1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses.

1926 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)Connie Mack
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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 9163 0.591 — 50–25 41–38
Cleveland Indians 8866 0.571 3 49–31 39–35
Philadelphia Athletics 8367 0.553 6 44–27 39–40
Washington Senators 8169 0.540 8 42–30 39–39
Chicago White Sox 8172 0.529 9½ 47–31 34–41
Detroit Tigers 7975 0.513 12 39–41 40–34
St. Louis Browns 6292 0.403 29 40–39 22–53
Boston Red Sox 46107 0.301 44½ 25–51 21–56

Record vs. opponents
1926 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —6–166–167–155–178–1411–11–13–18
Chicago 16–6—13–914–8–28–146–1513–911–11
Cleveland 16–69–13—11–1111–1114–811–1116–6
Detroit 15–78–14–211–11—10–1211–1112–1012–10–1
New York 17–514–811–1112–10—9–1316–612–10–1
Philadelphia 14–815–68–1411–1113–9—15–77–12
St. Louis 11–11–19–1311–1110–126–167–15—8–14
Washington 18–311–116–1610–12–110–12–112–714–8—

Roster
1926 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • Charlie Engle
 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
CMickey Cochrane120370101.273847
1BJim Poole112361106.294863
2BMax Bishop122400106.265033
SSChick Galloway13340898.240049
3BJimmy Dykes124429123.287142
OFAl Simmons147583199.34119110
OFBill Lamar116419119.284551
OFWalter French112397121.305136

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 Hale11132792.281444
Joe Hauser9122944.192836
Frank Welch7517449.282423
Cy Perkins6314843.291019
Bing Miller3811032.291213
Alex Metzler206716.239011
Bill Wambsganss545419.35202
Dave Barbee19478.17015
Frank Sigafoos134311.25602
Jimmie Foxx263210.31305
Tom Jenkins6234.17400
Charlie Engle19192.10500

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 Grove4525813132.51194
Eddie Rommel3721911113.0852
Jack Quinn31163.210113.4158
Howard Ehmke20147.11242.8155
Slim Harriss1257354.1113

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 Walberg4015112102.8072
Sam Gray38150.211123.6482

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 Pate479072.7124
Lefty Willis130011.3913
Fred Heimach131002.848
Stan Baumgartner101104.030

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


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