1918 Philadelphia Athletics season

1918  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1917 1919  →

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

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

1918 American League record v t e Sources:
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

1918 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Willie Adams Lou Bauer Bob Geary Vean Gregg Chick Holmes Roy Johnson Vic Keen Elmer Myers Scott Perry William Pierson Red Shea Mule Watson Tom Zachary		Catchers Wickey McAvoy Cy Perkins Infielders George Burns Claude Davidson Joe Dugan Jimmy Dykes Larry Gardner Red Shannon		Outfielders Merito Acosta Frank Fahey Charlie Jamieson Merlin Kopp Jake Munch Rube Oldring Tilly Walker		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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	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

• Tied with Babe Ruth (Boston Red Sox)

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
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

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
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

• Tied with Eddie Cicotte (Chicago White Sox)

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
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

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

External links

• 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com