1918 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 53–71 (.427) |
League place | 7th |
Owners | Percy Haughton |
Managers | George Stallings |
The 1918 Boston Braves season was the 48th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 71 losses.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Art Wilson | 89 | 280 | 69 | .246 | 0 | 19 |
1B | Ed Konetchy | 119 | 437 | 103 | .236 | 2 | 56 |
2B | Buck Herzog | 118 | 473 | 108 | .228 | 0 | 26 |
SS | Johnny Rawlings | 111 | 410 | 85 | .207 | 0 | 21 |
3B | Red Smith | 119 | 429 | 128 | .298 | 2 | 65 |
OF | Red Massey | 66 | 203 | 59 | .291 | 0 | 18 |
OF | Al Wickland | 95 | 332 | 87 | .262 | 4 | 32 |
OF | Ray Powell | 53 | 188 | 40 | .213 | 0 | 20 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Joe Kelly | 47 | 155 | 36 | .232 | 0 | 15 |
Jim Kelly | 35 | 146 | 48 | .329 | 0 | 4 |
Wally Rehg | 40 | 133 | 32 | .241 | 1 | 12 |
Zeb Terry | 28 | 105 | 32 | .305 | 0 | 8 |
Chet Chadbourne | 27 | 104 | 27 | .260 | 0 | 6 |
John Henry | 43 | 102 | 21 | .206 | 0 | 4 |
Jimmy Smith | 34 | 102 | 23 | .225 | 1 | 14 |
Bill Wagner | 13 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 1 | 7 |
Rabbit Maranville | 11 | 38 | 12 | .316 | 0 | 3 |
Buzz Murphy | 9 | 32 | 12 | .375 | 1 | 9 |
Rip Conway | 14 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Bailey | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Covington | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Miller | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Bass | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Tragesser | 7 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Art Nehf | 32 | 284.1 | 15 | 15 | 2.69 | 96 |
Pat Ragan | 30 | 206.1 | 8 | 17 | 3.23 | 68 |
Dick Rudolph | 21 | 154.0 | 9 | 10 | 2.57 | 48 |
Bunny Hearn | 17 | 126.1 | 5 | 6 | 2.49 | 30 |
Dana Fillingim | 14 | 113.0 | 7 | 6 | 2.23 | 29 |
Tom Hughes | 3 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.44 | 9 |
Hugh McQuillan | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
Ed Konetchy | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 |
Cal Crum | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 0 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lefty George | 9 | 54.1 | 1 | 5 | 2.32 | 22 |
Hugh Canavan | 11 | 46.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.36 | 18 |
Jake Northrop | 7 | 40.0 | 5 | 1 | 1.35 | 4 |
Doc Crandall | 5 | 34.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.38 | 4 |
Bill Upham | 3 | 20.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.23 | 8 |
External links
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