1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

1926 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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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

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 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
1B	Poole, JimJim Poole	112	361	106	.294	8	63

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
Jenkins, TomTom Jenkins	6	23	4	.174	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
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove	45	258	13	13	2.51	194
Ehmke, HowardHoward Ehmke	20	147.1	12	4	2.81	55
Harriss, SlimSlim Harriss	12	57	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
Gray, SamSam 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
Baumgartner, StanStan 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