1926 St. Louis Browns season

1926  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	62–92 (.403)
League place	7th
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	George Sisler
←  1925 Seasons 1927  →

The 1926 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses.

Regular season

• April 26, 1926, football star Ernie Nevers made his major league baseball debut in a game with the Browns. ^[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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Win Ballou Stew Bolen Dixie Davis Chet Falk Milt Gaston Joe Giard Claude Jonnard Ernie Nevers Charlie Robertson Elam Vangilder Ernie Wingard Tom Zachary		Catchers Leo Dixon Pinky Hargrave Wally Schang Infielders Jimmy Austin Wally Gerber Bobby LaMotte Marty McManus Ski Melillo Gene Robertson George Sisler		Outfielders Herschel Bennett Cedric Durst Baby Doll Jacobson Bing Miller Harry Rice Ken Williams		Manager George Sisler

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Wally Schang	103	285	94	.330	8	50
1B	George Sisler	150	613	178	.290	7	71
2B	Ski Melillo	99	385	98	.255	1	30
3B	Marty McManus	149	549	156	.284	9	68
SS	Wally Gerber	131	411	111	.270	0	42
OF	Ken Williams	108	347	97	.280	17	74
OF	Bing Miller	94	353	117	.331	4	53
OF	Harry Rice	148	578	181	.313	9	59

^[2]

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
Gene Robertson	78	247	62	.251	1	20
Pinky Hargrave	92	235	66	.281	7	40
Herschel Bennett	80	225	60	.267	1	24
Cedric Durst	80	219	52	.237	3	18
Baby Doll Jacobson	50	182	52	.286	2	21
Leo Dixon	33	89	17	.191	0	8
Bobby LaMotte	36	79	16	.203	0	9
Jimmy Austin	1	2	1	.500	0	1

^[2]

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
Tom Zachary	34	247.1	14	15	3.60	53
Milt Gaston	32	214.1	10	18	4.33	39
Joe Giard	22	90.0	3	10	7.00	18
Charlie Robertson	8	28.0	1	2	8.36	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
Elam Vangilder	42	181.0	9	11	5.17	40
Ernie Wingard	39	169.0	5	8	3.57	30
Win Ballou	43	154.0	11	10	4.79	59
Dixie Davis	27	83.0	3	8	4.66	39
Ernie Nevers	11	74.2	2	4	4.46	16
Chet Falk	18	74.0	4	4	5.35	7
Claude Jonnard	12	36.0	0	2	6.00	13

Ernie Wingard was team leader in saves with 3.

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
Stew Bolen	5	0	0	0	6.14	7
George Sisler	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Notes

1. Ernie Nevers page at Baseball Reference
2. "1926 St. Louis Browns Statistics".

References

• 1926 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1926 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com