The following are the baseball events of the year 1918 throughout the world.
Contents |
Champions
- World Series: Boston Red Sox over Chicago Cubs (4-2)
MLB Statistical Leaders
| American League | National League | |||
| AVG | Ty Cobb DET | .382 | Zack Wheat BRO | .335 |
| HR | Babe Ruth BOS & Tilly Walker PHA |
11 | Gavvy Cravath PHI | 8 |
| RBI | Bobby Veach DET | 78 | Sherry Magee CIN | 76 |
| Wins | Walter Johnson WSH | 23 | Hippo Vaughn CHC | 22 |
| ERA | Walter Johnson WSH | 1.27 | Hippo Vaughn CHC | 1.74 |
| Ks | Walter Johnson WSH | 162 | Hippo Vaughn CHC | 148 |
Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
| American League | ||||
| Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| Boston Red Sox | 75 | 51 | .595 | -- |
| Cleveland Indians | 73 | 54 | .575 | 2.5 |
| Washington Senators | 72 | 56 | .563 | 4 |
| New York Yankees | 60 | 63 | .488 | 13.5 |
| St. Louis Browns | 58 | 64 | .475 | 15 |
| Chicago White Sox | 57 | 67 | .460 | 17 |
| Detroit Tigers | 55 | 71 | .437 | 20 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 76 | .406 | 24 |
National League final standings
| National League | ||||
| Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| Chicago Cubs | 84 | 45 | .651 | -- |
| New York Giants | 71 | 53 | .573 | 10.5 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 60 | .531 | 15.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 60 | .520 | 17 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 57 | 69 | .452 | 25.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 68 | .447 | 26 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 71 | .427 | 28.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 78 | .395 | 33 |
Events
January-March
April-June
- June 3 - Dutch Leonard tosses the second no-hitter of his career, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 5-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
July-September
- September 11 - Against the backdrop of World War I, which forced the premature ending to the regular season on September 1st, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, in Game 6 of the World Series to win their fifth World Championship, and third in four years, four games to two. The Red Sox would not win another World Championship for 86 years. The drought was often attributed to the Curse of the Bambino. The alleged curse came to be when the Red Sox traded the superbly talented but troublesome Babe Ruth (who was instrumental in their 1918 victory) to the New York Yankees for cash after the 1919 season.
October-December
Births
January-March
- January 3 - Emmett O'Neill
- January 5 - Jack Kramer
- January 6 - John Corriden
- January 6 - Bill Zinser
- January 9 - Ferrell Anderson
- January 10 - Bill Lillard
- January 11 - Ernie Andres
- January 23 - Randy Gumpert
- January 23 - Sam Jethroe
- January 25 - Ernie Harwell
- January 25 - Ed Head
- January 25 - Steve Roser
- January 29 - Bill Rigney
- February 8 - Cookie Cuccurullo
- February 8 - Butch Nieman
- February 12 - Monk Dubiel
- February 14 - Benny Zientara
- February 16 - Creepy Crespi
- February 22 - Charles O. Finley
- February 23 - Hillis Layne
- March 1 - Hank Wyse
- March 2 - Frank Colman
- March 3 - Bill Hoffman
- March 3 - Forrest Thompson
- March 4 - Mel Queen
- March 9 - Dale Alderson
- March 13 - Eddie Pellagrini
- March 14 - Arnold Carter
- March 16 - Vern Olsen
- March 21 - Ed Klieman
- March 22 - Bill Butland
- March 23 - Lou Lucier
- March 31 - Marv Grissom
April-June
- April 7 - Bobby Doerr
- April 12 - Chucho Ramos
- April 19 - Whitey Kurowski
- April 21 - Jack Brewer
- April 22 - Mickey Vernon
- May 5 - John Leovich
- May 7 - Al Epperly
- May 13 - Carden Gillenwater
- May 13 - Lonnie Goldstein
- May 14 - Wimpy Quinn
- May 18 - Dewey Adkins
- May 18 - Rufe Gentry
- May 23 - Frank Mancuso
- May 25 - Johnny Beazley
- May 28 - Bob Malloy
- May 29 - Bill Burich
- June 5 - Al Javery
- June 21 - Eddie Lopat
July-September
- July 10 - Chuck Stevens
- July 23 - Pee Wee Reese
- July 30 - Jack Conway
- August 4 - Don Kolloway
- August 8 - Marlin Stuart
- August 13 - Elmer Weingartner
- August 23 - Ken Holcombe
- August 25 - Paul Busby
- August 29 - Joe Schultz
- August 30 - Billy Johnson
- August 30 - Ted Williams
- September 2 - Len Rice
- September 4 - Bill Endicott
- September 4 - George Pfister
- September 11 - Randy Heflin
- September 17 - Bob Dillinger
- September 30 - Jim Castiglia
October-December
- October 1 - Jim Russell
- October 7 - Frank Baumholtz
- October 7 - Irv Hall
- October 11 - Bob Chipman
- October 22 - Fred Caligiuri
- October 27 - Ed Albosta
- October 4 - Red Munger
- October 22 - Lou Klein
- October 26 - Snuffy Stirnweiss
- October 30 - Tony Ordeñana
- November 3 - Bob Feller
- November 5 - Rogelio Martínez
- December 1 - Lefty Sloat
- December 3 - Joe Cleary
- December 8 - Sam Zoldak
- December 19 - Tommy O'Brien
- December 31 - Fats Dantonio
- December 31 - Al Lakeman
Deaths
- February 2 - Jack Crooks, 52, Second baseman and one time Manager for the St. Louis Browns. Played eight seasons from 1889 to 1898
- March 4 - Lon Ury, 40, first baseman for the 1903 St. Louis Cardinals
- March 10 - Jim McCormick, 61, pitcher who posted a 265-214 record with a 2.43 ERA for six different teams between 1878 and 1897, who is regarded as the first ballplayer born in Glasgow to appear in a major league game
- March 24 - Jack Farrell, 25, second baseman for the Chicago Whales from 1914-15
- April 6 - Bill Bowman, 49, catcher for the 1891 Chicago Colts
- April 9 - Ed Wilkinson, 27, OF/IF for the 1912 New York Highlanders
- April 25 - Dave Williams, 37, pitcher for the 1902 Boston Americans
- May 15 - Patsy Tebeau, 53, a 19th century infielder/manager for the Cleveland and St. Louis National League teams
- May 24 - Ralph Sharman, 23, outfielder for the 1917 Philadelphia Athletics, who drowned while serving in World War I
- June 21 - Davy Force, 68, shortstop who posted a .249 average with 1060 hits 653 runs in 1029 games for nine different teams from 1871-86
- June 25 - Jake Beckley, 50, owner of the major league record for career games as a first baseman, a career .308 hitter who retired with the second-most hits in history
- July 17 - Elmer Horton, 48, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Bridegrooms from 1896-98
- July 21 - Larry Pape, 35, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1909 to 1912 and Triple-A Buffalo Bisons in 1913
- September 12 - Ernie Beam, 51, pitcher for the 1895 Philadelphia Phillies
- October 5 - Eddie Grant, 35, infielder for the Cleveland Naps, Phiildelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants from 1905-1917, who was killed in action while serving in World War I
- October 7 - Bun Troy, 30, German-born pitcher for 1912 Detroit Tigers, who was killed in action while serving with the U.S. Army during World War I
- October 12 - Alex Burr, 24, outfielder for the 1914 New York Yankees, who was killed in an airplane accident while serving in World War I
- November 7 - Mike Tiernan, 51, career .311 hitter who played right field for the New York Giants from 1887 to 1899
- November 8 - Larry Chappell, 28, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves from 1913-17, who died in an army camp from the Spanish flu while serving in World War I
- December 4 - Walt Dickson, 40, who pitched from 1910 through 1915 for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Rebels and New York Giants
- December 13 - Frank Arellanes, 36, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1908-10, who pitched a no-hitter, 2-0 lost game in 1910 while pitching for the Sacramento Solons (PCL)
- December 20 - Silk O'Loughlin, 48, American League umpire since 1902 who worked in a record ten no-hitters and introduced the practice of shouting calls for balls, strikes and outs
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