1918 Chicago Cubs season

The 1918 Chicago Cubs season was the 47th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 43rd in the National League and the 3rd 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.

1918 Chicago Cubs
1918 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Weeghman
Manager(s)Fred Mitchell
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8445 0.651 — 49–25 35–20
New York Giants 7153 0.573 10½ 35–21 36–32
Cincinnati Reds 6860 0.531 15½ 46–24 22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 6560 0.520 17 42–28 23–32
Brooklyn Robins 5769 0.452 25½ 33–21 24–48
Philadelphia Phillies 5568 0.447 26 27–29 28–39
Boston Braves 5371 0.427 28½ 23–29 30–42
St. Louis Cardinals 5178 0.395 33 32–40 19–38

Record vs. opponents
1918 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —8–65–1410–81–157–1210–912–7
Brooklyn 6–8—10–96–128–129–810–98–11
Chicago 14–59–10—10–7–114–612–610–8–115–3
Cincinnati 8–1012–67–10–1—12–712–74–1213–8
New York 15–112–86–147–12—10–38–1113–4
Philadelphia 12–78–96–127–123–10—11–78–11–2
Pittsburgh 9–109–108–10–112–411–87–11—9–7
St. Louis 7–1211–83–158–134–1311–8–27–9—

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
CBill Killefer10433177.233022
1BFred Merkle129482143.297365
2BRollie Zeider8225156.223026
SSCharlie Hollocher131509161.316238
3BCharlie Deal11941499.239234
OFDode Paskert127461132.286359
OFLes Mann129489141.288255
OFMax Flack123478123.257441

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 Barber5512329.236010
Bob O'Farrell5211332.283114
Charlie Pick298929.326012
Pete Kilduff309319.204013
Bill McCabe29458.17805
Chuck Wortman17172.11813
Rowdy Elliott5100.00000
Fred Lear210.00000
Tom Daly110.00000
Tommy Clarke100---00

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 Vaughn35290.122101.74148
Lefty Tyler33269.11982.00102
Claude Hendrix322332072.7886
Phil Douglas25156.21092.1351

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 Martin953.2521.8416
Pete Alexander326211.7315
Vic Aldridge312.1011.4610
Buddy Napier16.2005.402

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 Carter213222.7113
Roy Walker131312.7020
Harry Weaver82212.209

1918 World Series
Main article: 1918 World Series

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

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 0September 5Comiskey Park19,274
2Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3September 6Comiskey Park20,040
3Red Sox – 2, Cubs – 1September 7Comiskey Park27,054
4Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3September 9Fenway Park22,183
5Cubs – 3, Red Sox – 0September 10Fenway Park24,694
6Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2September 11Fenway Park15,238
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