# 1918 Cleveland Indians season

The 1918 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 73–54, 2½ games behind the Boston Red Sox.

## 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 | Steve O'Neill | 114 | 359 | 87 | .242 | 1 | 35 |
| 1B | Doc Johnston | 74 | 273 | 62 | .227 | 0 | 25 |
| 2B | Bill Wambsganss | 87 | 315 | 93 | .295 | 0 | 40 |
| SS | Ray Chapman | 128 | 446 | 119 | .267 | 1 | 32 |
| 3B | Joe Evans | 79 | 243 | 64 | .263 | 1 | 22 |
| OF | Braggo Roth | 106 | 375 | 106 | .283 | 1 | 59 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 127 | 471 | 150 | .318 | 0 | 61 |
| OF | Smoky Joe Wood | 119 | 422 | 125 | .296 | 5 | 66 |

#### 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 |
| Terry Turner | 74 | 233 | 58 | .249 | 0 | 23 |
| Jack Graney | 70 | 177 | 42 | .237 | 0 | 9 |
| Ed Miller | 32 | 96 | 22 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
| Pinch Thomas | 32 | 73 | 18 | .247 | 0 | 5 |
| Rip Williams | 28 | 71 | 17 | .239 | 0 | 7 |
| Al Halt | 26 | 69 | 12 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Bescher | 25 | 60 | 20 | .333 | 0 | 6 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 13 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 6 |
| Gus Getz | 6 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Farmer | 7 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Onslow | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany Schaefer | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Peters | 1 | 1 | 0 | .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 |
| Stan Coveleski | 38 | 311.0 | 22 | 13 | 1.82 | 87 |
| Jim Bagby | 45 | 271.1 | 17 | 16 | 2.69 | 57 |
| Guy Morton | 30 | 214.2 | 14 | 8 | 2.64 | 123 |

#### 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 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 30 | 150.0 | 13 | 7 | 3.06 | 41 |
| Johnny Enzmann | 30 | 136.2 | 5 | 7 | 2.37 | 38 |
| Bob Groom | 14 | 43.1 | 2 | 2 | 7.06 | 8 |
| George McQuillan | 5 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.35 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Otis Lambeth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 3 |
| Ad Brennan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Roy Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |