1926 Boston Red Sox season

1926  Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	46–107 (.301)
League place	8th
Owners	J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Lee Fohl
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 1926 Boston Red Sox season was the 26th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 46 wins and 107 losses, 44+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

After a home game at Fenway Park on May 8, 1926, a fire destroyed the third base bleachers. This was followed by a storm with severe winds on July 19, which destroyed 500 to 600 seats at the ballpark. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	91	63	.591	—	50‍–‍25	41‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	3	49‍–‍31	39‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	.553	6	44‍–‍27	39‍–‍40
Washington Senators	81	69	.540	8	42‍–‍30	39‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	81	72	.529	9½	47‍–‍31	34‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	12	39‍–‍41	40‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns	62	92	.403	29	40‍–‍39	22‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox	46	107	.301	44½	25‍–‍51	21‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1926 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Ira Flagstead	CF
Fred Haney	3B
Sy Rosenthal	RF
Phil Todt	1B
Tom Jenkins	LF
Mike Herrera	2B
Dud Lee	SS
Alex Gaston	C
Howard Ehmke	P

Roster

1926 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Bill Clowers Howard Ehmke Happy Foreman Slim Harriss Fred Heimach Joe Kiefer Del Lundgren Danny MacFayden Buster Ross Red Ruffing Jack Russell Rudy Sommers Tony Welzer Hal Wiltse Ted Wingfield Paul Zahniser		Catchers John Bischoff Alex Gaston Bill Moore Al Stokes Infielders Boob Fowler Chappie Geygan Fred Haney Mike Herrera Dud Lee Emmett McCann Bill Regan Topper Rigney Jack Rothrock Phil Todt		Outfielders Fred Bratschi Roy Carlyle Howie Fitzgerald Ira Flagstead Baby Doll Jacobson Tom Jenkins Sy Rosenthal Wally Shaner Jack Tobin Other batters Sam Langford		Manager Lee Fohl Coaches Lefty Leifield Jack Ryan (Pitching)

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
C	Alex Gaston	98	301	67	.223	0	21
1B	Phil Todt	154	599	153	.255	7	70
2B	Bill Regan	108	403	106	.263	4	36
SS	Topper Rigney	148	525	142	.270	4	50
3B	Fred Haney	138	462	102	.221	0	52
OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	98	394	120	.305	6	68
OF	Ira Flagstead	98	415	124	.299	3	31
OF	Sy Rosenthal	104	285	76	.267	4	34

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
Mike Herrera	74	237	61	.257	0	19
Jack Tobin	51	209	57	.273	1	18
Wally Shaner	69	191	54	.283	0	19
Fred Bratschi	72	167	46	.275	0	19
Roy Carlyle	45	165	47	.285	2	16
John Bischoff	59	127	33	.260	0	19
Howie Fitzgerald	31	97	25	.258	0	8
Al Stokes	30	86	14	.163	0	6
Tom Jenkins	21	50	9	.180	0	6
Bill Moore	5	18	3	.167	0	0
Jack Rothrock	15	17	5	.294	0	2
Chappie Geygan	4	10	3	.300	0	0
Boob Fowler	2	8	1	.125	0	1
Dud Lee	2	7	1	.143	0	0
Emmett McCann	6	3	0	.000	0	0
Sam Langford	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Hal Wiltse	37	196.1	8	15	4.22	59
Paul Zahniser	30	172.0	6	18	4.97	35
Slim Harriss	21	113.0	6	10	4.46	34
Howard Ehmke	14	97.1	3	10	5.46	38

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
Ted Wingfield	43	190.2	11	16	4.44	30
Red Ruffing	37	166.0	6	15	4.39	58
Tony Welzer	39	139.0	4	3	4.86	29
Fred Heimach	20	102.0	2	9	5.65	17
Jack Russell	36	98.0	0	5	3.58	17
Danny MacFayden	3	13.0	0	1	4.85	1

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
Del Lundgren	18	0	2	0	7.55	11
Joe Kiefer	11	0	2	0	4.80	4
Happy Foreman	3	0	0	0	3.68	3
Rudy Sommers	2	0	0	0	13.50	0
Bill Clowers	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
Buster Ross	1	0	1	0	16.88	0

References

1. Bird, Hayden (July 17, 2016). "The Green Monster emerged from the ashes of Fenway fires". Boston.com . Retrieved March 31, 2020.

External links

• 1926 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1926 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com