1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 45th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The defending World Series champion Pirates finished third in the National League with a record of 84–69.

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)Bill McKechnie
Local televisionnone
Local radionone
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 0.578 — 47–30 42–35
Cincinnati Reds 8767 0.565 2 53–23 34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8469 0.549 4½ 49–28 35–41
Chicago Cubs 8272 0.532 7 49–28 33–44
New York Giants 7477 0.490 13½ 43–33 31–44
Brooklyn Robins 7182 0.464 17½ 38–38 33–44
Boston Braves 6686 0.434 22 43–34 23–52
Philadelphia Phillies 5893 0.384 29½ 33–42 25–51

Record vs. opponents
1926 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —6–1512–1012–10–112–107–1510–117–15
Brooklyn 15–6—14–84–189–1313–99–13–27–15
Chicago 10–128–14—13–9–114–816–610–1211–11
Cincinnati 10–12–118–49–13–1—7–1516–6–113–914–8
New York 10–1213–98–1415–7—12–76–1610–12
Philadelphia 15–79–136–166–16–17–12—8–147–15
Pittsburgh 11–1013–9–212–109–1316–614–8—9–13–2
St. Louis 15–715–711–118–1412–1015–713–9–2—

Game log
1926 Game Log: 84–69 (Home: 49–28; Away: 35–41)
April: 7–10 (Home: 2–3; Away: 5–7)
May: 16–8 (Home: 13–6; Away: 3–2)
June: 11–12 (Home: 3–3; Away: 8–9)
July: 21–10 (Home: 17–7; Away: 4–3)
August: 16–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–8)
September: 13–17 (Home: 5–5; Away: 8–12)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Detailed records

Opening Day lineup

Roster
1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
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
CEarl Smith105292101.346246
3BPie Traynor152574182.317392
OFMax Carey8632472.222028
OFPaul Waner144536180.336879

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
Roy Spencer284317.39504

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
Vic Aldridge3019010134.0761

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
Don Songer35126.1783.1327
Joe Bush19110.2663.0138

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
Babe Adams192336.147
Bud Culloton40007.361
Chet Nichols30008.222

References
  1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
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