The 1918 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 76 losses.

Regular season In 1918, the A's Elephant Mascot turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1918 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 83 271 66 .244 0 32 1B 130 505 178 .352 6 70 2B 59 186 35 .188 0 13 SS Joe Dugan 121 411 80 .195 3 34 3B 127 463 132 .285 1 52 OF 114 414 122 .295 11* 48 OF 96 363 85 .234 0 18 OF 110 416 84 .202 0 11 Tied with Babe Ruth (Boston Red Sox)

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 Red Shannon 72 225 54 .240 0 16 Cy Perkins 68 218 41 .188 1 14 Merito Acosta 49 169 51 .302 0 14 Rube Oldring 49 133 31 .233 0 11 Claude Davidson 31 81 15 .185 0 4 22 30 8 .267 0 0 10 17 3 .176 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 Scott Perry 44 332.1 20 19* 1.98 81 30 199.1 9 14 3.12 63 Mule Watson 21 141.2 7 10 3.37 30 18 95.1 4 8 4.63 17 10 50.0 1 5 3.42 12 1 8.0 0 1 3.38 1 Tom Zachary 2 8.0 2 0 5.63 1 Tied with Eddie Cicotte (Chicago White Sox)

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 32 169.0 5 12 4.42 39 16 87.0 2 5 2.69 22 5 23.0 2 1 4.30 2 William Pierson 8 21.2 0 1 3.32 6

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 Red Shea 3 0 0 0 4.00 2 3 0 0 0 6.00 1 2 0 0 0 13.50 0 2 0 0 0 13.50 0 1 0 0 0 inf 0

References

External links 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1918 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com