“DIARY OF A WINNER”


 

WALTER JOHNSON

THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS
Walter Johnson beats the Sox

May 1, 1918 ... If not for the fourth inning, the contest between the Red Sox and Washington would have been far more interesting.  In that inning Carl Mays was lambasted for five runs.  Every Nationals player marched to the plate and took a shot at Mays.  The score was 5 to 0. 

Walter Johnson was on the mound for Washington and allowed just four scattered hits, and it was Harry Hooper who banged out three of them.  Twice he died on third base.  Otis Strunk, Dave Shean, and Everett Scott made some great plays in the field
 

FENWAY PARK

 

BATTER

  

 

0
STRIKES

0
BALLS

0
OUTS

  
 
 

P

C

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

  

R

H

E

  
     

WASHINGTON NATIONALS

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

    

5

8

0

  
     

BOSTON RED SOX

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

    

0

4

1

  

 

 W-Walter Johnson (2-3)
L-Carl Mays (3-1)
Attendance - 2150		 2B-Shotton (Wash), Hooper (Bost))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

Harry Hooper

rf

 4 0 3 .372  

 

Dave Shean

2b

 3 0 0 .295  

 

Amos Strunk

cf

 4 0 0 .386  

 

Wally Schang

lf

 2 0 0 .200  

 

Stuffy McInnis

3b

 4 0 1 .275  

 

Dick Hoblitzell

1b

 3 0 0 .083  

 

Everett Scott

ss

 4 0 0 .224  

 

Sam Agnew

c

 3 0 0 .111  

 

Carl Mays

p

 2 0 0 .100  
               
    IP H ER SO ERA  
  Carl Mays 9 8 5 1 2.25  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1918 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

11

3

-

 

 

Cleveland Indians

 7 4 2 1/2

 

 

Chicago White Sox

 5 3 3

 

 

New York Yankees

 6 7 4 1/2

 

 

Washington Nationals

 5 7 5

 

 

St. Louis Browns

 4 6 5

 

 

Detroit Tigers

 2 5 5 1/2

 

 

Philadelphia Athletics

 3 8 6 1/2