1918 Cincinnati Reds season
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| Owner(s) | Garry Herrmann |
| Manager(s) | Christy Mathewson |
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The 1918 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 68–60, 15½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.
In March, the Reds sold third baseman Bill McKechnie to the Pittsburgh Pirates for $20,000. McKechnie had previously played for the Pirates from 1907-1912. A natural third baseman, he appeared in only four games at third for the Reds in 1917, as he played most of his games at second base.
On March 18th, Cincinnati was part of a three way deal with the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees. In the deal, the Reds received Lee Magee from the Browns. Magee would become the Reds starting second baseman, and split the 1917 season with the Browns and Yankees. In 87 games between the two clubs, Magee hit .200 with no home runs and 12 RBI. The Reds sent catcher Tommy Clarke to New York to complete the deal.
A couple of weeks later, on April 1st, the Reds sent second baseman Dave Shean to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Rube Foster. Foster refused to report in Cincinnati and the Red Sox sent the Reds cash to complete the trade.
Midway through the season, Reds first baseman Hal Chase allegedly paid pitcher Jimmy Ring $50 to throw a game against the New York Giants. Manager Christy Mathewson got wind of it and suspended Chase for the remainder of the season, and brought formal charges against Chase for fixing games, but National League president John Heydler acquitted him. Heydler had told sportswriter Fred Lieb in private that he believed Chase had bet on baseball, but did not have enough evidence to convict him.
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