1918 Philadelphia Phillies season

1918 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	William F. Baker
Managers	Pat Moran
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The following lists the events of the 1918 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	84	45	0.651	—	49–25	35–20
New York Giants	71	53	0.573	10½	35–21	36–32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	0.531	15½	46–24	22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	0.520	17	42–28	23–32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	0.452	25½	33–21	24–48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	0.447	26	27–29	28–39
Boston Braves	53	71	0.427	28½	23–29	30–42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	0.395	33	32–40	19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–6	5–14	10–8	1–15	7–12	10–9	12–7
Brooklyn	6–8	—	10–9	6–12	8–12	9–8	10–9	8–11
Chicago	14–5	9–10	—	10–7–1	14–6	12–6	10–8–1	15–3
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	7–10–1	—	12–7	12–7	4–12	13–8
New York	15–1	12–8	6–14	7–12	—	10–3	8–11	13–4
Philadelphia	12–7	8–9	6–12	7–12	3–10	—	11–7	8–11–2
Pittsburgh	9–10	9–10	8–10–1	12–4	11–8	7–11	—	9–7
St. Louis	7–12	11–8	3–15	8–13	4–13	11–8–2	7–9	—

Roster

1918 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Dixie Davis Gary Fortune Brad Hogg Elmer Jacobs Alex Main Erskine Mayer Joe Oeschger Mike Prendergast Ben Tincup Milt Watson Frank Woodward		Catchers Bert Adams Ed Burns Mickey Devine Pickles Dillhoefer Infielders Dave Bancroft Ed Hemingway Fred Luderus Patsy McGaffigan Harry Pearce Milt Stock		Outfielders Gavvy Cravath Mike Fitzgerald Irish Meusel Ty Pickup Possum Whitted Cy Williams		Manager Pat Moran

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	Bert Adams	84	227	40	.176	0	12
1B	Fred Luderus	125	468	135	.288	5	67
2B	Patsy McGaffigan	54	192	39	.203	1	8
SS	Dave Bancroft	125	499	132	.265	0	26
3B	Milt Stock	123	481	132	.274	1	42
OF	Gavvy Cravath	121	426	99	.232	8	54
OF	Irish Meusel	124	473	132	.279	4	62
OF	Cy Williams	94	351	97	.276	6	39

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
Ed Burns	68	184	38	.207	0	9
Harry Pearce	60	164	40	.244	0	18
Mike Fitzgerald	66	133	39	.293	0	6
Ed Hemingway	33	108	23	.213	0	12
Possum Whitted	24	86	21	.244	0	3
Pickles Dillhoefer	8	11	1	.091	0	0
Mickey Devine	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Ty Pickup	1	1	1	1.000	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
Mike Prendergast	33	252.1	13	14	2.89	41
Brad Hogg	29	228.0	13	13	2.53	81
Joe Oeschger	30	184.0	6	18	3.03	60
Elmer Jacobs	18	123.0	9	5	2.41	33
Erskine Mayer	13	104.0	7	4	3.12	16

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
Milt Watson	23	112.2	5	7	3.43	29
Alex Main	8	35.0	2	2	4.63	14
Gary Fortune	5	31.0	0	2	8.13	10
Ben Tincup	8	16.2	0	1	7.56	6

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
Dixie Davis	17	0	2	0	3.06	18
Frank Woodward	2	0	0	0	6.00	4

External links

• 1918 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference