1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

1926  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1925 1927  →

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

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

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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	—

Roster

1926 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Stan Baumgartner Howard Ehmke Sam Gray Lefty Grove Slim Harriss Fred Heimach Joe Pate Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg Lefty Willis		Catchers Mickey Cochrane Jimmie Foxx Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Jimmy Dykes Charlie Engle Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Hauser Jim Poole Frank Sigafoos Bill Wambsganss		Outfielders Dave Barbee Walter French Tom Jenkins Bill Lamar Alex Metzler Bing Miller Al Simmons Frank Welch		Manager Connie Mack

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	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
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

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 Grove	45	258.0	13	13	2.51	194
Eddie Rommel	37	219.0	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	57.0	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
Rube Walberg	40	151.0	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
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

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

External links

• 1926 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1926 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com