1926 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersTy Cobb
RadioWWJ (AM)
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The 1926 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 12 games behind the New York Yankees.

Heinie Manush won the AL batting title this year, hitting .378, denying Babe Ruth of the Triple Crown. Ruth led the AL in home runs and RBI, but finished second to Manush in batting average at .372.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 91 63 0.591 — 50–25 41–38
Cleveland Indians 88 66 0.571 3 49–31 39–35
Philadelphia Athletics 83 67 0.553 6 44–27 39–40
Washington Senators 81 69 0.540 8 42–30 39–39
Chicago White Sox 81 72 0.529 9½ 47–31 34–41
Detroit Tigers 79 75 0.513 12 39–41 40–34
St. Louis Browns 62 92 0.403 29 40–39 22–53
Boston Red Sox 46 107 0.301 44½ 25–51 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1926 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 6–16 6–16 7–15 5–17 8–14 11–11–1 3–18
Chicago 16–6 — 13–9 14–8–2 8–14 6–15 13–9 11–11
Cleveland 16–6 9–13 — 11–11 11–11 14–8 11–11 16–6
Detroit 15–7 8–14–2 11–11 — 10–12 11–11 12–10 12–10–1
New York 17–5 14–8 11–11 12–10 — 9–13 16–6 12–10–1
Philadelphia 14–8 15–6 8–14 11–11 13–9 — 15–7 7–12
St. Louis 11–11–1 9–13 11–11 10–12 6–16 7–15 — 8–14
Washington 18–3 11–11 6–16 10–12–1 10–12–1 12–7 14–8 —


Roster

1926 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Clyde Manion 75 176 35 .199 0 15
1B Lu Blue 128 429 123 .287 1 52
2B Charlie Gehringer 123 459 127 .277 1 48
SS Jackie Tavener 156 532 141 .265 1 58
3B Jack Warner 100 311 78 .251 0 34
OF Harry Heilmann 141 502 184 .367 9 101
OF Bob Fothergill 110 387 142 .367 3 73
OF Heinie Manush 136 498 188 .378 14 86

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Frank O'Rourke 111 363 88 .242 1 41
Al Wingo 108 298 84 .282 1 45
Johnny Neun 97 242 72 .298 0 15
Ty Cobb 79 233 79 .339 4 62
Johnny Bassler 66 174 53 .305 0 23
Larry Woodall 67 146 34 .233 0 15
Les Burke 38 75 17 .227 0 4
Billy Mullen 11 13 1 .077 0 0
Ray Hayworth 12 11 3 .273 0 5

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Earl Whitehill 36 252.1 16 13 3.99 109
Sam Gibson 35 196.1 12 9 3.48 61
Ed Wells 36 178.0 12 10 4.15 58
Lil Stoner 32 159.2 7 10 5.47 57
Rudy Kneisch 2 17.0 0 1 2.65 4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ken Holloway 36 139.0 4 6 5.12 43
Rip Collins 30 122.0 8 8 2.73 44
Augie Johns 35 112.2 6 4 5.35 40
Wilbur Cooper 8 13.2 0 4 11.20 2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Hooks Dauss 35 12 6 9 4.20 27
George Smith 23 1 2 0 6.95 15
Clyde Barfoot 11 1 2 2 4.88 7
Jess Doyle 2 0 0 1 4.15 2

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Dan Howley
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Ed Lennox and John Hummel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1926 MLB season by team
Detroit Tigers
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