# 1918 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1918 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 55–68, 26 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs. This season marked the first of thirty losing seasons in thirty-one years for the Phillies.

## 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 | Bert Adams | 84 | 227 | 40 | .176 | 0 | 12 |
| 1B | Fred Luderus | 125 | 468 | 135 | .288 | 5 | 67 |
| 2B | Patsy McGaffigan | 54 | 192 | 39 | .203 | 1 | 8 |
| SS | Dave Bancroft | 125 | 499 | 132 | .265 | 0 | 26 |
| 3B | Milt Stock | 123 | 481 | 132 | .274 | 1 | 42 |
| OF | Gavvy Cravath | 121 | 426 | 99 | .232 | 8 | 54 |
| OF | Irish Meusel | 124 | 473 | 132 | .279 | 4 | 62 |
| OF | Cy Williams | 94 | 351 | 97 | .276 | 6 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Burns | 68 | 184 | 38 | .207 | 0 | 9 |
| Harry Pearce | 60 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 0 | 18 |
| Mike Fitzgerald | 66 | 133 | 39 | .293 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Hemingway | 33 | 108 | 23 | .213 | 0 | 12 |
| Possum Whitted | 24 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 0 | 3 |
| Pickles Dillhoefer | 8 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Devine | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Pickup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Mike Prendergast | 33 | 252.1 | 13 | 14 | 2.89 | 41 |
| Brad Hogg | 29 | 228.0 | 13 | 13 | 2.53 | 81 |
| Joe Oeschger | 30 | 184.0 | 6 | 18 | 3.03 | 60 |
| Elmer Jacobs | 18 | 123.0 | 9 | 5 | 2.41 | 33 |
| Erskine Mayer | 13 | 104.0 | 7 | 4 | 3.12 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Milt Watson | 23 | 112.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.43 | 29 |
| Alex Main | 8 | 35.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.63 | 14 |
| Gary Fortune | 5 | 31.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.13 | 10 |
| Ben Tincup | 8 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.56 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Dixie Davis | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.06 | 18 |
| Frank Woodward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 |