1918 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1918 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1918 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Tillie Walker and Babe Ruth tied for the lead with 11 home runs, Bobby Veach led with 78 RBI, and George Burns led with 178 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 390 plate appearances at 126 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (126 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 390 plate appearances at 126 team games. 80 of the 143 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1918 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1918 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ty Cobb DET 111 473 421 83 161 19 14 3 64 34 41 21 .382 .440 .515 .955
George Burns PHA 130 544 505 61 178 22 9 6 70 8 23 25 .352 .390 .467 .857
George Sisler SLA 114 506 452 69 154 21 9 2 41 45 40 17 .341 .400 .440 .841
Zack Wheat BRO 105 436 409 39 137 15 3 0 51 9 16 17 .335 .369 .386 .755
Edd Roush CIN 113 492 435 61 145 18 10 5 62 24 22 10 .333 .368 .455 .823
Heinie Groh CIN 126 567 493 86 158 28 3 1 37 11 54 24 .320 .395 .396 .791
Tris Speaker CLE 127 549 471 73 150 33 11 0 61 27 64 9 .318 .403 .435 .839
Charlie Hollocher CHN 131 586 509 72 161 23 6 2 38 26 47 30 .316 .379 .397 .775
Jake Daubert BRO 108 445 396 50 122 12 15 2 47 10 27 18 .308 .360 .429 .789
Home Run Baker NYA 126 556 504 65 154 24 5 6 62 8 38 13 .306 .357 .409 .765
Ross Youngs NY1 121 532 474 70 143 16 8 1 25 10 44 49 .302 .368 .376 .744
Buck Weaver CHA 112 453 420 37 126 12 5 0 29 20 11 24 .300 .323 .352 .675
Red Smith BSN 119 500 429 55 128 20 3 2 65 8 45 47 .298 .373 .373 .746
Sherry Magee CIN 115 456 400 46 119 15 13 2 76 14 37 18 .297 .370 .415 .785
Fred Merkle CHN 129 541 482 55 143 25 5 3 65 21 35 36 .297 .349 .388 .737
Smoky Joe Wood CLE 119 481 422 41 125 22 4 5 66 8 36 38 .296 .356 .403 .759
Tillie Walker PHA 114 466 414 56 122 20 0 11 48 8 41 44 .295 .360 .423 .782
George Burns NY1 119 522 465 80 135 22 6 4 51 40 43 37 .290 .354 .389 .743
Clyde Milan WS1 128 551 503 56 146 18 5 0 56 26 36 14 .290 .344 .346 .690
Lee Magee CIN 119 514 459 61 133 22 13 0 28 19 28 19 .290 .331 .394 .725
Harry Hooper BOS 126 569 474 81 137 26 13 1 44 24 75 25 .289 .391 .405 .796
Fred Luderus PHI 125 522 468 54 135 23 2 5 67 4 42 33 .288 .351 .378 .729
Les Mann CHN 129 555 489 69 141 27 7 2 55 21 38 45 .288 .342 .384 .727
Dode Paskert CHN 127 539 461 69 132 24 3 3 59 20 53 49 .286 .362 .371 .733
George Cutshaw PIT 126 520 463 56 132 16 10 5 68 25 27 18 .285 .326 .395 .721
Larry Gardner PHA 127 522 463 50 132 22 6 1 52 9 43 22 .285 .346 .365 .711
Eddie Foster WS1 129 575 519 70 147 13 3 0 29 12 41 20 .283 .339 .320 .659
Braggo Roth CLE 106 448 375 53 106 21 12 1 59 35 53 41 .283 .383 .411 .794
Ray Demmitt SLA 116 464 405 45 114 23 5 1 61 10 38 35 .281 .346 .370 .716
Rogers Hornsby SLN 115 466 416 51 117 19 11 5 60 8 40 43 .281 .349 .416 .764
Jimmy Johnston BRO 123 528 484 54 136 16 8 0 27 22 33 31 .281 .328 .347 .675
Irish Meusel PHI 124 511 473 48 132 25 6 4 62 18 30 21 .279 .323 .383 .706
Bobby Veach DET 127 555 499 59 139 21 13 3 78 21 35 23 .279 .331 .391 .722
Doc Lavan WS1 117 493 464 44 129 17 2 0 45 12 14 21 .278 .302 .323 .625
Jack Tobin SLA 122 550 480 59 133 19 5 0 36 13 48 26 .277 .349 .338 .686
Cy Williams PHI 94 398 351 49 97 14 1 6 39 10 27 30 .276 .337 .373 .710
Frank Gilhooley NYA 112 493 427 59 118 13 5 1 23 7 53 24 .276 .358 .337 .695
Eddie Collins CHA 97 425 330 51 91 8 2 2 30 22 73 13 .276 .407 .330 .737
Del Pratt NYA 126 537 477 65 131 19 7 2 55 12 35 26 .275 .327 .356 .683
Milt Stock PHI 123 535 481 62 132 14 1 1 42 20 35 22 .274 .325 .314 .639
Shano Collins CHA 103 399 365 30 100 18 11 1 56 7 17 19 .274 .310 .392 .702
Max Carey PIT 126 549 468 70 128 14 6 3 48 58 62 25 .274 .363 .348 .712
Gene Paulette SLN 125 506 461 33 126 15 3 0 52 11 27 16 .273 .316 .319 .635
Heinie Zimmerman NY1 121 488 463 43 126 19 10 1 56 14 13 23 .272 .294 .363 .656
Stuffy McInnis BOS 117 476 423 40 115 11 5 0 56 10 19 10 .272 .306 .322 .628
Chick Gandil CHA 114 480 439 49 119 18 4 0 55 9 27 19 .271 .319 .330 .649
Greasy Neale CIN 107 418 371 57 100 11 11 1 32 23 24 38 .270 .324 .367 .691
Fritz Mollwitz PIT 119 485 432 43 116 12 7 0 45 23 23 24 .269 .305 .329 .634
Ray Chapman CLE 128 571 446 84 119 19 8 1 32 30 84 46 .267 .390 .352 .742
Tommy Griffith CIN 118 478 427 47 113 10 4 2 48 10 39 30 .265 .326 .321 .647
Dave Bancroft PHI 125 561 499 69 132 19 4 0 26 11 54 36 .265 .338 .319 .656
Jimmy Austin SLA 110 442 367 42 97 14 4 0 20 18 53 32 .264 .359 .324 .683
Dave Shean BOS 115 504 425 58 112 16 3 0 34 11 40 25 .264 .331 .315 .646
Art Fletcher NY1 124 513 468 51 123 20 2 0 47 12 18 26 .263 .311 .314 .625
Al Wickland BSN 95 399 332 55 87 7 13 4 32 12 53 39 .262 .367 .398 .765
Burt Shotton WS1 126 576 505 68 132 16 7 0 21 25 67 28 .261 .349 .321 .670
Joe Judge WS1 130 583 502 56 131 23 7 1 46 20 49 32 .261 .332 .341 .672
Max Flack CHN 123 552 478 74 123 17 10 4 41 17 56 19 .257 .343 .360 .702
Howie Shanks WS1 120 488 436 42 112 19 4 1 56 23 31 21 .257 .312 .326 .638
Amos Strunk BOS 114 471 413 50 106 18 9 0 35 20 36 13 .257 .316 .344 .660
Hi Myers BRO 107 439 407 36 104 9 8 4 40 17 20 26 .256 .292 .346 .638
Bill McKechnie PIT 126 480 435 34 111 13 9 2 43 12 24 22 .255 .297 .340 .637
Mike Gonzalez SLN 117 392 349 33 88 13 4 3 20 14 39 30 .252 .327 .338 .665
Nemo Leibold CHA 116 513 440 57 110 14 7 0 31 13 63 32 .250 .344 .314 .658
Steve O'Neill CLE 114 420 359 34 87 8 7 1 35 5 48 22 .242 .343 .312 .655
Charlie Deal CHN 119 459 414 43 99 9 3 2 34 11 21 13 .239 .279 .290 .569
Ivy Olson BRO 126 553 506 63 121 16 4 1 17 21 27 18 .239 .286 .292 .578
Ed Konetchy BSN 119 487 437 33 103 15 5 2 56 5 32 35 .236 .291 .307 .598
Merlin Kopp PHA 96 421 363 60 85 7 7 0 18 22 42 55 .234 .320 .292 .612
Donie Bush DET 128 593 500 74 117 10 3 0 22 9 79 31 .234 .340 .266 .606
Gavvy Cravath PHI 121 489 426 43 99 27 5 8 54 7 54 46 .232 .320 .376 .696
Roger Peckinpaugh NYA 122 517 446 59 103 15 3 0 43 12 43 41 .231 .303 .278 .581
Buck Herzog BSN 118 526 473 57 108 12 6 0 26 10 29 28 .228 .280 .279 .559
Lena Blackburne CIN 125 472 435 34 99 8 10 1 45 6 25 30 .228 .271 .299 .570
Everett Scott BOS 126 481 443 40 98 11 5 0 43 11 12 16 .221 .242 .269 .510
Ollie O'Mara BRO 121 489 450 29 96 8 1 1 24 11 7 18 .213 .242 .242 .484
Joe Gedeon SLA 123 499 441 39 94 14 3 1 41 7 27 29 .213 .271 .265 .536
Johnny Rawlings BSN 111 460 410 32 85 7 3 0 21 10 30 31 .207 .265 .239 .504
Charlie Jamieson PHA 110 473 416 50 84 11 2 0 11 11 54 30 .202 .297 .238 .535
Joe Dugan PHA 121 447 411 26 80 11 3 3 34 4 16 55 .195 .230 .258 .488
Billy Southworth UNQ PIT 64 275 246 37 84 5 7 2 43 19 26 9 .341 .409 .443 .852
Bob Fisher UNQ SLN 63 266 246 36 78 11 3 2 20 7 15 11 .317 .356 .411 .767
Benny Kauff UNQ NY1 67 294 270 41 85 19 4 2 39 9 16 30 .315 .355 .437 .792
Wally Pipp UNQ NYA 91 385 349 48 106 15 9 2 44 11 22 34 .304 .345 .415 .760
Hal Chase UNQ CIN 74 281 259 30 78 12 6 2 38 5 13 15 .301 .339 .417 .756
Babe Ruth UNQ BOS 95 380 317 50 95 26 11 11 66 6 58 58 .300 .411 .555 .966
Eddie Murphy UNQ CHA 91 321 286 36 85 9 3 0 23 6 22 18 .297 .350 .350 .699
Bill Wambsganss UNQ CLE 87 356 315 34 93 15 2 0 40 16 21 21 .295 .345 .356 .701
Red Massey UNQ BSN 66 230 203 20 59 6 2 0 18 1 23 20 .291 .363 .340 .703
Frank Schulte UNQ WS1 93 329 267 35 77 14 3 0 44 5 47 36 .288 .406 .363 .770
Tim Hendryx UNQ SLA 88 269 219 22 61 14 3 0 33 5 37 35 .279 .388 .370 .757
Fred McMullin UNQ CHA 70 278 235 32 65 7 0 1 16 7 25 26 .277 .356 .319 .675
Harry Heilmann UNQ DET 79 331 286 34 79 10 6 5 39 13 35 10 .276 .359 .406 .765
Bob Jones UNQ DET 74 320 287 43 79 14 4 0 21 7 17 16 .275 .320 .352 .672
Walton Cruise UNQ SLN 70 280 240 34 65 5 4 6 39 2 30 26 .271 .359 .400 .759
Earl Smith UNQ SLA 89 319 286 28 77 10 5 0 32 13 13 16 .269 .303 .339 .642
Lew McCarty UNQ NY1 86 286 257 16 69 7 3 0 24 3 17 13 .268 .321 .319 .640
George Whiteman UNQ BOS 71 248 214 24 57 14 0 1 28 9 20 9 .266 .335 .346 .681
Joe Evans UNQ CLE 79 281 243 38 64 6 7 1 22 7 30 29 .263 .344 .358 .702
Austin McHenry UNQ SLN 80 308 272 32 71 12 6 1 29 8 21 24 .261 .319 .360 .679
Larry Doyle UNQ NY1 75 298 257 38 67 7 4 3 36 10 37 10 .261 .354 .354 .708
Les Nunamaker UNQ SLA 85 315 274 22 71 9 2 0 22 6 28 16 .259 .339 .307 .645
Cliff Heathcote UNQ SLN 88 375 348 37 90 12 3 4 32 12 20 40 .259 .301 .345 .646
Swede Risberg UNQ CHA 82 304 273 36 70 12 3 1 27 5 23 32 .256 .321 .333 .654
Ping Bodie UNQ NYA 91 371 324 36 83 12 6 3 46 6 27 24 .256 .319 .358 .677
Carson Bigbee UNQ PIT 92 369 310 47 79 11 3 1 19 19 42 10 .255 .344 .319 .663
Ivey Wingo UNQ CIN 100 350 323 35 82 15 6 0 31 6 19 18 .254 .297 .337 .635
Oscar Stanage UNQ DET 54 200 186 9 47 4 0 1 14 2 11 18 .253 .294 .290 .585
Happy Felsch UNQ CHA 53 228 206 16 52 2 5 1 20 6 15 13 .252 .306 .325 .632
Walter Holke UNQ NY1 88 350 326 38 82 17 4 1 27 10 10 26 .252 .276 .337 .613
Terry Turner UNQ CLE 74 269 233 24 58 7 2 0 23 6 22 15 .249 .316 .296 .613
Doug Baird UNQ SLN 82 354 316 41 78 12 8 2 25 25 25 42 .247 .304 .354 .659
Art Wilson UNQ BSN 89 311 280 15 69 8 2 0 19 5 24 31 .246 .310 .289 .600
Wally Schang UNQ BOS 88 282 225 36 55 7 1 0 20 4 46 35 .244 .377 .284 .662
Wickey McAvoy UNQ PHA 83 295 271 14 66 5 3 0 32 5 13 23 .244 .283 .284 .567
Elmer Miller UNQ NYA 67 238 202 18 49 9 2 1 22 2 19 17 .243 .317 .322 .639
George Harper UNQ DET 69 258 227 19 55 5 2 0 16 3 18 14 .242 .301 .282 .583
Red Shannon UNQ PHA 72 278 225 23 54 6 5 0 16 5 42 52 .240 .367 .311 .678
Ossie Vitt UNQ DET 81 319 267 29 64 5 2 0 17 5 32 6 .240 .321 .273 .594
Walter Schmidt UNQ PIT 105 356 323 31 77 6 3 0 27 7 17 19 .238 .281 .276 .556
Jack Graney UNQ CLE 70 211 177 27 42 7 4 0 9 3 28 13 .237 .351 .322 .673
Howdy Caton UNQ PIT 80 345 303 37 71 5 7 0 17 12 32 16 .234 .312 .297 .609
Ray Morgan UNQ WS1 88 346 300 25 70 11 1 0 30 4 28 14 .233 .311 .277 .588
Bill Killefer UNQ CHN 104 364 331 30 77 10 3 0 22 5 17 10 .233 .276 .281 .557
Fritz Maisel UNQ SLA 90 354 284 43 66 4 2 0 16 11 46 17 .232 .341 .261 .602
Doc Johnston UNQ CLE 74 315 273 30 62 12 2 0 25 12 26 19 .227 .301 .286 .587
Bill Rariden UNQ NY1 69 207 183 15 41 5 1 0 17 1 15 15 .224 .283 .262 .545
Rollie Zeider UNQ CHN 82 288 251 31 56 3 2 0 26 16 23 20 .223 .288 .251 .539
Bruno Betzel UNQ SLN 76 248 230 18 51 6 7 0 13 8 12 16 .222 .260 .309 .569
Truck Hannah UNQ NYA 90 312 250 24 55 6 0 2 21 5 51 25 .220 .361 .268 .629
Ray Schalk UNQ CHA 108 387 333 35 73 6 3 0 22 12 36 22 .219 .301 .255 .556
Ray Powell UNQ BSN 53 222 188 31 40 7 5 0 20 2 29 30 .213 .321 .303 .624
Eddie Ainsmith UNQ WS1 96 330 292 22 62 10 9 0 20 6 29 44 .212 .283 .308 .592
Ed Burns UNQ PHI 68 211 184 10 38 1 1 0 9 1 20 9 .207 .288 .223 .511
Patsy McGaffigan UNQ PHI 54 219 192 17 39 3 2 1 8 3 16 23 .203 .268 .255 .523
Roxy Walters UNQ NYA 64 205 191 18 38 5 1 0 12 3 9 18 .199 .239 .236 .474
Otto Miller UNQ BRO 75 241 228 8 44 6 1 0 8 1 9 20 .193 .230 .228 .458
Jimmy Dykes UNQ PHA 59 213 186 13 35 3 3 0 13 3 19 32 .188 .267 .237 .504
Cy Perkins UNQ PHA 68 230 218 9 41 4 1 1 14 1 8 15 .188 .217 .229 .446
Ralph Young UNQ DET 91 368 298 31 56 7 1 0 21 15 54 17 .188 .312 .218 .531
Mickey Doolin UNQ BRO 92 343 308 14 55 8 2 0 18 8 22 24 .179 .233 .218 .451
Bert Adams UNQ PHI 84 247 227 10 40 4 0 0 12 5 10 26 .176 .214 .194 .408
Sam Agnew UNQ BOS 72 219 199 11 33 8 0 0 6 0 11 26 .166 .221 .206 .427
Showing 1-50 of 143 batters listed (80 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 126 innings at 126 team games. 70 of the 119 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1918 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Joe Williams NLG 10 6 16 14 14 1 0 134.2 128 17 32 93 1.14 1.19
Walter Johnson WS1 23 13 39 29 29 8 3 326.0 241 46 70 162 1.27 0.95
Hippo Vaughn CHN 22 10 35 33 27 8 0 290.1 216 56 76 148 1.74 1.01
Stan Coveleski CLE 22 13 38 33 25 2 1 311.0 261 63 76 87 1.82 1.08
Allen Sothoron SLA 12 12 29 24 14 2 0 209.0 152 45 67 71 1.94 1.05
Scott Perry PHA 20 19 44 36 30 3 2 332.1 295 73 111 81 1.98 1.22
Lefty Tyler CHN 19 8 33 30 22 6 1 269.1 218 60 67 102 2.00 1.06
Wilbur Cooper PIT 19 14 38 29 26 2 3 273.1 219 64 65 117 2.11 1.04
Bullet Joe Bush BOS 15 15 36 31 26 7 2 272.2 241 64 91 125 2.11 1.22
Phil Douglas CHN 10 9 25 19 11 2 2 156.2 145 37 31 51 2.13 1.12
Burleigh Grimes BRO 19 9 40 30 19 7 1 270.0 210 64 76 113 2.13 1.06
Harry Harper WS1 11 10 35 32 14 3 1 244.0 182 59 104 78 2.18 1.17
George Mogridge NYA 16 13 45 19 13 1 7 239.1 232 58 43 62 2.18 1.15
Carl Mays BOS 21 13 35 33 30 8 0 293.1 230 72 81 114 2.21 1.06
Babe Ruth BOS 13 7 20 19 18 1 0 166.1 125 41 49 40 2.22 1.05
Sad Sam Jones BOS 16 5 24 21 16 5 0 184.0 151 46 70 44 2.25 1.20
Slim Sallee NY1 8 8 18 16 12 1 2 132.0 122 33 12 33 2.25 1.02
Red Ames SLN 9 14 27 25 17 0 1 206.2 192 53 52 68 2.31 1.18
Hod Eller CIN 16 12 37 22 14 0 1 217.2 205 57 59 84 2.36 1.21
Johnny Enzmann CLE 5 7 30 14 8 0 2 136.2 130 36 29 38 2.37 1.16
Frank Miller PIT 11 8 23 23 14 2 0 170.1 152 45 37 47 2.38 1.11
Jim Shaw WS1 16 12 41 30 14 4 1 241.1 201 65 90 129 2.42 1.21
Bill Doak SLN 9 15 31 23 16 1 1 211.0 191 57 60 74 2.43 1.19
Fred Toney 2 teams 12 12 32 28 16 2 3 222.0 203 60 38 51 2.43 1.09
Rube Bressler CIN 8 5 17 13 10 0 0 128.0 124 35 39 37 2.46 1.27
Al Demaree NY1 8 6 26 14 8 2 1 142.0 143 39 25 39 2.47 1.18
Bunny Hearn BSN 5 6 17 12 9 1 0 126.1 119 35 29 30 2.49 1.17
Brad Hogg PHI 13 13 29 25 17 3 1 228.0 201 64 61 81 2.53 1.15
Dick Rudolph BSN 9 10 21 20 15 3 0 154.0 144 44 30 48 2.57 1.13
Roy Sanders PIT 7 9 28 14 6 1 1 156.0 135 45 52 55 2.60 1.20
Joe Benz CHA 8 8 29 17 10 1 0 154.0 156 45 28 30 2.63 1.19
Rube Marquard BRO 9 18 34 29 19 4 0 239.0 231 70 59 89 2.64 1.21
Guy Morton CLE 14 8 30 28 13 1 0 214.2 189 63 77 123 2.64 1.24
Bernie Boland DET 14 10 29 25 14 4 0 204.0 176 60 67 63 2.65 1.19
Erskine Mayer 2 teams 16 7 28 27 18 1 0 227.1 230 67 53 41 2.65 1.24
Frank Shellenback CHA 9 12 28 21 10 2 2 182.2 180 54 74 47 2.66 1.39
Jim Bagby CLE 17 16 45 31 23 2 6 271.1 274 81 78 57 2.69 1.30
Art Nehf BSN 15 15 32 31 28 2 0 284.1 274 85 76 96 2.69 1.23
Bill Sherdel SLN 6 12 35 16 9 1 0 182.1 174 55 49 40 2.71 1.22
Pol Perritt NY1 18 13 35 31 19 6 0 233.0 212 71 38 60 2.74 1.07
Eddie Cicotte CHA 12 19 38 30 24 1 2 266.0 275 82 40 104 2.77 1.18
Claude Hendrix CHN 20 7 32 27 21 3 0 233.0 229 72 54 86 2.78 1.21
Red Causey NY1 11 6 29 18 10 2 2 158.1 143 49 42 48 2.79 1.17
Doc Ayers WS1 10 12 40 24 11 4 3 219.2 215 69 63 67 2.83 1.27
Jimmy Ring CIN 9 5 21 18 13 4 0 142.1 130 45 48 26 2.85 1.25
Mike Prendergast PHI 13 14 33 30 20 0 1 252.1 257 81 46 41 2.89 1.20
Elmer Jacobs 2 teams 9 6 26 18 12 4 1 146.1 122 48 56 35 2.95 1.22
Hooks Dauss DET 12 16 33 26 21 1 3 249.2 243 83 58 73 2.99 1.21
Larry Cheney BRO 11 13 32 21 15 0 1 200.2 177 67 74 83 3.00 1.25
Joe Oeschger PHI 6 18 30 23 13 2 3 184.0 159 62 83 60 3.03 1.32
Ray Caldwell NYA 9 8 24 21 14 1 1 176.2 173 60 62 59 3.06 1.33
Fritz Coumbe CLE 13 7 30 17 9 0 3 150.0 164 51 52 41 3.06 1.44
Slim Love NYA 13 12 38 29 13 1 1 228.2 207 78 116 95 3.07 1.41
Vean Gregg PHA 9 14 30 25 17 3 2 199.1 180 69 67 63 3.12 1.24
George Cunningham DET 6 7 27 14 10 0 1 140.0 131 49 38 39 3.15 1.21
Pat Ragan BSN 8 17 30 25 15 2 0 206.1 212 74 54 68 3.23 1.29
Dave Davenport SLA 10 11 31 22 12 2 1 180.0 182 65 69 60 3.25 1.39
Allen Russell NYA 7 11 27 18 7 2 4 141.0 139 51 73 54 3.26 1.50
Tom Rogers SLA 8 10 29 16 11 0 2 154.0 148 56 49 29 3.27 1.28
Mule Watson PHA 7 10 21 19 11 3 0 141.2 139 53 44 30 3.37 1.29
George Smith 2 teams 8 7 23 13 9 1 0 132.0 140 50 22 41 3.41 1.23
Dave Danforth CHA 6 15 39 11 5 0 2 139.0 148 53 40 48 3.43 1.35
Gene Packard SLN 12 12 30 23 10 1 2 182.1 184 71 33 46 3.50 1.19
Pete Schneider CIN 10 15 33 30 17 2 0 217.0 213 85 117 51 3.53 1.52
Lee Meadows SLN 8 14 30 23 12 0 1 165.1 176 66 56 49 3.59 1.40
Rudy Kallio DET 8 14 30 22 10 2 0 181.1 178 73 76 70 3.62 1.40
Jack Coombs BRO 8 14 27 20 16 2 0 189.0 191 80 49 44 3.81 1.27
Jakie May SLN 5 6 29 15 6 0 0 152.2 149 65 69 61 3.83 1.43
Willie Adams PHA 5 12 32 14 7 0 0 169.0 164 83 97 39 4.42 1.54
Joseph Finneran 2 teams 3 8 28 15 4 0 1 128.0 156 63 43 36 4.43 1.55
Earl Hamilton UNQ PIT 6 0 6 6 6 1 0 54.0 47 5 13 20 0.83 1.11
Red Faber UNQ CHA 4 1 11 9 5 1 1 80.2 70 11 23 26 1.23 1.15
Eddie Matteson UNQ WS1 5 3 14 6 2 0 0 67.2 57 13 15 17 1.73 1.06
Urban Shocker UNQ SLA 6 5 14 9 7 0 2 94.2 69 19 40 33 1.81 1.15
Jesse Barnes UNQ NY1 6 1 9 9 4 2 0 54.2 53 11 13 12 1.81 1.21
Speed Martin UNQ CHN 5 2 9 5 4 1 1 53.2 47 11 14 16 1.84 1.14
String Bean Williams UNQ ABC 7 4 15 10 9 0 0 105.1 76 24 33 41 2.05 1.03
John Donaldson UNQ 2 teams 7 6 15 12 11 3 0 114.1 112 27 32 57 2.13 1.26
Dan Griner UNQ BRO 1 5 11 6 3 1 0 54.1 47 13 15 22 2.15 1.14
Dana Fillingim UNQ BSN 7 6 14 13 10 4 0 113.0 99 28 28 29 2.23 1.12
Jack Quinn UNQ CHA 5 1 6 5 5 0 0 51.0 38 13 7 22 2.29 0.88
Lefty George UNQ BSN 1 5 9 5 4 0 0 54.1 56 14 21 22 2.32 1.42
Jeff Tesreau UNQ NY1 4 4 12 9 3 1 0 73.2 61 19 21 31 2.32 1.11
Byron Houck UNQ SLA 2 4 27 2 0 0 2 71.2 58 19 29 29 2.39 1.21
Dick Whitworth UNQ CAG 9 2 15 7 7 0 2 86.1 68 23 36 39 2.40 1.20
Hank Thormahlen UNQ NYA 7 3 16 12 5 2 0 112.2 85 31 52 22 2.48 1.22
Eric Erickson UNQ DET 4 5 12 9 8 0 1 94.1 81 26 29 48 2.48 1.17
Rasty Wright UNQ SLA 8 2 18 13 6 1 0 111.1 99 31 18 25 2.51 1.05
Lefty Leifield UNQ SLA 2 6 15 6 3 1 0 67.0 61 19 19 22 2.55 1.19
Dick Robertson UNQ BRO 3 6 13 9 7 1 0 87.0 87 25 28 18 2.59 1.32
Reb Russell UNQ CHA 7 5 19 15 10 2 0 124.2 117 36 33 38 2.60 1.20
Bob Harmon UNQ PIT 2 7 16 9 5 0 0 82.1 76 24 12 7 2.62 1.07
Evelio Calderin UNQ CSE 5 5 14 9 9 0 1 92.0 100 27 27 35 2.64 1.38
Fred Anderson UNQ NY1 4 2 18 4 2 1 3 70.2 62 21 17 24 2.67 1.12
Cristóbal Torriente UNQ CSW 2 2 8 5 3 0 0 57.0 41 17 29 21 2.68 1.23
Bob Geary UNQ PHA 2 5 16 7 6 2 4 87.0 94 26 31 22 2.69 1.44
Paul Carter UNQ CHN 3 2 21 4 1 0 2 73.0 78 22 19 13 2.71 1.33
Dutch Leonard UNQ BOS 8 6 16 16 12 3 0 125.2 119 38 53 47 2.72 1.37
Lefty Williams UNQ CHA 6 4 15 14 7 2 1 105.2 76 32 47 30 2.73 1.16
Bob Steele UNQ 2 teams 5 8 22 11 7 2 2 115.0 100 37 28 45 2.90 1.11
Ralph Comstock UNQ PIT 5 6 15 8 6 0 1 81.0 78 27 14 44 3.00 1.14
Isidro Fabré UNQ CSE 4 2 10 6 5 0 0 70.2 85 24 19 18 3.06 1.47
Carroll Jones UNQ DET 3 1 21 4 1 0 0 67.0 60 23 38 15 3.09 1.46
Grover Lowdermilk UNQ SLA 2 6 13 11 4 0 0 80.0 74 28 38 25 3.15 1.40
Mike Regan UNQ CIN 5 5 22 6 4 3 2 80.0 77 29 29 15 3.26 1.32
Tom Williams UNQ 2 teams 1 3 9 7 2 0 0 55.2 58 21 18 21 3.40 1.37
Dizzy Dismukes UNQ ABC 4 5 9 8 7 1 0 66.0 67 25 23 19 3.41 1.36
Roy Johnson UNQ PHA 1 5 10 8 3 0 0 50.0 47 19 34 12 3.42 1.62
Milt Watson UNQ PHI 5 7 23 11 6 0 0 112.2 126 43 36 29 3.43 1.44
Bert Gallia UNQ SLA 8 6 19 17 10 1 0 124.0 126 48 61 48 3.48 1.51
Phil Cockrell UNQ 2 teams 5 3 10 8 5 0 0 67.2 64 27 28 40 3.59 1.36
Bill James UNQ DET 6 11 19 18 8 1 0 122.0 127 51 68 42 3.76 1.60
Dolf Luque UNQ CIN 6 3 12 10 9 1 0 83.0 84 35 32 26 3.80 1.40
Jim Jeffries UNQ ABC 8 2 16 14 6 2 1 86.0 80 40 31 26 4.19 1.29
Frank Wickware UNQ CAG 3 4 9 6 2 0 0 53.0 54 25 19 19 4.25 1.38
Elmer Myers UNQ PHA 4 8 18 15 5 1 1 95.1 101 49 42 17 4.63 1.50
Scottie Hendrix UNQ NLG 1 4 6 5 4 0 0 52.0 58 27 28 21 4.67 1.65
José Junco UNQ CSW 4 9 15 14 10 1 0 100.1 115 53 27 27 4.75 1.42
Bernardo Baró UNQ CSW 4 7 14 10 8 1 0 83.2 82 46 36 28 4.95 1.41
Showing 1-50 of 119 pitchers listed (70 qualified)

Reading the 1918 leader tables

The 1918 batting table lists 143 hitters, of whom 80 qualify for the rate columns. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Ty Cobb at .382, with George Burns next at .352. Sorting by home runs brings Tillie Walker (11) to the top; the RBI high belongs to Bobby Veach, 78. Max Carey's 58 steals are the most listed. On the 1918 pitching side, 70 of 119 listed pitchers qualify. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Joe Williams, 1.14, and Walter Johnson has the best WHIP, 0.95. The counting columns are topped by Walter Johnson in wins (23).

1918 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1918?
Tillie Walker and Babe Ruth tied for the lead with 11 home runs in 1918.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1918?
Bobby Veach led with 78 RBI in 1918.
Who led MLB in hits in 1918?
George Burns led with 178 hits in 1918.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1918?
Ty Cobb led at .382 in 1918, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1918?
Walter Johnson led with 23 wins in 1918.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1918?
Walter Johnson led with 162 strikeouts in 1918.