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1918 Cleveland Indians Season
The 1918 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 73–54, 2½ games behind the 1918 Boston Red Sox season, Boston Red Sox. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Other pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Relief pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Park
League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Dunham Street (now known as East 66th Street) and Lexington Avenue in the Hough, Cleveland, Hough neighborhood. It was built in 1891 as a wood structure and rebuilt using concrete and steel in 1910. The park was home to a number of professional sports teams, most notably the Cleveland Guardians, Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. League Park was first home to the Cleveland Spiders of the National League from 1891 to 1899 and of the Cleveland Guardians, Cleveland Lake Shores of the Western League (original), Western League, the minor league predecessor to the Indians, in 1900. From 1914 to 1915, League Park also hosted the Cleveland Spiders (American Association), Cleveland Spiders of the minor league American Association (20th century), American Association. In the late 1940s, the park was also the home field of the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Wilkinson (baseball)
Roy Hamilton Wilkinson (May 8, 1893 – July 2, 1956) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox. Wilkinson started his professional career in 1913. In 1919, he had a good season with the Columbus Senators of the American Association, going 17–15 with a 2.08 earned run average. He joined the White Sox in time to pitch two games in the 1919 World Series, which was tainted by the Black Sox Scandal. In 1921, he was placed in the starting rotation and went 4–20. He was a very good fielding pitcher in his major league career. Wilkinson recorded a .985 fielding percentage, with only two errors in 135 total chances in 380.2 innings pitched. From 1922 to 1932, Wilkinson pitched for Kansas City and Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Turner (baseball)
Terrance Lamont Turner (February 28, 1881 – July 18, 1960), nicknamed "Cotton Top", was an American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1901 to 1919 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Naps / Indians, and Philadelphia Athletics. Biography Listed at , 149 lb., Turner was basically a line-drive hitter and a fearless base stealer. Because normal slides hurt his ankles, he pioneered the use of the head-first slide. As a fielder, he spent most of his playing time between shortstop and third base. He also broke up three no-hitters and spoiled a perfect game effort by Chief Bender after receiving a fourth-inning walk. In 1904 Turner started a long tenure with Cleveland that lasted 15 years, appearing in a team-record 1,619 games. He hit a career-high .308 in 1912, and from 1906 to 1911 averaged 25.5 steals in each season, with a career-high 31 in 1910. On the field, he led the American League shortstops in fielding percentage four t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany Schaefer
Herman A. "Germany" Schaefer (February 4, 1876 – May 16, 1919) was a second baseman, first baseman and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played 15 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Newark Pepper, New York Yankees, and Cleveland Indians. Biography Born William Herman Schaefer in the South Side of Chicago to German immigrant parents, he played in two World Series with the Tigers. During the season, Schaefer and Red Killefer were traded by the Tigers to the Senators for Jim Delahanty. In 1,150 career games, Schaefer batted .257 with 9 home runs and 201 stolen bases. Schaefer was known as both a baseball trickster and a tactician in the early years of 20th century baseball. Well liked, stories of his exploits dot both the memories of his contemporaries and the newspaper reports of the time. One of his most famous exploits was stealing first base, which was perhaps erroneously recalled in Lawrence Ritter's ''The Glory of Their Times'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Miller (first Baseman)
Edwin Collins Miller (November 24, 1888 – April 17, 1980) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for three seasons. He played for the St. Louis Browns in 1912 and 1914 and the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ... in 1918. External links 1888 births 1980 deaths Major League Baseball first basemen St. Louis Browns players Cleveland Indians players Minor league baseball managers Waterbury Invincibles players Lancaster Red Roses players Waterbury Finnegans players Memphis Turtles players Waterbury Champs players Lowell Grays players New Haven White Wings players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Galveston Pirates players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Newark Bears (International League) playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Kavanagh
Martin Joseph Kavanagh (June 13, 1891 – July 28, 1960) was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball for six years from 1913 to 1918, including five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1914–1916, 1918), Cleveland Indians (1916–1917), and St. Louis Cardinals (1918). He appeared in 370 major league games, 172 as a second baseman, 73 as a first baseman, 23 as an outfielder, three as a third baseman, and two as a shortstop. During his major league career, he compiled a .249 batting average and a .330 on-base percentage. Early years Kavanagh was born in Harrison, New Jersey, in 1891. His parents Charles and Mary Kavanagh immigrated from Ireland in 1886. At the time of the 1900 U.S. Census, his father worked as a day laborer. Professional baseball Kavanagh began his professional career in 1913 with the York White Roses of the Tri-State League. In 111 games with the White Roses, he had a .357 batting average. After the season, the Detroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Johnston
Wheeler Roger "Doc" Johnston (September 9, 1887 – February 17, 1961) was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1909 through 1922. During eleven seasons in the major leagues, Johnston played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Athletics. He batted .263 (992-for-3774) with 14 home runs, 478 runs and 381 RBIs, and was a member of the Indians team that won the 1920 World Series. His brother Jimmy Johnston was also a major league player. Doc played against his brother Jimmy in the 1920 World Series The 1920 World Series was the championship series for Major League Baseball's 1920 season. The series was a best-of-nine format played between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn ..., with Doc playing for Cleveland and Jimmy on the Brooklyn Robins. It marked the first World Series and first Big Four championship t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Halt
Al Halt (November 23, 1890 – January 22, 1973) was an infielder for Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... in 1914, 1915, and 1918. Sources 1890 births 1973 deaths Major League Baseball infielders Baseball players from Ohio Brooklyn Tip-Tops players Cleveland Indians players Major League Baseball third basemen Major League Baseball shortstops Beaumont Oilers players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Beaumont Exporters players San Antonio Bears players Sportspeople from Sandusky, Ohio {{Baseball-third-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Getz
Gustave Getz (August 3, 1889 – May 28, 1969) was an American professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1909 through 1918 for the Boston Doves, Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He had one at-bat in the 1916 World Series The 1916 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1916 season. The 13th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion Boston Red Sox against the National League champion Brooklyn Robi ... for Brooklyn. External links Major League Baseball third basemen Brooklyn Robins players Boston Doves players Cincinnati Reds players Cleveland Indians players Pittsburgh Pirates players Minor league baseball managers McKeesport Tubers players Indianapolis Indians players Elmira Colonels players Newark Indians players Newark Bears (IL) players Toledo Mud Hens players Reading Aces players Scranton Miners players Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Evans
Joseph Patton "Doc" Evans (May 15, 1895 – August 9, 1951) was an American professional baseball outfielder and third baseman, who played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns of Major League Baseball (MLB). Biography He was born on May 15, 1895, in Meridian, Mississippi. Evans made his major league debut with the Indians in 1915, playing 42 games for them. He spent most of with the minor league Portland Beavers, playing just 33 games for the Indians. was Evans' first as a regular, as he served as the Indians' primary third baseman. However, he batted just .190, and in , he split time at third base with veteran Terry Turner. The following offseason, the Indians traded for third baseman Larry Gardner, pushing Evans back to the bench. Evans played on Cleveland's 1920 World Series championship team, batting .349 in 56 games as a reserve outfielder. He appeared in four of the seven games of the Series, picking up 4 hits in 13 at-bats. Evans rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Chapman
Raymond Johnson Chapman (January 15, 1891 – August 17, 1920) was an American baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians. Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by pitcher Carl Mays and died 12 hours later. He is the only player to die directly from an injury received during a major league game. His death led baseball to establish a rule requiring umpires to replace the ball whenever it becomes dirty. Chapman's death and sanitary concerns also led to the ban on spitballs after the 1920 season. Chapman's death was one of the examples cited to justify the wearing of batting helmets. However, it took over 30 years to adopt the rule that required their use. Career Chapman was born in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, and raised in Herrin, Illinois. He broke into the major leagues in 1912 with the Cleveland team, then known as the Naps. Chapman led the American League in runs scored and walks in 1918. A top-notch bunter, Chapman is sixth on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinch Thomas
Chester David "Pinch" Thomas (January 24, 1888 – December 24, 1953) was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1912 through 1921 for the Boston Red Sox (1912–17) and Cleveland Indians (1918–21). Listed at , 173 lb., Thomas batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Camp Point, Illinois. Biography The Red Sox signed Thomas in 1911 but allowed him to play the 1911 season with the Sacramento Sacts before recalling him to the Major Leagues for the 1912 season. He spent the 1912 season as a little-used backup catcher for 1912 World Series championship Red Sox. A fine defensive replacement, Thomas was the primary catcher for the Red Sox during three years, helping them to the World Championship in 1915 and 1916. On June 23, 1917, Thomas was involved in a combined no-hitter in which he and Babe Ruth were both ejected after disagreement over the strike zone after Ruth walked the first batter. Ernie Shore and Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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