1918 Boston Red Sox season

1918 Boston Red Sox
1918 World Series Champions 1918 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry Frazee
Manager(s)	Ed Barrow
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The 1918 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 51 losses. The season was cut short due to World War I. They defeated the Chicago Cubs in 6 games in the World Series. This would be the last World Series victory for the Red Sox until 2004, losing in the World Series in 1946, 1967, 1975, and 1986. It would be the last World Series victory for the Red Sox at Fenway Park until winning the Championship at home in 2013.

Their pitching staff, led by Carl Mays and Bullet Joe Bush, allowed the fewest runs in the league. Babe Ruth was the fourth starter and also spent significant time in the outfield, as he was the best hitter on the team. He led the AL in home runs and slugging percentage.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	75	51	0.595	—	49–21	26–30
Cleveland Indians	73	54	0.575	2½	38–22	35–32
Washington Senators	72	56	0.562	4	41–32	31–24
New York Yankees	60	63	0.488	13½	37–29	23–34
St. Louis Browns	58	64	0.475	15	23–30	35–34
Chicago White Sox	57	67	0.460	17	30–26	27–41
Detroit Tigers	55	71	0.437	20	28–29	27–42
Philadelphia Athletics	52	76	0.406	24	35–32	17–44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper	RF
Dave Shean	2B
Amos Strunk	CF
Dick Hoblitzel	1B
Stuffy McInnis	3B
George Whiteman	LF
Everett Scott	SS
Sam Agnew	C
Babe Ruth	P

Roster

1918 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Lore Bader Joe Bush Jean Dubuc Sad Sam Jones Walt Kinney Dutch Leonard Carl Mays Dick McCabe Vince Molyneaux Bill Pertica Weldon Wyckoff		Catchers Sam Agnew Wally Mayer Wally Schang Infielders Walter Barbare George Cochran Jack Coffey Eusebio González Dick Hoblitzel Stuffy McInnis Everett Scott Dave Shean Jack Stansbury Fred Thomas Frank Truesdale Heinie Wagner		Outfielders Harry Hooper Hack Miller Babe Ruth Amos Strunk George Whiteman Other batters Red Bluhm		Manager Ed Barrow

Player stats

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
2B	Shean, DaveDave Shean	115	425	112	.264	0	34
OF	Strunk, AmosAmos Strunk	114	413	106	.257	0	35
OF	Hooper, HarryHarry Hooper	126	474	137	.289	1	44

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
Ruth, BabeBabe Ruth	90	317	95	.300	11	66
Hoblitzel, DickDick Hoblitzel	25	69	11	.159	0	4
Cochran, GeorgeGeorge Cochran	24	60	7	.117	0	3

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
Mays, CarlCarl Mays	35	293.1	21	13	2.21	114
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	36	272.2	15	15	2.11	125
Jones, SamSam Jones	24	184	16	5	2.25	44
Ruth, BabeBabe Ruth	20	166.1	13	7	2.22	40
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard	16	125.2	8	6	2.72	47
Bader, LoreLore Bader	5	27	1	3	3.33	10

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
Dubuc, JeanJean Dubuc	2	10.2	0	1	4.22	1

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
Kinney, WaltWalt Kinney	5	0	0	0	1.80	4

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Bullet Joe Bush

• #3 strikeouts (125)
• #5 earned run average (2.11)

Harry Hooper

• #3 runs scored (81)

Carl Mays

• #3 wins (21)
• #5 strikeouts (114)

Babe Ruth

• #1 home runs (11)
• #1 slugging percentage (.555)
• #2 on-base percentage (.411)
• #3 runs batted in (66)

1918 World Series

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

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 0	September 5	Comiskey Park	19,274
2	Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3	September 6	Comiskey Park	20,040
3	Red Sox – 2, Cubs – 1	September 7	Comiskey Park	27,054
4	Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3	September 9	Fenway Park	22,183
5	Cubs – 3, Red Sox – 0	September 10	Fenway Park	24,694
6	Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2	September 11	Fenway Park	15,238

External links

• 1918 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1918 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com