1918 Philadelphia Phillies season

1918 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkBaker Bowl
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersWilliam F. Baker
ManagersPat Moran

The 1918 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 55–68, 26 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs. This season marked the first of thirty losing seasons in thirty-one years for the Phillies.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 84 45 .651 — 49‍–‍25 35‍–‍20
New York Giants 71 53 .573 10½ 35‍–‍21 36‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds 68 60 .531 15½ 46‍–‍24 22‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 60 .520 17 42‍–‍28 23‍–‍32
Brooklyn Robins 57 69 .452 25½ 33‍–‍21 24‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 55 68 .447 26 27‍–‍29 28‍–‍39
Boston Braves 53 71 .427 28½ 23‍–‍29 30‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 51 78 .395 33 32‍–‍40 19‍–‍38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BRO 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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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


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