1918 Chicago Cubs season

1918 Chicago Cubs
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkWeeghman Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Weeghman
ManagersFred Mitchell
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The 1918 Chicago Cubs season was the 47th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 43rd in the National League and the third at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 84–45, 10.5 games ahead of the second place New York Giants. The team was defeated four games to two by the Boston Red Sox in the 1918 World Series.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1918 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1918 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Bill Killefer 104 331 77 .233 0 22
1B Fred Merkle 129 482 143 .297 3 65
2B Rollie Zeider 82 251 56 .223 0 26
SS Charlie Hollocher 131 509 161 .316 2 38
3B Charlie Deal 119 414 99 .239 2 34
OF Dode Paskert 127 461 132 .286 3 59
OF Les Mann 129 489 141 .288 2 55
OF Max Flack 123 478 123 .257 4 41

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
Turner Barber 55 123 29 .236 0 10
Bob O'Farrell 52 113 32 .283 1 14
Pete Kilduff 30 93 19 .204 0 13
Charlie Pick 29 89 29 .326 0 12
Bill McCabe 29 45 8 .178 0 5
Chuck Wortman 17 17 2 .118 1 3
Rowdy Elliott 5 10 0 .000 0 0
Fred Lear 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Tom Daly 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Tommy Clarke 1 0 0 ---- 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
Hippo Vaughn 35 290.1 22 10 1.74 148
Lefty Tyler 33 269.1 19 8 2.00 102
Claude Hendrix 32 233.0 20 7 2.78 86
Phil Douglas 25 156.2 10 9 2.13 51

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
Speed Martin 9 53.2 5 2 1.84 16
Pete Alexander 3 26.0 2 1 1.73 15
Vic Aldridge 3 12.1 0 1 1.46 10
Buddy Napier 1 6.2 0 0 5.40 2

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
Paul Carter 21 3 2 2 2.71 13
Roy Walker 13 1 3 1 2.70 20
Harry Weaver 8 2 2 1 2.20 9

1918 World Series

Main article: 1918 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 0 September 5 Comiskey Park 19,274
2 Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3 September 6 Comiskey Park 20,040
3 Red Sox – 2, Cubs – 1 September 7 Comiskey Park 27,054
4 Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3 September 9 Fenway Park 22,183
5 Cubs – 3, Red Sox – 0 September 10 Fenway Park 24,694
6 Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2 September 11 Fenway Park 15,238


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