1926 St. Louis Browns season

1926 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	62–92 (.403)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	George Sisler
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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

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 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	Schang, WallyWally Schang	103	285	94	.330	8	50
1B	Sisler, GeorgeGeorge Sisler	150	613	178	.290	7	71
2B	Melillo, SkiSki Melillo	99	385	98	.255	1	30
3B	McManus, MartyMarty McManus	149	549	156	.284	9	68
SS	Gerber, WallyWally Gerber	131	411	111	.270	0	42
OF	Williams, KenKen Williams	108	347	97	.280	17	74
OF	Rice, HarryHarry 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
LaMotte, BobbyBobby LaMotte	36	79	16	.203	0	9

^[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
Zachary, TomTom Zachary	34	247.1	14	15	3.60	53

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
Ballou, WinWin Ballou	43	154	11	10	4.79	59
Nevers, ErnieErnie Nevers	11	74.2	2	4	4.46	16

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
Bolen, StewStew Bolen	5	0	0	0	6.14	7
Sisler, GeorgeGeorge Sisler	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Notes

1. Ernie Nevers page at Baseball Reference
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1926.shtml

References

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