1918 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1918 World Series championsAmerican League champions 1918 Boston Red Sox.jpg 250 1918 Boston Red Sox team photo, with Babe Ruth fourth from left in the back row American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 75–51 (.595) 1st Harry Frazee Ed Barrow bos BOS The 1918 Boston Red Sox season was the 18th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 75 wins and 51 losses, in a season cut short due to World War I. The team then faced the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs in the 1918 World Series, which the Red Sox won in six games to capture the franchise's fifth World Series. This would be the last World Series championship for the Red Sox until 2004. With World War I ongoing, a "work or fight" mandate was issued by the government, requiring men with non-essential jobs to enlist or take war-related jobs by July 1, else risk being drafted.https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-spanish-flu-baseball-1918-f498f2d4-7726-4a02-a5f5-59c63d982764.html Special report: War, fever and baseball in 1918 Kendall Baker Jeff Tracy axios.com April 6, 2020 October 8, 2020 Secretary of War Newton D. Baker granted an extension to MLB players through Labor Day, September 2.Verducci Tom Tom Verducci June 22, 2020 Love, Loss and Baseball: Letters From the Hub, Chapters VI - IX https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/06/22/boston-babe-ruth-1918-spanish-flu-part-2 October 8, 2020 SI.com In early August, MLB clubs decided that the regular season would end at that time.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60721539/cutting-down-baseball-season-favors/ Cutting Down Baseball Season Favors Present Club Leaders for Final Honors Star-Gazette Elmira, New York 8 August 5, 1918 October 8, 2020 newspapers.com As a result, AL teams played between 123 and 130 regular-season games (including ties),https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1918/Y_1918.htm The 1918 Season Retrosheet October 8, 2020 reduced from their original 154-game schedules. Later in August, Baker granted a further extension to allow for the World Series to be contested; it began on September 5 and ended on September 11.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1918/YPS_1918.htm The 1918 Post-Season Games Retrosheet October 8, 2020 World War I would end two months later, with the Armistice of 11 November 1918. Due to the entry of the United States into World War I, several Red Sox players enlisted with the military over the winter. Notable players who enlisted included Pitchers Ernie Shore and Herb Pennock, Outfielder Duffy Lewis, as well as Manager Jack Barry.Golenbock Peter Red Sox Nation: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox Triumph Books 2015 9781629370507 4th Chicago, Illinois 54 The Red Sox' pitching staff, led by Carl Mays and Bullet Joe Bush, allowed the fewest runs in the league. Babe Ruth was the fourth starter and also spent significant time in the outfield, as he was the best hitter on the team, leading the AL in home runs and slugging percentage. After this season, the Red Sox would fall into mediocrity, mainly because they traded away most of their star players to other teams, most notably, sending Ruth to the Yankees in 1920. The team would not have another winning record until 1935, 18 years later. Regular season Season standings Boston Red Sox Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup Harry Hooper RFDave Shean 2BAmos Strunk CFDick Hoblitzel 1BStuffy McInnis 3BGeorge Whiteman LFEverett Scott SSSam Agnew CBabe Ruth P Roster 1918 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Lore Bader Joe Bush Jean Dubuc Sad Sam Jones Walt Kinney Dutch Leonard Carl Mays Dick McCabe Vince Molyneaux Bill Pertica Weldon Wyckoff Catchers Sam Agnew Wally Mayer Wally Schang Infielders Walter Barbare George Cochran Jack Coffey Eusebio González Dick Hoblitzel Stuffy McInnis Everett Scott Dave Shean Jack Stansbury Fred Thomas Frank Truesdale Heinie Wagner Outfielders Harry Hooper Hack Miller Babe Ruth Amos Strunk George Whiteman Other batters Red Bluhm Manager Ed Barrow Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 C Sam Agnew 72 199 33 .166 0 6 1B Stuffy McInnis 117 423 115 .272 0 56 2B Dave Shean 115 425 112 .264 0 34 SS Everett Scott 126 443 98 .221 0 43 3B Fred Thomas Fred Thomas (third baseman) 44 144 37 .257 1 11 OF George Whiteman 71 214 57 .266 1 28 OF Amos Strunk 114 413 106 .257 0 35 OF Harry Hooper 126 474 137 .289 1 44 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 Babe Ruth 90 317 95 .300 11* 66 Wally Schang 88 225 55 .244 0 20 Dick Hoblitzel 25 69 11 .159 0 4 George Cochran George Cochran (baseball) 24 60 7 .117 0 3 Wally Mayer 26 49 11 .224 0 5 Jack Stansbury 20 47 6 .128 0 2 Jack Coffey Jack Coffey (baseball) 15 44 7 .159 1 2 Frank Truesdale 15 36 10 .278 0 2 Walter Barbare 13 29 5 .172 0 2 Hack Miller 12 29 8 .276 0 4 Heinie Wagner 3 8 1 .125 0 0 Eusebio González 3 5 2 .400 0 0 Red Bluhm 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Tied with Tillie Walker (Philadelphia Athletics) 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 Carl Mays 35 293.1 21 13 2.21 114 Joe Bush Bullet Joe Bush 36 272.2 15 15 2.11 125 Sam Jones Sad Sam Jones 24 184.0 16 5 2.25 44 Babe Ruth 20 166.1 13 7 2.22 40 Dutch Leonard Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher) 16 125.2 8 6 2.72 47 Lore Bader 5 27.0 1 3 3.33 10 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 Jean Dubuc 2 10.2 0 1 4.22 1 Dick McCabe Dick McCabe (baseball) 3 9.2 0 1 2.79 3 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 Vince Molyneaux 6 1 0 0 3.38 1 Walt Kinney 5 0 0 0 1.80 4 Bill Pertica 1 0 0 0 3.00 1 Weldon Wyckoff 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Awards and honors League top ten finishers Bullet Joe Bush #3 strikeouts (125) #5 earned run average (2.11) Harry Hooper #3 runs scored (81) Carl Mays #3 wins (21) #5 strikeouts (114) Babe Ruth #1 home runs (11) #1 slugging percentage (.555) #2 on-base percentage (.411) #3 runs batted in (66) 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 References External links 1918 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1918 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1910s in Boston Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons