1918 Chicago Cubs season

1918 Chicago Cubs
1918 National League Champions
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Owner(s) Charles Weeghman
Manager(s) Fred Mitchell
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The 1918 Chicago Cubs season was the 47th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 43rd in the National League and the 3rd at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 84–45, 10.5 games ahead of the second place New York Giants. The team was defeated four games to two by the Boston Red Sox in the 1918 World Series.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 84 45 0.651 — 49–25 35–20
New York Giants 71 53 0.573 10½ 35–21 36–32
Cincinnati Reds 68 60 0.531 15½ 46–24 22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 60 0.520 17 42–28 23–32
Brooklyn Robins 57 69 0.452 25½ 33–21 24–48
Philadelphia Phillies 55 68 0.447 26 27–29 28–39
Boston Braves 53 71 0.427 28½ 23–29 30–42
St. Louis Cardinals 51 78 0.395 33 32–40 19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 8–6 5–14 10–8 1–15 7–12 10–9 12–7
Brooklyn 6–8 — 10–9 6–12 8–12 9–8 10–9 8–11
Chicago 14–5 9–10 — 10–7–1 14–6 12–6 10–8–1 15–3
Cincinnati 8–10 12–6 7–10–1 — 12–7 12–7 4–12 13–8
New York 15–1 12–8 6–14 7–12 — 10–3 8–11 13–4
Philadelphia 12–7 8–9 6–12 7–12 3–10 — 11–7 8–11–2
Pittsburgh 9–10 9–10 8–10–1 12–4 11–8 7–11 — 9–7
St. Louis 7–12 11–8 3–15 8–13 4–13 11–8–2 7–9 —

Roster

1918 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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

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
McCabe, BillBill McCabe 29 45 8 .178 0 5
Lear, FredFred Lear 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Daly, TomTom Daly 1 1 0 .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
Alexander, PetePete Alexander 3 26 2 1 1.73 15

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
Carter, PaulPaul Carter 21 73 3 2 2.71 13

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
Aldridge, VicVic Aldridge 3 0 1 0 1.46 10

1918 World Series

Main article: 1918 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 0 September 5Comiskey Park 19,274
2 Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3 September 6Comiskey Park 20,040
3 Red Sox – 2, Cubs – 1 September 7Comiskey Park 27,054
4 Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3 September 9Fenway Park 22,183
5 Cubs – 3, Red Sox – 0 September 10Fenway Park 24,694
6 Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2 September 11Fenway Park 15,238

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