# 1918 Washington Senators season

The 1918 Washington Senators won 72 games, lost 56, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| 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

1918 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Eddie Ainsmith | 96 | 292 | 62 | .212 | 0 | 20 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 130 | 502 | 131 | .261 | 1 | 46 |
| 2B | Ray Morgan | 88 | 300 | 70 | .233 | 0 | 30 |
| SS | Doc Lavan | 117 | 464 | 129 | .278 | 0 | 45 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 129 | 519 | 147 | .283 | 0 | 29 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 93 | 267 | 77 | .288 | 0 | 44 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 128 | 503 | 146 | .290 | 0 | 56 |
| OF | Burt Shotton | 126 | 505 | 132 | .261 | 0 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Howie Shanks | 120 | 436 | 112 | .257 | 1 | 56 |
| Val Picinich | 47 | 148 | 34 | .230 | 0 | 12 |
| George McBride | 18 | 53 | 7 | .132 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Rice | 7 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Casey | 9 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
| Patsy Gharrity | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Merito Acosta | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Berman | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 39 | 326.0 | 23 | 13 | 1.27 | 162 |
| Harry Harper | 35 | 244.0 | 11 | 10 | 2.18 | 78 |
| Jim Shaw | 41 | 241.1 | 16 | 12 | 2.42 | 129 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Ayers | 40 | 219.2 | 10 | 12 | 2.83 | 67 |
| Eddie Matteson | 14 | 67.2 | 5 | 3 | 1.73 | 17 |
| Earl Yingling | 5 | 38.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.13 | 15 |
| Ed Hovlik | 8 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.29 | 10 |
| Nick Altrock | 5 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 5 |
| George Dumont | 4 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.14 | 12 |
| Ad Brennan | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Roy Hansen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Molly Craft | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 5 |
| Stan Rees | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Garland Buckeye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 |