1918 Washington Senators season
1918 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | National Park | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Thomas C. Noyes | |
Managers | Clark Griffith | |
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The 1918 Washington Senators won 72 games, lost 56, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.
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 | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
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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 | Eddie Ainsmith | 96 | 292 | 62 | .212 | 0 | 20 |
1B | Joe Judge | 130 | 502 | 131 | .261 | 1 | 46 |
2B | Ray Morgan | 88 | 300 | 70 | .233 | 0 | 30 |
SS | Doc Lavan | 117 | 464 | 129 | .278 | 0 | 45 |
3B | Eddie Foster | 129 | 519 | 147 | .283 | 0 | 29 |
OF | Frank Schulte | 93 | 267 | 77 | .288 | 0 | 44 |
OF | Clyde Milan | 128 | 503 | 146 | .290 | 0 | 56 |
OF | Burt Shotton | 126 | 505 | 132 | .261 | 0 | 21 |
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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Howie Shanks | 120 | 436 | 112 | .257 | 1 | 56 |
Val Picinich | 47 | 148 | 34 | .230 | 0 | 12 |
George McBride | 18 | 53 | 7 | .132 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Rice | 7 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Casey | 9 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
Patsy Gharrity | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Merito Acosta | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Berman | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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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Walter Johnson | 39 | 326.0 | 23 | 13 | 1.27 | 162 |
Harry Harper | 35 | 244.0 | 11 | 10 | 2.18 | 78 |
Jim Shaw | 41 | 241.1 | 16 | 12 | 2.42 | 129 |
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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Doc Ayers | 40 | 219.2 | 10 | 12 | 2.83 | 67 |
Eddie Matteson | 14 | 67.2 | 5 | 3 | 1.73 | 17 |
Earl Yingling | 5 | 38.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.13 | 15 |
Ed Hovlik | 8 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.29 | 10 |
Nick Altrock | 5 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 5 |
George Dumont | 4 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.14 | 12 |
Ad Brennan | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 0 |
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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Roy Hansen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Molly Craft | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 5 |
Stan Rees | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Garland Buckeye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 |