The 1918 New York Yankees season was the 16th 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.
Hiring of Miller Huggins The Yankees and the owners, Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston, announced on October 25, 1917 that they had signed Miller Huggins to a two year contract that paid around $12,000 (1917 USD) per season, replacing Bill Donovan. Huggins' contract with the St. Louis Cardinals expired after the 1917 season and American League President Ban Johnson signed him to join a team in the league. As part of Huggins' new deal, scout Tom Conrey would join the Yankees from the Cardinals, joining Bob Gilks and Joe Kelley. Branch Rickey, the President of the Cardinals, offered Huggins a salary of $10,000 per year and 10% of all profits over $25,000 if he stayed with the club for the 1918 season.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1918 New York Yankees roster Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 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 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
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 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 1 3 1 .333 0 0 Chick Fewster 5 2 1 .500 0 0
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 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
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 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
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 Dazzy Vance 2 0 0 0 15.43 0 Ed Monroe 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Alex Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
References
External links 1918 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1918 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference