# 1918 St. Louis Browns season

The 1918 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 64 losses.

## 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 | Les Nunamaker | 85 | 274 | 71 | .259 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 114 | 452 | 154 | .341 | 2 | 41 |
| 2B | Joe Gedeon | 123 | 441 | 94 | .213 | 1 | 41 |
| SS | Jimmy Austin | 110 | 367 | 97 | .264 | 0 | 20 |
| 3B | Fritz Maisel | 90 | 284 | 66 | .232 | 0 | 16 |
| OF | Ray Demmitt | 116 | 405 | 114 | .281 | 1 | 61 |
| OF | Earl Smith | 89 | 286 | 77 | .269 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Jack Tobin | 122 | 480 | 133 | .277 | 0 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Tim Hendryx | 88 | 219 | 61 | .279 | 0 | 33 |
| Wally Gerber | 56 | 171 | 41 | .240 | 0 | 10 |
| Hank Severeid | 51 | 133 | 34 | .256 | 0 | 11 |
| Pete Johns | 46 | 89 | 16 | .180 | 0 | 11 |
| Ernie Johnson | 29 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 0 | 4 |
| George Hale | 12 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Al Sothoron | 29 | 209.0 | 12 | 12 | 1.94 | 71 |
| Dave Davenport | 31 | 180.0 | 10 | 11 | 3.25 | 60 |
| Bert Gallia | 19 | 124.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.48 | 48 |
| Rasty Wright | 18 | 111.1 | 8 | 2 | 2.51 | 25 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 13 | 80.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.15 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Rogers | 29 | 154.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.27 | 29 |
| Urban Shocker | 14 | 94.2 | 6 | 5 | 1.81 | 33 |
| Lefty Leifield | 15 | 67.0 | 2 | 6 | 2.55 | 22 |
| Bugs Bennett | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.48 | 0 |
| George Sisler | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Byron Houck | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.39 | 29 |
| Tim McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |