The following are the baseball events of the year 1918 throughout the world. [edit] Champions [edit] MLB Statistical Leaders [edit] Major League Baseball final standings [edit] American League final standings [edit] National League final standings [edit] Events [edit] January-March [edit] April-June [edit] July-September [edit] October-December [edit] Births [edit] January-March [edit] April-June [edit] July-September [edit] October-December [edit] Deaths - February 2 - Jack Crooks, 52, Second baseman and one time Manager for the St. Louis Browns. Played eight seasons from 1889 to 1898
- March 4 - Lon Ury, 40, first baseman for the 1903 St. Louis Cardinals
- March 10 - Jim McCormick, 61, pitcher who posted a 265-214 record with a 2.43 ERA for six different teams between 1878 and 1897, who is regarded as the first ballplayer born in Glasgow to appear in a major league game
- March 24 - Jack Farrell, 25, second baseman for the Chicago Whales from 1914-15
- April 6 - Bill Bowman, 49, catcher for the 1891 Chicago Colts
- April 9 - Ed Wilkinson, 27, OF/IF for the 1912 New York Highlanders
- April 25 - Dave Williams, 37, pitcher for the 1902 Boston Americans
- May 15 - Patsy Tebeau, 53, a 19th century infielder/manager for the Cleveland and St. Louis National League teams
- May 24 - Ralph Sharman, 23, outfielder for the 1917 Philadelphia Athletics, who drowned while serving in World War I
- June 21 - Davy Force, 68, shortstop who posted a .249 average with 1060 hits 653 runs in 1029 games for nine different teams from 1871-86
- June 25 - Jake Beckley, 50, owner of the major league record for career games as a first baseman, a career .308 hitter who retired with the second-most hits in history
- July 17 - Elmer Horton, 48, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Bridegrooms from 1896-98
- July 21 - Larry Pape, 35, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1909 to 1912 and Triple-A Buffalo Bisons in 1913
- September 12 - Ernie Beam, 51, pitcher for the 1895 Philadelphia Phillies
- October 5 - Eddie Grant, 35, infielder for the Cleveland Naps, Phiildelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants from 1905-1917, who was killed in action while serving in World War I
- October 7 - Bun Troy, 30, German-born pitcher for 1912 Detroit Tigers, who was killed in action while serving with the U.S. Army during World War I
- October 12 - Alex Burr, 24, outfielder for the 1914 New York Yankees, who was killed in an airplane accident while serving in World War I
- November 7 - Mike Tiernan, 51, career .311 hitter who played right field for the New York Giants from 1887 to 1899
- November 8 - Larry Chappell, 28, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves from 1913-17, who died in an army camp from the Spanish flu while serving in World War I
- December 4 - Walt Dickson, 40, who pitched from 1910 through 1915 for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Rebels and New York Giants
- December 13 - Frank Arellanes, 36, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1908-10, who pitched a no-hitter, 2-0 lost game in 1910 while pitching for the Sacramento Solons (PCL)
- December 20 - Silk O'Loughlin, 48, American League umpire since 1902 who worked in a record ten no-hitters and introduced the practice of shouting calls for balls, strikes and outs
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