1926 Brooklyn Robins season

1926 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Wilbert Robinson
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The 1926 Brooklyn Robins season was the 18th and final season for long time team star Zack Wheat.

Offseason

• October 6, 1925: Zack Taylor, Jimmy Johnston and Eddie Brown were traded by the Robins to the Boston Braves for Jesse Barnes, Mickey O'Neil and Gus Felix.^[1]
• January 1926: Chick Fewster was purchased by the Robins from the Cleveland Indians.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	—	47–30	42–35
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	2	53–23	34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	69	0.549	4½	49–28	35–41
Chicago Cubs	82	72	0.532	7	49–28	33–44
New York Giants	74	77	0.490	13½	43–33	31–44
Brooklyn Robins	71	82	0.464	17½	38–38	33–44
Boston Braves	66	86	0.434	22	43–34	23–52
Philadelphia Phillies	58	93	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	—	6–15	12–10	12–10–1	12–10	7–15	10–11	7–15
Brooklyn	15–6	—	14–8	4–18	9–13	13–9	9–13–2	7–15
Chicago	10–12	8–14	—	13–9–1	14–8	16–6	10–12	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12–1	18–4	9–13–1	—	7–15	16–6–1	13–9	14–8
New York	10–12	13–9	8–14	15–7	—	12–7	6–16	10–12
Philadelphia	15–7	9–13	6–16	6–16–1	7–12	—	8–14	7–15
Pittsburgh	11–10	13–9–2	12–10	9–13	16–6	14–8	—	9–13–2
St. Louis	15–7	15–7	11–11	8–14	12–10	15–7	13–9–2	—

Game log

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
	Postponement
Bold	Dodgers team member

1926 Game Log
April (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 13 New Yorks Giants 3–0 Petty 45,000 2 April 14 New Yorks Giants 5–9 Ring 3 April 16 New Yorks Giants 2–3 Scott 4 April 17 Phillies 3–15 Mitchell 10,000 5 April 18 Phillies 2–1 Petty 25,000 6 April 19 Phillies McGraw 2,000 7 April 22 New Yorks Giants 26,000 8 April 23 New Yorks Giants 7,000 9 April 24 New Yorks Giants 2–1 10 April 25 New Yorks Giants 8–6 20,000 11 April 27 6–5 12 April 28 5–4 13 April 28 3–1 14 April 30 8–4
May (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 15 May 1 Phillies 16 May 2 Boston Braves 17 May 3 Boston Braves 18 May 4 Boston Braves 19 May 6

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1926: Sam Bohne was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Roster

1926 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Jesse Barnes George Boehler Rube Ehrhardt Burleigh Grimes Bob McGraw Doug McWeeny Ray Moss Jesse Petty Dutch Stryker Dazzy Vance Leon Williams		Catchers Hank DeBerry Charlie Hargreaves Mickey O'Neil Infielders Sam Bohne Johnny Butler Snooks Dowd Chick Fewster Jack Fournier Babe Herman Rabbit Maranville William Marriott Jerry Standaert Milt Stock		Outfielders Max Carey Moose Clabaugh Dick Cox Gus Felix Merwin Jacobson Zack Wheat Whitey Witt		Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Joe Kelley Joe McGinnity Otto Miller

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	O'Neil, MickeyMickey O'Neil	75	201	42	.209	0	20
1B	Herman, BabeBabe Herman	137	496	158	.319	11	81
2B	Fewster, ChickChick Fewster
3B	Marriott, WilliamWilliam Marriott
SS	Butler, JohnnyJohnny Butler
OF	Wheat, ZackZack Wheat	111	411	119	.290	5	35
OF	Cox, DickDick Cox
OF	Felix, GusGus Felix	134	432	121	.280	3	53

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
Jacobson, MerwinMerwin Jacobson
Fournier, JackJack Fournier
Maranville, RabbitRabbit Maranville
Hargreaves, CharlieCharlie Hargreaves
Bohne, SamSam Bohne
DeBerry, HankHank DeBerry
Standaert, JerryJerry Standaert
Carey, MaxMax Carey
Witt, WhiteyWhitey Witt
Clabaugh, MooseMoose Clabaugh
Dowd, SnooksSnooks Dowd
Stock, MiltMilt Stock

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
Petty, JesseJesse Petty
Grimes, BurleighBurleigh Grimes
Barnes, JesseJesse Barnes	31	158	10	11	5.24	29
Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance

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
McWeeny, DougDoug McWeeny
McGraw, BobBob McGraw

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
Ehrhardt, RubeRube Ehrhardt
Boehler, GeorgeGeorge Boehler	10	1	0	0	4.41	10
Williams, LeonLeon Williams
Stryker, DutchDutch Stryker
Moss, RayRay Moss

References

1. Gus Felix page at Baseball Reference
2. Chick Fewster page at Baseball Reference
3. Sam Bohne page at Baseball Reference

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1926 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet