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
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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

Roster
1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CEarl Smith105292101.346246
1BGeorge Grantham141449143.318870
2BHal Rhyne10936692.251239
SSGlenn Wright119458141.308877
3BPie Traynor152574182.317392
OFMax Carey8632472.222028
OFKiki Cuyler157614197.321892
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
Johnny Gooch8621859.271142
Clyde Barnhart7620339.192010
Johnny Rawlings6118142.232020
Eddie Moore4313230.227019
Stuffy McInnis4712738.299013
Joe Cronin388322.265011
Carson Bigbee426815.22124
Walter Mueller196215.24203
Fred Brickell245519.34504
Roy Spencer284317.39504
Eddie Murphy16172.11806
Adam Comorosky8154.26700

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
Ray Kremer37231.12062.6174
Lee Meadows36226.22093.9754
Vic Aldridge3019010134.0761
Carmen Hill639.2333.408

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
Emil Yde37187.1873.6534
Don Songer35126.1783.1327
Johnny Morrison26122.1683.3839
Joe Bush19110.2663.0138
Tom Sheehan931026.6816
Lou Koupal619.2023.207

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
Red Oldham172225.6216
Roy Mahaffey40000.003
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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