# 1918 New York Yankees season

The 1918 New York Yankees season was the 15th season for the franchise. The team finished with a record of 60–63, finishing 13.5 games behind the American League champion Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

## 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 | Truck Hannah | 90 | 250 | 55 | .220 | 2 | 21 |
| 1B | Wally Pipp | 91 | 349 | 106 | .304 | 2 | 44 |
| 2B | Del Pratt | 126 | 477 | 131 | .275 | 2 | 55 |
| SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 122 | 446 | 103 | .231 | 0 | 43 |
| 3B | Frank Baker | 126 | 504 | 154 | .306 | 6 | 62 |
| OF | Ping Bodie | 91 | 324 | 83 | .256 | 3 | 46 |
| OF | Frank Gilhooley | 112 | 427 | 118 | .276 | 1 | 23 |
| OF | Elmer Miller | 67 | 202 | 49 | .243 | 1 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Roxy Walters | 64 | 191 | 38 | .199 | 0 | 12 |
| Ham Hyatt | 53 | 131 | 30 | .229 | 2 | 10 |
| Armando Marsans | 37 | 123 | 29 | .236 | 0 | 9 |
| Bill Lamar | 28 | 110 | 25 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Fournier | 27 | 100 | 35 | .350 | 0 | 12 |
| John Hummel | 22 | 61 | 18 | .295 | 0 | 4 |
| Aaron Ward | 20 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Hugh High | 7 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Zinn Beck | 11 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Muddy Ruel | 3 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Vick | 2 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 1 |
| Paddy O'Connor | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Fewster | 5 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Slim Love | 38 | 228.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.07 | 95 |
| Ray Caldwell | 24 | 176.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.06 | 59 |
| Allen Russell | 27 | 141.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.26 | 54 |
| Hank Thormahlen | 16 | 112.2 | 7 | 3 | 2.48 | 22 |
| Bob McGraw | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | inf | 0 |

#### 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 |
| George Mogridge | 45 | 239.1 | 16 | 13 | 2.18 | 62 |
| Happy Finneran | 23 | 114.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.78 | 34 |
| Ray Keating | 15 | 48.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.91 | 16 |
| Hank Robinson | 11 | 48.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.00 | 14 |
| Roy Sanders | 6 | 25.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.21 | 8 |
| Bob Shawkey | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.13 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Dazzy Vance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 0 |
| Ed Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Alex Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Walter Bernhardt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |