1918 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1918 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
← 1917 1919 →

The 1918 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth 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

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	75	51	.595	—	49‍–‍21	26‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians	73	54	.575	2½	38‍–‍22	35‍–‍32
Washington Senators	72	56	.562	4	41‍–‍32	31‍–‍24
New York Yankees	60	63	.488	13½	37‍–‍29	23‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns	58	64	.475	15	23‍–‍30	35‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox	57	67	.460	17	30‍–‍26	27‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	55	71	.437	20	28‍–‍29	27‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics	52	76	.406	24	35‍–‍32	17‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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

1918 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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	Wickey McAvoy	83	271	66	.244	0	32
1B	George Burns	130	505	178	.352	6	70
2B	Jimmy Dykes	59	186	35	.188	0	13
SS	Joe Dugan	121	411	80	.195	3	34
3B	Larry Gardner	127	463	132	.285	1	52
OF	Tilly Walker	114	414	122	.295	11	48
OF	Merlin Kopp	96	363	85	.234	0	18
OF	Charlie 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
Red Shannon	72	225	54	.240	0	16
Cy Perkins	68	218	41	.188	1	14
Merito Acosta	49	169	51	.302	0	14
Rube Oldring	49	133	31	.233	0	11
Claude Davidson	31	81	15	.185	0	4
Jake Munch	22	30	8	.267	0	0
Frank 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
Scott Perry	44	332.1	20	19	1.98	81
Vean Gregg	30	199.1	9	14	3.12	63
Mule Watson	21	141.2	7	10	3.37	30
Elmer Myers	18	95.1	4	8	4.63	17
Roy Johnson	10	50.0	1	5	3.42	12
Vic Keen	1	8.0	0	1	3.38	1
Tom Zachary	2	8.0	2	0	5.63	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
Willie Adams	32	169.0	5	12	4.42	39
Bob Geary	16	87.0	2	5	2.69	22
Charlie Jamieson	5	23.0	2	1	4.30	2
William Pierson	8	21.2	0	1	3.32	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	ERA	SO
Red Shea	3	4.00	2
Frank Fahey	3	6.00	1
Chick Holmes	2	13.50	0
Wickey McAvoy	2	13.50	0
Lou Bauer	1	inf	0

References

External links

v t e 1918 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1918 World Series

Athletics

Established in 1901
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics, the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics
Based in West Sacramento, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John Fisher
President: Dave Kaval
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Minors

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

Seasons (125)
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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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