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1918 Boston Braves season

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1918 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record53–71 (.427)
League place7th
OwnersPercy Haughton
ManagersGeorge Stallings
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The 1918 Boston Braves season was the 48th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 71 losses.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 84 45 .651 49‍–‍25 35‍–‍20
New York Giants 71 53 .573 10½ 35‍–‍21 36‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds 68 60 .531 15½ 46‍–‍24 22‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 60 .520 17 42‍–‍28 23‍–‍32
Brooklyn Robins 57 69 .452 25½ 33‍–‍21 24‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 55 68 .447 26 27‍–‍29 28‍–‍39
Boston Braves 53 71 .427 28½ 23‍–‍29 30‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 51 78 .395 33 32‍–‍40 19‍–‍38

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 8–6 5–14 10–8 1–15 7–12 10–9 12–7
Brooklyn 6–8 10–9 6–12 8–12 9–8 10–9 8–11
Chicago 14–5 9–10 10–7–1 14–6 12–6 10–8–1 15–3
Cincinnati 8–10 12–6 7–10–1 12–7 12–7 4–12 13–8
New York 15–1 12–8 6–14 7–12 10–3 8–11 13–4
Philadelphia 12–7 8–9 6–12 7–12 3–10 11–7 8–11–2
Pittsburgh 9–10 9–10 8–10–1 12–4 11–8 7–11 9–7
St. Louis 7–12 11–8 3–15 8–13 4–13 11–8–2 7–9


Roster

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1918 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Art Wilson 89 280 69 .246 0 19
1B Ed Konetchy 119 437 103 .236 2 56
2B Buck Herzog 118 473 108 .228 0 26
SS Johnny Rawlings 111 410 85 .207 0 21
3B Red Smith 119 429 128 .298 2 65
OF Red Massey 66 203 59 .291 0 18
OF Al Wickland 95 332 87 .262 4 32
OF Ray Powell 53 188 40 .213 0 20

Other batters

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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
Joe Kelly 47 155 36 .232 0 15
Jim Kelly 35 146 48 .329 0 4
Wally Rehg 40 133 32 .241 1 12
Zeb Terry 28 105 32 .305 0 8
Chet Chadbourne 27 104 27 .260 0 6
John Henry 43 102 21 .206 0 4
Jimmy Smith 34 102 23 .225 1 14
Bill Wagner 13 47 10 .213 1 7
Rabbit Maranville 11 38 12 .316 0 3
Buzz Murphy 9 32 12 .375 1 9
Rip Conway 14 24 4 .167 0 2
Fred Bailey 4 4 1 .250 0 0
Sam Covington 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Tom Miller 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Doc Bass 2 1 1 1.000 0 0
Walt Tragesser 7 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Art Nehf 32 284.1 15 15 2.69 96
Pat Ragan 30 206.1 8 17 3.23 68
Dick Rudolph 21 154.0 9 10 2.57 48
Bunny Hearn 17 126.1 5 6 2.49 30
Dana Fillingim 14 113.0 7 6 2.23 29
Tom Hughes 3 18.1 0 2 3.44 9
Hugh McQuillan 1 9.0 1 0 3.00 1
Ed Konetchy 1 8.0 0 1 6.75 3
Cal Crum 1 2.1 0 1 15.43 0

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lefty George 9 54.1 1 5 2.32 22
Hugh Canavan 11 46.2 0 4 6.36 18
Jake Northrop 7 40.0 5 1 1.35 4
Doc Crandall 5 34.0 1 2 2.38 4
Bill Upham 3 20.2 1 1 5.23 8
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