1918 Philadelphia Athletics
52 - 76
1917 / 1919 (Organization)
8th place in the AL (24 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		35 - 32 (.522)
17 - 44 (.279)		 -2.8 wins
-9.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 412 / 479 ( -67 )
Allowed/Expected: 538 / 476 ( -62 )
Pyth Record: 49 - 79 (+3)
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Shibe Park
Attendance: 177,926 Avg Att: 2,617 (0.78)
Att Rank: 6 / 8 Lg Avg: 3,362
       
Park Factor: 1.03    
HR Factor: 1.64 R/L HR: 1.97 / 1.11
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Wickey McAvoy
C
23.7
0.5
6.2
-0.8
5
Y
9
1
1913
 Purchased Berlin (Canadian)
2 Elmer Myers
SP
24.3
-2.1
0.0
-3.5
4
Y
1
1
1913
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Cy Perkins
C
22.3
-0.3
3.7
-1.9
3
Y
8
1
1915
 Purchased Raleigh (North Carolin
4 Joe Dugan
SS
21.1
-1.0
3.7
-6.7
2
Y
7
1
1917
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Charlie Jamieson
RF
25.4
-1.3
4.5
-4.9
2
N
7
7
1917
 Waivers WS1 AL
6 Red Shannon
SS
21.4
1.3
7.6
1.4
2
N
9
17
1917
 Unknown Baltimore (International
7 Willie Adams
SP
27.8
-1.7
2.3
-3.9
1
N
Not Available
8 Claude Davidson
2B
21.7
-0.6
0.4
-1.4
1
Y
Not Available
9 Frank Fahey
LF
22.4
-0.4
0.0
-0.7
1
Y
Not Available
10 Bob Geary
SP
27.1
0.8
5.0
1.8
1
Y
Not Available
11 Chick Holmes
RP
22.3
-0.4
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
Not Available
12 Roy Johnson
SP
22.8
-1.1
0.7
-1.2
1
Y
Not Available
13 Vic Keen
SP
19.3
0.1
0.3
0.0
1
Y
Not Available
14 Jake Munch
1B
27.6
-0.0
0.3
-0.2
1
Y
Not Available
15 William Pierson
RP
19.0
0.1
0.7
-0.1
1
Y
Not Available
16 Red Shea
RP
19.6
-0.4
0.0
-0.3
1
Y
Not Available
17 Mule Watson
SP
21.7
-0.8
5.2
0.0
1
Y
Not Available
18 Tom Zachary
SP
22.2
-0.0
0.6
0.3
1
Y
Not Available
19 Jimmie Dykes
2B
21.6
-0.4
1.4
-3.2
1
Y
9
20
1917
 Draft (Rule 5) Gettysburg (Blue Ridge)
20 Vean Gregg
SP
33.2
1.3
10.3
3.0
1
N
12
14
1917
 Trade BOS AL
21 Merlin Kopp
LF
26.5
0.9
8.9
1.0
1
N
12
14
1917
 Trade BOS AL
22 Rube Oldring
LF
34.1
-0.6
0.9
-2.0
1
N
1
1
1918
 Free Agency
23 Larry Gardner
3B
32.1
4.0
17.3
6.0
1
N
1
10
1918
 Trade BOS AL
24 Tilly Walker
CF
30.8
3.4
17.3
7.7
1
N
2
20
1918
 Trade BOS AL
25 George Burns
1B
25.4
5.9
24.7
15.1
1
N
3
8
1918
 Trade NYA AL
26 Scott Perry
SP
27.2
7.7
28.4
16.2
1
N
3
25
1918
 Trade Atlanta (Southern Asso
27 Merito Acosta
RF
22.1
0.7
5.7
1.9
1
N
5
25
1918
 Purchased WS1 AL
28 Lou Bauer
RP
19.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
Y
7
8
1918
 Free Agency (Amateur)
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Merito Acosta RF Bauta (Cuba)
Willie Adams SP Clearfield, PA (USA)
Lou Bauer RP Egg Harbor City, NJ (USA)
George Burns 1B Philadelphia, PA (US)
Claude Davidson 2B Boston, MA (USA)
Joe Dugan SS Torrington, CT (US)
Jimmie Dykes 2B Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Frank Fahey LF Milford, MA (USA)
Larry Gardner 3B Enosburg Falls, VT (USA)
Bob Geary SP Cincinnati, OH (USA)
Vean Gregg SP Clarkston, WA (US)
Chick Holmes RP Beverly, NJ (USA)
Charlie Jamieson RF Paterson, NJ (US)
Roy Johnson SP Madill, OK (USA)
Vic Keen SP Snow Hill, MD (US)
Merlin Kopp LF Toledo, OH (USA)
Wickey McAvoy C Rochester, NY (USA)
Jake Munch 1B Morton, PA (USA)
Elmer Myers SP Elk Grove, CA (US)
Rube Oldring LF Bridgeton, NJ (US)
Cy Perkins C Gloucester, MA (USA)
Scott Perry SP Denison, TX (USA)
William Pierson RP Atlantic City, NJ (US)
Red Shannon SS Jersey City, NJ (USA)
Red Shea RP Ware, MA (USA)
Tilly Walker CF Telford, TN (USA)
Mule Watson SP Homer, LA (USA)
Tom Zachary SP Graham, NC (USA)

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