1918 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersJim Dunn
ManagersLee Fohl
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The 1918 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 73–54, 2½ games behind the Boston Red Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 75 51 0.595 — 49–21 26–30
Cleveland Indians 73 54 0.575 2½ 38–22 35–32
Washington Senators 72 56 0.562 4 41–32 31–24
New York Yankees 60 63 0.488 13½ 37–29 23–34
St. Louis Browns 58 64 0.475 15 23–30 35–34
Chicago White Sox 57 67 0.460 17 30–26 27–41
Detroit Tigers 55 71 0.437 20 28–29 27–42
Philadelphia Athletics 52 76 0.406 24 35–32 17–44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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 Steve O'Neill 114 359 87 .242 1 35
1B Doc Johnston 74 273 62 .227 0 25
2B Bill Wambsganss 87 315 93 .295 0 40
SS Ray Chapman 128 446 119 .267 1 32
3B Joe Evans 79 243 64 .263 1 22
OF Braggo Roth 106 375 106 .283 1 59
OF Tris Speaker 127 471 150 .318 0 61
OF Smoky Joe Wood 119 422 125 .296 5 66

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
Terry Turner 74 233 58 .249 0 23
Jack Graney 70 177 42 .237 0 9
Ed Miller 32 96 22 .229 0 3
Pinch Thomas 32 73 18 .247 0 5
Rip Williams 28 71 17 .239 0 7
Al Halt 26 69 12 .174 0 1
Bob Bescher 25 60 20 .333 0 6
Marty Kavanagh 13 38 8 .211 0 6
Gus Getz 6 15 2 .133 0 0
Jack Farmer 7 9 2 .222 0 1
Eddie Onslow 2 6 1 .167 0 0
Germany Schaefer 1 5 0 .000 0 0
John Peters 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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
Stan Coveleski 38 311.0 22 13 1.82 87
Jim Bagby 45 271.1 17 16 2.69 57
Guy Morton 30 214.2 14 8 2.64 123

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
Fritz Coumbe 30 150.0 13 7 3.06 41
Johnny Enzmann 30 136.2 5 7 2.37 38
Bob Groom 14 43.1 2 2 7.06 8
George McQuillan 5 23.0 0 1 2.35 7

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
Otis Lambeth 2 0 0 0 6.43 3
Ad Brennan 1 0 0 0 3.00 0
Roy Wilkinson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

External links

1918 MLB season by team
Cleveland Guardians
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