1918 St. Louis Browns season

1918 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record58–64 (.475)
League place5th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersFielder Jones, Jimmy Austin, and Jimmy Burke
← 1917 Seasons 1919 →

The 1918 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 64 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

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 St. Louis Browns
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 Les Nunamaker 85 274 71 .259 0 22
1B George Sisler 114 452 154 .341 2 41
2B Joe Gedeon 123 441 94 .213 1 41
SS Jimmy Austin 110 367 97 .264 0 20
3B Fritz Maisel 90 284 66 .232 0 16
OF Ray Demmitt 116 405 114 .281 1 61
OF Earl Smith 89 286 77 .269 0 32
OF Jack Tobin 122 480 133 .277 0 36

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
Tim Hendryx 88 219 61 .279 0 33
Wally Gerber 56 171 41 .240 0 10
Hank Severeid 51 133 34 .256 0 11
Pete Johns 46 89 16 .180 0 11
Ernie Johnson 29 34 9 .265 0 4
George Hale 12 30 4 .133 0 1
Ken Williams 2 1 0 .000 0 1

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
Al Sothoron 29 209.0 12 12 1.94 71
Dave Davenport 31 180.0 10 11 3.25 60
Bert Gallia 19 124.0 8 6 3.48 48
Rasty Wright 18 111.1 8 2 2.51 25
Grover Lowdermilk 13 80.0 2 6 3.15 25

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
Tom Rogers 29 154.0 8 10 3.27 29
Urban Shocker 14 94.2 6 5 1.81 33
Lefty Leifield 15 67.0 2 6 2.55 22
Bugs Bennett 4 10.1 0 2 3.48 0
George Sisler 2 8.0 0 0 4.50 4

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
Byron Houck 27 2 4 2 2.39 29
Tim McCabe 1 0 0 0 13.50 0


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