1918 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersHugo Bezdek
Seasons

The 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 37th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 32nd in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 65–60.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8445 0.651 — 49–25 35–20
New York Giants 7153 0.573 10½ 35–21 36–32
Cincinnati Reds 6860 0.531 15½ 46–24 22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 6560 0.520 17 42–28 23–32
Brooklyn Robins 5769 0.452 25½ 33–21 24–48
Philadelphia Phillies 5568 0.447 26 27–29 28–39
Boston Braves 5371 0.427 28½ 23–29 30–42
St. Louis Cardinals 5178 0.395 33 32–40 19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —8–65–1410–81–157–1210–912–7
Brooklyn 6–8—10–96–128–129–810–98–11
Chicago 14–59–10—10–7–114–612–610–8–115–3
Cincinnati 8–1012–67–10–1—12–712–74–1213–8
New York 15–112–86–147–12—10–38–1113–4
Philadelphia 12–78–96–127–123–10—11–78–11–2
Pittsburgh 9–109–108–10–112–411–87–11—9–7
St. Louis 7–1211–83–158–134–1311–8–27–9—

Game log

1918 Game Log: 65–60 (Home: 42–28; Away: 23–32)
April: 4–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 16@ Reds0–2SchneiderCooper (0–1)——0–1
2April 17@ Reds8–1Hamilton (1–0)Regan——1–1
3April 18@ Reds6–7ConleyHarmon (0–1)——1–2
4April 22@ Cardinals5–1Hamilton (2–0)Packard——2–2
5April 23@ Cardinals5–6MaySanders (0–1)——2–3
6April 25Reds1–0Miller (1–0)Schneider——3–3
7April 26Reds7–1Hamilton (3–0)Eller——4–3
8April 27Reds2–4BresslerSanders (0–2)——4–4
May: 13–13 (Home: 12–11; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
9May 1@ Cubs3–5VaughnCarlson (0–1)——4–5
10May 2Cardinals1–0Hamilton (4–0)Ames——5–5
11May 3Cardinals2–6DoakMiller (1–1)——5–6
12May 4Cardinals5–4 (10)Cooper (1–1)Sherdel——6–6
13May 5@ Reds1–3ToneyJacobs (0–1)——6–7
14May 5@ Reds4–3Harmon (1–1)SchneiderSteele (1)—7–7
15May 6Cubs7–2Hamilton (5–0)Hendrix——8–7
16May 7Cubs2–1Miller (2–1)Weaver——9–7
17May 8Cubs1–8TylerCooper (1–2)——9–8
18May 9Cubs2–6VaughnSanders (0–3)——9–9
19May 10Giants4–2Hamilton (6–0)Benton——10–9
20May 11Giants2–0Cooper (2–2)Sallee—13,00011–9
21May 14Giants2–3BarnesMiller (2–2)——11–10
22May 15Robins1–5MarquardCooper (2–3)——11–11
23May 16Robins4–3Sanders (1–3)Coombs——12–11
24May 17Robins4–7CheneyHarmon (1–2)——12–12
25May 18Robins11–4Miller (3–2)Griner—4,00013–12
26May 20Phillies5–1Cooper (3–3)Prendergast——14–12
27May 22Phillies6–5 (12)Cooper (4–3)Oeschger——15–12
28May 23Phillies2–3MayerMiller (3–3)——15–13
29May 24Braves3–6RaganSteele (0–1)——15–14
30May 27Braves1–2NehfCooper (4–4)——15–15
31May 28Braves2–6HearnSanders (1–4)——15–16
32May 30Cardinals8–0Miller (4–3)Packard——16–16
33May 30Cardinals0–4DoakHarmon (1–3)——16–17
34May 31Cardinals12–7Steele (1–1)HorstmannSanders (1)—17–17
June: 11–17 (Home: 2–2; Away: 9–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
35June 1@ Giants0–2PerrittCooper (4–5)——17–18
36June 3@ Giants3–2Miller (5–3)Tesreau——18–18
37June 4@ Giants1–2SalleeHarmon (1–4)——18–19
38June 5@ Giants3–4CauseyCooper (4–6)——18–20
39June 6@ Robins0–1MarquardSanders (1–5)——18–21
40June 8@ Robins7–1Miller (6–3)Cheney——19–21
41June 8@ Robins1–2 (12)CoombsSanders (1–6)——19–22
42June 10@ Robins0–2GrimesCooper (4–7)——19–23
43June 11@ Braves3–2 (16)Sanders (2–6)Hearn——20–23
44June 12@ Braves0–1FillingimMiller (6–4)——20–24
45June 13@ Braves1–2NehfHarmon (1–5)——20–25
46June 14@ Braves6–7RudolphCooper (4–8)——20–26
47June 15@ Phillies1–6OeschgerSanders (2–7)——20–27
48June 17@ Phillies8–9 (10)WatsonSteele (1–2)——20–28
49June 18@ Phillies0–1HoggCooper (4–9)——20–29
50June 19Cubs0–1DouglasHarmon (1–6)——20–30
51June 20Cubs3–1Sanders (3–7)HendrixCooper (1)—21–30
52June 21Cubs3–0Steele (2–2)Tyler——22–30
53June 22Cubs2–5VaughnCooper (4–10)——22–31
54June 23@ Reds4–1Mayer (1–0)Toney——23–31
55June 23@ Reds15–1Harmon (2–6)Toney——24–31
56June 24@ Reds7–2Miller (7–4)Schneider——25–31
57June 27@ Cardinals4–3Cooper (5–10)Doak——26–31
58June 28@ Cardinals1–8MeadowsHarmon (2–7)——26–32
59June 29@ Cardinals5–1Mayer (2–0)Johnson——27–32
60June 29@ Cardinals4–5SherdelMiller (7–5)——27–33
61June 30@ Cardinals1–2AmesSteele (2–3)——27–34
62June 30@ Cardinals5–4 (11)Cooper (6–10)Doak——28–34
July: 20–9 (Home: 16–5; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
63July 2Reds7–6 (10)Cooper (7–10)Regan——29–34
64July 3Reds8–5Comstock (1–0)SchneiderCooper (2)—30–34
65July 4Reds1–0 (11)Sanders (4–7)Ring——31–34
66July 4Reds8–4Cooper (8–10)Eller——32–34
67July 5Giants10–4Slapnicka (1–0)Schupp——33–34
68July 6Braves17–1Mayer (3–0)Rudolph——34–34
69July 6Braves5–4Sanders (5–7)FillingimComstock (1)—35–34
70July 8Braves0–5RaganComstock (1–1)——35–35
71July 9Braves7–2Cooper (9–10)Fillingim——36–35
72July 10Giants4–9DemareeSlapnicka (1–1)——36–36
73July 11Giants5–4Mayer (4–0)Smith——37–36
74July 13Giants5–4Cooper (10–10)Perritt——38–36
75July 13Giants1–8CauseySanders (5–8)——38–37
76July 15Robins6–5Mayer (5–0)Marquard——39–37
77July 16Robins7–6Cooper (11–10)Grimes——40–37
78July 17Robins5–4 (11)Cooper (12–10)Robertson——41–37
79July 18Phillies0–1 (13)JacobsSlapnicka (1–2)——41–38
80July 19Phillies3–2Comstock (2–1)Oeschger——42–38
81July 20Phillies1–0Mayer (6–0)Hogg——43–38
82July 20Phillies2–3PrendergastCooper (12–11)——43–39
83July 22Braves7–2Sanders (6–8)NehfCooper (3)—44–39
84July 24@ Robins3–1Comstock (3–1)Marquard——45–39
85July 25@ Robins0–10GrimesSlapnicka (1–3)——45–40
86July 25@ Robins2–6CoombsCooper (12–12)——45–41
87July 26@ Robins3–4CheneySanders (6–9)——45–42
88July 27@ Giants8–4Miller (8–5)DemareeComstock (2)—46–42
89July 29@ Giants4–2Cooper (13–12)Perritt——47–42
90July 31@ Giants0–1CauseyComstock (3–2)——47–43
91July 31@ Giants4–2Adams (1–0)Steele——48–43
August: 16–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
92August 1@ Braves2–0 (21)Cooper (14–12)Nehf——49–43
93August 2@ Braves2–4NorthropMiller (8–6)—2,50049–44
94August 3@ Braves4–3Comstock (4–2)George——50–44
95August 5@ Braves0–1RudolphAdams (1–1)——50–45
96August 6@ Phillies10–2Cooper (15–12)Prendergast——51–45
97August 7@ Phillies4–2Mayer (7–0)Watson—1,00052–45
98August 8@ Phillies1–6HoggComstock (4–3)——52–46
99August 8@ Phillies2–8JacobsSlapnicka (1–4)——52–47
100August 9Reds4–3Hill (1–0)Schneider——53–47
101August 10Cubs3–3 (10)—10,00053–47
102August 11@ Cubs3–5DouglasComstock (4–4)——53–48
103August 11@ Cubs6–3Mayer (8–0)Vaughn——54–48
104August 12@ Cubs12–1Hill (2–0)Martin——55–48
105August 13@ Cubs1–2TylerCooper (15–13)——55–49
106August 13@ Cubs7–2Miller (9–6)Douglas——56–49
107August 14@ Cubs0–2VaughnComstock (4–5)—2,00056–50
108August 15Robins3–1Cooper (16–13)Smith——57–50
109August 16Robins1–5CheneyMayer (8–1)——57–51
110August 17Robins0–2GrimesHill (2–1)—8,00057–52
111August 17Robins2–1Miller (10–6)Robertson—8,00058–52
112August 19Giants8–1Comstock (5–5)Causey——59–52
113August 19Giants1–2ToneyCooper (16–14)——59–53
114August 20Giants10–2Mayer (9–1)Steele——60–53
115August 21Braves3–2Miller (11–6)Nehf——61–53
116August 22Braves3–0Sanders (7–9)Rudolph——62–53
117August 23Braves0–5NorthropHill (2–2)——62–54
118August 24Phillies4–3Cooper (17–14)Jacobs——63–54
119August 24Phillies4–7HoggMayer (9–2)——63–55
120August 27Phillies6–7PrendergastComstock (5–6)Hogg—63–56
121August 27Phillies2–8WatsonMiller (11–7)——63–57
122August 29Cardinals1–0Cooper (18–14)Doak——64–57
123August 29Cardinals1–4SherdelMayer (9–3)——64–58
September: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1@ Cubs0–4TylerHill (2–3)——64–59
125September 2Cubs3–4MartinMiller (11–8)—4,00064–60
126September 2Cubs3–2Cooper (19–14)Hendrix—9,00065–60
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1918 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CWalter Schmidt10532377.238027
1BFritz Mollwitz119432116.269045
2BGeorge Cutshaw126463132.285568
SSHowdy Caton8030371.234017
3BBill McKechnie126435111.255243
OFBilly Southworth6424684.341243
OFCarson Bigbee9231079.255119
OFMax Carey126468128.274348

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
Casey Stengel3912230.246112
Lee King3611226.232111
Bill Hinchman5011126.234013
Luke Boone279118.19803
Roy Ellam267710.13002
Tommy Leach307214.19405
Jimmy Archer24589.15503
Ben Shaw21367.19402
Red Smith15244.16703
Fred Blackwell8132.15404
Gus Getz7102.20000
Jake Pitler210.00000

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
Wilbur Cooper38273.119142.11117
Frank Miller23170.11182.3847
Erskine Mayer15123.1932.2625
Earl Hamilton654.0600.8320
Cy Slapnicka749.1144.743
Babe Adams322.2111.196

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
Roy Sanders28156.0792.6055
Bob Harmon1682.1272.627
Ralph Comstock1581.0563.0044
Bob Steele1049.0233.3121
Carmen Hill643.2231.2415
Elmer Jacobs823.1015.792
Hal Carlson312.0013.755

References

  1. ↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
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