1918 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1918 National League champions Flag Day game at the Polo Grounds, Giants vs. Cubs on June 14, 1918.jpg National League Weeghman Park Chicago 84 45 y 1st Charles Weeghman Fred Mitchell The 1918 Chicago Cubs season was the 47th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 43rd in the National League and the third 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. Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Roster 1918 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Vic Aldridge Pete Alexander Paul Carter Phil Douglas Claude Hendrix Speed Martin Buddy Napier Lefty Tyler Hippo Vaughn Roy Walker Harry Weaver Catchers Tommy Clarke Tom Daly Rowdy Elliott Bill Killefer Bob O'Farrell Infielders Charlie Deal Charlie Hollocher Pete Kilduff Bill McCabe Fred Merkle Charlie Pick Chuck Wortman Rollie Zeider Outfielders Turner Barber Max Flack Les Mann Dode Paskert Other batters Fred Lear Manager Fred Mitchell 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 Position Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in C Bill Killefer 104 331 77 .233 0 22 1B Fred Merkle 129 482 143 .297 3 65 2B Rollie Zeider 82 251 56 .223 0 26 SS Charlie Hollocher 131 509 161 .316 2 38 3B Charlie Deal 119 414 99 .239 2 34 OF Dode Paskert 127 461 132 .286 3 59 OF Les Mann 129 489 141 .288 2 55 OF Max Flack 123 478 123 .257 4 41 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Turner Barber 55 123 29 .236 0 10 Bob O'Farrell 52 113 32 .283 1 14 Pete Kilduff 30 93 19 .204 0 13 Charlie Pick 29 89 29 .326 0 12 Bill McCabe Bill McCabe (baseball) 29 45 8 .178 0 5 Chuck Wortman 17 17 2 .118 1 3 Rowdy Elliott 5 10 0 .000 0 0 Fred Lear 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Tom Daly Tom Daly (catcher) 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Tommy Clarke 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Hippo Vaughn 35 290.1 22 10 1.74 148 Lefty Tyler 33 269.1 19 8 2.00 102 Claude Hendrix 32 233.0 20 7 2.78 86 Phil Douglas Phil Douglas (baseball) 25 156.2 10 9 2.13 51 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Speed Martin 9 53.2 5 2 1.84 16 Pete Alexander 3 26.0 2 1 1.73 15 Vic Aldridge 3 12.1 0 1 1.46 10 Buddy Napier 1 6.2 0 0 5.40 2 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Paul Carter Paul Carter (1910s pitcher) 21 3 2 2 2.71 13 Roy Walker Roy Walker (baseball) 13 1 3 1 2.70 20 Harry Weaver 8 2 2 1 2.20 9 1918 World Series 1918 World Series AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 0 September 5Comiskey Park 19,2742 Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3 September 6Comiskey Park 20,0403 Red Sox – 2, Cubs – 1 September 7Comiskey Park 27,0544 Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3 September 9Fenway Park 22,1835 Cubs – 3, Red Sox – 0 September 10Fenway Park 24,6946 Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2 September 11Fenway Park 15,238 External links 1918 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Category:National League champion seasons Chicago Cubs