1918 New York Yankees season

1918 New York Yankees
1918 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1903);
Location
	Polo Grounds (since 1913); New York City, New York (since 1903);
Other information
Owners	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Managers	Miller Huggins
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The 1918 New York Yankees season was the 15th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 60–63, finishing 13.5 games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

Regular season

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	75	51	0.595	—	49–21	26–30
Cleveland Indians	73	54	0.575	2½	38–22	35–32
Washington Senators	72	56	0.562	4	41–32	31–24
New York Yankees	60	63	0.488	13½	37–29	23–34
St. Louis Browns	58	64	0.475	15	23–30	35–34
Chicago White Sox	57	67	0.460	17	30–26	27–41
Detroit Tigers	55	71	0.437	20	28–29	27–42
Philadelphia Athletics	52	76	0.406	24	35–32	17–44

1918 American League record Sources:
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	—

1918 New York Yankees roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Truck Hannah	90	250	55	.220	2	21
1B	Wally Pipp	91	349	106	.304	2	44
2B	Del Pratt	126	477	131	.275	2	55
SS	Roger Peckinpaugh	122	446	103	.231	0	43
3B	Frank Baker	126	504	154	.306	6	62
OF	Ping Bodie	91	324	83	.256	3	46
OF	Frank Gilhooley	112	427	118	.276	1	23
OF	Elmer Miller	67	202	49	.243	1	22

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
Roxy Walters	64	191	38	.199	0	12
Ham Hyatt	53	131	30	.229	2	10
Armando Marsans	37	123	29	.236	0	9
Bill Lamar	28	110	25	.227	0	2
Jack Fournier	27	100	35	.350	0	12
John Hummel	22	61	18	.295	0	4
Aaron Ward	20	32	4	.125	0	1
Hugh High	7	10	0	.000	0	0
Zinn Beck	11	8	0	.000	0	1
Muddy Ruel	3	6	2	.333	0	0
Sammy Vick	2	3	2	.667	0	1
Paddy O'Connor	1	3	1	.333	0	0
Chick Fewster	5	2	1	.500	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Slim Love	38	228.2	13	12	3.07	95
Ray Caldwell	24	176.2	9	8	3.06	59
Allen Russell	27	141.0	7	11	3.26	54
Hank Thormahlen	16	112.2	7	3	2.48	22
Bob McGraw	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Mogridge	45	239.1	16	13	2.18	62
Happy Finneran	23	114.1	3	6	3.78	34
Ray Keating	15	48.1	2	2	3.91	16
Hank Robinson	11	48.0	2	4	3.00	14
Roy Sanders	6	25.2	0	2	4.21	8
Bob Shawkey	3	16.0	1	1	1.13	3

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	ERA	SO
Dazzy Vance	2	15.43	0
Ed Monroe	1	4.50	1
Alex Ferguson	1	0.00	1
Walter Bernhardt	1	0.00	1

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