1926 Chicago White Sox season

1926 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Eddie Collins
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) Hal Totten
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The 1926 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League, 9.5 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Ted Blankenship Sarge Connally Les Cox Jim Joe Edwards Red Faber Dixie Leverett Ted Lyons Pryor McBee Milt Steengrafe Tommy Thomas Sloppy Thurston		Catchers Buck Crouse Johnny Grabowski Harry McCurdy Ray Schalk Infielders Moe Berg Bud Clancy Eddie Collins Bill Hunnefield Willie Kamm Ray Morehart Everett Scott Earl Sheely Pat Veltman		Outfielders Bill Barrett Bibb Falk Tom Gulley Spencer Harris Johnny Mostil Pid Purdy		Manager Eddie Collins Coaches Chief Bender A. A. Egan

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
2B	Collins, EddieEddie Collins	106	375	129	.344	1	62
OF	Barrett, BillBill Barrett	111	368	113	.307	6	61

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

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
Blankenship, TedTed Blankenship	29	209.1	13	10	3.61	66

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

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

References

• 1926 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference