1918

The following are the baseball events of the year 1918 throughout the world.

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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[]

July-September[]

October-December[]

Births[]

January 25 - Ernie Harwell (d. 2010)
February 22 - Charles O. Finley (d. 1996)
March 1 - Hank Wyse (d. 2000)
April 7 - Bobby Doerr (living)
April 19 - Whitey Kurowski (d. 1999)
April 22 - Mickey Vernon (d. 2008)
May 25 - Johnny Beazley (d. 1990)
July 23 - Pee Wee Reese (d. 1999)
August 30 - Ted Williams (d. 2002)
October 26 - George Stirnweiss (d. 1958) train accident
November 3 - Bob Feller (living)
December 3 - Joe Cleary (d. 2004)

Deaths[]

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
November 7 - Mike Tiernan, 51, career .311 hitter who played right field for the New York Giants from 1887 to 1899
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