1918 National League

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The 1918 season of the National League was the forty-third season of the league.

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Season summary

After the United States became involved in World War I, the government ordered Major League Baseball to finish its regular season by Labor Day, September 2nd, curtailing the season to around 130 games.

Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago Cubs	131	84	45	2	.641	-.-	538 (4.11)	393 (3.00)	0.265	0.321	0.342	2.18	0.966
2	New York Giants	124	71	53	0	.573	10.5	480 (3.87)	415 (3.35)	0.260	0.305	0.330	2.64	0.970
3	Cincinnati Reds	129	68	60	1	.527	15.5	530 (4.11)	496 (3.84)	0.278	0.326	0.366	3.00	0.964
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	126	65	60	1	.516	17.0	466 (3.70)	412 (3.27)	0.248	0.311	0.321	2.48	0.966
5	Brooklyn Robins	126	57	69	0	.452	25.5	360 (2.86)	463 (3.67)	0.250	0.286	0.315	2.81	0.963
6	Philadelphia Phillies	125	55	68	2	.440	26.0	430 (3.44)	507 (4.06)	0.244	0.301	0.313	3.15	0.961
7	Boston Braves	124	53	71	0	.427	28.5	424 (3.42)	469 (3.78)	0.244	0.302	0.307	2.90	0.965
8	St. Louis Cardinals	131	51	78	2	.389	33.0	454 (3.47)	527 (4.02)	0.244	0.297	0.325	2.96	0.962

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Charlie Hollocher	Chicago Cubs	131
At Bats	Charlie Hollocher	Chicago Cubs	509
Runs Scored	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds	86
Hits	Charlie Hollocher	Chicago Cubs	161
Doubles	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds	28
Triples	Jake Daubert	Brooklyn Robins	15
Home Runs	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Total Bases	Charlie Hollocher	Chicago Cubs	202
Runs Batted In	Sherry Magee	Cincinnati Reds	76
Stolen Bases	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	58
Walks	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	62
Hit by Pitch	Art Fletcher	New York Giants	15
Strikeouts	Dode Paskert Ross Youngs	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	49
Sacrifice Hits	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	33
Batting Average	Zack Wheat	Brooklyn Robins	0.335
On-Base Percentage	Heinie Groh	Cincinnati Reds	0.395
Slugging Percentage	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	0.455
On-Base plus Slugging	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	0.823
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Edd Roush	Cincinnati Reds	153

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	22
Losses	Rube Marquard Joe Oeschger	Brooklyn Robins Philadelphia Phillies	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Claude Hendrix	Chicago Cubs	0.741
Appearances	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	40
Games Started	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	33
Complete Games	Art Nehf	Boston Braves	28
Shutouts	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	8
Games Finished	Roy Sanders Bill Sherdel	Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals	14
Saves	Fred Anderson Wilbur Cooper Joe Oeschger Fred Toney	New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Phillies Cincinnati Reds/New York Giants	3
Innings Pitched	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	290.1
Batters Faced	Art Nehf	Boston Braves	1167
Hits Allowed	Art Nehf	Boston Braves	274
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Coombs	Brooklyn Robins	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Pete Schneider	Cincinnati Reds	117
Hit Batsmen	Jakie May	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Strikeouts	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	148
Wild Pitches	Larry Cheney	Brooklyn Robins	13
Balks	Burleigh Grimes Hippo Vaughn	Brooklyn Robins Chicago Cubs	2
Runs Allowed	Art Nehf	Boston Braves	107
Earned Runs Allowed	Art Nehf Pete Schneider	Boston Braves Cincinnati Reds	85
Earned Run Average	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	1.74
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Hippo Vaughn	Chicago Cubs	1.006

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion Chicago Cubs were defeated by the American League's Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 2.

Umpires

• Bill Byron
• Bob Emslie
• Pete Harrison
• Bill Klem
• Augie Moran
• Charlie Moran
• Hank O'Day
• Ernie Quigley
• Cy Rigler

Further Reading

• Skip Desjardin: September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series, Regnery History, Washington, DC, 2018. ISBN 978-1-62157-620-4
• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1918 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]