1918 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 52-76
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 177,926, Avg. 4,416
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (52-76)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1918 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 52-76
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 177,926, Avg. 4,416
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (52-76)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1918 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1918 season with a record of 52 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The Athletics scored 412 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 538 runs. Tillie Walker led Philadelphia with 11 home runs George Burns drove in 70 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .352 average. Scott Perry paced the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 1.98 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Perry | 20 | 19 | .513 | 1.98 | 44 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 332.3 | 295 | 97 | 73 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1342 |
| Vean Gregg | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.12 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 199.3 | 180 | 85 | 69 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 814 |
| Mule Watson | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.37 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 141.7 | 139 | 74 | 53 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 568 |
| Willie Adams | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.42 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 169.0 | 164 | 95 | 83 | 2 | 97 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 733 |
| Elmer Myers | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.63 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 95.3 | 101 | 66 | 49 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 416 |
| Tom Zachary | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.63 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 109 |
| Bob Geary | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.69 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 87.0 | 94 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 368 |
| Roy Johnson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.42 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 47 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 228 |
| Lou Bauer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Red Shea | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Frank Fahey | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Wickey McAvoy | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chick Holmes | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| William Pierson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.32 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| Vic Keen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Totals | 52 | 76 | .406 | 3.22 | 197 | 130 | 49 | 80 | 12 | 9 | 1156.0 | 1106 | 544 | 414 | 13 | 486 | 0 | 277 | 35 | 2 | 20 | 4834 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Burns | 130 | 544 | 505 | 61 | 178 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 25 | .352 | .390 | .467 | .857 | 236 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Gardner | 127 | 522 | 463 | 50 | 132 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 22 | .285 | .346 | .365 | .711 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Tillie Walker | 114 | 466 | 414 | 56 | 122 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 44 | .295 | .360 | .423 | .782 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin Kopp | 96 | 421 | 363 | 60 | 85 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 42 | 55 | .234 | .320 | .292 | .612 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 110 | 473 | 416 | 50 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 30 | .202 | .297 | .238 | .535 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Dugan | 121 | 447 | 411 | 26 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 55 | .195 | .230 | .258 | .488 | 106 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Wickey McAvoy | 83 | 295 | 271 | 14 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .244 | .283 | .284 | .567 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Shannon | 72 | 278 | 225 | 23 | 54 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 52 | .240 | .367 | .311 | .678 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Merito Acosta | 49 | 197 | 169 | 23 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | .302 | .369 | .355 | .724 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Perkins | 68 | 230 | 218 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .188 | .217 | .229 | .446 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dykes | 59 | 213 | 186 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 32 | .188 | .267 | .237 | .504 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Oldring | 49 | 148 | 133 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .233 | .282 | .263 | .545 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Davidson | 31 | 90 | 81 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .185 | .233 | .198 | .430 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Perry | 44 | 123 | 112 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | .134 | .171 | .152 | .323 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Vean Gregg | 30 | 72 | 71 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .169 | .169 | .197 | .366 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Munch | 22 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .267 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Adams | 32 | 60 | 57 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .140 | .169 | .158 | .327 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mule Watson | 21 | 49 | 47 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .128 | .146 | .149 | .295 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Myers | 18 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Geary | 16 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .148 | .258 | .148 | .406 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Fahey | 10 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Zachary | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Pierson | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Johnson | 10 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Shea | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Keen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Bauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1329 | 4771 | 4278 | 412 | 1039 | 124 | 44 | 22 | 356 | 83 | 0 | 343 | 485 | .243 | .303 | .308 | .611 | 1317 | 0 | 26 | 124 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mule Watson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Munch | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wickey McAvoy | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Burns | 1B | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 1384 | 104 | 26 | 109 | .983 | 11.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Shannon | 2B | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 90 | 12 | 14 | .921 | 5.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Oldring | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .833 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 2B | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 139 | 189 | 21 | 33 | .940 | 5.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dugan | 2B | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 115 | 11 | 23 | .950 | 6.088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Davidson | 2B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 36 | 4 | 6 | .943 | 4.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Oldring | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gardner | 3B | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 158 | 291 | 17 | 33 | .964 | 3.535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Davidson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cy Perkins | C | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 201 | 103 | 3 | 11 | .990 | 5.067 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wickey McAvoy | C | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 236 | 123 | 15 | 15 | .960 | 4.851 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tillie Walker | OF | 109 | 0 | 0.0 | 242 | 24 | 13 | 4 | .953 | 2.440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Oldring | OF | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Munch | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wickey McAvoy | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merlin Kopp | OF | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 221 | 20 | 7 | 6 | .972 | 2.510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Jamieson | OF | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 | 15 | 6 | 4 | .970 | 1.931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fahey | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Davidson | OF | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Burns | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merito Acosta | OF | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .944 | 1.867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Zachary | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mule Watson | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Shea | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Pierson | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Perry | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 96 | 4 | 6 | .966 | 2.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Myers | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wickey McAvoy | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vic Keen | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roy Johnson | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Jamieson | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Holmes | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vean Gregg | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 1.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Geary | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fahey | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lou Bauer | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Adams | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 1.719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Shannon | SS | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 133 | 27 | 26 | .898 | 5.289 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dugan | SS | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 212 | 282 | 37 | 46 | .930 | 5.744 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1259 | 0 | 0.0 | 3458 | 1850 | 228 | 355 | .959 | 4.216 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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