1926 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses.

Regular season

38-year-old Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators threw a 15-inning shutout against the A's for his record sixth Opening Day shutout.[1]

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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Mickey Cochrane 120 370 101 .273 8 47
1B Jim Poole 112 361 106 .294 8 63
2B Max Bishop 122 400 106 .265 0 33
SS Chick Galloway 133 408 98 .240 0 49
3B Jimmy Dykes 124 429 123 .287 1 42
OF Al Simmons 147 583 199 .341 19 110
OF Bill Lamar 116 419 119 .284 5 51
OF Walter French 112 397 121 .305 1 36

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
Sammy Hale 111 327 92 .281 4 44
Joe Hauser 91 229 44 .192 8 36
Frank Welch 75 174 49 .282 4 23
Cy Perkins 63 148 43 .291 0 19
Bing Miller 38 110 32 .291 2 13
Alex Metzler 20 67 16 .239 0 11
Bill Wambsganss 54 54 19 .352 0 2
Dave Barbee 19 47 8 .170 1 5
Frank Sigafoos 13 43 11 .256 0 2
Jimmie Foxx 26 32 10 .313 0 5
Tom Jenkins 6 23 4 .174 0 0
Charlie Engle 19 19 2 .105 0 0

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
Lefty Grove 45 258.0 13 13 2.51 194
Eddie Rommel 37 219.0 11 11 3.08 52
Jack Quinn 31 163.2 10 11 3.41 58
Howard Ehmke 20 147.1 12 4 2.81 55
Slim Harriss 12 57.0 3 5 4.11 13

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
Rube Walberg 40 151.0 12 10 2.80 72
Sam Gray 38 150.2 11 12 3.64 82

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
Joe Pate 47 9 0 7 2.71 24
Lefty Willis 13 0 0 1 1.39 13
Fred Heimach 13 1 0 0 2.84 8
Stan Baumgartner 10 1 1 0 4.03 0

League leaders

References

  1. ^ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  2. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

External links


1926 MLB season by team
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