1918 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1918 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Hugo Bezdek
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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	84	45	0.651	—	49–25	35–20
New York Giants	71	53	0.573	10½	35–21	36–32
Cincinnati Reds	68	60	0.531	15½	46–24	22–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	60	0.520	17	42–28	23–32
Brooklyn Robins	57	69	0.452	25½	33–21	24–48
Philadelphia Phillies	55	68	0.447	26	27–29	28–39
Boston Braves	53	71	0.427	28½	23–29	30–42
St. Louis Cardinals	51	78	0.395	33	32–40	19–38

Record vs. opponents

1918 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Game log

1918 Game Log: 65–60 (Home: 42–28; Away: 23–32)

April: 4–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–3)

May: 13–13 (Home: 12–11; Away: 1–2)

June: 11–17 (Home: 2–2; Away: 9–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
35	June 1	@ Giants	0–2	Perritt	Cooper (4–5)	—	—	17–18
36	June 3	@ Giants	3–2	Miller (5–3)	Tesreau	—	—	18–18
37	June 4	@ Giants	1–2	Sallee	Harmon (1–4)	—	—	18–19
38	June 5	@ Giants	3–4	Causey	Cooper (4–6)	—	—	18–20
39	June 6	@ Robins	0–1	Marquard	Sanders (1–5)	—	—	18–21
40	June 8	@ Robins	7–1	Miller (6–3)	Cheney	—	—	19–21
41	June 8	@ Robins	1–2 (12)	Coombs	Sanders (1–6)	—	—	19–22
42	June 10	@ Robins	0–2	Grimes	Cooper (4–7)	—	—	19–23
43	June 11	@ Braves	3–2 (16)	Sanders (2–6)	Hearn	—	—	20–23
44	June 12	@ Braves	0–1	Fillingim	Miller (6–4)	—	—	20–24
45	June 13	@ Braves	1–2	Nehf	Harmon (1–5)	—	—	20–25
46	June 14	@ Braves	6–7	Rudolph	Cooper (4–8)	—	—	20–26
47	June 15	@ Phillies	1–6	Oeschger	Sanders (2–7)	—	—	20–27
48	June 17	@ Phillies	8–9 (10)	Watson	Steele (1–2)	—	—	20–28
49	June 18	@ Phillies	0–1	Hogg	Cooper (4–9)	—	—	20–29
50	June 19	Cubs	0–1	Douglas	Harmon (1–6)	—	—	20–30
51	June 20	Cubs	3–1	Sanders (3–7)	Hendrix	Cooper (1)	—	21–30
52	June 21	Cubs	3–0	Steele (2–2)	Tyler	—	—	22–30
53	June 22	Cubs	2–5	Vaughn	Cooper (4–10)	—	—	22–31
54	June 23	@ Reds	4–1	Mayer (1–0)	Toney	—	—	23–31
55	June 23	@ Reds	15–1	Harmon (2–6)	Toney	—	—	24–31
56	June 24	@ Reds	7–2	Miller (7–4)	Schneider	—	—	25–31
57	June 27	@ Cardinals	4–3	Cooper (5–10)	Doak	—	—	26–31
58	June 28	@ Cardinals	1–8	Meadows	Harmon (2–7)	—	—	26–32
59	June 29	@ Cardinals	5–1	Mayer (2–0)	Johnson	—	—	27–32
60	June 29	@ Cardinals	4–5	Sherdel	Miller (7–5)	—	—	27–33
61	June 30	@ Cardinals	1–2	Ames	Steele (2–3)	—	—	27–34
62	June 30	@ Cardinals	5–4 (11)	Cooper (6–10)	Doak	—	—	28–34

July: 20–9 (Home: 16–5; Away: 4–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
63	July 2	Reds	7–6 (10)	Cooper (7–10)	Regan	—	—	29–34
64	July 3	Reds	8–5	Comstock (1–0)	Schneider	Cooper (2)	—	30–34
65	July 4	Reds	1–0 (11)	Sanders (4–7)	Ring	—	—	31–34
66	July 4	Reds	8–4	Cooper (8–10)	Eller	—	—	32–34
67	July 5	Giants	10–4	Slapnicka (1–0)	Schupp	—	—	33–34
68	July 6	Braves	17–1	Mayer (3–0)	Rudolph	—	—	34–34
69	July 6	Braves	5–4	Sanders (5–7)	Fillingim	Comstock (1)	—	35–34
70	July 8	Braves	0–5	Ragan	Comstock (1–1)	—	—	35–35
71	July 9	Braves	7–2	Cooper (9–10)	Fillingim	—	—	36–35
72	July 10	Giants	4–9	Demaree	Slapnicka (1–1)	—	—	36–36
73	July 11	Giants	5–4	Mayer (4–0)	Smith	—	—	37–36
74	July 13	Giants	5–4	Cooper (10–10)	Perritt	—	—	38–36
75	July 13	Giants	1–8	Causey	Sanders (5–8)	—	—	38–37
76	July 15	Robins	6–5	Mayer (5–0)	Marquard	—	—	39–37
77	July 16	Robins	7–6	Cooper (11–10)	Grimes	—	—	40–37
78	July 17	Robins	5–4 (11)	Cooper (12–10)	Robertson	—	—	41–37
79	July 18	Phillies	0–1 (13)	Jacobs	Slapnicka (1–2)	—	—	41–38
80	July 19	Phillies	3–2	Comstock (2–1)	Oeschger	—	—	42–38
81	July 20	Phillies	1–0	Mayer (6–0)	Hogg	—	—	43–38
82	July 20	Phillies	2–3	Prendergast	Cooper (12–11)	—	—	43–39
83	July 22	Braves	7–2	Sanders (6–8)	Nehf	Cooper (3)	—	44–39
84	July 24	@ Robins	3–1	Comstock (3–1)	Marquard	—	—	45–39
85	July 25	@ Robins	0–10	Grimes	Slapnicka (1–3)	—	—	45–40
86	July 25	@ Robins	2–6	Coombs	Cooper (12–12)	—	—	45–41
87	July 26	@ Robins	3–4	Cheney	Sanders (6–9)	—	—	45–42
88	July 27	@ Giants	8–4	Miller (8–5)	Demaree	Comstock (2)	—	46–42
89	July 29	@ Giants	4–2	Cooper (13–12)	Perritt	—	—	47–42
90	July 31	@ Giants	0–1	Causey	Comstock (3–2)	—	—	47–43
91	July 31	@ Giants	4–2	Adams (1–0)	Steele	—	—	48–43

August: 16–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
92	August 1	@ Braves	2–0 (21)	Cooper (14–12)	Nehf	—	—	49–43
93	August 2	@ Braves	2–4	Northrop	Miller (8–6)	—	2,500	49–44
94	August 3	@ Braves	4–3	Comstock (4–2)	George	—	—	50–44
95	August 5	@ Braves	0–1	Rudolph	Adams (1–1)	—	—	50–45
96	August 6	@ Phillies	10–2	Cooper (15–12)	Prendergast	—	—	51–45
97	August 7	@ Phillies	4–2	Mayer (7–0)	Watson	—	1,000	52–45
98	August 8	@ Phillies	1–6	Hogg	Comstock (4–3)	—	—	52–46
99	August 8	@ Phillies	2–8	Jacobs	Slapnicka (1–4)	—	—	52–47
100	August 9	Reds	4–3	Hill (1–0)	Schneider	—	—	53–47
101	August 10	Cubs	3–3 (10)			—	10,000	53–47
102	August 11	@ Cubs	3–5	Douglas	Comstock (4–4)	—	—	53–48
103	August 11	@ Cubs	6–3	Mayer (8–0)	Vaughn	—	—	54–48
104	August 12	@ Cubs	12–1	Hill (2–0)	Martin	—	—	55–48
105	August 13	@ Cubs	1–2	Tyler	Cooper (15–13)	—	—	55–49
106	August 13	@ Cubs	7–2	Miller (9–6)	Douglas	—	—	56–49
107	August 14	@ Cubs	0–2	Vaughn	Comstock (4–5)	—	2,000	56–50
108	August 15	Robins	3–1	Cooper (16–13)	Smith	—	—	57–50
109	August 16	Robins	1–5	Cheney	Mayer (8–1)	—	—	57–51
110	August 17	Robins	0–2	Grimes	Hill (2–1)	—	8,000	57–52
111	August 17	Robins	2–1	Miller (10–6)	Robertson	—	8,000	58–52
112	August 19	Giants	8–1	Comstock (5–5)	Causey	—	—	59–52
113	August 19	Giants	1–2	Toney	Cooper (16–14)	—	—	59–53
114	August 20	Giants	10–2	Mayer (9–1)	Steele	—	—	60–53
115	August 21	Braves	3–2	Miller (11–6)	Nehf	—	—	61–53
116	August 22	Braves	3–0	Sanders (7–9)	Rudolph	—	—	62–53
117	August 23	Braves	0–5	Northrop	Hill (2–2)	—	—	62–54
118	August 24	Phillies	4–3	Cooper (17–14)	Jacobs	—	—	63–54
119	August 24	Phillies	4–7	Hogg	Mayer (9–2)	—	—	63–55
120	August 27	Phillies	6–7	Prendergast	Comstock (5–6)	Hogg	—	63–56
121	August 27	Phillies	2–8	Watson	Miller (11–7)	—	—	63–57
122	August 29	Cardinals	1–0	Cooper (18–14)	Doak	—	—	64–57
123	August 29	Cardinals	1–4	Sherdel	Mayer (9–3)	—	—	64–58

September: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1918 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Hal Carlson

Ralph Comstock

Wilbur Cooper

Earl Hamilton

Bob Harmon

Carmen Hill

Elmer Jacobs

Erskine Mayer

Frank Miller

Roy Sanders

Cy Slapnicka

Bob Steele

Catchers

Jimmy Archer

Fred Blackwell

Walter Schmidt

Red Smith

Infielders

Lute Boone

Howdy Caton

George Cutshaw

Roy Ellam

Gus Getz

Bill McKechnie

Fritz Mollwitz

Jake Pitler

Ben Shaw

Outfielders

Carson Bigbee

Max Carey

Bill Hinchman

Lee King

Tommy Leach

Billy Southworth

Casey Stengel

Manager

Hugo Bezdek

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

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
King, LeeLee King	36	112	26	.232	1	11

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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	3	22.2	1	1	1.19	6

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
Carlson, HalHal Carlson	3	12	0	1	3.75	5

References

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

External links

1918 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1918 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
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Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

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1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

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