1918 Philadelphia (A) Athletics
Record: 85-69
Finish: 4th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 605
Runs Allowed: 597
Exp W-L: 78-76
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,758,351
Manager: Mark Goercke

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-65, 4th in the American League
AA: 71-59, 2nd in the American League
A: 66-64, 4th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  George Burns 28 146 591 93 163 30 7 3 66 49 27 78 34 .276 .360 .365 .726 77.8 19.3 3.7
LF *Ray Powell 29 144 554 78 164 14 11 1 60 1 4 64 57 .296 .368 .366 .735 73.0 19.4 2.6
C  Hank Severeid 27 130 496 68 149 29 8 0 51 1 1 41 20 .300 .362 .391 .753 69.2 19.2 2.4
2B *Jack Mills 28 133 496 42 156 8 1 3 69 0 0 38 78 .315 .359 .353 .712 63.5 16.2 6.6
1B  George Kelly 22 133 492 50 145 32 2 3 68 0 0 39 91 .295 .342 .386 .728 61.5 15.0 3.0
3B *Frank Baker 32 125 494 70 145 19 7 15 74 2 0 39 12 .294 .346 .451 .797 71.6 19.7 4.2
RF *Tommy Griffith 28 97 362 33 92 9 3 1 31 1 1 24 8 .254 .302 .304 .605 31.0 5.0 1.2
SS  Buck Herzog 32 88 250 21 65 6 2 1 23 4 4 17 10 .260 .313 .312 .625 24.9 3.7 4.6
3B  George Perring 33 75 255 31 68 7 1 2 27 1 1 23 23 .267 .327 .325 .653 25.6 4.8 2.6
LF  Joe Birmingham 33 68 151 14 33 3 3 2 21 0 0 7 4 .219 .259 .318 .577 11.0 0.7 0.9
SS  Rabbit Maranville 26 44 143 32 48 10 4 0 12 19 6 14 8 .336 .390 .462 .851 25.3 7.7 2.1
CF *Rebel Oakes 34 42 131 6 26 2 0 0 11 3 3 9 17 .198 .259 .214 .472 6.6 0.0 0.8
RF *Turner Barber 24 40 135 13 37 6 1 1 13 0 0 4 6 .274 .315 .356 .670 13.4 2.9 0.7
P  Sam Jones 25 40 121 9 19 5 0 0 7 0 0 3 34 .157 .177 .198 .376 2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Rube Kroh 31 38 110 3 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 39 .073 .073 .109 .182 -4.3 0.0 0.0
C  Lew McCarty 29 33 108 12 24 1 0 1 9 0 0 5 14 .222 .257 .259 .516 6.3 0.0 0.5
P  Bill Doak 27 29 85 6 11 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 24 .129 .128 .176 .304 0.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Bill Dam 33 32 83 6 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 24 .157 .176 .157 .333 0.0 0.0 0.7
2B  Art Griggs 34 26 76 3 17 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 12 .224 .280 .237 .517 5.0 0.3 1.1
P  Red Causey 24 29 57 5 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .123 .153 .140 .293 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Ables 33 19 57 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 22 .105 .136 .140 .276 -0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Hal Janvrin 25 11 23 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 .174 .240 .217 .457 1.4 0.0 0.1
P  Jesse Haines 24 7 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .167 .250 .167 .417 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Witherup 31 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Moren 34 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Roy Hitt 31 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 1549 5301 603 1403 187 52 34 569 82 47 420 573 .265 .320 .339 .659 564.3 134.0 37.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 5 2 4 8 1 4 7 2 6 6 3 3 4 4 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Sam Jones 25 21 15 .583 40 40 0 349.3 277 99 1 85 138 2.55 27.7
*Rube Kroh 31 14 16 .467 38 38 0 323.3 351 122 1 39 131 3.40 12.7
 Bill Doak 27 19 5 .792 29 26 0 235.0 208 79 3 88 90 3.03 16.9
 Red Causey 24 10 7 .588 29 20 6 181.7 173 65 2 61 44 3.22 12.2
*Harry Ables 33 13 5 .722 19 19 0 165.3 152 54 1 47 83 2.94 12.3
 Jesse Haines 24 3 4 .429 7 7 0 54.0 69 36 2 19 29 6.00 0.0
 Lew Moren 34 0 4 .000 10 2 3 20.0 24 16 0 11 4 7.20 0.0
 Roy Witherup 31 1 2 .333 5 2 0 19.3 20 11 0 9 6 5.12 0.0
 Lou Fiene 33 2 5 .286 12 0 1 18.7 25 8 0 8 3 3.86 0.5
*Lefty Leifield 34 2 5 .286 13 0 0 16.0 16 7 1 8 5 3.94 0.7
*Roy Hitt 31 0 1 .000 5 0 0 9.0 13 9 0 2 4 9.00 0.0
 Fred Anderson 32 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 29.9 85 69 .552 208 154 10 1393.6 1328 506 11 377 537 3.27 83.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 4 4 3 5 1 6 3 4 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 34.4
H.Severeid 1137.7 125 128 464 79 21 0 .963 26.8
L.McCarty 249.0 29 30 97 14 3 0 .974 19.1
G.Perring 7.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1393.7 154 159 562 94 24 0 .965 25.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.78
G.Kelly 1160.3 129 130 1647 126 5 121 .997 13.75
R.Oakes 189.7 21 22 269 23 6 20 .980 13.86
H.Janvrin 21.0 2 4 33 2 1 2 .972 15.00
G.Perring 13.7 1 4 18 2 1 1 .952 13.18
A.Griggs 9.0 1 1 14 2 0 3 1.000 16.00
Team Total 1393.7 154 161 1981 155 13 147 .994 13.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.40
J.Mills 1149.3 130 130 289 552 8 90 .991 6.59
A.Griggs 170.7 18 22 57 85 6 18 .959 7.49
R.Maranville 46.0 4 9 10 22 0 3 1.000 6.26
B.Herzog 26.0 2 7 6 14 1 4 .952 6.92
F.Baker 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
H.Janvrin 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64
Team Total 1393.7 154 170 365 673 15 116 .986 6.70
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.94
F.Baker 1090.0 121 123 57 314 26 19 .935 3.06
G.Perring 212.7 24 24 9 64 7 1 .913 3.09
J.Birmingham 61.0 6 8 1 13 0 1 1.000 2.07
B.Herzog 21.0 2 4 2 9 1 1 .917 4.71
J.Mills 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1393.7 154 160 70 402 34 22 .933 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 5.68
B.Herzog 634.3 71 71 118 345 19 58 .961 6.57
G.Perring 380.3 41 43 70 157 14 28 .942 5.37
R.Maranville 293.0 32 34 56 148 4 22 .981 6.27
B.Dam 46.7 6 7 10 21 0 6 1.000 5.98
H.Janvrin 29.0 3 3 3 10 3 3 .813 4.03
J.Mills 9.7 1 2 1 7 0 0 1.000 7.45
Team Total 1393.0 154 160 258 688 40 117 .959 6.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 1.84
R.Powell 1179.0 130 130 203 7 3 1 .986 1.60
J.Birmingham 205.7 23 24 50 4 0 1 1.000 2.36
B.Dam 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1393.7 154 155 257 11 3 2 .989 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.42
G.Burns 1147.0 126 128 278 6 6 2 .979 2.23
R.Oakes 112.7 13 13 28 0 2 0 .933 2.24
R.Powell 89.0 10 10 15 0 2 0 .882 1.52
T.Barber 27.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Birmingham 18.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Team Total 1393.7 154 156 331 6 10 2 .971 2.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 1.92
T.Griffith 807.0 90 95 128 3 11 0 .923 1.46
T.Barber 304.7 32 37 50 2 3 1 .945 1.54
G.Burns 143.0 16 17 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
B.Dam 120.3 14 14 27 2 0 0 1.000 2.17
R.Powell 9.7 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.80
A.Griggs 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1393.7 154 166 230 8 14 1 .944 1.54
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.55
S.Jones 349.3 40 40 34 74 5 5 .956 2.78
R.Kroh 323.3 38 38 26 76 3 4 .971 2.84
B.Doak 235.0 26 29 17 53 1 3 .986 2.68
R.Causey 181.7 20 29 12 48 4 4 .938 2.97
H.Ables 165.3 19 19 8 30 0 2 1.000 2.07
J.Haines 54.0 7 7 6 12 1 0 .947 3.00
L.Moren 20.0 2 10 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Witherup 19.3 2 5 2 5 1 0 .875 3.26
L.Fiene 18.7 0 12 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.38
L.Leifield 16.0 0 13 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.81
R.Hitt 9.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
F.Anderson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1393.6 154 208 108 314 15 18 .966 2.73
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mills .315
On-Base Pct Powell .368
Slugging Pct Baker .451
OPS Baker .797
XR Burns 77.8
Games Burns 146
At-Bats Burns 591
Runs Burns 93
Hits Powell 164
Total Bases Baker 223
Singles Mills 144
Doubles Kelly 32
Triples Powell 11
Homeruns Baker 15
RBIs Baker 74
Stolen Bases Burns 49
Caught Stealing Burns 27
Walks Burns 78
Strikeouts Kelly 91
ERA Jones 2.55
Wins Jones 21
Losses Kroh 16
Winning Pct Doak .792
Saves Causey 6
Games Pitched Jones 40
Games Started Jones 40
Complete Games Jones 35
Shutouts Causey, Jones, Kroh 3
Innings Pitched Jones 349.3
Hits Allowed Kroh 351
Homeruns Allowed Doak 3
Strikeouts Jones 138
Walks Allowed Doak 88
Walks per 9IP Kroh 1.1
Hits per 9IP Jones 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Ables 4.5
WHiP Jones 1.04
OAVG Jones .218
OOBP Jones .267
OSLG Doak .297
OOPS Jones .573
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Rube Kroh $ 16,650,000
Frank Baker $ 9,800,000
George Burns $ 7,790,000
Harry Ables $ 7,777,777
Lew Moren $ 3,980,000
Hank Severeid $ 3,940,000
Tommy Griffith $ 2,685,714
Ray Powell $ 2,664,286
George Perring $ 2,300,000
Sailor Stroud $ 1,900,000
Bill Doak $ 1,790,000
Rebel Oakes $ 1,500,000
Joe Birmingham $ 1,450,000
Buck Herzog $ 1,100,000
Hal Janvrin $ 415,000
Roy Witherup $ 390,000
Lou Fiene $ 390,000
Fred Anderson $ 380,000
Rabbit Maranville $ 350,000
Lefty Leifield $ 315,000
Sam Jones $ 300,000
Jesse Haines $ 300,000
Art Griggs $ 300,000
George Kelly $ 300,000
Bill Dam $ 300,000
Red Causey $ 300,000
Lew McCarty $ 300,000
Jack Mills $ 300,000
Turner Barber $ 300,000
Roy Hitt $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/6 Signed     Lefty Leifield
3/7 Signed     Eddie Grant
7/16 Traded Vic Aldridge
Round Draft Pick.
Philadelphia (N) Harry Ables