlin Kopp 96 363 85 .234 0 18
OF Charlie Jamieson 110 416 84 .202 0 11

Other batters

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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
Red Shannon 72 225 54 .240 0 16
Cy Perkins 68 218 41 .188 1 14
Merito Acosta 49 169 51 .302 0 14
Rube Oldring 49 133 31 .233 0 11
Claude Davidson 31 81 15 .185 0 4
Jake Munch 22 30 8 .267 0 0
Frank Fahey 10 17 3 .176 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Perry 44 332.1 20 19 1.98 81
Vean Gregg 30 199.1 9 14 3.12 63
Mule Watson 21 141.2 7 10 3.37 30
Elmer Myers 18 95.1 4 8 4.63 17
Roy Johnson 10 50.0 1 5 3.42 12
Vic Keen 1 8.0 0 1 3.38 1
Tom Zachary 2 8.0 2 0 5.63 1

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Willie Adams 32 169.0 5 12 4.42 39
Bob Geary 16 87.0 2 5 2.69 22
Charlie Jamieson 5 23.0 2 1 4.30 2
William Pierson 8 21.2 0 1 3.32 6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Red Shea 3 0 0 0 4.00 2
Frank Fahey 3 0 0 0 6.00 1
Chick Holmes 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
Wickey McAvoy 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
Lou Bauer 1 0 0 0 inf 0

References

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