1918 Season

The 1918 season in brief

Of every club in the 1918 standings, the Chicago American Giants won most often, going 20-8. Nobody in 1918 fared worse than the St. Louis Cardinals (51-78). In the standings, the EAS group ended with the Hilldale Club and the New York Lincoln Giants level at 8-4, the Hilldale Club ranked first, the Cleveland Indians (73-54) chased the Boston Red Sox (75-51) to the end in the American League, the Chicago American Giants topped the WES group at 20-8, a few games clear of the Indianapolis ABCs, and the New York Giants (71-53) finished a distant second to the Chicago Cubs (84-45) in the National League. In the World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2. Babe Ruth and Tillie Walker shared the home run lead at 11. The qualified batting-average board starts with Ty Cobb at .382, with George Burns next at .352. The board counts only hitters with 390 or more plate appearances, which is what 126 team games require. Among qualified pitchers, Joe Williams had the lowest ERA, 1.14; Walter Johnson followed at 1.27. Elsewhere on the pitching side, the 1918 leaders were Walter Johnson in wins (23) and Walter Johnson in strikeouts (162). Max Carey had the most stolen bases, 58. Beyond the top five in each tile, the 1918 leaders page ranks the whole 1918 field.