Baseball
World Series
- 5–11 September — Boston Red Sox (AL) defeats Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1918 World Series by 4 games to 2
Events
- Babe Ruth leads the American League in home runs for the first time, hitting 11
- 2 September — professional baseball is curtailed to accelerate mobilisation for war
Read more about this topic: 1918 In Sports
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