1918 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City, New York | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston | |
Managers | Miller Huggins | |
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The 1918 New York Yankees season was the 15th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 60–63, finishing 13.5 games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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Pitchers
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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 | Truck Hannah | 90 | 250 | 55 | .220 | 2 | 21 |
1B | Wally Pipp | 91 | 349 | 106 | .304 | 2 | 44 |
2B | Del Pratt | 126 | 477 | 131 | .275 | 2 | 55 |
SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 122 | 446 | 103 | .231 | 0 | 43 |
3B | Frank Baker | 126 | 504 | 154 | .306 | 6 | 62 |
OF | Ping Bodie | 91 | 324 | 83 | .256 | 3 | 46 |
OF | Frank Gilhooley | 112 | 427 | 118 | .276 | 1 | 23 |
OF | Elmer Miller | 67 | 202 | 49 | .243 | 1 | 22 |
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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Roxy Walters | 64 | 191 | 38 | .199 | 0 | 12 |
Ham Hyatt | 53 | 131 | 30 | .229 | 2 | 10 |
Armando Marsans | 37 | 123 | 29 | .236 | 0 | 9 |
Bill Lamar | 28 | 110 | 25 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
Jack Fournier | 27 | 100 | 35 | .350 | 0 | 12 |
John Hummel | 22 | 61 | 18 | .295 | 0 | 4 |
Aaron Ward | 20 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Hugh High | 7 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Zinn Beck | 11 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Muddy Ruel | 3 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Sammy Vick | 2 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 1 |
Paddy O'Connor | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Chick Fewster | 5 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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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Slim Love | 38 | 228.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.07 | 95 |
Ray Caldwell | 24 | 176.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.06 | 59 |
Allen Russell | 27 | 141.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.26 | 54 |
Hank Thormahlen | 16 | 112.2 | 7 | 3 | 2.48 | 22 |
Bob McGraw | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | inf | 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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George Mogridge | 45 | 239.1 | 16 | 13 | 2.18 | 62 |
Happy Finneran | 23 | 114.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.78 | 34 |
Ray Keating | 15 | 48.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.91 | 16 |
Hank Robinson | 11 | 48.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.00 | 14 |
Roy Sanders | 6 | 25.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.21 | 8 |
Bob Shawkey | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.13 | 3 |
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 |
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Dazzy Vance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 0 |
Ed Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Alex Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Walter Bernhardt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |