1918 World Series

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1918 World Series
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Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Boston Red Sox (4) Ed Barrow 75–51, .595, GA: 2+1⁄2
Chicago Cubs (2) Fred Mitchell 84–45, .651, GA: 10+1⁄2
DatesSeptember 5–11
Venue Fenway Park (Boston)
Comiskey Park (Chicago)
Umpires Hank O'Day (NL), George Hildebrand (AL)
Bill Klem (NL), Brick Owens (AL) [lower-alpha 1]
Hall of Famers Umpires:
Bill Klem
Hank O'Day
Boston Red Sox:
Harry Hooper
Babe Ruth
Cubs:
Grover Cleveland Alexander (DNP)
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The 1918 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1918 season. The 15th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion Boston Red Sox against the National League champion Chicago Cubs. The Red Sox beat the Cubs four games to two. The Series victory for the Red Sox was their fifth in five tries, going back to 1903. The Red Sox scored only nine runs in the entire Series, the fewest runs by the winning team in World Series history. Along with the 1906 and 1907 World Series (both of which the Cubs also played in), the 1918 World Series is one of only three Fall Classics where neither team hit a home run.

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The 1918 Series was played under several metaphorical dark clouds. The Series was held early in September because of the World War I "Work or Fight" order that forced the premature end of the regular season on September 2, [1] [2] and remains the only World Series to be played entirely in September. The Series was marred by players threatening to strike due to low gate receipts.

The Chicago home games in the series were played at Comiskey Park, which had a greater seating capacity than Weeghman Park, the prior home of the Federal League Chicago Whales that the Cubs were then using and which would be rechristened Wrigley Field in 1925. The Red Sox had played their home games in the 1915 and 1916 World Series in the more expansive Braves Field, but they returned to Fenway Park for the 1918 series.

During the seventh-inning stretch of Game 1, the band began playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" because the country was involved in World War I. The song would be named the national anthem of the United States in 1931, and during World War II its playing would become a regular pre-game feature of baseball games and other sporting events. The winning pitcher of Game 1 was Babe Ruth, who pitched a shutout.

Although the Red Sox had just won their record-setting fifth World Series title, the 1918 championship would be the last Red Sox win until 2004. The drought of 86 years was often attributed to the Curse of the Bambino. The alleged curse came to be when Red Sox owner Harry Frazee traded the superbly talented but troublesome Babe Ruth (who was instrumental in their 1918 victory) to the New York Yankees for cash after the 1919 season.

The Cubs would not win their next World Series until 2016. The Cubs, who last won in 1908, won the National League but lost the Series in 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945, allegedly stymied by the infamous Curse of the Billy Goat imposed during that latter Series. The Red Sox, who had won the American League but lost the Series in 1946, 1967, 1975, and 1986, finally won the World Series in 2004 and then won again in 2007, 2013 and 2018. When the Red Sox won in 2018 (against the Los Angeles Dodgers), they became the first team to win the Fall Classic exactly one century apart.

After Game 6, it would be some 87 years until the Cubs and Red Sox would play again. A three-game interleague match-up at Wrigley Field began June 10, 2005, and was Boston's first visit to the park. The Cubs would not return to Fenway Park for nearly 94 years until a three-game interleague match-up beginning May 20, 2011.

To date, Red Sox manager Ed Barrow is the only manager to win a World Series without previously playing in organized baseball, whether in the minors or majors.

Summary

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1September 5Boston Red Sox – 1, Chicago Cubs – 0 Comiskey Park 1:5019,274 [3]  
2September 6Boston Red Sox – 1, Chicago Cubs – 3Comiskey Park1:5820,040 [4]  
3September 7Boston Red Sox – 2, Chicago Cubs – 1Comiskey Park1:5727,054 [5]  
4September 9Chicago Cubs – 2, Boston Red Sox – 3 Fenway Park 1:5022,183 [6]  
5September 10Chicago Cubs – 3, Boston Red Sox – 0Fenway Park1:4224,694 [7]  
6September 11Chicago Cubs – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2Fenway Park1:4615,238 [8]

Matchups

Game 1

Thursday, September 5, 1918 2:30 pm (CT) at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois
Team123456789 R H E
Boston000100000150
Chicago000000000060
WP: Babe Ruth (1–0)   LP: Hippo Vaughn (0–1)

Game 1 went to the Red Sox, 1–0, with Babe Ruth pitching the shutout before 19,274 fans. Stuffy McInnis knocked in the game's only run, driving in Dave Shean with a fourth-inning single off Hippo Vaughn. During the seventh-inning stretch, the U.S. Navy band began to play "The Star-Spangled Banner", Red Sox infielder Fred Thomas—who was in the Navy and had been granted furlough to play in the World Series—immediately turned toward the American flag and gave it a military salute, according to the Chicago Tribune . [9] Other players turned to the flag with hands over hearts, and the already-standing crowd began to sing. At the song's conclusion, the previously quiet fans erupted in thunderous applause. At the time, The New York Times reported that it "marked the highest point of the day's enthusiasm." [10] The song would be played at each of the Series' remaining games, to increasingly rapturous response. Other baseball parks began to play the song on holidays and special occasions, and Red Sox owner Harry Frazee made it a regular part of Boston home games. "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the U.S. national anthem in 1931, and by the end of World War II, NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden ordered that it be played at every football game. The tradition quickly spread to other sports, aided by the introduction of large sound systems and post-war patriotism. [11]

Game 2

Friday, September 6, 1918 2:30 pm (CT) at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois
Team123456789 R H E
Boston000000001161
Chicago03000000X371
WP: Lefty Tyler (1–0)   LP: Bullet Joe Bush (0–1)

The Cubs rebounded to tie the Series with a 3–1 victory in Game 2 the next day, behind Lefty Tyler's six-hit pitching. Tyler himself hit a two-run single in the second inning to make it 3–0 and carried a shutout into the ninth inning, when the Red Sox scored their only run.

Game 3

Saturday, September 7, 1918 2:30 pm (CT) at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois
Team123456789 R H E
Boston000200000270
Chicago000010000171
WP: Carl Mays (1–0)   LP: Hippo Vaughn (0–2)

The series remained in Chicago for Game 3 due to wartime restrictions on travel. The Red Sox won 2–1 to take a 2–1 series lead as Carl Mays scattered seven hits. Wally Schang and Everett Scott's back-to-back RBI singles in the fourth inning were all Boston needed for the win. Vaughn lost his second game of the Series, which ended when Cub baserunner Charlie Pick was caught in a rundown between third and home while trying to score on a passed ball.

Game 4

Babe Ruth in 1918 Ruth1918.jpg
Babe Ruth in 1918
Monday, September 9, 1918 2:30 pm (ET) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Team123456789 R H E
Chicago000000020271
Boston00020001X340
WP: Babe Ruth (2–0)   LP: Phil Douglas (0–1)   Sv: Bullet Joe Bush (1)

Sunday the 8th was a travel day. The teams didn't arrive in Boston until the next day, shortly before the start of Game 4 that same day. The Cubs tied it in the eighth, ending Ruth's World Series scoreless inning streak [12] on hits by Charlie Hollocher and Les Mann; but the Red Sox won it in the home half of the inning on a passed ball by Killefer and a wild throw by relief pitcher Phil Douglas, scoring Schang for a 3–2 victory and a 3–1 series lead.

Starting pitcher Babe Ruth batted sixth for the Red Sox in Game 4. [13] He remained the last starting pitcher in World Series history to bat other than ninth in the batting order until Zack Greinke batted eighth for the Houston Astros in Game 4 of the 2021 World Series. [14]

Game 5

Tuesday, September 10, 1918 2:30 pm (ET) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Team123456789 R H E
Chicago001000020370
Boston000000000050
WP: Hippo Vaughn (1–2)   LP: Sad Sam Jones (0–1)

Vaughn finally earned a Series victory in Game 5 with a five-hit shutout, as the Cubs rallied back for a 3–0 victory. Dode Paskert's two-run double in the top of the eighth sealed the deal for the Chicagoans after Mann had knocked in the first run in the top of the third.

Game 6

Wednesday, September 11, 1918 2:30 pm (ET) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Team123456789 R H E
Chicago000100000132
Boston00200000X250
WP: Carl Mays (2–0)   LP: Lefty Tyler (1–1)

Attendance for Game 6 at Fenway on Wednesday, September 11, was down from over 24,000 on Tuesday to a mere 15,238, but the Red Sox went home happy. Max Flack's third-inning error allowed two Sox runs to score, which were all they needed for a 2–1 victory and the World's Championship of 1918 behind Carl Mays' second win of the Series, a complete game three-hitter.

This was the last Red Sox World Series win for 86 years, and the last time they won the deciding game at home until 2013.

The Red Sox won the series despite a team batting average of .186, lowest for a winning club in World Series history.

Players

Composite box

1918 World Series (4–2): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) over Chicago Cubs (N.L.)

Team123456789 R H E
Boston Red Sox 0025000119321
Chicago Cubs 03111004010375
Total attendance: 128,483  Average attendance: 21,414
Winning player's share: $1,103  Losing player's share: $671 [15]

Series Statistics

Boston Red Sox

Batting

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Wally Schang 591400012.444.545.444 [16]
Stuffy McInnis 6202500011.250.286.250 [17]
Dave Shean 6192410004.211.348.263 [18]
Fred Thomas 6170200001.118.167.118 [19]
Everett Scott 6200200011.100.143.100 [20]
George Whiteman 6202501012.250.348.350 [21]
Amos Strunk 6231411000.174.174.304 [22]
Harry Hooper 6200400002.200.273.200 [23]
Sam Agnew 490000000.000.000.000 [24]
Jean Dubuc 110000000.000.000.000 [25]
Hack Miller 110000000.000.000.000 [26]
Carl Mays 251100001.200.333.200 [27]
Babe Ruth 350101020.200.200.600 [28]
Bullet Joe Bush 220000001.000.333.000 [29]
Sad Sam Jones 110000001.000.500.000 [30]

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

PlayerGGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Carl Mays 22181032252001.00 [31]
Babe Ruth 22171372242001.06 [32]
Bullet Joe Bush 219733300113.00 [33]
Sad Sam Jones 119753350103.00 [34]

Chicago Cubs

Batting

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Bill Killefer 6172210022.118.211.176 [35]
Fred Merkle 6181500014.278.409.278 [36]
Charlie Pick 6182710001.389.421.444 [37]
Charlie Deal 6170300000.176.176.176 [38]
Charlie Hollocher 6212401011.190.227.286 [39]
Les Mann 6220520020.227.261.318 [40]
Dode Paskert 6210410022.190.261.238 [41]
Max Flack 6192500004.263.417.263 [42]
Bob O'Farrell 330000000.000.000.000 [43]
Turner Barber 320000000.000.000.000 [44]
Bill McCabe 311000000.000.000.000 [45]
Chuck Wortman 110000000.000.000.000 [46]
Rollie Zeider 200000002─1.000─ [47]
Hippo Vaughn 3100000000.000.000.000 [48]
Lefty Tyler 350100022.200.429.200 [49]
Phil Douglas 100000000─── [50]
Claude Hendrix 2101000001.0001.0001.000 [51]

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

PlayerGGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Hippo Vaughn 332717533171201.00 [52]
Lefty Tyler 332314115341101.17 [53]
Phil Douglas 101101000100.00 [54]
Claude Hendrix 101000000000.00 [55]

Allegations of a Series fix and game tampering

As with the 1917 World Series, there were concerns about whether the 1918 World Series was being played honestly, a rumor revived in 2005 [56] and explored further in the 2009 book The Original Curse by Sean Deveney (McGraw-Hill). Some of the Cubs were later suspected of being "crooked". Pitcher Phil Douglas, accused of conspiring to fix a regular-season game in 1922, was suspended for life. Pitcher Claude Hendrix, who didn't play much in the 1918 Series, was suspected of fixing a game in 1920 but retired after that season and was never officially suspended.

There was no solid evidence that the 1918 World Series itself was "fixed", and with the war dominating the news nothing came of the rumors. It was another season before baseball's relationship with gambling erupted in a major scandal. Star pitcher "Ol' Pete" Alexander of the Cubs saw almost no action in the 1918 regular season due to military service and none in the Series. This left the Cubs pitching corps thin compared to the strong Red Sox staff, which included Babe Ruth and Carl Mays. Hippo Vaughn was the strongest Cubs pitcher, having won the pitching triple crown in 1918, but had the misfortune of starting against the best arms the Red Sox had and taking two of the four Cub losses.

In 2011, a document discovered by the Chicago History Museum cited the court testimony of Chisox pitcher Eddie Cicotte during the investigation of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal a year after the 1918 World Series. According to the trial transcript, Cicotte made vague references and allegations that the Cubs had purposely lost the 1918 World Series to the Red Sox, and justified their "fixing" the games they had lost (all four by one run) by alleging that the owners of both teams had short-changed their players with insufficient shares of the gate receipts. [57]

Notes

  1. ↑ For the first time in a World Series, all four umpires worked in the infield on a rotating basis. In previous World Series from 1909 through 1917, two of the four umpires had been positioned in the outfield for each game, in addition to the standard plate umpire and base umpire.

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