1918 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

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.

Roster

1918 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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		83	271	66	.244	0	32
1B		130	505	178	.352	6	70
2B		59	186	35	.188	0	13
SS		121	411	80	.195	3	34
3B		127	463	132	.285	1	52
OF		114	414	122	.295	11	48
OF		96	363	85	.234	0	18
OF		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
	72	225	54	.240	0	16
	68	218	41	.188	1	14
	49	169	51	.302	0	14
	49	133	31	.233	0	11
	31	81	15	.185	0	4
	22	30	8	.267	0	0
	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
	44	332.1	20	19	1.98	81
	30	199.1	9	14	3.12	63
	21	141.2	7	10	3.37	30
	18	95.1	4	8	4.63	17
	10	50.0	1	5	3.42	12
	1	8.0	0	1	3.38	1
	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
	32	169.0	5	12	4.42	39
	16	87.0	2	5	2.69	22
	5	23.0	2	1	4.30	2
	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	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	3	0	0	0	4.00	2
	3	0	0	0	6.00	1
	2	0	0	0	13.50	0
	2	0	0	0	13.50	0
	1	0	0	0	inf	0

External links

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