1918 New York Yankees season

1918 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1913)
New York City, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
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The 1918 New York Yankees season was the 17th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 60–63, finishing 13.5 behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

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	—

Roster

1918 New York Yankees roster
Roster
Pitchers 35 Walter Bernhardt 34 Ray Caldwell 33 Alex Ferguson 65 Happy Finneran 88 Ray Keating 89 Slim Love 29 Bob McGraw 28 George Mogridge  8 Ed Monroe 26 Hank Robinson 17 Allen Russell 23 Roy Sanders 22 Bob Shawkey 20 Hank Thormahlen 18 Dazzy Vance		Catchers Truck Hannah Paddy O'Connor Muddy Ruel Roxy Walters Infielders Frank Baker Zinn Beck Chick Fewster Jack Fournier Roger Peckinpaugh Wally Pipp Del Pratt Aaron Ward		Outfielders Ping Bodie Frank Gilhooley Hugh High John Hummel Ham Hyatt Bill Lamar Armando Marsans Elmer Miller Sammy Vick		Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Paddy O'Connor

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
3B	Baker, FrankFrank Baker	126	504	154	.306	6	62

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
O'Connor, PaddyPaddy O'Connor	1	3	1	.333	0	0

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

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

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
Bernhardt, WalterWalter Bernhardt	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

External links

• 1918 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1918 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference