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1918 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 58–64 (.475) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | Phil Ball | |
Managers | Fielder Jones, Jimmy Austin, and Jimmy Burke | |
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The 1918 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 64 losses.
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 75 | 51 | .595 | — | 49–21 | 26–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 73 | 54 | .575 | 2½ | 38–22 | 35–32 |
Washington Senators | 72 | 56 | .562 | 4 | 41–32 | 31–24 |
New York Yankees | 60 | 63 | .488 | 13½ | 37–29 | 23–34 |
St. Louis Browns | 58 | 64 | .475 | 15 | 23–30 | 35–34 |
Chicago White Sox | 57 | 67 | .460 | 17 | 30–26 | 27–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 55 | 71 | .437 | 20 | 28–29 | 27–42 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 76 | .406 | 24 | 35–32 | 17–44 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
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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 |
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C | Les Nunamaker | 85 | 274 | 71 | .259 | 0 | 22 |
1B | George Sisler | 114 | 452 | 154 | .341 | 2 | 41 |
2B | Joe Gedeon | 123 | 441 | 94 | .213 | 1 | 41 |
SS | Jimmy Austin | 110 | 367 | 97 | .264 | 0 | 20 |
3B | Fritz Maisel | 90 | 284 | 66 | .232 | 0 | 16 |
OF | Ray Demmitt | 116 | 405 | 114 | .281 | 1 | 61 |
OF | Earl Smith | 89 | 286 | 77 | .269 | 0 | 32 |
OF | Jack Tobin | 122 | 480 | 133 | .277 | 0 | 36 |
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 |
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Tim Hendryx | 88 | 219 | 61 | .279 | 0 | 33 |
Wally Gerber | 56 | 171 | 41 | .240 | 0 | 10 |
Hank Severeid | 51 | 133 | 34 | .256 | 0 | 11 |
Pete Johns | 46 | 89 | 16 | .180 | 0 | 11 |
Ernie Johnson | 29 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 0 | 4 |
George Hale | 12 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Ken Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Al Sothoron | 29 | 209.0 | 12 | 12 | 1.94 | 71 |
Dave Davenport | 31 | 180.0 | 10 | 11 | 3.25 | 60 |
Bert Gallia | 19 | 124.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.48 | 48 |
Rasty Wright | 18 | 111.1 | 8 | 2 | 2.51 | 25 |
Grover Lowdermilk | 13 | 80.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.15 | 25 |
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 |
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Tom Rogers | 29 | 154.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.27 | 29 |
Urban Shocker | 14 | 94.2 | 6 | 5 | 1.81 | 33 |
Lefty Leifield | 15 | 67.0 | 2 | 6 | 2.55 | 22 |
Bugs Bennett | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.48 | 0 |
George Sisler | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
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 |
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Byron Houck | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.39 | 29 |
Tim McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
External links
- 1918 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1918 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com