1918 Philadelphia Athletics season

1918 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1918 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 76 losses.

Regular season

In 1918, the A's Elephant Mascot turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time.

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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Willie Adams Lou Bauer Bob Geary Vean Gregg Chick Holmes Roy Johnson Vic Keen Elmer Myers Scott Perry William Pierson Red Shea Mule Watson Tom Zachary		Catchers Wickey McAvoy Cy Perkins Infielders George Burns Claude Davidson Joe Dugan Jimmy Dykes Larry Gardner Red Shannon		Outfielders Merito Acosta Frank Fahey Charlie Jamieson Merlin Kopp Jake Munch Rube Oldring Tilly Walker		Manager Connie Mack

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
C	McAvoy, WickeyWickey McAvoy	83	271	66	.244	0	32
1B	Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	130	505	178	.352	6	70
2B	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	59	186	35	.188	0	13
3B	Gardner, LarryLarry Gardner	127	463	132	.285	1	52
OF	Walker, TillyTilly Walker	114	414	122	.295	11	48
OF	Kopp, MerlinMerlin Kopp	96	363	85	.234	0	18
OF	Jamieson, CharlieCharlie Jamieson	110	416	84	.202	0	11

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
Munch, JakeJake Munch	22	30	8	.267	0	0
Fahey, FrankFrank Fahey	10	17	3	.176	0	1

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
Gregg, VeanVean Gregg	30	199.1	9	14	3.12	63
Myers, ElmerElmer Myers	18	95.1	4	8	4.63	17
Johnson, RoyRoy Johnson	10	50	1	5	3.42	12
Keen, VicVic Keen	1	8	0	1	3.38	1

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
Adams, WillieWillie Adams	32	169	5	12	4.42	39
Geary, BobBob Geary	16	87	2	5	2.69	22
Jamieson, CharlieCharlie Jamieson	5	23	2	1	4.30	2

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
Fahey, FrankFrank Fahey	3	0	0	0	6.00	1
Holmes, ChickChick Holmes	2	0	0	0	13.50	0
McAvoy, WickeyWickey McAvoy	2	0	0	0	13.50	0
Bauer, LouLou Bauer	1	0	0	0	∞	0

References

External links

• 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com