The 1918 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 55–68, 26 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs. This season marked the first of thirty losing seasons in thirty-one years for the Phillies.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1918 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Bert Adams 84 227 40 .176 0 12 1B Fred Luderus 125 468 135 .288 5 67 2B Patsy McGaffigan 54 192 39 .203 1 8 SS Dave Bancroft 125 499 132 .265 0 26 3B Milt Stock 123 481 132 .274 1 42 OF Gavvy Cravath 121 426 99 .232 8 54 OF Irish Meusel 124 473 132 .279 4 62 OF Cy Williams 94 351 97 .276 6 39

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 68 184 38 .207 0 9 Harry Pearce 60 164 40 .244 0 18 Mike Fitzgerald 66 133 39 .293 0 6 Ed Hemingway 33 108 23 .213 0 12 Possum Whitted 24 86 21 .244 0 3 Pickles Dillhoefer 8 11 1 .091 0 0 4 8 1 .125 0 0 Ty Pickup 1 1 1 1.000 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 Mike Prendergast 33 252.1 13 14 2.89 41 Brad Hogg 29 228.0 13 13 2.53 81 Joe Oeschger 30 184.0 6 18 3.03 60 Elmer Jacobs 18 123.0 9 5 2.41 33 Erskine Mayer 13 104.0 7 4 3.12 16

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 Milt Watson 23 112.2 5 7 3.43 29 Alex Main 8 35.0 2 2 4.63 14 Gary Fortune 5 31.0 0 2 8.13 10 Ben Tincup 8 16.2 0 1 7.56 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 17 0 2 0 3.06 18 Frank Woodward 2 0 0 0 6.00 4

External links 1918 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference