1918 Philadelphia Athletics

52-76 • .406 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

52 Wins
76 Losses
.406 Win %
8th Rank
412 R 538 RA
Diff -126

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⚡ Quick Stats

412 Runs Scored
538 Runs Allowed
-126 Run Diff
163K Attendance

📈 vs. 1918 AL Average

Batting Avg .242 4% below the 1918 league average (.253)
OBP .302 6% below the 1918 league average (.323)
SLG .307 5% below the 1918 league average (.322)
Team ERA 3.22 16% worse than the 1918 league average (2.77)
Runs Scored 412 11% below the 1918 league average (463 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 68
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Total Attendance 163,400
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Avg per Game 2,402

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1918

Batting Avg

1 George Burns 0.352 2 Merito Acosta 0.302 3 Tillie Walker 0.295 4 Larry Gardner 0.285 5 Wickey McAvoy 0.244

Home Runs

1 Tillie Walker 11 2 George Burns 6 3 Joe Dugan 3 4 Larry Gardner 1 5 Cy Perkins 1

RBI

1 George Burns 70 2 Larry Gardner 52 3 Tillie Walker 48 4 Joe Dugan 34 5 Wickey McAvoy 32
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George Burns 130 505 61 178 22 9 6 70 23 25 8 0.352
Larry Gardner 127 463 50 132 22 6 1 52 43 22 9 0.285
Charlie Jamieson 110 416 50 84 11 2 0 11 54 30 11 0.202
Tillie Walker 114 414 56 122 20 0 11 48 41 44 8 0.295
Joe Dugan 121 411 26 80 11 3 3 34 16 55 4 0.195
Merlin Kopp 96 363 60 85 7 7 0 18 42 55 22 0.234
Wickey McAvoy 83 271 14 66 5 3 0 32 13 23 5 0.244
Red Shannon 72 225 23 54 6 5 0 16 42 52 5 0.240
Cy Perkins 68 218 9 41 4 1 1 14 8 15 1 0.188
Jimmy Dykes 59 186 13 35 3 3 0 13 19 32 3 0.188
Merito Acosta 49 169 23 51 3 3 0 14 18 10 4 0.302
Rube Oldring 49 133 5 31 2 1 0 11 8 10 0 0.233
Scott Perry 44 112 1 15 2 0 0 5 4 33 1 0.134
Claude Davidson 31 81 4 15 1 0 0 4 5 9 0 0.185
Vean Gregg 30 71 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 12 0 0.169
Willie Adams 32 57 3 8 1 0 0 2 2 16 0 0.140
Mule Watson 21 47 0 6 1 0 0 3 1 17 0 0.128
Elmer Myers 18 35 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0.143
Jake Munch 22 30 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0.267
Bob Geary 16 27 3 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0.148
Frank Fahey 10 17 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.176
Roy Johnson 10 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.067
William Pierson 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Tom Zachary 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Red Shea 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Vic Keen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lou Bauer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chick Holmes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1918

ERA

1 Scott Perry 1.98 2 Bob Geary 2.69 3 Vean Gregg 3.12 4 Mule Watson 3.37 5 Roy Johnson 3.42

Wins

1 Scott Perry 20 2 Vean Gregg 9 3 Mule Watson 7 4 Willie Adams 5 5 Elmer Myers 4

Strikeouts

1 Scott Perry 81 2 Vean Gregg 63 3 Willie Adams 39 4 Mule Watson 30 5 Bob Geary 22
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Scott Perry 20 19 1.98 44 36 2 332.1 295 73 111 81
Vean Gregg 9 14 3.12 30 25 2 199.1 180 69 67 63
Willie Adams 5 12 4.42 32 14 0 169.0 164 83 97 39
Mule Watson 7 10 3.37 21 19 0 141.2 139 53 44 30
Elmer Myers 4 8 4.63 18 15 1 95.1 101 49 42 17
Bob Geary 2 5 2.69 16 7 4 87.0 94 26 31 22
Roy Johnson 1 5 3.42 10 8 0 50.0 47 19 34 12
Charlie Jamieson 2 1 4.30 5 2 0 23.0 24 11 13 2
William Pierson 0 1 3.32 8 1 0 21.2 20 8 20 6
Frank Fahey 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 9.0 5 6 14 1
Red Shea 0 0 4.00 3 0 0 9.0 14 4 2 2
Vic Keen 0 1 3.38 1 1 0 8.0 9 3 1 1
Tom Zachary 2 0 5.63 2 2 0 8.0 9 5 7 1
Chick Holmes 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 2.0 4 3 1 0
Wickey McAvoy 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0
Lou Bauer 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 0

👥 Roster (28)

Merito Acosta Willie Adams Lou Bauer George Burns Claude Davidson Joe Dugan Jimmy Dykes Frank Fahey Larry Gardner Bob Geary Vean Gregg Chick Holmes +16 more

28 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1918 Philadelphia Athletics

What was the 1918 Philadelphia Athletics record?
The 1918 Philadelphia Athletics finished 52-76 (.406 win pct).
Who led the 1918 Philadelphia Athletics in home runs?
Tillie Walker led the 1918 Philadelphia Athletics with 11 home runs.
What was the 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team ERA?
The 1918 Philadelphia Athletics posted a team ERA of 3.22.
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