The 1918 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 51 losses. The season was cut short due to World War I . They defeated the Chicago Cubs in 6 games in the World Series . This would be the last World Series victory for the Red Sox until 2004 , losing in the World Series in 1946 , 1967 , 1975 , and 1986 . It would be the last World Series victory for the Red Sox at Fenway Park until winning the Championship at home in 2013 .
Their pitching staff, led by Carl Mays and Bullet Joe Bush , allowed the fewest runs in the league. Babe Ruth was the fourth starter and also spent significant time in the outfield, as he was the best hitter on the team. He led the AL in home runs and slugging percentage.
Regular season [ edit ] Season standings [ edit ]
Record vs. opponents [ edit ]
1918 American League Records
Sources:
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Team
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
NYY
PHI
STL
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
—
Opening Day lineup [ edit ]
1918 Boston Red Sox
Roster
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
2B
Shean, Dave Dave Shean 115
425
112
.264
0
34
OF
Strunk, Amos Amos Strunk 114
413
106
.257
0
35
OF
Hooper, Harry Harry Hooper 126
474
137
.289
1
44
Other batters [ edit ] Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching [ edit ] Starting pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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
Dubuc, Jean Jean Dubuc 2
10.2
0
1
4.22
1
Relief pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player
G
W
L
SV
ERA
SO
Kinney, Walt Walt Kinney 5
0
0
0
1.80
4
Awards and honors [ edit ] League top ten finishers [ edit ] Bullet Joe Bush
#3 strikeouts (125)
#5 earned run average (2.11)
Harry Hooper
Carl Mays
#3 wins (21)
#5 strikeouts (114)
Babe Ruth
#1 home runs (11)
#1 slugging percentage (.555)
#2 on-base percentage (.411)
#3 runs batted in (66)
1918 World Series [ edit ] AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)
Game
Score
Date
Location
Attendance
1
Red Sox – 1 , Cubs – 0September 5
Comiskey Park 19,274
2
Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3
September 6
Comiskey Park 20,040
3
Red Sox – 2 , Cubs – 1September 7
Comiskey Park 27,054
4
Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3
September 9
Fenway Park 22,183
5
Cubs – 3 , Red Sox – 0September 10
Fenway Park 24,694
6
Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2
September 11
Fenway Park 15,238
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