1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 45th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The defending World Series champion Pirates finished third in the National League with a record of 84–69.

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	—

Roster

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Babe Adams Vic Aldridge Joe Bush Bud Culloton Carmen Hill Lou Koupal Ray Kremer Roy Mahaffey Lee Meadows Johnny Morrison Chet Nichols Red Oldham Tom Sheehan Don Songer Emil Yde		Catchers Johnny Gooch Earl Smith Roy Spencer Infielders Joe Cronin George Grantham Stuffy McInnis Eddie Moore Johnny Rawlings Hal Rhyne Pie Traynor Glenn Wright		Outfielders Clyde Barnhart Carson Bigbee Fred Brickell Max Carey Adam Comorosky Kiki Cuyler Walter Mueller Eddie Murphy Paul Waner		Manager Bill McKechnie

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	Smith, EarlEarl Smith	105	292	101	.346	2	46
3B	Traynor, PiePie Traynor	152	574	182	.317	3	92
OF	Carey, MaxMax Carey	86	324	72	.222	0	28
OF	Waner, PaulPaul Waner	144	536	180	.336	8	79

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
Spencer, RoyRoy Spencer	28	43	17	.395	0	4

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
Aldridge, VicVic Aldridge	30	190	10	13	4.07	61

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
Songer, DonDon Songer	35	126.1	7	8	3.13	27
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	19	110.2	6	6	3.01	38

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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	19	2	3	3	6.14	7
Culloton, BudBud Culloton	4	0	0	0	7.36	1
Nichols, ChetChet Nichols	3	0	0	0	8.22	2

References

1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

• 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac