1918 Major League Baseball season

1918 MLB season
1918 MLB season
League	American League, National League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 15 – September 11, 1918
Number of games	154 (scheduled); 123–131 (actual)
Number of teams	8 (AL), 8 (NL)
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	Cleveland Indians
NL champions	Chicago Cubs
NL runners-up	New York Giants
World Series
Champions	Boston Red Sox
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
	← 1917 1919 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1915–1922 American League seasons

American League

Braves

Robins

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1916–1919 National League seasons

National League

The 1918 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1918. The regular season ended earlier than originally scheduled, September 2, because of a reduced schedule due to American participation in World War I.^[1] The National League and American League champions were the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 15th World Series on September 5 and ended with Game 6 on September 11. The Red Sox defeated the Cubs, four games to two.

^ "1918 All Work or Fight and No Play," This Great Game: The Online Book of Baseball. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

[1] "1918 All Work or Fight and No Play," This Great Game: The Online Book of Baseball. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

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