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1918 Season

Preseason Predictions

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Washington Senators 91 63 .591 - 588 .257 14 200 477 2.24 445 408 New York Yankees 91 63 .591 - 599 .260 14 171 490 2.21 498 393 Cleveland Indians 86 68 .558 5 639 .260 18 147 585 2.93 436 430 Detroit Tigers 80 74 .519 11 560 .246 25 159 538 2.54 461 373 Philadelphia Athletics 77 77 .500 14 561 .258 18 160 539 2.55 406 464 Chicago White Sox 69 85 .448 22 543 .248 20 197 604 2.84 522 502 Boston Red Sox 67 87 .435 24 496 .243 15 180 589 2.68 427 610 St. Louis Browns 58 96 .377 33 584 .250 28 190 749 3.20 369 517

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG T. Cobb, CF WS1 151 599 0 71 60 .378 .445 .491 S. Rice, RF NYA 151 604 0 74 23 .347 .383 .423 E. Roush, LF NYA 151 623 6 76 33 .302 .345 .415 B. Kauff, RF CLE 149 592 4 81 28 .308 .369 .386 T. Speaker, CF WS1 151 607 0 46 24 .283 .377 .389 M. Carey, CF NYA 152 616 1 51 58 .279 .372 .348 M. Menosky, RF PHA 152 608 4 54 41 .283 .360 .377 R. Youngs, RF BOS 151 580 2 54 26 .297 .379 .373 H. Hooper, LF CLE 129 510 2 59 24 .282 .378 .359 C. Stengel, RF DET 146 555 5 69 29 .274 .351 .382 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 D. Rudolph NYA 38 23 13 0 2.00 336.2 308 76 104 2.78 L. Tyler NYA 38 22 12 0 2.07 330.2 308 99 116 3.17 F. Miller DET 38 22 15 0 2.12 336.1 291 85 85 2.28 W. Lee CLE 38 23 12 0 2.59 340.0 330 49 125 3.30 P. Douglas NYA 38 20 16 0 2.07 334.2 288 57 123 3.31 J. Bush BOS 38 20 16 0 2.45 340.0 299 139 125 3.32 J. Benz PHA 38 21 16 0 2.55 346.2 335 121 58 1.52 P. Alexander PHA 38 20 17 0 2.36 329.2 304 85 123 3.36 J. Harris DET 38 19 16 0 2.39 337.2 305 105 98 2.63 W. Mitchell CLE 38 21 15 0 2.86 330.2 317 111 94 2.57

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Boston Braves 89 65 .578 - 595 .260 12 175 502 2.60 529 532 Brooklyn Robins 85 69 .552 4 663 .261 32 101 591 2.64 524 477 Cincinnati Reds 77 77 .500 12 598 .251 15 115 568 2.77 385 391 Philadelphia Phillies 76 78 .494 13 573 .259 26 106 613 3.01 465 436 New York Giants 76 78 .494 13 632 .259 19 129 650 3.16 429 568 Chicago Cubs 75 79 .487 14 609 .255 12 196 558 2.71 448 511 St. Louis Cardinals 73 81 .474 16 552 .259 11 180 624 3.00 401 460 Pittsburgh Pirates 67 87 .435 22 525 .256 17 137 642 3.21 432 529

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG B. Ruth, LF BRO 153 570 19 97 3 .316 .421 .526 G. Sisler, 1B PIT 153 618 2 66 44 .313 .365 .407 J. Harris, 1B BRO 154 612 0 75 7 .305 .383 .378 B. Roth, RF BSN 152 597 1 67 48 .281 .360 .392 G. Burns, LF CHN 149 571 3 76 40 .281 .365 .370 S. Evans, 1B NY1 153 562 3 89 9 .287 .352 .390 J. Jackson, RF CHN 148 600 3 66 13 .291 .356 .401 W. Schang, C NY1 137 528 1 50 14 .295 .396 .369 R. Chapman, 2B CIN 149 604 0 67 41 .274 .340 .360 G. Gilmore, RF NY1 151 610 1 58 20 .284 .342 .380 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 B. Grimes CHN 38 22 14 0 2.31 335.1 304 117 113 3.03 D. Walker BSN 38 23 12 0 2.59 327.2 284 116 119 3.28 F. Schupp BSN 38 21 16 0 2.58 331.1 277 124 150 4.09 H. Bedient BRO 38 19 10 0 2.12 286.2 260 65 113 3.55 E. Cicotte BRO 38 19 17 0 2.36 349.2 335 89 110 2.83 R. Hitt BRO 38 20 17 0 2.60 331.2 309 109 122 3.32 A. Nehf CIN 38 19 15 0 2.57 327.2 300 72 73 2.02 D. Leonard PHI 38 20 17 0 2.85 331.0 325 98 114 3.11 D. Ruether BSN 38 19 18 0 2.76 329.2 302 131 94 2.58 R. Marquard CIN 38 18 18 0 2.68 329.2 321 72 109 2.99

Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, April 15th, 1918
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 21-year-old second baseman Johnny Mostil of the Pittsburgh Pirates is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) 2B Johnny Mostil, 21, Pittsburgh Pirates
2) SP Hod Eller, 23, Philadelphia Phillies
3) SS Charlie Hollocher, 21, Chicago White Sox
4) MR Tom Zachary, 21, Chicago White Sox
5) 2B Jimmie Dykes, 21, St. Louis Browns
6) LF Austin McHenry, 22, Boston Braves
7) SP Mule Watson, 21, Philadelphia Athletics
8) MR Rasty Wright, 22, Boston Braves
9) 3B Babe Pinelli, 22, Boston Red Sox
10) MR Jesse Haines, 24, Chicago Cubs

NABL News: Opening Day
Monday, April 15th, 1918
It's Opening Day in North American BaseBall League!
The brand new 1918 pennant race begins today. The clubs are poised and primed for another new season of baseball filled with plenty of spills, chills, hits, runs, errors and homers. Another exciting season kicks off with these games:

Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees @ Washington Senators