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1918 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1918
league	American League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City, New York
record
league_place	4th
owners	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
managers	Miller Huggins

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The 1918 New York Yankees season was the 16th 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.

Hiring of Miller Huggins

The Yankees and the owners, Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston, announced on October 25, 1917 that they had signed Miller Huggins to a two year contract that paid around $12,000 (1917 USD) per season, replacing Bill Donovan. Huggins' contract with the St. Louis Cardinals expired after the 1917 season and American League President Ban Johnson signed him to join a team in the league. As part of Huggins' new deal, scout Tom Conrey would join the Yankees from the Cardinals, joining Bob Gilks and Joe Kelley. Branch Rickey, the President of the Cardinals, offered Huggins a salary of $10,000 per year and 10% of all profits over $25,000 if he stayed with the club for the 1918 season.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1918 New York Yankees roster
Roster
Pitchers

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		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
	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	ERA	SO
Dazzy Vance	2	15.43	0
Ed Monroe	1	4.50	1
Alex Ferguson	1	0.00	1
	1	0.00	1

References

(October 26, 1917). "Miller Huggins New Manager of Yankees". [[Salt Lake Daily Herald.
(October 27, 1917). "Tried to Hold on To Miller Huggins". [[Standard-Examiner.

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