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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

Season standings

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

1918 National League record Sources:
Team	BSN	BRO	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

1918 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

George Stallings

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	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

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

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
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

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

External links

1918 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

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