1918 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1918 St. Louis Browns

League| American League
Ballpark| Sportsman's Park
City| St. Louis, Missouri
Record| 58–64 (.475)
League place| 5th
Owners| Phil Ball
Managers| Fielder Jones, Jimmy Austin, and Jimmy Burke
| ← 1917 | Seasons | 1919 →

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The 1918 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 64 losses.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Boston Red Sox | 75 | 51  | .595  | —  | 49‍–‍21  | 26‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians | 73 | 54  | .575  | 2½  | 38‍–‍22  | 35‍–‍32
Washington Senators | 72 | 56  | .562  | 4  | 41‍–‍32  | 31‍–‍24
New York Yankees | 60 | 63  | .488  | 13½  | 37‍–‍29  | 23‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns | 58 | 64  | .475  | 15  | 23‍–‍30  | 35‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox | 57 | 67  | .460  | 17  | 30‍–‍26  | 27‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers | 55 | 71  | .437  | 20  | 28‍–‍29  | 27‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 76  | .406  | 24  | 35‍–‍32  | 17‍–‍44

### Record vs. opponents

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1918 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | NYY  | PHA  | SLB  | WSH
Boston | — | 12–7 | 10–10 | 13–5 | 6–11 | 13–6 | 14–5 | 7–7
Chicago | 7–12 | — | 10–11 | 6–10 | 12–6 | 11–10 | 5–5 | 6–13
Cleveland | 10–10 | 11–10 | — | 10–3 | 11–7–1 | 13–7–1 | 10–6 | 8–11
Detroit | 5–13 | 10–6 | 3–10 | — | 9–10–1 | 9–11 | 10–10 | 9–11–1
New York | 11–6 | 6–12 | 7–11–1 | 10–9–1 | — | 8–4 | 10–10–1 | 8–11
Philadelphia | 6–13 | 10–11 | 7–13–1 | 11–9 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 6–12–1
St. Louis | 5–14 | 5–5 | 6–10 | 10–10 | 10–10–1 | 10–8 | — | 12–7
Washington | 7–7 | 13–6 | 11–8 | 11–9–1 | 11–8 | 12–6–1 | 7–12 | —

### Roster

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1918 St. Louis Browns

Roster
Pitchers

* Bugs Bennett
* Dave Davenport
* Bert Gallia
* Byron Houck
* Lefty Leifield
* Grover Lowdermilk
* Tim McCabe
* Tom Rogers
* Urban Shocker
* Allen Sothoron
* Rasty Wright

|  | Catchers

* George Hale
* Les Nunamaker
* Hank Severeid

Infielders

* Jimmy Austin
* Joe Gedeon
* Wally Gerber
* Pete Johns
* Ernie Johnson
* Fritz Maisel
* George Sisler

|  | Outfielders

* Ray Demmitt
* Tim Hendryx
* Earl Smith
* Jack Tobin

Other batters

* Ken Williams

|  | Manager

* Jimmy Austin
* Jimmy Burke
* Fielder Jones

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Les Nunamaker | 85 | 274 | 71 | .259 | 0 | 22
1B | George Sisler | 114 | 452 | 154 | .341 | 2 | 41
2B | Joe Gedeon | 123 | 441 | 94 | .213 | 1 | 41
SS | Jimmy Austin | 110 | 367 | 97 | .264 | 0 | 20
3B | Fritz Maisel | 90 | 284 | 66 | .232 | 0 | 16
OF | Ray Demmitt | 116 | 405 | 114 | .281 | 1 | 61
OF | Earl Smith | 89 | 286 | 77 | .269 | 0 | 32
OF | Jack Tobin | 122 | 480 | 133 | .277 | 0 | 36

#### Other batters

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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

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Tim Hendryx | 88 | 219 | 61 | .279 | 0 | 33
Wally Gerber | 56 | 171 | 41 | .240 | 0 | 10
Hank Severeid | 51 | 133 | 34 | .256 | 0 | 11
Pete Johns | 46 | 89 | 16 | .180 | 0 | 11
Ernie Johnson | 29 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 0 | 4
George Hale | 12 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 1
Ken Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Al Sothoron | 29 | 209.0 | 12 | 12 | 1.94 | 71
Dave Davenport | 31 | 180.0 | 10 | 11 | 3.25 | 60
Bert Gallia | 19 | 124.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.48 | 48
Rasty Wright | 18 | 111.1 | 8 | 2 | 2.51 | 25
Grover Lowdermilk | 13 | 80.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.15 | 25

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Tom Rogers | 29 | 154.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.27 | 29
Urban Shocker | 14 | 94.2 | 6 | 5 | 1.81 | 33
Lefty Leifield | 15 | 67.0 | 2 | 6 | 2.55 | 22
Bugs Bennett | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.48 | 0
George Sisler | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Byron Houck | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.39 | 29
Tim McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0

## External links

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* 1918 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
* 1918 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com

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