1918 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1918 throughout the world.

Champions

 * World Series: Boston Red Sox over Chicago Cubs (4-2)

Births

 * January 25 - Ernie Harwell
 * February 22 - Charles O. Finley
 * April 7 - Bobby Doerr
 * April 22 - Mickey Vernon
 * July 23 - Pee Wee Reese
 * August 30 - Ted Williams
 * November 3 - Bob Feller

Deaths

 * 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
 * November 7 - Mike Tiernan, 51, career .311 hitter who played right field for the New York Giants from 1887 to 1899
 * 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