# 1918 Chicago Cubs season

The 1918 Chicago Cubs season was the 47th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 43rd in the National League and the third 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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 84 | 45 | .651 | — | 49‍–‍25 | 35‍–‍20 |
| New York Giants | 71 | 53 | .573 | 10½ | 35‍–‍21 | 36‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 60 | .531 | 15½ | 46‍–‍24 | 22‍–‍36 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 60 | .520 | 17 | 42‍–‍28 | 23‍–‍32 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 57 | 69 | .452 | 25½ | 33‍–‍21 | 24‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 68 | .447 | 26 | 27‍–‍29 | 28‍–‍39 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 71 | .427 | 28½ | 23‍–‍29 | 30‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 78 | .395 | 33 | 32‍–‍40 | 19‍–‍38 |

### Record vs. opponents

1918 National League recordvte 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
## 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 | Bill Killefer | 104 | 331 | 77 | .233 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 129 | 482 | 143 | .297 | 3 | 65 |
| 2B | Rollie Zeider | 82 | 251 | 56 | .223 | 0 | 26 |
| SS | Charlie Hollocher | 131 | 509 | 161 | .316 | 2 | 38 |
| 3B | Charlie Deal | 119 | 414 | 99 | .239 | 2 | 34 |
| OF | Dode Paskert | 127 | 461 | 132 | .286 | 3 | 59 |
| OF | Les Mann | 129 | 489 | 141 | .288 | 2 | 55 |
| OF | Max Flack | 123 | 478 | 123 | .257 | 4 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Turner Barber | 55 | 123 | 29 | .236 | 0 | 10 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 52 | 113 | 32 | .283 | 1 | 14 |
| Pete Kilduff | 30 | 93 | 19 | .204 | 0 | 13 |
| Charlie Pick | 29 | 89 | 29 | .326 | 0 | 12 |
| Bill McCabe | 29 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 | 5 |
| Chuck Wortman | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 1 | 3 |
| Rowdy Elliott | 5 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Lear | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Daly | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Clarke | 1 | 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 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 35 | 290.1 | 22 | 10 | 1.74 | 148 |
| Lefty Tyler | 33 | 269.1 | 19 | 8 | 2.00 | 102 |
| Claude Hendrix | 32 | 233.0 | 20 | 7 | 2.78 | 86 |
| Phil Douglas | 25 | 156.2 | 10 | 9 | 2.13 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Speed Martin | 9 | 53.2 | 5 | 2 | 1.84 | 16 |
| Pete Alexander | 3 | 26.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.73 | 15 |
| Vic Aldridge | 3 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 1.46 | 10 |
| Buddy Napier | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Carter | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.71 | 13 |
| Roy Walker | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.70 | 20 |
| Harry Weaver | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.20 | 9 |

## 1918 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 0 | September 5 | Comiskey Park | 19,274 |
| 2 | Red Sox – 1, Cubs – 3 | September 6 | Comiskey Park | 20,040 |
| 3 | Red Sox – 2, Cubs – 1 | September 7 | Comiskey Park | 27,054 |
| 4 | Cubs – 2, Red Sox – 3 | September 9 | Fenway Park | 22,183 |
| 5 | Cubs – 3, Red Sox – 0 | September 10 | Fenway Park | 24,694 |
| 6 | Cubs – 1, Red Sox – 2 | September 11 | Fenway Park | 15,238 |