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.
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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 |
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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
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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
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Player stats
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Lefty Grove | 45 | 258 | 13 | 13 | 2.51 | 194 |
Eddie Rommel | 37 | 219 | 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 | 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 |
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Rube Walberg | 40 | 151 | 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 |
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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
- Lefty Grove
- American League leader, Strikeouts[2]
References
- SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
- 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 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1926 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com