Quick note on some missing data. The following positions didn't have winners in 1918: 2B NL, SS NL, LF AL and CF AL. The archive copy of 1918 also is missing the data as well. If the winners are truly missing, here are some very quick thoughts:
2B NL
Woodson won every Gold Glove from 1909-1920. 1920 was his last active year. There seems little doubt he would have won it in 1918 to the point that I haven't bothered to look at the 2B's data.
SS NL
Palmer Starrett won the award in 1914, 1915 and 1919. Whitey Kohse won it in 1917, 1922, 1927 and 1929. Starrett missed the season with injury. Only five NL SS played 950+ innings that season. Don Shaulis of the Phils led the NL with a range factor of 5.86, with no one else above 5.08. He turned 19 more DP than any other NL SS and had nearly 100 more assists. He had the second best fielding percentage as well. Shaulis never won a Gold Glove in his career, and I've not taken the time to look up his career path. He seems deserving of the award here.
LF AL
Pat Folyard won the award in 1914, and every year between 1916 to 1920 with the exception of the missing year. However, he only played 89 of the Senators' 126 games. Still, just comparing his range to Will Miller who would bag the award in 1923 and 1924, Folyard's is much higher. Seems like Folyard was locked into the award at the time.
CF AL
Christian Young of WSH had the best range in 1918 and would win the award in 1919. I would guess that he would win it this year.
Other people should take a look and give some input before Matt simply takes my word and edits them into the awards. The 1918 Almanas is here:
http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/iba/a...alm/index.html
John