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