1918 St. Louis Browns season

1918 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	58–64 (.475)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Fielder Jones, Jimmy Austin, and Jimmy Burke
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The 1918 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 64 losses.

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Bugs Bennett Dave Davenport Bert Gallia Byron Houck Lefty Leifield Grover Lowdermilk Tim McCabe Tom Rogers Urban Shocker Allen Sothoron Rasty Wright		Catchers George Hale Les Nunamaker Hank Severeid Infielders Jimmy Austin Joe Gedeon Wally Gerber Pete Johns Ernie Johnson Fritz Maisel George Sisler		Outfielders Ray Demmitt Tim Hendryx Earl Smith Jack Tobin Other batters Ken Williams		Manager Jimmy Austin Jimmy Burke Fielder Jones

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
SS	Austin, JimmyJimmy Austin	110	367	97	.264	0	20
OF	Smith, EarlEarl Smith	89	286	77	.269	0	32

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
Johnson, ErnieErnie Johnson	29	34	9	.265	0	4
Hale, GeorgeGeorge Hale	12	30	4	.133	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
Davenport, DaveDave Davenport	31	180	10	11	3.25	60
Gallia, BertBert Gallia	19	124	8	6	3.48	48

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
Wright, RastyRasty Wright	18	111.1	8	2	2.51	25

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
Houck, ByronByron Houck	27	2	4	2	2.39	29
McCabe, TimTim McCabe	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

External links

• 1918 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1918 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com