1926 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record62–92 (.403)
League place7th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersGeorge Sisler
← 1925 Seasons 1927 →

The 1926 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses.

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Wally Schang 103 285 94 .330 8 50
1B George Sisler 150 613 178 .290 7 71
2B Ski Melillo 99 385 98 .255 1 30
3B Marty McManus 149 549 156 .284 9 68
SS Wally Gerber 131 411 111 .270 0 42
OF Ken Williams 108 347 97 .280 17 74
OF Bing Miller 94 353 117 .331 4 53
OF Harry Rice 148 578 181 .313 9 59

[2]

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
Gene Robertson 78 247 62 .251 1 20
Pinky Hargrave 92 235 66 .281 7 40
Herschel Bennett 80 225 60 .267 1 24
Cedric Durst 80 219 52 .237 3 18
Baby Doll Jacobson 50 182 52 .286 2 21
Leo Dixon 33 89 17 .191 0 8
Bobby LaMotte 36 79 16 .203 0 9
Jimmy Austin 1 2 1 .500 0 1

[2]

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
Tom Zachary 34 247.1 14 15 3.60 53
Milt Gaston 32 214.1 10 18 4.33 39
Joe Giard 22 90.0 3 10 7.00 18
Charlie Robertson 8 28.0 1 2 8.36 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
Elam Vangilder 42 181.0 9 11 5.17 40
Ernie Wingard 39 169.0 5 8 3.57 30
Win Ballou 43 154.0 11 10 4.79 59
Dixie Davis 27 83.0 3 8 4.66 39
Ernie Nevers 11 74.2 2 4 4.46 16
Chet Falk 18 74.0 4 4 5.35 7
Claude Jonnard 12 36.0 0 2 6.00 13

Ernie Wingard was team leader in saves with 3.

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
Stew Bolen 5 0 0 0 6.14 7
George Sisler 1 0 0 0 0.00 3

Notes

  1. ^ Ernie Nevers page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b "1926 St. Louis Browns Statistics".

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